MILA worked with a wide range of partners to issue a further joint statement, signed by over 35 experts and organisations. This warns that curriculum reforms will falter without media literacy funding for schools. The statement, issued in November 2025 in response to the final report from the Curriculum and Assessment Review, is here.
What MILA has been up to with its policy and advocacy work, to influence relevant public policy in the UK
In response to the interim report from the Curriculum and Assessment Review (see also below), MILA coordinated a joint statement from a coalition of information and education organisations. This calls for media and information literacy to become a mandatory part of England’s school curriculum. The statement, issued in June 2025, is here.
In April 2025, MILA submitted a response to the House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee inquiry into media literacy. We addressed the seven broad questions put by the inquiry and our submission is here.
MILA responded in November 2024 to the UK Government’s Curriculum and Assessment Review, relating to schools in England; our submission is here.
Following the UK General Election in July 2024, MILA has drawn up a briefing note intended particularly for MPs, Peers and policymakers, explaining the importance of media and information literacy, especially in relation to school education – details here.
In June 2024, MILA submitted a detailed response to Ofcom’s draft Media Literacy Strategy – details here.