• Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Digital technology
  • Cloud
  • Data analytics
  • Digital leaders
  • IoT
  • Opinion
  • Events
  • Whitepapers
  • Newsletters
  • Sign in
  • Events
    • Follow V3 Events

      Sign up to receive email alerts about our events

      Sign up
  • Whitepapers
    • V3resources 120x194
      Network Security Forensics For GDPR Compliance

      An effective network security forensics strategy can assist an organization in providing key compliance-related details as part of any post-incident GDPR investigation.

      Download
      V3resources 120x194
      10 ways to increase productivity with managed Office 365

      For businesses large and small, relying on a cloud-based collaboration and productivity suite such as Microsoft Office 365 is becoming the norm. Enhancing productivity in your organisation is vital to get ahead in 2017 - and using Office 365 can help, if it's used right...

      Download
      Find whitepapers
      Search by title or subject area
      View all whitepapers
  • Data Strategy Spotlight
  • Sign in
  •  
    •  

      You are currently accessing V3 .co.uk via your Enterprise account.

      Personalise your on site experience

      Download and use the apps

      Access your subscription from outside of the office

      Get relevant news and insight straight to your inbox

      • Sign in
     
      • Newsletters
      • Account details
      • Contact support
      • Sign out
     
  • Follow us
    • RSS
    • Twitter
    • Newsletters
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
  • Register
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Digital technology
  • Cloud
  • Data analytics
  • Digital leaders
  • IoT
  • Opinion
 
  •  

    You are currently accessing V3 .co.uk via your Enterprise account.

    Personalise your on site experience

    Download and use the apps

    Access your subscription from outside of the office

    Get relevant news and insight straight to your inbox

    • Sign in
 
    • Newsletters
    • Account details
    • Contact support
    • Sign out
 
V3.co.uk
  • Skills

Martha Lane Fox backs online skills initiative for 16 million Brits

Go On UK begins campaign to improve digital literacy in the UK

Lastminute.com co-founder Martha Lane Fox
  • Rosalie Marshall
  • 08 November 2012
  • Tweet  
  • Facebook  
  •  
  •  
  • Send to  
0 Comments

UK Digital champion Martha Lane Fox is backing a new initiative that aims to get some 16 million people across the UK basic online skills so they can use the internet to its full potential.

The initiative is being led by Go On UK, a charity chaired by Fox and backed by the likes of Age UK, the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) and TalkTalk. It was first founded in April this year.

Fox argued the UK is failing to harness many of the benefits the digital environment can bring to individuals and organisations.

"We read every day of the huge challenges that the UK faces both economically and socially," said Fox.

"We need to make the country fit for purpose through the next decade and ensure everyone and every organisation has basic digital literacy."

At the heart of this new drive is a report, titled This is for Everyone: The Case for Universal Digitisation, commissioned by Go On UK from consultancy Booz and Company

According to the report, the UK economy could be £63bn better off if the country achieves global digital leadership. The consultancy ranked the UK 12 out of 150 for its digital efforts last year.

Go On UK has proposed a three-strand strategy to improve the UK's digital skills; improve digital infrastructure, promote internet usage and digital technology to those individuals not online, and encourage innovation from the private and not-for-profit sector.

Prime minister David Cameron earlier said the initiative is vital to the UK's development.

"I salute all the hard work and creativity that has gone into making this project a reality," he said.

"It's so important that Britain takes full advantage of the economic and social potential of the digital age, and I am determined to make sure the Government plays its part in promoting digital literacy throughout the country."

Through improved digital literacy, Go On UK believes individuals will experience many benefits such as improved job prospects, improved health and well-being, and reduced isolation.

Young people are also likely to receive a better education, with web-based learning found to increase levels of engagement.

Additionally, strategy can help businesses channel scarce resources, improve customer satisfaction and retention, said the charity.

Meanwhile, the not-for-profit sector can enhance their fund-raising potential, while central and local governments can save £5.1bn annually with the moving online of every service, it claimed.

  • Tweet  
  • Facebook  
  •  
  •  
  • Send to  
  • Topics
  • Skills
  • Education
  • Government
  • Digital Divide

V3 Latest

First plant to grow on the Moon, err, dies
First plant to grow on the Moon, err, dies

Cotton seedling freezes to death as Chang'e-4 shuts down for the Moon's 14-day lunar night

  • Communications
  • 18 January 2019
Fortnite news and updates: Fortnite made $2.4bn in 2018, according to SuperData
Fortnite news and updates: Fortnite made $2.4bn in 2018, according to SuperData

Fortnite easily out-earns PUBG, Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2018

  • Software
  • 18 January 2019
Japanese firm sends micro-satellites into space to deliver artificial meteor showers on demand
Japanese firm sends micro-satellites into space to deliver artificial meteor showers on demand

Meteor showers as a service will be visible for about 100 kilometres in all directions

  • Communications
  • 18 January 2019
Saturn's rings only formed in the past 100 million years, suggests analysis of Cassini space probe data
Saturn's rings only formed in the past 100 million years, suggests analysis of Cassini space probe data

New findings contradict conventional belief that Saturn's rings were formed along with the planet about 4.5 billion years ago

  • Communications
  • 18 January 2019
Back to Top
  • Contact
  • Marketing solutions
  • Enterprise IT Events
  • About
  • Terms & conditions
  • Privacy policy
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Newsletters
  • Facebook
  • YouTube

© Incisive Business Media (IP) Limited, Published by Incisive Business Media Limited, New London House, 172 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5QR, registered in England and Wales with company registration numbers 09177174 & 09178013

Digital publisher of the year
Digital publisher of the year 2010, 2013, 2016 & 2017