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What jobs will be created for our future?
With my son about to graduate - and fortunate to have found a job - I wonder whether his degree has equipped him, and our other young graduates, with the skills needed for the future. According to futurist Thomas Frey, 60% of the jobs needed 10 years from now...
Dispatches and Undercover Undertaker
The shocking Dispatches report last night on the funeral business, Undercover Undertaker, should have included Wendii Miller's story who could have provided much needed advice for families. Wendii arranged her own mother's burial, collecting her body from a hospital...
How will our universities have changed by 2030?
While it is no surprise that David Willetts, the universities minister, is keen to introduce innovative technologies in our universities, with lectures being held over the internet and using online textbooks in which students write 'margin' notes as they read them and...
Cambridge Healthcare’s scoops top award for howareyou?
I love stories of Cambridge geeks/entrepreneurs who turn their visions into award winning projects, having began life in their attic or shed - and the inspirational Dawson King is one such person whose How are you? electronic health record will revolutionise the way...
What saucy Gethin Jones keeps in his bathroom cabinet
I read today that gorgeous Gethin Jones is being inundated with offers from admirers following his break-up with Katherine Jenkins. However, they might want to first learn what Gethin reportedly keeps in his bathroom cabinet. According to an interview with actress...
How social is London’s digital Olympics?
Cast your mind back six years ago to when Twitter and Facebook were an insignificant part of our lives and the jubilant announcement that London was to host the 2012 Olympics. How many of us used mobile apps back then? The Herculean feat achieved in delivering London...
Cambridge rowers, anarchy and elitism, the Queen and Mr Asbo the swan
As I walked along the Cambridge towpath today with my rambling club, scores of university rowers whipped past me, practising hard for one of the highlights of their year - the bumps - when more than 1500 rowers are expected to compete for glory. The bumps race...
SEN parents feel like second-class citizens
I recently described the intimidating process which families have to endure when challenging their LEA's special educational needs provision for their child. Did you realise it comes under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice, and that tribunal hearings can...
Jubilations and celebrations
It was an astonishing jubilee weekend, marred only by the unexpected poor health of Prince Philip. One wonders, with hindsight, how an elderly couple could have been expected to stand for four hours, especially during the wind and rain; us lesser mortals would...