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    Developing essential digital skills

    Friday, 07 May, 2021

    Digital skills are increasingly important for day-to-day life, including for communication, accessing services and employment. However, around a fifth of the population do not have essential digital skills for life as defined by the UK Government. While research suggests the number of people with basic digital skills has increased in recent years, concerns remain about those who lack them. Experts have highlighted that digitally excluded people may experience various negative impacts, including poorer health outcomes and social isolation This POSTnote gives an overview of digital skills in the UK, the impact of a lack of digital skills on outcomes in areas such as employment and health, and initiatives in place to improve digital skills.

    • POSTnote
    • Digital technologies
    • Education
    • Health and social care
    • Transport and infrastructure
  • Horizon scanning

    An introduction to Research for Parliament 2021

    Thursday, 29 April, 2021

    Experts have helped us find 30 areas of change to help the UK Parliament prepare for the future.

    • Horizon scanning
    • Crime and justice
    • Digital technologies
    • Education
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Food security
    • Health and social care
    • Security and defence
    • Transport and infrastructure
    • COVID-19
  • Horizon scanning

    Research evidence and policy-making: increasing demand, publication speed and public scrutiny

    Thursday, 29 April, 2021

    COVID-19 has increased demand for research evidence. In response the research and publication processes have sped up. What does this mean for scrutiny?

    • Horizon scanning
    • Education
    • COVID-19
  • Horizon scanning

    Inequalities in education, and attainment gaps

    Thursday, 29 April, 2021

    Educational inequalities emerge in early childhood and effects continue throughout a person’s life. How might school closures and disruption widen inequalities?

    • Horizon scanning
    • Education
    • Health and social care
    • COVID-19
  • Horizon scanning

    Regulation and state use of social media

    Thursday, 29 April, 2021

    The use of social media raises questions around security, state regulation, privacy, and online safety. How can states balance regulation and personal freedom?

    • Horizon scanning
    • Digital technologies
    • Education
    • Health and social care
    • Security and defence
  • Horizon scanning

    Upskilling and retraining the adult workforce

    Thursday, 29 April, 2021

    Upskilling and retraining adults is key to addressing future challenges and benefits productivity, health and wellbeing, social justice and communities.

    • Horizon scanning
    • Education
    • Health and social care
    • Transport and infrastructure
    • COVID-19
  • Horizon scanning

    Political polarisation and participation

    Thursday, 29 April, 2021

    Political polarisation could affect political participation. How do inequality and socioeconomic factors intersect with extremism?

    • Horizon scanning
    • Digital technologies
    • Education
    • Health and social care
    • Security and defence
    • COVID-19
  • Horizon scanning

    The impact of early childhood education and care on children’s outcomes, and the sustainability of the sector

    Thursday, 29 April, 2021

    Early education and care can have positive and long-lasting impacts on children’s outcomes. What are the impact of changes in Government policy and COVID-19?

    • Horizon scanning
    • Education
    • Health and social care
    • COVID-19
  • POSTnote

    Distance learning

    Tuesday, 20 April, 2021

    Distance learning is a way of studying without the learner being physically present in a classroom. It can be fully remote or ‘blended’ with in-person learning and is now usually underpinned by the use of digital technologies and resources. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a rapid switch to distance learning. This POSTnote provides an overview of current trends in distance learning, evidence on key challenges and opportunities and potential future developments.

    • POSTnote
    • Education
  • Rapid response

    Latest evidence on impacts of COVID-19 in children: March 2021

    Friday, 05 March, 2021

    How does COVID-19 affect children? Will children be vaccinated against the disease? This article summarises the latest findings from research and highlights where more research can explore some of the remaining uncertainties.

    • Rapid response
    • Education
    • Health and social care
    • COVID-19
  • Event report

    Event summary: Census 2021

    Tuesday, 02 March, 2021

    On 26 January, 2021 POST invited speakers from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Commons Library, to hold a closed briefing on Census 2021. These are the notes from the briefing. As this was a closed event for Parliamentarians and parliamentary staff, questions and comments during the different rounds of discussion have not been attributed.

    • Event report
    • Education
  • Event listing

    Census 2021

    Monday, 18 January, 2021

    Join POST and experts from the Office for National Statistics in this closed briefing and discover everything you need to know about the 2021 census. What is the value of census data for parliamentary scrutiny? What research services does it enable? How are the needs of Parliament for social data evolving?

    • Event listing
    • Education
  • POSTnote

    Screen use and health in young people

    Friday, 04 December, 2020

    Devices with screens include game consoles, laptops and televisions. Screen use refers to activities undertaken on such devices and the time spent on them. Children’s screen use has increased over the past decade. Policy-makers and parents have expressed concerns about possible effects of screen use on children/young people’s development and health. This POSTnote provides an overview of how children/young people use screens, the opportunities and risks of this use, evidence on the possible effects on health and development, and evidence on ways to support healthy screen use.

    • POSTnote
    • Crime and justice
    • Digital technologies
    • Education
    • Health and social care
    • Transport and infrastructure
  • Horizon scanning,Select Committee Area of Research Interest

    COVID-19 Areas of Research Interest

    Tuesday, 06 October, 2020

    POST has published 20 COVID-19 Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) for the UK Parliament. ARIs were identified using the input of over 1,000 experts. They were then ranked in order of interest to UK Parliament research and select committee staff, following internal feedback. Each ARI comes with a series of questions aiming to further break down each broad area. The ARIs focus on the impacts of the global pandemic and range from economic recovery and growth, to surveillance and data collection, long-term mental health effects, education, vaccine development, and the NHS.

    • Horizon scanning
    • Select Committee Area of Research Interest
    • Crime and justice
    • Digital technologies
    • Education
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Food security
    • Health and social care
    • Security and defence
    • Transport and infrastructure
    • COVID-19
  • Horizon scanning

    Life beyond COVID-19: What are experts concerned about?

    Wednesday, 30 September, 2020

    Over 350 experts have shared with us what they think the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic will be in the next 2 to 5 years. This work was done to inform the House of Lords COVID-19 Committee inquiry on Life beyond COVID, and is based on 366 expert responses. Areas of concern include work and employment, health and social care, research and development, society and community, the natural environment, education, arts, culture and sport, infrastructure and crime and justice.

    • Horizon scanning
    • Crime and justice
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Health and social care
    • COVID-19

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