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Digital Skills Committee - publications

Inquiry by the Digital Skills, 12 June 2014 to 12 June 2014. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 8 July 2014: Professor Judy Wajcman, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics, Professor Alan Manning, Department of Economics, London School of Economics, and Professor Phillip Brown, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
  • 8 July 2014: Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times, Oliver Quinlan, Programme Manager, Digital Education, Nesta, and Jessica Bland, Senior Researcher in Technology Futures, Nesta
  • 22 July 2014: Hugh Milward, Director of Corporate Affairs, Microsoft, Chris Mairs CBE, Chair, UK Forum for Computing Education and Chief Scientist, Metaswitch Networks, and Mike Warriner, UK Director of Engineering, Google
  • 22 July 2014: Professor Nick Bostrom, Director, Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology, University of Oxford, Michael Gleaves, Head of Business Development, The Hartree Centre, Science and Technology Facilities Council, and Kevin Baughan, Director, Technology and Innovation, Innovate UK (formerly known as the Technology Strategy Board)
  • 29 July 2014: Guy Levin, Executive Director, Coalition for a Digital Economy, David Pollard, Chairman for Education, Skills and Business Support, Federation of Small Businesses, and Antony Walker, Deputy Chief Executive Officer techUK
  • 1 September 2014: Sean Williams, Group Director Strategy, Policy and Portfolio, BT, Dominic Field, Partner and Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group and Daniel Butler, Head of Public Affairs, Virgin Media
  • 1 September 2014: Marcus Mason, Policy Manager, Employment and Skills, British Chamber of Commerce, Angela Morrison, Chief Information Officer, Direct Line Group and Paul Willmott, Director, McKinsey & Company
  • 2 September 2014: James Thickett, Director of Nations and Market Development, Ofcom, Helen Milner, Chief Executive, Tinder Foundation, Professor Patrick Barwise Chairman, Which? and Emeritus Professor of Management and Marketing, London Business school (speaking as an independent academic), and Phil Fearnley, Director, BBC Homepage and myBBC, BBC
  • 2 September 2014: David Hughes, Chief Executive, National Institute of Adult Continuing Education and Professor Martin Weller, Professor of Educational Technology, The Open University
  • 14 October 2014: Lucy Hastings, Programme Director for Strategy, Age UK, Clare Sutcliffe, Co-founder and CEO, Code Club, Iain Wood, Public Affairs Manager, TalkTalk and Mary Payne, Chief Executive Officer UCanDoIT
  • 14 October 2014: Rachel Neaman, Chief Executive Officer, Go ON UK, Karen Price OBE, on behalf of the Tech Partnership (Chief Executive, e-skills UK), and Maggie Philbin, Chair, UK Digital Skills Taskforce and CEO, TeenTech CIC
  • 21 October 2014: Jack Evans, Specialist Support Teacher (Computing and DT Co-ordinator), Kingsmead Primary School, Mark Chambers, Chief Executive Officer, Naace, Paul Hynes, Vice Principal, George Spencer Academy, and Miles Berry, Principal Lecturer, Computing Education, University of Roehampton
  • 21 October 2014: Dr Bill Mitchell, BCS Director, Academy of Computing, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, Professor Simon Peyton Jones, Chair, Computing At Schools, Charlie Taylor, Chief Executive, National College for Teaching and Leadership, and Sir Andrew Carter, Head Teacher, South Farnham School
  • 28 October 2014: Dinah Caine, Chief Executive Officer, Skillset (Sector Skills Council for the Creative Industries), and Saint John Walker, Head of Development, Skillset (Sector Skills Council for the Creative Industries)
  • 28 October 2014: Angela Harrington, Head of Regeneration, Manchester City Council, Gary Warke, Board Member and Business Development Board Member, Humber Local Enterprise Partnership, and Gerard Grech, Chief Executive Officer, Tech City UK
  • 28 October 2014: Stephanie Daman, CEO, Cyber Security Challenge, Nick Coleman, Global Head of Security Intelligence, IBM Services, and Hugh Boyes, Cyber Security Lead, The Institution of Engineering and Technology
  • 4 November 2014: Megan Richards, Principal Adviser, DG CONNECT, European Commission, and Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills and Special Adviser on Education Policy to the Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (via video link)
  • 4 November 2014: Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Director, Web Science Institute, Univeristy of Southampton and Baroness Shields
  • 11 November 2014: Chris Jones, Chief Executive Officer, City & Guilds, Martin Hottass, Manager, Skills & Siemens Professional Education, Siemens, and Sue Husband, Director, Apprenticeships and Delivery Service, Skills Funding Agency
  • 18 November 2014: Nick Boles MP, Minister of State for Skills and Equalities, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Department for Education, and Mr Ed Vaizey MP, Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Department for Culture, Media & Sport