Articles tagged with 'Digital Impact' | BT plc

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2024
27
February
2024
| 13:00 Europe/London
BT Group research reveals that tech-savvy over-65s are making an average of £650 a year through selling ‘traditional’ skills online Findings show that improving over-65s’ digital literacy, so they could better monetise their skills online,
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2023
04
December
2023
| 09:30 Europe/London
BT Group, in partnership with charity AbilityNet, is urging people to join “The 12 Scams of Christmas” webinar to protect themselves online.As scammers are known to target vulnerable groups online during the festive period, the one-hour live webinar
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31
October
2023
| 11:10 Europe/London
By Lauren Kahn, former Responsible Tech & Human Rights Director, BT Group and Armand David, Corporate Affairs Director, Digital, BT Group 
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31
October
2023
| 11:10 Europe/London
By Daniel Wilson, Policy & Public Affairs Director, Innovation & International
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20
October
2023
| 07:00 Europe/London
By Helen Burrows, Policy and Public affairs Director, BT Group
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02
October
2023
| 09:45 Europe/London
BT Group has created a Digital Dictionary with lexicographer Susie Dent, after finding one in six older people feel “baffled” by digital terms11% of respondents think a foreign language would be easier to learn than online jargonThe Digital
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21
September
2023
| 11:00 Europe/London
BT Group is pleased to announce that Addleshaw Goddard has been awarded a place on its next legal panel, after being confirmed as the firm on its existing panel most effectively driving diversity and inclusion (D&I) across all areas of its
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14
September
2023
| 10:00 Europe/London
Liquid cooling solutions demonstrated at BT's Sustainability FestivalIn pursuit of its commitment to becoming a net zero business by the end of March 2031, BT Group today announced that it is trialling several ‘liquid cooling’ technologies that
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23
August
2023
| 09:00 Europe/London
Research from BT Group shows how being able to learn the right digital skills can be as attractive to employers as going to universityThree quarters (75%) of UK CEOs and decision makers say possessing real-world business-related digital skills is
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26
April
2023
| 09:00 Europe/London
The new programme will address the digital divide among people aged 65+ in the UK, one in four of whom lack the skills to use the internet independently*The programme is aiming to improve the digital skills of 4,000 people aged 65+ in 2023The
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2022
14
December
2022
| 10:07 Europe/London
BT Group offers range of resources to help bring independence for the older generation                                              
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05
April
2022
| 10:47 Europe/London
New survey findings released today reveal what the future will hold in the next ten to fifty years, according to kids. The future, as children aged 5-11 see it, brings exciting, wacky technological advancements but some serious concerns about the
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2021
06
May
2021
| 08:35 Europe/London
BT Skills for Tomorrow reaches its ambitious goal five years ahead of schedule by helping 10 million people since its launch.BT Skills for Tomorrow has helped 10 million people across the UK improve their digital knowledge and confidence, a goal
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13
April
2021
| 09:52 Europe/London
BT study reveals 58% of interviewers would not hire the perfect candidate if their room in the video background was messy A quarter of candidates have experienced audio issues during a video interviewBT Skills for Tomorrow provides must-have tips,
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2020
04
November
2020
| 10:00 Europe/London
Switching to 100% renewable electricity globally underpins BT’s commitment to build back better - creating a more resilient, low carbon society. High profile digital skills campaign helps 5.7m people connect, learn and stay safe
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20
October
2020
| 11:44 Europe/London
Technology is changing the world in all sorts of wonderful ways, but for many of us that sense of change can also be scary. We live in a time of proliferating data, sensors and intelligent machines. The ways we live, work, travel and stay healthy
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29
January
2020
| 09:06 Europe/London
BT study reveals over half (56%) would rather discuss sex education than technology One in two children surveyed (52%) believe they know more than their parents about the internet and social media, with over a quarter of parents not knowing
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2019
18
July
2019
| 08:14 Europe/London
BT has announced that nine-year-old Mihika Sharma has won the 2019 BT Young Pioneer Award, part of the AbilityNet Tech4Good awards, for her next-generation Smart Stick. As partners of the Tech4Good awards, BT celebrates ingenious ideas and
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25
March
2019
| 08:08 Europe/London
BT has announced the winners of its Tech Factor competition, with a prize fund of more than £20,000 to invest in IT equipment being shared across ten schools across the UK. The competition, which is now in its fourth year, invited schools to
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21
March
2019
| 12:56 Europe/London
The National Centre for Computing Education (‘NCCE’) has secured funding from BT.
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06
March
2019
| 08:00 Europe/London
Three-year programme will use digital technology to help improve education, employability, health choices and autonomy for adolescent girls in India
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21
February
2019
| 09:14 Europe/London
Jāṅgala today announced it is working with BT Group to help expand its easy to deploy Wi-Fi solutions, developed to connect people impacted by a wide range of humanitarian situations. Jāṅgala develops specialised low cost Wi-Fi tools, which can
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30
January
2019
| 10:29 Europe/London
BT hosts teachers, pupils and partners at BT Tower event to celebrate the 2 million children inspired through the Barefoot computing programme
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2018
18
July
2018
| 10:32 Europe/London
BT recognises tech excellence at this year’s Tech4Good Awards
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2017
20
November
2017
| 09:06 Europe/London
A new report from BT and Accenture has found that boosting the next generation’s technology skills can super-charge social mobility and economic growth — but warns that without concerted effort from business, government and civil
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10
October
2017
| 14:58 Europe/London
MyDonate today announced its exclusive fundraising partnership with #IAMWHOLE, an anti-stigma mental health campaign developed in partnership with the NHS and YMCA, the world’s largest youth charity.
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19
July
2017
| 12:52 Europe/London
The results of BT’s Tech Factor 2017 competition revealed that schools are increasingly looking to bring new, sophisticated technology products into the classroom, in particular Virtual Reality headsets, robotics and coding tools, and sound
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12
July
2017
| 15:57 Europe/London
Two 14-year-old inventors have been awarded for their work in creating a handheld device which provides multi-sensory learning technology for children with all forms of dyslexia
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15
June
2017
| 09:26 Europe/London
BT hosts national robotics coding competition final for kids.
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26
April
2017
| 10:25 Europe/London
BT has launched Tech Factor 2017, a competition inviting schools to show how they would use technology to help pupils prepare for the challenges of the evolving jobs market.
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