Penguin relaunches design award and removes higher education requirement
The well-known publisher Penguin has recently announced significant changes to its Student Design Award. For the first time in its sixteen-year history, the prestigious award will be open to non-students,…
Why you shouldn’t take notice of the German election
Germans. Reliable and organised. Meticulous and systematic. These are the people of superior engineering, punctual trains, Miele washing machines. But not, it seems, efficient elections. For the past 16 years,…
“Fighting the Beast”: the young people suing the government over climate change
Three young people are suing the UK government for failures to act on climate change. “We refuse to witness the violations by this UK government, and refuse to be complicit…
What’s happened to tomorrow?
Since March, we have been looking forward, constantly, towards the future, the light at the end of the tunnel – in a few weeks, next month, next summer, next semester,…
Vices and Viruses
Covid’s effect on young people with gambling addictions Life for many has changed, considerably. Staying at home has replaced work, travel and socialising. Furloughing and joblessness has led people to…
Young people shouldn’t be scapegoated for a second covid spike
Last week the government found yet another scapegoat for their ineptitude, although this one is all the more predictable: students and young people. Matt Hancock, the health secretary, drew the…
Victoria Derbyshire and the future of television media
The BAFTA-winning Victoria Derbyshire Show is to be axed by the BBC due to spending cuts. Praised for being progressive and female-led, the show has become a nation favourite for…
Sugar babies reflect financial burdens on young people
The entire issue of sugar babies is just another sign of how our society is setting younger generations up to fail. In a sane world, no teenager or young adult…