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Digital Divide in the UK? : In the News
Attitudes towards the internet may hold back ‘Digital Britain’
- Source: The Independent
22nd June 2009
Though Gordon Brown may have trumpeted nationwide broadband access as essential for economic growth at the recent Digital Britain summit, a new Oxford University study suggests the barriers to creating a new digital Britain could lie in hearts and minds rather than cables and routers
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Educated people more likely to have Internet
- Source: The Office of National Statistics
- 4th August 2008
Education plays a key role as to whether people have Internet access in their homes or not, an ONS survey has revealed. Almost all adults (93 per cent) aged under 70 who had a degree or equivalent qualification were estimated to have access to the Internet in their home.
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Digital inclusion strategy for UK
- Source: BBC News
- 28th April 2008
A strategy to get the last third of unconnected Britons online is being drawn up, said Paul Murphy, minister for digital inclusion.
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Britons spend more than ‘one day a month online’
- Source: BBC News
British web users are spending 65% more time online than three years ago, according to research of net habits.
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Digital Britain report launched
- Source: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Digital Britain is an action plan to secure the UK’s place at the forefront of innovation, investment and quality in the digital and communications industries.
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