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25 May 2021: To my mind, the biggest challenges I see to breaking down barriers to participation in higher education are all economic. ... I am not convinced, sadly, that it is logical anymore, when weighing up the cost-benefit, for many students from lower economic

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

29 Apr 2021: Unless we want to drift into a future of greater economic inequality, this will require political engagement and fresh thinking around the relationship between income and work.

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