STEM skills are needed, but don’t neglect the value of arts degrees to technology companies | City A.M. July 18, 2018 Amid concerns of skills shortages in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), the UK government is doubling down its focus on STEM curriculum in schools and higher education, going as far as excluding arts and creative subjects from the English Baccalaureate. This is a mistake for our future workforce, because it denies students the opportunity [...]
The co-founder of Urban Massage on the gig economy and disrupting the spa industry July 16, 2018 Years ago, Jack Tang paid £100 for a massage. But, even though the therapist was at the top of her game, it turns out that she was getting a measly £20 of the total payment. Tang found out that it’s not uncommon for spas to charge customers huge amounts, and dish out a tiny [...]
World Cup 2018: Kylian Mbappe stars as France beat Croatia 4-2 in a final fit for a thrilling tournament | City A.M. July 15, 2018 Ruthless French counter-attacking, bags of Croatian resolve, flashes of Kylian Mbappe brilliance, scintillating goals, even a VAR penalty: if ever a final reflected the tournament that it concluded then this was surely it. A month of sustained thrills drew to a close in Moscow yesterday with a wildly entertaining World Cup final won by France [...]
World Cup 2018 glory may have eluded England but planets could align for Gareth Southgate’s exciting team in 2020 | City A.M. July 12, 2018 Football might not be coming home just yet, following England’s World Cup semi-final defeat to Croatia on Wednesday, but it will soon be returning to its heartlands in at least one sense. The next European Championship, in two years’ time, has been designated a uniquely pan-continental affair involving 12 host cities in 12 different countries [...]
Rapper and TV personality Professor Green talks to us about side hustles July 12, 2018 A business school isn’t where you’d expect to meet a famous rapper. But it is 2018, and stranger things have happened. While Professor Green might not be an actual qualified professor, he’s got plenty to say – and he puts everything so eloquently, almost lyrically. This is a man from a working-class background who is [...]
Rapper and TV personality Professor Green talks to us about side hustles July 12, 2018 A business school isn’t where you’d expect to meet a famous rapper. But it is 2018, and stranger things have happened. While Professor Green might not be an actual qualified professor, he’s got plenty to say – and he puts everything so eloquently, intellectually, almost lyrically. This is a man from a tough working-class background [...]
World Cup 2018: How Croatia exploited England’s nerves and space out wide to reach the final | City A.M. July 11, 2018 Coming into England’s biggest game in 28 years all the focus on Croatia was directed at two men: Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic. The Real Madrid and Barcelona central midfielders offered the most obvious threat to Gareth Southgate’s side. Their ability to dictate play, pierce the defence and shoot from distance was rightly highlighted. However, [...]
Day by day, Donald Trump is reshaping America. We travel the west coast from Canada to Mexico speaking to people about their hopes and fears, and how their lives are changing July 11, 2018 The Seattle skyline, with the iconic Space Needle against the backdrop of Mt Rainier, may be familiar from TV series including Frasier and Grey’s Anatomy, but it’s the city’s music scene that sent ripples across the world, through Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Jimi Hendrix. “The music scene helped build Seattle’s liberal values,” says Nick, a [...]
Youtube dedicates $25m to fighting fake news by providing support for trusted journalists July 10, 2018 Youtube has announced it will be investing $25m (£18.8m) into making changes on its site that can better support trusted news providers to produce online content. The site will now start to prioritise videos from verified news sources on its Breaking News and Top News tabs so that it’s “easier to find quality news”. In [...]
House prices in Holland Park: Celebrities flock to the spacious Georgian mansions in the connoisseur’s Notting Hill July 10, 2018 The fact is, the secret’s out about Notting Hill. It’s a Richard Curtis film, it hosts Europe’s biggest street party every August and its doors are painted in bright pastel colours. The connoisseur of the north west London property scene would look slightly southwards to its greener, more understated sibling, Holland Park. “The area has [...]