5Rights Foundation, the brainchild of Baroness Beeban Kidron, started as a set of principles that would reimagine the digital world as a place children and young people were afforded their existing right to participate in the digital world creatively, knowledgeably and fearlessly.

Endorsed and informed by academics, parents, policy makers, teachers and healthcare professionals, these principles were also shaped by what children and young people told us they needed from the digital world to thrive.

In 2018, 5Rights developed from an idea into an organisation. Now an internationally active non-governmental, non-profit charitable organisation, 5Rights Foundation is headquartered in London with an office in Brussels, which opened in early 2021. 

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The Department of Media and Communications is a world-leading centre of excellence in the field of communication and media studies, renowned internationally for its high quality original research and teaching excellence. We were rated #1 in the UK and #2 globally in the 2024 QS World University Rankings.

Our aims are: be the leading research based department in media and communications in the UK and one of the top five in the world; provide a high-quality master’s level graduate education in the study of media and communications drawing on the social science disciplines; prepare students for doctoral or professional research in the media and communications field and for entry into a variety of careers; conduct research that impacts on the strategies and practices of the media and communications industry, government policy makers and the third sector.

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