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The population’s digitalisation does not take place at the same pace for everyone: young people are better able to acquire digital skills than older people. Intergenerational...
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The digital divide extends beyond access to technologies and basic knowledge of how they work. The most invisible divide concerns uses. Education in digitisation must support people to...
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One of the indicators of climate change is the rise in temperature, which increases the risk of mortality in the elderly or those suffering from chronic diseases. Heat waves will...
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Javier Pérez Andújar’s latest novel, El año del Búfalo [The Year of the Buffalo], is an astronomical novel because it is the work of someone who has spent years taking...
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The extraordinary work and cultural life of Ricard Giralt Miracle and Enric Tormo take centre stage in two books that recognise their contributions as pioneers in the graphic...
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Senior citizens are among the groups most affected by unequal access to and use of digital financial and banking tools, but they are not the only one. Basic discrimination, poor capacity...
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The usual factors of inequality that have always existed (social class, age, gender, education, environment) determine not only access, but also the capacity to develop fully in the...
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Fulfilling fundamental rights such as employment, training, health and citizen participation calls for access to a high-speed connection and advanced digital skills. Now that...
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