Reading room

Read UK online centres' case studies, articles, publications and research reports...

In the Reading room you can find UK online centres publications, leaflets, an archive of published articles and opinion pieces, plus original research reports and stories about some of our centres and the people that use them.

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Case studies

Find out more about some of our centres, and read the stories of some of the people that have used them...

Publications

UK online centres brochures, documents and leaflets...

Research

Original and collaborative research from UK online centres into digital and social inclusion, the use of e-services and the use of UK online centres themselves...

Articles

Articles about or from UK online centres published in newspapers, magazines or partners’ newsletters...

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Latest news:

Parents urged to get online for online safety tips - Do your kids know more about computers and the internet than you do? Do you worry about them using the world wide web?

Digital Inclusion is on its way - Digital inclusion may not historically be a political hot potato, an industrial dilemma or a meaty media tidbit, but last week it definitely had its Day, and looked well on its way to new recognition and action.

UK online centres and NHS Choices team up to get health info out to all - Thousands of people across England could get a helping hand to get onto NHS Choices and find a wealth of health information online.

UK online centres film

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UK online centres film Transforming technology, empowering people, for an introduction to UK online centres.

Case study

From blackboard to keyboard...

Greenwich pensioner Elsie Frost isn’t just getting to grips with technology herself, she’s helping other people use the computers at her local UK online centre.