Essential Digital Skill News Today

Digital skills are now essential at  any age for living and working in today’s world whether communicating with your communities, accessing information, talking to health providers, supporting children/grandchildren, sorting your finances or problem solving. A free ‘Develop Your Digital Skills’ course for adults will support you to improve your confidence using a computer or device and learn how to stay safe online. Twenty-two percent of Thurrock’s residents are digitally excluded...

Research Fellow Research by the IDS Digital and Technology cluster is shining a spotlight on the impact of persistent digital inequalities in the US and UK. Shifting services online threatens to exclude the most marginalised. As communities across the UK go into stricter lockdowns, digital connectivity is going to be essential for people who this year might be celebrating Christmas or Hanukkah alone, away from friends and family.  This comes at the end of a year which has provided a snapshot o...