A look at recent research into digital skills and digital inclusion
It’s been a couple of months now since I started my research with One Digital and the University of the West of Scotland and I already feel that to pick out some highlights from my reading is a tall order. So, grab a coffee (and apologies if there are some Read more…
On Monday 11th of June, the soon-to-be-decommissioned Tech Partnership hosted the launch of their “Language Matters” research document. The findings have been a long time coming and are the results of quantitative analysis of over 100,000 job adverts for digital specialists and nearly 3,000 titles of IT-related degrees, along with Read more…
Earlier this month, I joined many people and organisations who champion digital inclusion at Lloyds Banking Group’s launch of their Consumer Digital Index 2018. The digital index tracks the number of people in the UK who have none, some or all of the digital skills they need to benefit from Read more…
Sarah Cant, Programme Director for One Digital, comments, “The One Digital partnership welcomes the update of the Essential Digital Skills Framework. As technology evolves and more services are becoming ‘digital by default’, it is important that everyone knows what skills they need to take part in today’s digitally-driven society, and Read more…
The golden thread of One Digital Today’s world is a digital world and those without the skills to participate in it are disadvantaged. Those disadvantages are multiple, sometimes complex and usually interrelated. Digital skills aren’t a thing you can learn once, like riding a bike; most people need ongoing support Read more…