COVID-19 and the digital divide in the UK
Any health-care development that doesn't rapidly become available to all individuals has the unintended but inevitable consequence of fuelling health inequality. The response to COVID-19 is no exception. Although we have neither effective drugs or [...]
Coronavirus: Scotland facing ‘children’s rights emergency’
Scotland is facing a "children's rights emergency" in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the country's children's commissioner has warned. Bruce Adamson said he had "grave concerns" about the long-term impact of the virus lockdown [...]
Disconnected under lockdown
When Covid-19 forced New Zealanders to live most of their lives online it exacerbated the effects of digital exclusion. Jean Teng spoke to the organisations that kept vulnerable communities connected during the pandemic. From job [...]
UK Teenage Loneliness and Technology
The 2019 ‘UK Teenage Loneliness and Technology’ survey from Talk Talk shares how lonely people can experience the greatest uplifts from positive interactions with others and ways in which technology can be used safely and [...]
Children’s Media Use and Attitudes
The annual ‘Children and parents: media use and attitudes’ report shows that half of all ten year olds own their own smartphone in the UK. This increases to nearly all young people at the age [...]
Young Minds
The effect of home-schooling has been profound on children and young people when lockdown measures have been taken to protect the health of the nation, but digital access can help to retain a sense of [...]