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16 Apr 2024: This idea is mirrored in Katie Smith’s article where she explains that increasing women’s access to education brings economic and social benefits for their wider communities.

The economics of biodiversity: the Dasgupta Review.. ... Hear from Emily McKenzie (2002), who supported Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta on his recently published global review on the economics of biodiversity.

AI Interactions Architect Cameron Taylor (2009) discusses the lessons robots can learn from humans and how advances in automation might affect our future.

Graham Wrigley (1982). Graham Wrigley came to St John's College in 1982, read Economics and Law, and played rugby very badly. ... In 2006, he stepped down from Permira to retrain for a second career in international development by studying Development

26 Jul 2024: I think this is a great lesson for our students – making a material change takes determined effort, harnessing all our resources, a great deal of focus and some patience to get

As if to confirm his love of College, after a short stint at Goldman Sachs he returned to complete a PhD in Behavioural Economics as a College Scholar.

Join us online for an exclusive talk about the economics of a post-Brexit UK.

1 Nov 2022: unable to meet their full potential due to unfortunate extenuating circumstances such as bereavement, being in care or experiencing socio-economic deprivation. ... The independent, global Dasgupta review into the economics of biodiversity was

15 Apr 2024: Another good lesson! Fortunately the experience was highly marketable, so I then joined Mothercare to run their direct (as opposed to stores) division.

17 Apr 2023: Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta (1962) is a Fellow at St John’s and Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Cambridge. ... He was made Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) for services to Economics and to the

AI Interactions Architect Cameron Taylor (2009) discusses the lessons robots can learn from humans and how advances in automation might affect our future.

The Cambridge Foundation Year; a Golden Globe award; a book on paper; maternal and infant health; economics of biodiversity; Queen’s Honours.

12 Mar 2021: 13. English. 11. History. 8. Economics. 7. Geography. 6. Philosophy. 6.

Professor David Green (1970) studied Economics at St John’s and worked for the homelessness charity Shelter before pursuing a career in Education.

29 Apr 2021: Cameron Taylor explores the conversational lessons that we can teach robots, and how human-robot interactions can help us in turn.

5 Oct 2022: Developing my team’s regenerative agriculture idea tested our ability to balance a vision ambitious enough to make an impact with a plan grounded in science and economics, our creativity through ... I’d like to build enough credibility and influence

20 May 2022: Perhaps surprisingly it also turns out that some of the lessons learnt while sitting in the noxious fumes at Masaya and other volcanoes have a deeper relevance to life and evolution.

11 Nov 2022: Dr Freeling completed an MA in Mathematics, an MPhil in Control Engineering and Operation Research and a PhD in Decision Analysis and Behavioural Economics at St John’s.

26 Jul 2024: Climate scientists and brain surgeons are not asked for their expert opinions on economic policy, yet we seem happy to give anyone a voice when it comes to climate science debates.

31 Oct 2023: I also had Indian classical singing lessons and was a member of the Manchester Boys’ Choir.

2 Mar 2023: It fosters collegiate spirit and breaks boundaries between genders, ages, areas of study, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, and levels of fitness and physical ability – everyone can participate in the life

13 Feb 2023: My time at Human Rights Watch has been marked by multiple crises, including nationwide anti-government protests in Lebanon, an acute economic crisis that has impoverished more than 80% of the ... Anti-government protest in Lebanon. The combination of the

11 Apr 2022: Following an Economics degree and three wonderful years at St John’s, I trained to be an Economics teacher in London and qualified in 1987. ... Initially, this was perhaps motivated by not being particularly drawn to the careers often suggested to

27 Apr 2021: I am so grateful to my Studentship for alleviating part of my economic burden.

31 Mar 2021: After studying economics at John’s I joined the civil service fast track and worked developing policies for the government in a range of areas from education to contingency planning. ... I had three children and moved into teaching in 2011, and I am

14 Dec 2022: I am particularly impressed that the fund takes into account cost-of-living increases; the economic situation the country is facing will only make it more difficult for many students to

11 Nov 2020: I expect that the lessons learned from this experience will have a fundamental and lasting impact on our culture.

15 Apr 2024: I taught myself to play so that I could join them, but I never had any formal music lessons.

10 Nov 2020: Supported by St John’s, I studied for a Master’s in Environmental Economics and Policy in Land Economy, and used that as a springboard to join the Sustainability and Climate ... The Impact Measurement team at PwC wants to change this. We use concepts

15 Apr 2021: Peoples Health Trust, where I am a trustee, believes that social and economic determinants are key.

11 Nov 2020: This is why it is key to design models of sustainable farming specially tailored for the socio-economic reality of the place and farming communities involved.

26 Apr 2022: I’ve learnt that the industry is exactly that, an industry. In 2019 the creative industries contributed £115.9 billion to the UK economy, representing 5.9% of the total economic ... output. To put that in context, in the same year the fishing industry

10 Oct 2023: and economic challenges that we might recognise today.

11 Nov 2022: So, once a week during term-time and more intensely during the holidays, I would head down to Cambridge Airport and take flying lessons from RAF instructors.

17 Nov 2020: Any transfers of your data overseas (outside of the European Economic Area) are protected either by an ‘adequacy decision’ by the European Commission (declaring the recipient country as a ‘safe’ territory

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10 Nov 2020: Climate scientists and brain surgeons are not asked for their expert opinions on economic policy, yet we seem happy to give anyone a voice when it comes to climate science debates.

20 Aug 2023: He is a non-executive director of the UK Infrastructure Bank, an Honorary Professor of Economics at Exeter University and was awarded the honour of CMG in Queen Elizabeth’s final

14 Nov 2023: The World Economic Forum recently shared a great little video that explains what we do.

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26 Jan 2023: lessons that stay with me today: never give up; you can always do better; a crew can be faster than the sum of its parts if it works together; and you

29 Apr 2021: I wanted a career in industry applying the lessons I’d learnt in my PhD, but 20 years ago few companies were interested.

11 Apr 2022: I went up to St John’s to read Economics in 1988.

8 Apr 2022: and passing on the lessons I’ve been lucky enough to stumble across since I left St John’s.

20 May 2022: Working as an assistant instructor at Princeton had shown me how to organise lesson plans and balance constructive criticism with encouragement in my comments on student writing.

9 Feb 2021: Dr Peter Linehan telling ghostly tales. Rashmi Singh giving us a lesson in global politics.

31 Jan 2022: Her research on international trade, multinational trade agreements, and trade policy has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journals including the American Economic Review, the Canadian Journal of Economics, the European Journal ... master’s and

27 May 2021: Accessibility of treatment. Unfortunately, access to psychotherapy is prohibitively expensive, and may exclude many from different socio-economic backgrounds.

16 Dec 2020: Often people assume that food production is balanced because farming systems are constrained by the inherent limits of soil and nature, but external economic market forces have skewed the balance and

28 Jan 2021: The economic environment ahead and the shocks of the pandemic are stark reminders of the importance of the endowment – driven largely by centuries of legacy giving – in supporting every aspect of