news from the future
The arrogance of the academy…and the death of the university
Universities are under threat from many directions. But they're maybe not helping themselves.
Further and higher education: The dividing line
The number of students in further education has collapsed, undermining the UK's ability to prepare people for the future
Jack of all trades
To be 'a Jack of all trades' has been variously a compliment and an insult, and most recently, an attack on expertise. But is it what we need to be?
Future Skills: What to learn and teach for success in tomorrow's world
What are the future skills we need for success in tomorrow's world of high frequency change? How do we learn them and how do we hone them?
Teaching technology isn't about the economy, it’s about democracy
Digital skills are crucial to the economy, but they are also crucial to all other aspects of modern life, including democracy
The future human will be more educated than augmented
Education plays many roles in society. But with the rise of automation, might we increasingly recognise it as an end in itself?
- Future Communication 17
- Future Health 8
- Future Media 10
- Future Technology 10
- Future of Business 10
- Future of Cities 8
- Future of Education 6
- Future of Energy 8
- Future of Finance 18
- Future of Food 4
- Future of Housing 3
- Future of Humanity 22
- Future of Retail 9
- Future of Sport 1
- Future of Transport 8
- Future of Work 8
- Future society 11
- Futurism 20
Archive Note
The archive of posts on this site has been somewhat condensed and edited, not always deliberately. This blog started all the way back in 2006 when working full time as a futurist was still a distant dream, and at one point numbered nearly 700 posts. There have been attempts to reduce replication, trim out some weaker posts, and tell more complete stories, but also some losses through multiple site moves - It has been hosted on Blogger, Wordpress, Medium, and now SquareSpace. The result is that dates and metadata on all the posts may not be accurate and many may be missing their original images.
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