Tag: digital skills

In early March 2017, the UK Government published its long-awaited Digital Strategy. As set out in the foreword by Karen Bradley, the Secretary of State at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the Strategy’s ambition is to to “create a world-leading digital economy that works for everyone”. The reference to the economy is […]

The House of Commons Science & Technology Select Committee has recently published its report on the digital skills crisis in the UK. The opening lines of the summary set the scene: “The evidence is clear […]

In February 2016, the Tinder Foundation and CILIP’s Information Literacy Group organised two TeachMeet events to explore, with professionals from the public, academic and further education library sectors, how digital literacy contributes to address the challenge of digital inclusion. The report from the two meetings, which attracted around 40 participants each in London and Leeds, […]

Response to Make or Break: The UK’s Digital Future – a report from the House of Lords Committee on Digital Skills. We reproduce below the text of the letter sent in March 2015 to Baroness Morgan of Huyton […]

In early 2014, the UK Digital Skills Taskforce – an independent expert group chaired by Maggie Philbin and set up at the behest of the Labour Party UK Digital Skills taskforce– produced its interim report […]