Research and Insights Directory
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Growing Up Under COVID-19: Summary Report from the Second Cycle of Participatory Action Research – UK
Year Published: 2021 Date Published: 30/06/2021 Research Link: https://www.guc19.com/pdf/resource-bank/GUC19-summary-report-from-the-second-cycle-UK.pdf Laurie Day, Barry Percy-Smith, Sara Rizzo, Catie Erskine, Leanne Monchuk and Malika Shah (Ecorys and University of Huddersfield) This summary report…
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Libraries on the Front Lines of the Digital Divide: The Oxfordshire Digital Inclusion Project Report
Year Published: 2021 Date Published: 07/06/2021 Author/s: Kira Allmann, Grant Blank, Annique Wong Research Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3854877 Key Takeaways: Allmann, K., B Kira AllmannUniversity of Oxford – Centre for Socio-Legal Studies…
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UK Essential Digital Skills Report 2021
The Essential Digital Skills report is the UK’s digital skills benchmark, measuring the basic tasks needed to access the online world, and the essential digital skills needed for life and…
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Closing the Digital Divide for Good: An End to Digital Exclusion and Poverty for Children in the UK
Year Published: 2021 Date Published: 01/06/2021 Author/s: Georgina Bowyer, Anna Grant, and Anja Nielsen Research Link: https://downloads.unicef.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Closing-the-Digital-Divide-for-Good_FINAL.pdf Key Takeaways: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)…
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UK Digital Consumer Index 2021
and was published for the sixth time in May 2021.
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Connected Nations Update: Spring 2021
Year Published: 2021 Date Published: 12/05/2021 Author/s: Ofcom Research Link: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/218881/Connected-Nations-Spring-Update-2021.pdf
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LLEP Digital Poverty Call for Evidence analysis
Year Published: 2021 Date Published: 03/05/2021 Author/s: LLEP Research Link: https://llep.org.uk/app/uploads/2021/05/Paper-C-Appendix-2-LLEP-Digital-Poverty-Call-for-Evidence-Analysis.pdf Methodology: A survey of local partners was used to gather information which was mainly qualitative but could be categorised…
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On Digital Inequalities
Year Published: 2021 Date Published: 01/05/2021 Author/s: The University of Manchester Research Link: https://documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx?DocID=55160
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Developing essential digital skills
Year Published: 2021 Date Published: 30/04/2021 Research Link: https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/POST-PN-0643/POST-PN-0643.pdf Key Takeaways: Concise report targeting parliamentarians and the general public who know nothing about the subject. UK Parliament POSTNOTE Essential…
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Children’s Media Lives Findings (Y1-7, 2016-2021)
Year Published: 2021 Date Published: 28/04/2021 Author/s: Ofcom Research Link: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/research-and-data/media-literacy-research/childrens/childrens-media-lives
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Digital Divide Briefing Paper
Year Published: 2021 Date Published: 23/04/2021 Author/s: APLE Collective Research Link: https://usercontent.one/wp/www.aplecollective.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Digital-Divide-Briefing-Paper-First-Draft-2.pdf?media=1634035119
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Data Poverty in Scotland and Wales
Year Published: 2021 Date Published: 20/04/2021 Author/s: Patricia J Lucas, Rosa Robinson, Lizzy Treacy Research Link: https://media.nesta.org.uk/documents/01-FS_NEST_DPENG_Book_Ho3AqpW.pdf
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Rethinking digital skills in the era of compulsory computing: methods, measurement, policy and theory
Year Published: 2021 Date Published: 21/02/2021 Research Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1874475 Methodology: Our data comes from the Oxfordshire Digital Inclusion Project, which documented the digital assistance provided by the Oxfordshire County…
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The Global Risks Report 2021
Year Published: 2021 Date Published: 19/01/2021 Research Link: https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_The_Global_Risks_Report_2021.pdf Methodology: The Global Risks HorizonFor each of the 35 global risks listed in Appendix A, respondents were asked to identify when…
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UK Poverty 2020/21
Year Published: 2021 Date Published: 13/01/2021 Author/s: Joseph Rowntree Foundation Research Link: https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/uk-poverty-2020-21 Key Takeaways: Joseph Rowntree Foundation This is the 2020/21 edition of JRF’s annual report on the nature…
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Digital divide in UK education during COVID-19 pandemic: Literature review
Year Published: 2021 Date Published: 11/01/2021 Author/s: Victoria Coleman Research Link: https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/Images/628843-digital-divide-in-uk-education-during-covid-19-pandemic-literature-review.pdf