Resources

Champion for Digital Inclusion

To read the full report on Champion for Digital Inclusion. The Economic Case for Digital Inclusion October 2009 click here

Rural Next Generation Broadband Project Proposal for the UK

Next Generation Access project proposal. South West Internet currently has the largest single WiFi network in the UK, this video describes the network and SWI's plans for upgrading & augmenting it with 100 Mbps + 1 Gbps fibre circuits

Interdisciplinary Research in Socio-Digital Worlds (IRiS)

This research stream addresses the ways in which dimensions of social and technological worlds interact in economic, political, social, and cultural life. The development of digital services is interacting with broader social change often subsumed in terms such as Information Society, Knowledge Economy and Digital Culture. The complexity of these developments is pushing the demand for interdisciplinary research to address new, hybrid, and established socio-technical forms in cultural context. The socio-digital dynamic interacts with worlds of work and everyday life; in the mediation of identity and culture; in spheres of communication, media and information; and in civil and political life. Areas to address in this field include inequality and participation; economic competiveness and regeneration; inclusion and education; media and cultural activity; health and wellbeing; and political and legal processes. These issues are relevant to policies such as: `Digital Britain´, European Union´s `e2010´, Global Focus on `ICT in Development´. In academic terms the Digital Economy is one of the key priorities of RCUK.

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e-Inclusion public policies in Europe

e-Inclusion public policies in Europe December 2009
Three years after the Riga Ministerial conference, it is an appropriate time for assessing the way public policies, at various levels of governmental policy making, have tackled the numerous issues under the e-Inclusion agenda.

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