The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is reviewing the BBC’s Royal Charter, which expires at the end of 2027. DCMS has set out a Green Paper and ran a consultation, ending on 10 March, to inform the changes that the government is considering making to the Charter, to futureproof the BBC and help it […]
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On 15 January, MILA held a highly successful convening event, ‘Seizing the moment: collaborating on UK media & information literacy policy’. This attracted 50+ participants from from over forty organisations to examine the state of play with media and information literacy in the UK, and to identify possible, practical collaborative activities to make the case
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Curriculum reforms will falter without media literacy funding for schools, say 35+ experts close to the issue Over 35 organisations and experts warn that planned media literacy reforms will fail without dedicated funding for schools The inclusion of teaching about ‘fake news and AI’ literacy in the revised curriculum for England recently made headlines, highlighting
Equipping young people to navigate the complex media environment in which we all now live is essential both to their wellbeing and to the functioning of a healthy democracy. MILA therefore welcomes the government’s pledge to give media literacy more focus in schools in England following the publication of the Curriculum and Assessment Review, along
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In a world where anyone can publish anything, children are growing up in an environment where information is fast, fragmented… and not always trustworthy. With young people exposed to news, opinions, and online content from an ever-growing range of sources – including those partially or wholly powered by AI – the ability to engage critically
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MILA and the News Literacy Network (NLN) have been jointly preparing the ground for a new initiative to advocate for media and information literacy in the UK. Our aim is to set up a loose coalition of organisations interested in working together to influence public policy in the context of major developments such as the
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On 25 July, the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee published its report on media literacy. MILA greatly welcomes this important piece of work, the result of an inquiry launched by the Committee in March. The report is comprehensive and forthright – rightly so. The Committee received written submissions from 71 organisations and individuals
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As previously reported, in June, a coalition of information and education organizations issued an urgent call for media and information literacy to become a mandatory part of England’s school curriculum. This call, in the form of an open letter to Prof Becky Francis, the chair of the ongoing Curriculum and Assessment Review, was coordinated by
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Education and information leaders call for media and information literacy to be made mandatory in schools A coalition of information and education organizations [1] has issued an urgent call for media and information literacy (MIL) to become a mandatory part of England’s school curriculum, warning that young people are being left unprepared for an increasingly
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In March, the House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee launched an inquiry into media literacy. Drawing from Ofcom findings that only 45% of UK adults are confident they can judge whether sources of information are truthful, the inquiry seeks to establish a clear vision for what good media literacy would look like in the
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