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Bridging the digital divide: Greater Manchester schools creating pathways to success

Paul ArmstrongStephen Rayner By Paul Armstrong, Stephen Rayner and Melvin Ainscow Filed Under: All posts, Digital Futures, Education Posted: November 25, 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority created the Pathways to Success strategy to support schools to deliver education to vulnerable children during lockdown. In this blog, Dr Paul Armstrong, Dr Stephen Rayner and Emeritus Professor Mel Ainscow reflect on the strategy and explore the opportunities for schools to implement aspects of it […]

Tagged With: #OnDigitalInequalities, Children & Young People, digital, Digital Divide, education, Greater Manchester, MIE, Pandemic, wellbeing

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Only a call away: Reducing loneliness and social isolation in older people

Lis Boulton By Lis Boulton Filed Under: All posts, Digital Futures, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Social Care Posted: September 29, 2021

For many older people, the COVID-19 pandemic increased levels of loneliness and isolation. They were unable to visit friends and family, and access in-person support. Low levels of digital literacy among older people also prevented them from making the most of online support services. Here, Dr Lis Boulton assesses the effects that the pandemic had […]

Tagged With: #OnDigitalInequalities, digital, Digital Divide, Health & Social Care, inequalities, loneliness, older people, wellbeing

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Rewriting the creative sector’s digital transformation

Anita Greenhill By Anita Greenhill Filed Under: All posts, Digital Futures, Education, Inclusive Growth Posted: September 1, 2021

The creative sector is incredibly diverse and there are growing disparities between those who are already familiar with the digital world of work and those who are struggling to adapt. In this blog, Dr Anita Greenhill addresses the challenges that the sector will face in the coming years and provides examples of best practice from […]

Tagged With: #OnDigitalInequalities, AMBS, Arts & Culture, digital, Digital Divide, education, inclusive growth, technology, WEI

Accelerated automation and digital advances in the world of food retail

By Abbie Winton Filed Under: All posts, Digital Futures, Growth and Inclusion Posted: August 17, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted consumers to buy food online, which meant that food retailers had to adapt quickly. In this blog, Abbie Winton explores the changes that food retailers had to make during the pandemic and how these changes may have long-lasting consequences for the sector. Every major food retailer sought additional workers, which helped […]

Tagged With: #OnDigitalInequalities, digital, Digital Divide, gender inequalities, inequalities, labour market, productivity, WEI

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Infodemic: tackling conspiracy theories on social media

Professor Peter Knight By Peter Knight Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Digital Futures, Growth and Inclusion Posted: March 29, 2021

In February 2020 the Director-General of the World Health Organisation warned that “we’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic,” because “fake news spreads faster and more easily than this virus, and is just as dangerous.”  There has been large debate around ways to control the spread of misinformation and disinformation, especially on […]

Tagged With: conspiracy theories, COVID-19, digital, Health & Social Care, journalism, media, News, SALC, social media, technology, vaccinations

Why victims of cyber crime deserve ‘Cyber CPR’

Photo of Dr David Buil-GIl By Emma Barrett, Daniel Dresner and David Buil-Gil Filed Under: All posts Posted: November 9, 2020

COVID-19 has seen an increased vulnerability to cyber crime. In this blog, originally from our On Digital Trust publication, Professor Emma Barrett, Professor Danny Dresner, and Dr David Buil-Gil outline why victims of cyber crime need greater protection, including a raft of ‘CPR’ measures designed to help them recover quickly. Cyber crimes cost billions of […]

Tagged With: CMI, crime, cyber crime, data, digital, fraud & financial crime, justice, OnDigitalTrust, SoSS, technology

Beyond privacy and security: Opening-up ‘trust’ in digital healthcare

By Barbara Ribeiro Filed Under: Digital Futures, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: October 6, 2020

As COVID-19 sees us become increasingly reliant on the digitisation of healthcare data, how have the UK public previously reacted to the use of technology in healthcare? In this blog, originally published in our On Digital Trust publication, Dr Barbara Ribeiro examines previous approaches to integrating data into care, the impact on public trust, and what […]

Tagged With: AMBS, care.data, digital, Health & Social Care, Healthcare data, MIOIR, ODT, OnDigitalTrust, patient data, technology, trust

How the digital space oils the wheels of unlawful and unethical business

Black and white headshot of Prof Nick Lord By Nicholas Lord Filed Under: All posts Posted: September 8, 2020

As COVID-19 forces more and more of our daily lives into cyberspace, how well regulated is the digital realm, and how can criminals exploit its grey areas? In this blog, originally from our On Digital Trust publication, Professor Nicholas Lord explains how criminals exploit the murkiness of the digital space to siphon off and launder […]

Tagged With: crime, cyber crime, data, digital, economy, financial crime, fraud & financial crime, justice, ODT, OnDigitalTrust, Privacy

Recognising the role of key workers now and in the future employment landscape

Miguel Martínez Lucio By Gail Hebson and Miguel Martínez Lucio Filed Under: All posts, Growth and Inclusion, Inclusive Growth Posted: August 18, 2020

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the country has become more aware and appreciative of the workers now called ‘key workers’. However, organisational change and deregulation over recent years has led to high levels of job degradation in key work sectors. In this blog, Gail Hebson and Miguel Martínez Lucio introduce and present research from a range […]

Tagged With: ageing, COVID-19, digital, employment, equalities, equality, gig economy, Health & Social Care, inclusive growth, inequalities, inequality, Key workers, micra, older people, older workers, Pandemic, productivity, public health, Trade Unions Labour Market, transport, WEI, welfare, work & pensions

Citizen’s data, healthcare and trust

By John Ainsworth and Niels Peek Filed Under: Digital Futures, Health and Care, Health and Social Care Posted: August 11, 2020

Health data has informed a central part our NHS for more than two decades, helping the informative bodies to improve services and understand health trends. This has also proved key in understanding, and attempting to mitigate, the worst impacts of COVID-19. However, when this data is shared with secondary bodies, does the public trust that […]

Tagged With: care quality, data, digital, Digital Futures, disability, Health & Social Care, Lydia Becker Institute, MERI, NHS, NHS Digital, NHS improvement, OnDigitalTrust, Privacy, public health, technology

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