Focusing on the internet as a foundational technology, this paper sets out a framework of core components of digital inclusion — including quality of access and use, affordability, and digital skills and surveys the ways these components are currently measured.

Jonathan Wolff, Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy, has been elected as the new president of the Royal Institute of Philosophy.

The final RISE (Research on Improving Systems of Education) conference starts at the Blavatnik School today, capping an eight-year, multi-country, £43m programme that has changed thinking and practice in the push to get the world learning.

The Blavatnik School of Government will lead a £30m What Works Hub for Global Education – a joint initiative supported by the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), World Bank, UNICEF, USAID, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the British Council.

A new paper argues that viewing efficiency as the sole guiding principle for public spending undermines resilience, and offers policy ideas on how to shift the balance.