Flyer for a CryptoParty in Santiago de Chile, 2014: a grassroots endeavour to introduce the basics of cryptography. alpuerto/Flickr. Some rights reserved.The UK government has recently released its Digital Strategy. In it, the government calls for the enhancement of “digital skills”. Although the document leaves it open in terms of what these skills would encompass and require, the call for more technical abilities is not per se amiss. In fact, the call for digital proficiency and training is more than overdue and of particular importance when looking at the academic realm.
