Theresa May to woo parents with pledge to tackle university fees February 19, 2018 Prime Minister Theresa May will today launch a major review of higher education, probing the cost to students and telling parents to shake off the “outdated attitude” that university is the only option after school. In a speech in Derbyshire, the embattled leader will challenge the belief that vocational training is only “something for other [...]
UK millennials spend 29 hours a year taking selfies February 16, 2018 Millennials come in for a lot of flack, with older generations slating their supposed avocado toast-fuelled spending sprees as the reason they’re struggling to get a foot on the property ladder. While lot of that criticism is unfounded, as this research by the IFS demonstrates, sometimes stats are published that tip the balance against the [...]
What Brexit? London’s still attracting more foreign tech talent than other European cities February 16, 2018 London remains the most attractive location in Europe for tech talent seeking to move for work, new figures reveal. The capital attracted more foreign workers than other tech hubs across the continent, including Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam last year, according to data from London & Partners and LinkedIn. Read more: Maybe it’s time we ditched [...]
UK house prices: Research has just quashed the myth that millennials don’t want to own homes February 16, 2018 The myth fewer millennials own homes than previous generations because they prefer a nomadic lifestyle has been quashed by new research, which has suggested young people on middle incomes are less than half as likely to own their own home than previous generations at the same age. The figures, by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, [...]
John McDonnell probably brings devilled eggs to dinner parties February 15, 2018 I wonder if John McDonnell arrives at dinner parties with devilled eggs? Or perhaps he’s partial to a prawn cocktail? Maybe a bottle of Blue Nun? I wonder only because of his plan to nationalise “core industries”. British cuisine and the British economy have, thankfully, evolved and adapted in the last thirty years. But given [...]
Winter Olympics 2018: Elise Christie suffers more heartache after British speed-skating ace crashes in 500m final February 13, 2018 Britain’s Elise Christie fought back tears after suffering further heartache at the Winter Olympics in the final of the women’s 500m short-track speed-skating on Tuesday in Pyeongchang. Triple world champion Christie, hoping to heal the scars of three disqualifications at Sochi four years ago, crashed after what she felt had been a push from silver [...]
Shenzhen, San Jose, Tel Aviv: global cities to watch in 2018 February 12, 2018 As investors in global cities we compile a biannual index using a number of factors to identify the most economically vibrant cities. With the publication of the latest version of the index, we’ve also taken the opportunity to highlight those cities that we believe have the greatest potential to move up the rankings in 2018. [...]
Helena Morrissey Q&A: How rethinking the City’s bravado culture and accepting difference will mean women and men can have it all February 12, 2018 It’s been almost five years since Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg published Lean In, which encouraged women to raise their voices and get stuck into their workplaces. Now, the movement for gender equality has a new manifesto in the form of A Good Time to be a Girl, by the founder of the boardroom campaign The 30% [...]
Finding the root of our STEM gender gap February 9, 2018 If science teaches us one thing, it is to have a healthy respect for the facts – and the truth is that not enough women work in the STEM industries. So, faced as we are with this chronic under-representation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, how do we begin to close the gender gap and [...]
Fifa has netted a fifth Chinese sponsor for the 2018 World Cup February 8, 2018 Fifa has netted a fifth Chinese sponsor for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, despite the country’s national team not qualifying for the tournament. Football’s governing body has named electric transportation firm Yadea as a regional supporter for this summer’s event. Yadea joins fellow Chinese companies China Mengniu Dairy, electronics firm Hisense, smartphone brand Vivo [...]