Education and information leaders call for media and information literacy to be made mandatory in schools A coalition of information and education organizations has issued an urgent call for media…
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In March, the House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee launched an inquiry into media literacy. Drawing from Ofcom findings that only 45% of UK adults are confident they can…
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How can MILA add value, as a coordinating and enabling charity, to the media and information literacy (MIL) environment in the UK? This was the broad question considered at a…
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On 21 November, MILA ran a successful webinar on the theme of 'Building a national alliance for media and information literacy'. This postponed event was originally scheduled to take place…
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MILA has responded to the call for evidence for the UK Government's Curriculum and Assessment Review relating to schools in England. Follow the link below to read the pdf version…
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UK government ministers have indicated clearly that they wish to see a place for media literacy education in schools. The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee is running an…
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by Stéphane Goldstein This article was originally published in the September 2024 issue of Information Professional. Reproduced here with permission.“Schools to wage war on ‘putrid’ fake news”: the recent headline…
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In April 2024, Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, set out for consultation its draft Media Literacy Strategy. The 2023 Online Safety Act clarified and added specificity to Ofcom's media literacy…
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Between November 2022 and April 2023, a team of researchers at the LSE conducted a stakeholder-centric consultation on the challenges facing the media literacy sector in the UK. Commissioned by…
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‘Information is power’ is a claim we often hear, almost as often as the term ‘information literacy’, as one of the many ringing phrases of today's information age and knowledge…
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