Technology
The digital divide could exclude millions
21 April 2021
The digital divide could exclude millions of the UK s poorest people, academics warned at the first event of Imperial s new SDG of the month series.
The panel of experts, chaired by Imperial College Business School’s Professor of Economics Tommaso Valetti, discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the digital divide and what is being done to address the gap between the under-connected and the highly digitised to help spread the benefits of technology in the new online age.The SDG of the Month series aims to explore the work from Imperial’s staff, students, alumni and global partners that is aligned with the UN s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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