May. 13 2024
Source Page: Tailored learning: learning aim class codesFound: Leisure Industries, Tourism Z0060076 Non regulated Tailored Learning, Entry Level, Creative Industries, Media
May. 13 2024
Source Page: Prisoner discipline procedures (adjudications) policy frameworkFound: charge, staff should check if th e prisoner has been assessed as being neurodivergent or having a low literacy
May. 13 2024
Source Page: Prisoner discipline procedures (adjudications) policy frameworkFound: charge, staff should check if th e prisoner has been assessed as being neurodivergent or having a low literacy
Asked by: Neil Hudson (Conservative - Penrith and The Border)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support local journalism.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Government is committed to supporting local and regional newspapers and other news outlets as vital pillars of communities and local democracy. They play an essential role in holding power to account, keeping the public informed of local issues and providing reliable, high-quality information.
Amid an evolving media landscape and changes in consumer behaviour, we are working to support journalism and local newsrooms to ensure the sustainability of this important industry. We are introducing a new, pro-competition regime for digital markets. The regime, which aims to address the far-reaching power of the biggest tech firms, will help rebalance the relationship between publishers and the online platforms on which they increasingly rely. This will make an important contribution to the sustainability of the press.
Additionally, our support for the sector has included the delivery of a £2 million Future News Fund, the extension of a 2017 business rates relief on local newspaper office space until 2025; the publication of the Online Media Literacy Strategy; and our work through the Mid-Term Review of the BBC Charter to encourage greater collaboration and transparency from the BBC in the local news market and other markets in which it operates. The BBC also supports the sector directly, through the £8m it spends each year on the Local News Partnership, including the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme.
We are also reducing regulatory burdens on commercial radio providers, and strengthening requirements on the provision of local news through the Media Bill to ensure commercial radio continues to provide high quality local journalism.
We continue to consider all possible options in the interests of promoting and sustaining news journalism.
May. 10 2024
Source Page: Gender equality and social inclusion mainstreaming research: final reportFound: anything and everything that can marginalise people based on gender, sex, class, physical ability, literacy
May. 09 2024
Source Page: Female offender strategy delivery plan: progress reportFound: Work with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the BBC to explore options for the
May. 09 2024
Source Page: The Evaluation of the Restart SchemeFound: For those p articipants who had little or no English or limited literacy in any language, the 12 months
Mentions:
1: Lord Aberdare (XB - Excepted Hereditary) First, all of us need basic skills, including literacy, numeracy, digital literacy and no doubt oracy - Speech Link
2: Lord Marks of Hale (Con - Life peer) frightened by what I see, what I hear, and what I feel, whether on the streets, through social and other media - Speech Link
3: Lord Holmes of Richmond (Con - Life peer) Media literacy, digital literacy and, yes, financial literacy are all required if people are to be able - Speech Link
4: Baroness Wilcox of Newport (Lab - Life peer) People find employment online and many social media sites are available where professionals can network - Speech Link
Special Report May. 09 2024
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)Found: Officer), Libby McEnhill (Senior Committee Specialist), Sumayyah Mian (Clinical Fellow), Anne Peacock (Media
Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of the population they estimate will be digitally literate by 2030.
Answered by Viscount Camrose - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
This Government has been clear that ensuring that no one is left behind in the digital age is a key priority. The 2023 Consumer Digital Index found that 92% of UK adults have the ‘Essential Digital Skills for Life’.
The National Curriculum subject of computing ensures that pupils become digitally literate so that they are able to use, express themselves and develop their ideas through information and communication technology, at a level suitable for the future workplace and as active participants in a digital world. Computing is compulsory in all Local Authority maintained schools across Key Stages 1 to 4.
Media literacy is also included in the citizenship curriculum which is compulsory for all maintained secondary schools. Furthermore, under our ambitious Online Media Literacy Strategy, we have provided almost £2.5million in grant funding for projects designed to build the media literacy and critical thinking skills for users of all ages.
The government has also introduced a digital skills entitlement in August 2020 for adults with no or low digital skills to undertake specified digital qualifications, up to Level 1, free of charge. Such qualifications enable people to gain the skills needed to participate in modern life, access further study, and find and progress in work.