Digital Poverty (Equality)
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Date
14 July 2021
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14 July 2021
online 13:00 - 15:30
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About the Event
The pandemic has taught us a lot of things about working from home, and it also highlighted another technology challenge that had gone under the radar, that of Digital poverty.
Without access to student computer rooms and the power of Janet many students and staff struggled to carry on as normal. This was made worse because security requirements meant certain requirement had to be met by hardware etc. Though known of the digital poverty gap had not really been addressed, and now it needs to be.
Though some aspects need governmental investment this session will consider what we can do to make access to our systems more affordable and effective in low band width situations or when low end hardware is all that is available for high end work.
Event Schedule
Wednesday
Introduction
The Challenges of Addressing Digital Poverty at a National Scale
Mark O'Leary, Head of Network Access, JiscMitigating Digital Poverty: the University of Strathclyde’s approach to digital inclusion
Dr Stephanie Mckendry, Head of Access, Equality and Inclusion; and Andrew Cooper, End User Computing Manager, University of StrathclydeComfort break
Responding to Digital Poverty
Lise Foster, Associate Director IT Services, University of the Arts LondonVirtual desktops as a mean to reduce digital poverty
Chris Parry, Associate Director of Partnering and Innovation; and Luis Neves, Digital Learning Director for the Faculty of Engineering, University of NottinghamDigital Poverty Discussion
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UCISA Group
- London Networking and Innovation
