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Give each digital skills is a key factor in the fight against unemployment in the long run, says Martha Lane Fox

Last week, the CBI has urged the government to apply the same rigor to address long-term unemployment, as has been shown to reduce the deficit. The magnitude of the challenge that certainly deserves this kind of approach. In the UK, 2.46 million unemployed, 5 million people of working age on benefits and 2 million children live in households where nobody works. These statistics have enormous economic and social costs: the company and the government, families and individuals

education and skills are at the forefront in the fight against one of the main causes of unemployment. This work, if the IWC is, will become increasingly urgent as the United Kingdom moves to a highly skilled jobs, and opportunities for those who have not fallen sharply.

skills are now vital to education and employment, we know that you are 25% more likely to get a job when you have web skills, and once this work , you will gain 10% more. Unison, the largest public sector union, has surveyed some of the skills of 1.3 million members. Nearly half of middle age, women with low wages (cleaners, catering staff, security guards) have argued that the lack of digital compression was the most serious shortcoming of skills. Our figures show that 4 million to 8.7 million UK adults who have never used the Internet are more difficult to achieve our groups.

online career in 2012, we promote the building of a nation of 100% of the network in the UK at the time of the Olympics. We now have over 1100 members, many of them have worked with us to recruit a force of 100,000 soldiers voluntary national "digital local champions" to inspire and encourage people in their communities to go online. This is essential because the companions and family members are in a better position to encourage 64% of people say they have never been online because of a lack of motivation. Other partners working with us to remove another key barrier - the cost of the kit - to participate in our national system computers recycled high quality but low cost for low-income groups for only £ 92. Learning affiliate of the TUC, the Unionlearn, and works with employers to ensure that people facing layoffs, early retirement or redistribution of the current crisis in these essential skills.

more people with the web is an essential first step. But the correlation between low-skills and emphasizes what is a large untapped market exists for a great tool for the implementation of educational innovation and capture more difficult to come to our groups.

A good example of this kind of thinking is the Khan Academy - an educational charity tiny that even five years ago, but has now delivered 59000000 online lessons. The organization grew from the decision of Salman Khan at the expense of seminars talkative, math custom YouTube so he can train his cousin 12 years of mathematics. The academy offers training free video 2100 and a grant from the Gates Foundation.
an urgent need for educators to connect more difficult to achieve our technology groups. But if we are to develop the skills we need in the UK plc to remain relevant in the 21st century, we must go further and be more adventurous. The cable is not in place of more classrooms, but to rewire the brain to think of the Internet for the first time in education, so we are aware of the opportunity to reinvent our institutions to learning for the modern era.