Digital Agenda for Europe. Facts and figures of the digital divide in UK. While the majority of people in the UK have access to the internet, there are still 10 million people who do not.
Of these people, 4 million are are the most socially and economically disadvantaged in the country. "Those being left behind with technology are being left behind across many spheres" - Martha Lane Fox, Digital Inclusion Champion adults in the UK have never used the internet of households in the UK don't have the internet of people without access are in the lowest socio-economic groups (DE) of people who live in social housing aren't online of government interactions with the public take place with the bottom 25% of society, so failing to encourage everyone online keeps government costs high [Martha Lane Fox, Digital Inclusion Champion] The amount digitally excluded households are missing out on per year from not shopping and paying bills online of people living in deprived areas have used a government online service or website in the last year, compared to 55% nationally back to top »
Digital Economy Act 2010 (c. 24) Expand All Explanatory Notes (ENs) An Act to make provision about the functions of the Office of Communications; to make provision about the online infringement of copyright and about penalties for infringement of copyright and performers’ rights; to make provision about internet domain registries; to make provision about the functions of the Channel Four Television Corporation; to make provision about the regulation of television and radio services; to make provision about the regulation of the use of the electromagnetic spectrum; to amend the Video Recordings Act 1984; to make provision about public lending right in relation to electronic publications; and for connected purposes. [8th April 2010] Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— OFCOM reports 1OFCOM reports on infrastructure, internet domain names etc.
The internet's conscientious objectors. The world of internet "have-nots" is not just populated by people who can't go online.
Chris Bowlby finds there are many who simply won't. If you're reading this, you're part of the internet using majority. But it's not nearly as much of an overwhelming majority as many assume. It's estimated that as many as 17 million people in Britain aged over 15 are not using the internet. As a report, released on Thursday, says spending on information technology is more important to Britons than anything except food, there are many who are staying firmly beyond the grasps of the net. Non-users are "becoming less and less likely to want to be engaging with technology such as the internet," says Ellen Helsper, who has been a leading researcher with the Oxford Internet Institute.
So the internet refuseniks seem to be, in many cases, very determined. At University of Dundee I meet researchers whose job it is to understand why so many people are shunning the net. Impersonal Curtains down Forcing a switch. The Digital Agenda for Europe and Challenges for 2012. E-Migration: Migrants in the digital age. Lord Carter - Digital Britain Launch. Digital Britain Summit - 17th April. Britain’s ageing population. Britain’s ageing population As the baby boom generation approach retirement, Britain's population is ageing. Discover the changing nature of retirement; the importance of older people in the workforce; the increasing pressures on public services and how Britain is adapting to an ageing society. ANGELA EAGLE MP Former minister for Pensions and the Ageing society GEORGE MAGNUS Author and Senior Economic Adviser at UBS Investment Bank SAMIRA AHMED Channel 4 newsreader and correspondent TALKS FOCUSFact card - Ageing population 60 SECONDSBritain’s ageing population INTERVIEWS NEWSAgeing’s silver lining Angela Eagle MP Angela Eagle MP, Minister of State for Pensions and the Ageing Society, discusses the challenges and opportunities that an ageing society presents Britain. watch video » Meet the panel Read the biographies of the panel for 'Britain's population timebomb' event in June… more » full article » full article » full article » full article » full article » full article » full article »
Facts and figures of the digital divide in UK. While the majority of people in the UK have access to the internet, there are still 10 million people who do not.
Of these people, 4 million are are the most socially and economically disadvantaged in the country. "Those being left behind with technology are being left behind across many spheres" - Martha Lane Fox, Digital Inclusion Champion. Tackling the Digital Divide. It has been some time since we last blogged about our work relating to Assisted Digital.
While we’ve been quiet, we have been busy working with our stakeholders to develop our thinking about the Assisted Digital (supporting access to Digital by Default services) and Digital Inclusion (tackling the issues that prevent everyone getting online) agendas. Of course, during this period, work has also continued on tackling the Digital Divide by encouraging people to get online. Therefore, it is great to see that the efforts of the Race Online 2012 campaign team and its partners (with Digital Champion Martha Lane Fox at the helm) are making real progress.
Recent figures on internet usage (pdf) from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that nearly 300,000 people in the UK went online for the first time during Q3 of 2011. Bsago12. Digital%20divide. ONS stats reveal hefty UK digital divide.