Questions from the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
Digital Economy Unit - The digital sector and its impact on society
What are the (aggregate) impacts of current digital regulations implemented by the UK Government? What are the best/potential measures that can evaluate impacts? What could a best practice monitoring and evaluation framework look like?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Digital Economy Unit - Consumer choice online
What are the potential harms and wellbeing risks that can impact consumers? How do we best measure and quantify these harms taking into account different online markets? How do different markets and tools engage in terms of reach and impact on individuals, for example to what extent does advertising follow and adversely impact consumers?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Digital Economy Unit - Tackling diversity issues in tech leadership/founders and across digital occupations at all levels
What solutions, introduced at what scales, would increase the access to finance for founders from diverse backgrounds? (i.e. depending on demographic groups/ intersectionality considerations)? What works for different groups? Which are expected to gain maximum impact?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Digital Economy Unit - Tackling diversity issues in tech leadership/founders and across digital occupations at all levels
What are the barriers faced by founders from diverse backgrounds in accessing finance? How does this vary across different social groups (e.g. ethnicity, gender, age, neurodiversity, disability status)?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Digital Economy Unit - Tackling diversity issues in tech leadership/founders and across digital occupations at all levels
What solutions, and scale of solutions, should be implemented to increase diversity (i.e. depending on demographic groups/ intersectionality considerations)? What works for different groups? Which are expected to gain maximum impact? What needs to be improved in the working environment and working culture?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Digital Economy Unit - Tackling diversity issues in tech leadership/founders and across digital occupations at all levels
What is the cost of lack of diversity both in the digital sector and in digital and technology jobs? What are the potential impacts and benefits of a more diverse digital workforce?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Digital Economy Unit - Tackling diversity issues in tech leadership/founders and across digital occupations at all levels
Where are the opportunities to break down barriers, tap into unrealised opportunities and ensure that those building our digital and technological solutions are representative and cognisant of UK societal needs as a whole?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Digital Economy Unit - Tackling diversity issues in tech leadership/founders and across digital occupations at all levels
How do we improve representation and diversity of the digital workforce? How do we better understand the challenges and opportunities for inclusion across different social groups, taking into account: ethnicity, gender, age, disability status, regional difference? How do we make policies that support equitable progression and reward across the sector?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Digital Economy Unit - Workforce skills and pipeline
What are our long term and future digital skills needs? How do we visualise these skills and workforce needs across sectors considering UK dynamics? What does the global landscape look like in this space?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Digital Economy Unit - Workforce skills and pipeline
What solutions, and scale of solutions, can improve the upskilling of digital skills capabilities, and wider digitisation, of UK businesses? How can we incentivise the private sector to play their role in upskilling the UK labour market?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024
Digital Economy Unit - Workforce skills and pipeline
Analyse and evaluate the pathways into digital and technology jobs, identifying the barriers to recruitment, retention and progression, and how this differs in underrepresented groups. How do we define and understand these roles? How can talent be retained within the UK’s universities and the wider educational sector?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2024