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The widening and deepening of the curriculum and the understanding and possible adoption of alternative viewpoints are wholly admirable. ... What we are lacking is the economic and political structures to drive the radical changes in expectations and

However, in the past few years, this quest has become more searching, as academics and students endeavour to ‘decolonise’ the curriculum. ... Drug dealers, mafia bosses and con artists are often considered economic success stories, but this doesn’t

Striking the right balance between delivering a knowledge-based curriculum and giving youngsters the chance to be heard remains a challenge, but one worth rising to. ... What is needed is the economic, political and social environment that will drive

So a process began to reframe conservation concerns in the context of human concerns, using concepts such as natural capital, corporate partnerships and market-based instruments to give conservation economic value. ... It’s this awareness that is

levels. Between 2017 and 2019, she co-led a £1m Economic and Social Research Council project, together with Professor Peter Wade from the University of Manchester, investigating anti-racist practices and ... Then came calls from students to decolonise

Such a faculty could transform education and economic activity from stagnating to thriving and generating a socially beneficial people’s world order. ... I yearn for a time when curiosity and critical thinking take centre stage in order that a paradigm

resources, genetic research and environmental economics.” And she has tackled social issues head on. ... Just a few years later, I was proud to host a discussion around decolonising the curriculum, with academics including Professor Mónica Moreno

Economics. Britpop, Ross and Rachel, cyber cafés, Cool Britannia, Tamagotchis and doing the Macarena. ... The Dasgupta Review is clear: to remain useful, the tools of economics must be reshaped with the natural world at their heart.

A central challenge is the invisibility of nature in the way global economic systems assign value. ... The second recommendation counsels that existing economic measures of success, such as GDP, must be fundamentally rethought.

Features. Regulars. Archive. From Cambridge to Kyiv: the economics of war and recovery. ... Many times, I’ve observed our president asking the relevant economic questions without the help of an economics professor.