Falling Off The Conveyor Belt

This week thousands of young people around the UK received their A level results and as usual the papers have been out in full patrol sharing stories about the A grade prodigies who will now go on to the worlds best universities, find their dream job and have the perfect life. On the other hand, there will also be thousands … Read More

Start Investing In Your Estate of Mind

Our minds are a fertile land waiting to be built upon, yet without the books and mortarboards the value of our lives can depreciate greatly and our capacity for growth and understanding can become extremely under utilised. Humans are composed of a series of “states of minds,” a cluster of neural firing patterns that create a persons behaviours, feelings and … Read More

The University Killer: Online Peer–to-Peer Learning

According to a recent YouGov SixthSense report, the debt of UK university students adds up to nearly £20bn. Students starting university this year could end up paying a whopping £60k for their education. Having graduated myself just a few years ago, the prospect of paying three times the amount my Mum paid for her first home may have been enough to … Read More

Why You Should Be Leading From The Bottom

From the moment we leave the womb we enter a world in which our survival relies on our ability to comply with those in authority. First it’s our parents, then it’s our school teachers and finally it’s the boss. It then comes as no surprise that questioning authority is a trait that most of us feel ill equipped and so … Read More

What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Autism

Asperger syndrome is a form of autism. People with Asperger syndrome have trouble with social situations. It has been said that many of the world’s greatest minds and entrepreneurs including Einstein, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg may be on the spectrum, but is this just a wild generalization that’s damaging for anyone who’s perceived as socially inept, overly talented or … Read More

5 Things Graduates Can Learn from Tree Roots

When I graduated from university to pursue a career in television the first thing the manager of a well-known production house told me was, “We don’t hire people with media degrees.” Having just spent the best part of £21,000 and now having to sign on to Job Seekers Allowance you can guess I wasn’t feeling too great. This summer, thousands … Read More

Flat packs and the New Economy

This weekend I spent a lot of my time building IKEA furniture whilst helping my girlfriend redecorate her bedroom and it got me thinking… A lot of what we’ve been doing for the last century has been boiled down into an easy to follow, step-by-step guide to a life of mediocrity just like flat pack furniture. Fortunately/unfortunately for young people, … Read More

Why schools aren’t producing superstars.

In Russia, the Spartak Tennis club has produced more top-20 women players than the entire United States. Its key philosophy is that technique is everything and so students spend 3 years learning how to hit the ball correctly before ever competing. Spartek Tennis Club has three key learning principles; 1) Slow it down – Training in slow motion. 2) Imitate … Read More

The education guarantee

I don’t understand why so many graduates leave university and then blame their education for not equipping them with the skills to find employment. Education is not a guarantee and never was (it was just very efficient at working for the old system). Education was created to help the industrial economy recruit ‘made to order’ workers who could take on … Read More