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Thinking local and global on Earth Day
Today is Earth Day, the annual event uniting people and leaders across the world to take action to protect our planet. This year’s ‘Restore our Earth’ theme will focus on the innovative thinking needed to pull us back from the brink of climate catastrophe. This year’s theme feels all the more significant as we approach… →
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Universities and the climate emergency
This week I was delighted to speak at important event organised by Universities UK (UUK) on the role of universities in tackling the climate emergency. I was part of a panel exploring how universities can embed sustainability and create cleaner, greener campuses. Hosted by Dr Heidi Smith from Swansea University, we were joined by James… →
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Context amid crisis: Why human perspectives matter more than ever
This post was first published on the HEPI Blog on Monday 7 December 2020. I have always firmly believed that responding to society’s most complex challenges requires a rounded, multidisciplinary approach. Science and technology will play their vital role, but as we have seen throughout the COVID-19 crisis, context matters. To craft solutions that work,… →
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World Homeless Day: Two inspirational charities
Ahead of tomorrow’s World Homeless Day, I wanted to take this opportunity to celebrate two charities who are providing vital support to people impacted by homelessness. Centrepoint – helping homeless young people get back on their feet Centrepoint is an extraordinary charity supporting more than 14,000 homeless young people across England every year. They provide… →
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The true value of creative degrees
The gulf between what creative graduates contribute to our economy and what they are perceived to contribute is a damaging misconception that undermines not only the education industry, but also society at large. It has always been clear to me that both individuals and the economy benefit from creative education and a new report from… →
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Institute of Positive Fashion
I wanted to take this opportunity to share a new resource from the Institute of Positive Fashion. Set up in September 2019 by the British Fashion Council, the Institute of Positive Fashion (IPF) aims to bring together expertise from a range of sectors to help British brands navigate key issues linked to its three pillars… →
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Sustainable Enterprise Festival
This week sees the final few days of the Sustainable Enterprise Festival, a great online event curated by my colleagues Siân Prime and Adrian De La Court in the Goldsmiths Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE). Running online for the past fortnight and finishing this Friday 31 July, the Sustainable Enterprise Festival has set… →
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The Wonkhe Show
I was delighted to be a guest last week on the end of term recording of the Wonkhe show – the excellent podcast dedicated to all things higher education. Joined by fellow guests Alex Favier, Director of Global and Political Affairs at the University of Nottingham, and Wonkhe’s Associate Editor David Kernohan, we talked over… →
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A green recovery for Goldsmiths and Lewisham
This week was an important one for our work at Goldsmiths to tackle the climate emergency, as we published our action plan to get Goldsmiths to carbon neutral. A student and staff campaign last year called for a Green New Deal for the College – it was a campaign I was delighted to support in… →
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Supporting key workers
Today, 1 May, is International Workers Day. As many of us will be, I’m thinking about the thousands of people across the country who are key workers – risking their own safety on the front lines of the Covid-19 crisis every day. Earlier this week saw one minute’s silence observed across the country to remember the key workers who have tragically died from… →