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Why cultural infrastructure deserves public funding

14 Mar 2024 Patrycja Kaszynska

If culture is viewed as infrastructure that benefits society at large, it provides a strong argument for why cultural engagement requires public support.

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Living in the light of female ambition

8 Mar 2024 Lauryn Mwale

How can we accelerate progress on gender equality if society continues to villainise women and girls for seeking recognition or aspiring to leadership positions?

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The slow death of classical music education

29 Jan 2024 Ray Coyte

Classical music is becoming a niche activity not helped by the fact that fewer and fewer state school pupils are learning to play orchestral instruments. It’s time to reassess our priorities, argues Ray Coyte.

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Is art the highest form of hope?

9 Jan 2024 Linda Bryant

Art can have a transformative effect on mental health and wellbeing by providing hope both for the creator of the art and the person experiencing it. Linda Bryant discusses this healing effect and calls for an evolution of art in hospitals.

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What’s trust got to do with it?

10 Dec 2023 Nathan Kinch

Internal initiatives to improve organisational trust and reputation are often unsuccessful. Leaders need to step back and question their organisation’s purpose, values and principles, and redesign decision-making to explicitly act in the public interest.

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A manifesto for the long term

23 Nov 2023 Phillip Ward

The crises facing the world through climate change, biodiversity loss and inequality are crying out for long-term decisions, but we seldom get them. Phillip Ward offers his Manifesto for Change.

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The age of AI

17 Aug 2023 Ismael Kherroubi Garcia

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AI: a game-changer in sustainability

9 Jun 2023 Jayendran Gospalsami

AI is propelling us to a more sustainable future. There are hurdles to overcome but the benefits far outweigh the challenges, argues Jayendran Gopalsami.

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Artificial intelligence: the creative edge

19 May 2023 Alex Soulsby

How should schools respond to AI? Alex Soulsby calls for a greater focus on the arts to help students develop their creativity, critical thinking, adaptability and emotional intelligence.

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The power of piggybacking

27 Apr 2023 Zografia Bika, Adrian Gaskell

To enrich our world we need big government spending, but we also need to use what we already have. Zografia Bika and Adrian Gaskell explain how an army of Italian grandmothers showed the way.