Smart.ly offers free ‘online MBA’, uses AI to link grads to employers
If you’ve considered doing an MBA to boost your career prospects but felt wary of the cost and time taken out of work to get it done, the creators of a mobile first MBA thinks you can meet your goals in six months, without needing to take time off work.Continue Reading
Accelerate everyone to combat the risk of the “hourglass society”
American trend research company Pew Research has been publishing warning signs since 2008, with its seminal paper:When Bad Times Hit the Good Life in which it demonstrates how increasingly large numbers of middle income people in that country were not making economic progress: if anything, they were falling behind. Years later, Pew releasedContinue Reading
Enrol Yourself – the UK’s first accelerator for lifelong learners
Accelerators – a phrase used to refer to fixed-term, cohort-based programs, that include mentorship and educational components – are most strongly associated with tech-driven startups. However Zahra Davidson, the co-founder of Enrol Yourself spotted the opportunity to apply this process to an emerging yet increasingly important demographic of people inContinue Reading
Could stand up comedy make me into a better strategist?
I first came across this idea at an educational event by OpenStrategy – a learning community for planners based in London. I was speaking to the brilliant Mark Pollard, founder of US creative agency Mighty Jungle after this presentation on how to become more insightful – essentially becoming great atContinue Reading
SheSays x Soho House: re-designing the 9-5 could revolutionise the way we relate to our work
Our education system and working systems are deeply connected: the way we shape one impacts the other. In the same way that the coming ‘new industrial revolution’ caused by the Age of Automation will change what education needs to look like, it will also cause us to think very differentlyContinue Reading
Why everyone should ‘Skill it forward’
I’m a huge fan of General Assembly – the business, which started in 2011 is now a pioneer in education and career transformation – it specialises in today’s most in-demand tech and creative skills. Last week, it began publicising a great initiative that they are conducting in partnership with co-workingContinue Reading
The ‘glass floor’ theory shows that we must educate children like wealthy parents do
As someone with an interest in learning and social mobility I read the new research conducted by the London School of Economics for the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission with great interest. The report rightly highlights the differences that exist between how children from wealthy backgrounds are educated versus thoseContinue Reading
Why I think Toastmasters is better than standard presentation courses
I’m going to Toastmasters again this week; I’ve been a member of Bloomsbury Speakers (which strangely enough, is based in Clerkenwell) for just over a year and it has been brilliant as a place to practice different kinds of public speaking. My work involves a lot of presenting, whether that beContinue Reading
What I’m reading: Deep Work by Cal Newport
After subscribing to his blog posts for six months, I have finally got the book: as someone who right now is looking to cram in as much learning as realistically possible, it’s essential to also focus on optimising the learning environment. Deep Work offers an exciting idea: it is possibleContinue Reading
This disruptive education startup links its successes to your salary
The education sector is one that’s ripe for disruption: despite funnelling thousands of promising young people through the system each day, there remains a challenge in connecting those people to careers that truly unearth and use their potential. What’s more, the democratisation of university places has had little impact onContinue Reading