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A new tool that enables the comparison of the lives of young adults across England will play a key role in shaping future policy development

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A new tool is harnessing the power of modern web technologies to enable policy makers and the wider public to compare the educational, employment and personal circumstances of young adults in every neighbourhood across England for the first time.

How can digital technologies support young people to engage socially and economically with their communities?

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That's the question we're hoping to answer as part of a crowdsourced research project we're undertaking. And we need your input!

We not looking to develop a list of examples of where digital technologies have been used to support young people's employment, enterprise or social action. Instead, we want to identify some of the core principles that really explain the how of using technology to support this group of individuals.

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Area of interest: 
Education
Employment and training
Local communities
Internet focus: 
Open innovation
Project lead: 
David Wilcox
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david@socialreporter.com
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Creating digital citizens

SLLP set to inspire individuals to get involved in decision-making and social action for their communities

A new project to deliver innovative information technology learning to local residents in Surrey is aiming to create an army of ‘digital citizens’.

With our investment, Surrey Lifelong Learning Partnership is launching a three-year project to enable approximately 1,000 local residents who have low qualifications, are out of work or are vulnerable in some way to benefit from the internet, social networking and computers in general. It is hoped the project will help to create ‘digital citizens’ with enhanced employability and life chances.