Girls State review: A smart follow-up to political documentary Boys State April 6, 2024 Like the documentary this follows, Girls State embraces the light and dark of politics, but offers a little bit of hope for the future.
The Square Mile is educating the workforce of the future August 26, 2024 By investing in this generation, we can ensure that our workers and workplaces have the skills to achieve, laying the foundations for the City’s future success, says Chris Hayward Here in the City we have one of the youngest, most highly-skilled workforces in the country: over half of the Square Mile’s 615,000 workers are under 40. And each year we [...]
Linklaters encourages City businesses to join We Can Be 2025 July 18, 2024 Every year The Lord Mayor’s Appeal invites young people to gain an exclusive glimpse into some of its most prominent businesses. Part of its aim to create A Better City For All, We Can Be is an annual initiative that matches corporates and schools for a day. For the young women, it’s a chance to [...]
Debate: Have young people been hardest hit by lockdown? September 15, 2020 Last week, politicians split opinion by suggesting that young people were partly to blame for the sharp rise in coronavirus cases. It led to cries that young people have been hit the hardest by the coronavirus lockdown – while others think this is not the case. For the City A.M. debate, Sean Farrington of tech [...]
My Old Ass review: The big questions of early adulthood September 27, 2024 The premise for breezy coming-of-age comedy My Old Ass is familiar but under the direction of filmmaker Megan Park (The Fallout) there’s a lot that feels fresh. Maisy Stella plays Elliott, an 18-year-old girl on a camping trip with friends who decides to try mushrooms. While high, she is greeted by her 39-year-old self (Aubrey [...]
Dame Sharon White: Government should be talking about ‘falling apprenticeships’ following Sunak’s plans for mandatory national service May 26, 2024 Dame Sharon White, the head of John Lewis, has said the government should be talking about skills, and why apprenticeships are falling' following an announcement that Rishi Sunak would introduce national service if he was elected at the upcoming general election.
Dallaglio charity in gruelling 1,500km cycle from Rome to Nice April 22, 2024 A gruelling cycling challenge spearheaded by Rugby World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio is into its second stage as a peloton cycle from Rome to Nice in aid of charity. The 1,500km challenge aims to raise £100,000 for RugbyWorks, a charity founded by the England international. Dallaglio said: We are currently over half way through the [...]
School of Hard Knocks announce roster of ambassadors June 11, 2024 Charity School of Hard Knocks (SOHK) have announced a roster of new ambassadors as the leading sport-for-development organisation targets growth and expansion. Rugby referee Hollie Davidson will join the likes as professional boxer Johnny Fisher, former internationals Fraser Brown and Nick De Luca, and GB 7s player Amy Wilson-Hardy in representing the charity. Over the [...]
Election 2024: Sunak wants to ‘scrap rip off degrees in favour of 100K apprenticeships’ May 29, 2024 Rishi Sunak has pledged to scrap “rip-off degrees” in favour of creating 100,000 more apprenticeships, in his latest election policy announcement.
UK’s gender investment gap now bigger than the entire GDP of Argentina March 7, 2024 The gap between the amount invested by men and women widened again this year to £567bn, £54bn more than last year and largely due to young men investing far more than young women. Only nine per cent of women aged 18-24 invest, compared to 22 per cent of young men, research conducted by Boring Money [...]