House of Lords – Make or Break: The UK’s Digital Future – 144 pages
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Impetus behind the inquiry
Major technological change
Box 1: Transformative health technologies
The digital economy
Box 2: The digital economy
The labour market and automation
Implications for inequality
The skills requirement
The role of the Government
The Committee’s inquiry
CHAPTER 2: THE CORE PRE-CONDITIONS
Part I: Hard infrastructure
Box 3: Key Statistic: Hard infrastructure
Internet ‘not-spots’
The internet as a utility
Box 4: Universal WiFi in Cape Town
Part II: Soft infrastructure
Digital inclusion
Box 5: Key Statistic: Digital inclusion
Box 6: The Government’s definition of digital inclusion
Women
Box 7: Key Statistic: Women
Chart 1: Difference in the number of acceptances between men and women by each subject group at higher education level in 2014
Table 1: Examples of non-traditional STEM professions
Part III: Cyber risk management
Box 8: Key Statistics: Cyber risk management
Cybersecurity: the pace and scale of the challenge
Online safety and personal privacy
Small and medium-sized enterprises and cyber risk management
CHAPTER 3: FOSTERING AND DEVELOPING TALENT
Part I: Digital ability levels
Box 9: Digital skill level categories
Part II: Medium- and high-level skills
Part III: Future-proofing our young people
Broadening skillsets
Primary and secondary schools
Teaching the teachers
Box 10: Key Statistic: Teachers
Further education
Apprenticeships
Chart 2: Apprenticeship starts versus predicted UK employment by 2020
Higher education
Box 11: Case Study: The Open University and digital industries in Manchester and the North West
A new approach to careers guidance
Box 12: Key Statistic: Careers guidance
The role of parents and teachers
Part IV: Filling the immediate skills gap
Continuing Professional Development
Online and self-learning
Short courses: training providers
Further and higher education
Active employer engagement
Immigration
CHAPTER 4: THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Part I: Connecting and supporting business
Business support for small and medium-sized enterprises
Box 13: Key Statistic: Small and medium-sized enterprises
Box 14: Sci-Tech Daresbury and Harwell Oxford
Part II: Regional ecosystems and clustering
Regional differences
Chart 3: UK regional growth in the Knowledge Economy Index, 2009–2014
Clusters
Figure 1: Concentration of digital companies across the UK
Box 15: Successful clusters
Box 16: Case Study: Leeds key industry clusters
Box 17: Bristol City Council and the University of Bristol
The role of Research Councils and Innovate UK
Box 18: Innovation in Switzerland: the World Economic Forum
Joining-up in the regions
The role of the Government
Chapter 5: Making it happen
Part I: A leading Government
Digital opportunity
Risk
The Government’s role Joining-up
Part II: A Digital Agenda for the UK
The UK’s Digital Agenda
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Appendix 2: List of
Appendix 3: Call for evidence
Appendix 4: Acronyms and glossary
Appendix 5: Examples of initiatives and action
Appendix 6: League table of European capital city average download broadband speeds
Appendix 7: Go ON UK’s definition of basic digital skills
Appendix 8: Summary of Committee visits
Appendix 9: Government initiatives
Appendix 10: Scotland’s digital strategy
Appendix 11: Sweden’s digital agenda
Appendix 12: Internet non-users by geographical location
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