I am a researcher on a UK government (Becta) report on the potential of ICTs to raise the attainment and aspirations of disadvantaged young people. We are particularly interested in the research you consider to be the most important that has been conducted in the last five years, including any research you or colleagues may be undertaking at the moment but which is not yet published that you would be willing to share with us in draft form. We would also welcome your nominations of key earlier research that in your view remains relevant - particularly literature reviews. While this research has been commissioned by the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, the remit and potential audience for this literature review is broad, covering any benefits for underprivileged youth (principally but not exclusively 14 to 19 year-olds) that can be derived either from their use of ICTs directly or from greater availability and use of ICTs by those serving their needs - whether or not this takes place in an educational context. In particular we would be interested in evidence for the role of education in alleviating disadvantage and the role of ICTs in alleviating disadvantage - both current and potential. The primary aim of the research is to help young people based in the UK but to that end we are interested in any international studies whose results are likely to be transferable. Relevant ICTs include (but are not limited to) computers and software of all kinds including games, mobile phones, in-class teaching aids and of course Internet access and particular sites. The report has been commissioned with a short deadline so we would appreciate it if you could respond with your suggestions by Feb 14th. We would welcome any comments you wished to provide on the value and relevance of the studies you suggest but a list would be sufficient. While the resulting combined references will probably be too long to share on this email list, I will be happy to provide it to anyone who requests it. P.S. While of course you can respond to this request on this list, if you could also email your own choices directly to me in a form already formatted for bibliographic software (eg Endnote, RIS or BibTeX) that would be most helpful. -- David Brake, Doctoral Student in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page) callto://DavidBrake (Skype.com's Instant Messenger and net phone)