Gap years and erasmus exchange programmes are becoming increasingly popular today as university students look to add a little spice to their CV that will make them stand out from the crowd. Students or prospective students that take a year out of their studies to travel abroad or study whilst ...
By Andy Irwin Andy Irwin argues that social change isn’t going to come from Westminster, we (the people) have to drive it. He talks to an activist in Staffordshire about a new environmentally responsible social enterprise designed to alleviate fuel poverty and reliance of fossil fuels in the area. The ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor As Pressure grows on South Yorkshire's police commissioner Shaun Wright to resign in the wake of a damning report into child abuse in Rotherham, a leading academic claims denial too easily became part of the culture. Many of the figures - including Wright , who was ...
By Steve Taggart For many decades, Albania was not considered a tourist destination. Although situated just 45 miles from the eternally-popular coast of Italy, this South-Eastern European country was considered a world away. With a recent history peppered with the restrictions that come from living under communist rule, travel to ...
By David Binder The issue of economic inequality has once again been thrust into the spotlight by French economist Thomas Picketty’s new book ‘Capital in the Twenty-First century.’ Whilst his research has been discussed at great length elsewhere (the Washington Centre for Equitable Growth has produced a useful summary of ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The Church of England has voted to allow women to become bishops for the first time in its history. The Dean of Salisbury, the Very Reverend June Osborne, said it was a "historic day". She said: "I don't think you can overstate the fact that ...
By Indy Hack @IndyHack July 6th will mark the 79th birthday of the most iconic religious figure in current popular culture, a figure most often associated with peace, tolerance, non-violence and religious harmony, none other than Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. Behind the carefully crafted and stage managed image ...
We have always lived in a world where humans attack other humans due to religion, power struggles, hatred or a combination of all three. During these troubled times it feels as if there is anger around every corner, and love and compassion, has been forced to hide in the shadows. ...
By Be Kaler of digital recruitment specialists, Futureheads According to a study by digital education company Hyper Island, addressing what digital talent will look like in the years to come, the biggest overall industry challenge is finding, keeping, and developing the right talent. In fact of the 500 business leaders ...