UK Online Centres

The ONS Internet Access report focusses on the use and non-use of the internet. This report, published in February 2012, shows that 8.2 million adults in the UK have never used the internet, down 229,000 on the previous quarter. Of these 8.2 million, 3.98 million are disabled adults and  67% of the total offline population is over 65. 

This report, commissioned by UK online centres from research agency ICM, throws a light on the attitudes of employers towards online skills, and highlights the disadvantage online jobseekers are putting themselves at in their search for work. The report provides a national focus, as well as a specific focus on 6 areas of the country; Newcastle and Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Hull, Nottingham, Liverpool and Wolverhampton. 

The ONS Internet Access report focusses on the use and non-use of the internet. This report, published in November 2011, shows that 8.43 million adults have never used the internet, which makes up 16.8% of the adult population. This is a decrease of 299,000 adults who had never used the internet in the previous quarter. 

This data from the ONS provides information on what people do when they are online. It shows that 45 per cent of internet users used a mobile phone to connect to the internet, 6 million people accessed the internet over their mobile phone for the first time and 77% of households had internet access.

Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) research is designed to offer detailed insights into the influence of the Internet on everyday life in Britain. Surveys have already been undertaken in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011 of nationally representative random samples of 2000 people in the UK. By comparing different datasets over time, careful predictions can be made about how the internet is affecting our society. The OxIS 2011 Report focuses on the use of web 2.0 and mobile applications, the rise of social networking sites, and the quality of people's ICT experiences.