The DIGIT Lab Newsletter
DIGIT Lab’s monthly newsletter provides regular updates of DIGIT Lab wide activities, upcoming events and successes of our researchers. The DIGIT Lab is an EPSRC Next Stage Digital Economy Research Centre delivering a 5-year research programme backed by £12.4M in funding. In each month’s edition of the DIGIT Lab Newsletter we will introduce you to members of […]
The Great Public Sector Digital Transformation Debate, ExCel London
DIGIT Lab Team member Mark Thompson, and professor in Digital Economy at the University of Exeter Business School, recently spoke at The Great Public Sector Digital Transformation Debate, held at ExCel London.
Helping to Define the Future of Digital Jersey
Earlier this year, a new 5 year strategy was released by Digital Jersey, the government backed economic development agency responsible for defining Jersey’s digital future. Developed with the support of the DIGIT Lab, this strategy addresses the needs of 4 dimensions: Government, Infrastructure, Industry, and Skills. As part of this engagement, DIGIT Lab has played […]
DIGIT Lab Launch, Director Alan Brown’s Reflections
Following hot-on-the-heels of the DIGIT Lab research centre kick-off earlier this year, we’ve been busy putting together the framework and support structures to get moving. We have an exciting research agenda planned for this 5-year programme. We’re now ramping up, building momentum across various work packages we have underway. The launch event webinar (on […]
DIGIT Lab welcomes new Digital Fellows
Six new Digital Fellows have now been announced. These are our panel of expert advisors, offering insights from their own experience, getting involved in project work, and representing diverse communities. These experts include Dave Birch (Independent Advisor), James McGregor (Senior Economist, Ramboll), Cathy Mulligan (Director of DCentral, Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico), Rashik Parmar (IBM […]
Now Available for Free Download — Digital Economy Dispatches Book, by DIGIT Lab Director Alan Brown
Inspired by the wide variety of interactions with the centre’s team over the past year, DIGIT Lab Director Alan Brown, Professor of Digital Economy at the University of Exeter Business School, has just released a collection of articles in a new book called “Digital Economy Dispatches: Critical reflections on how to succeed with digital transformation […]
How taxes could be less taxing, by DIGIT Lab team member Phil Godsiff
If the only certainties in life are death and taxes, we owe it to ourselves to live a good life, and we owe it to each other to make taxes as fair and efficient as possible. The UK tax authority, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, (HMRC) is busy working on the efficiency part. They are re-engineering […]
DIGIT Lab Team members have secured prestigious Turing Fellowships
The next generation of data science and artificial intelligence experts from the University of Exeter have secured prestigious fellowships from The Alan Turing Institute. Members of the DIGIT Lab are amongst them. The following members of the DIGIT Lab team are Turing Fellows, a summary of their research areas and a link to their university profiles has been […]
Mark Thompson’s written evidence on Challenges in Implementing Digital Change has been accepted and published by the Public Accounts Committee’s inquiry
Mark Thompson, Professor in Digital Economy at the University of Exeter Business School and a member of the DIGIT Lab team, has written evidence on the Challenges in Implementing Digital Change for a Government inquiry. This evidence has now been accepted and published, and can be seen at the top of the list at the […]
Black History Month, University of Exeter Business School
DIGIT Lab is committed to a truly embedded inclusive culture that runs through everything we do. The culture represents the diverse community we are, and continue to build.
Oli Young, on our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion committee, is also Chief Diversity Officer for the University of Exeter Business School. For this Black History Month, he has made an incredible programme.
