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Crises are harsh moments of truth that give us an opportunity to take a pause and retrospect on where we are heading. The 2008 financial crisis had taught us wage stagnation and lower job quality fray the social fabric. Middle classes then saw a stagnating wealth while that of the top 1% distribution has enormouslyContinue reading “Are we progressing in the direction of our goals? – A subtle overhaul”

As commuting to work becomes less of a necessity thanks to Work From Home, an opportunity presents itself. Boris Johnson has promised to “Build Back Better”, and perhaps the key to this is to build commuter villages across the country. Gone is the need for centralised towns, which while unhelpful for the town centre, isContinue reading “The Great De-Urbanisation of Great Britain.”

The COVID_19 pandemic has led to a rapid increase in unemployment which has disproportionately effected those from lower socio-economic backgrounds and without traditional qualifications. Many of those currently unemployed had disengaged with education at a young age before they could understand its value. Often this disengagement is the result of economic or aspirational poverty. InContinue reading “From Pandemic to Academic”

Educating young people during the pandemic has been a social challenge. Overnight, schools and students have had to adapt to virtual teaching. Our education system is rooted in face-to-face teaching but the pandemic has forced schools to quickly develop online programs. Getting to grips with technology and delivering succinct lessons virtually has also created opportunitiesContinue reading “Inclusive virtual education for the excluded”

The government has been presented with a huge array of challenges from COVID, but the one that has been most prevalent in my life is obviously school and how they have handled the schooling and testing during this period. This, i think we can all agree, has been a great challenge. There has therefore beenContinue reading “School System”

A lot of effort and money was invested in creating a track and trace app that has been downloaded and used by over 10 million phones. My key challenge is what should we do with this capability and what services should we use it for? The idea is to create a local 360 degree viewContinue reading “NHS covid app, what next?”

So many people have lost loved ones during this pandemic. Many of those have not even been able to attend the funerals of those loved ones. People have lived in isolation unable to see friends and family. Shops, pubs, leisure and hospitality venues have been closed. The entertainment industry is on its knees. People haveContinue reading “A need for collective mourning and collective celebration when Covid is gone”

During the restrictions to control the coronavirus pandemic people have visited and noticed nature more. People developed a greater awareness of nature and how it helps manage wellbeing. Turning to nature for wellbeing during the corona pandemic has been a reminder of a simple truth – human wellbeing depends upon nature. However, nature does notContinue reading “Finding a friend in nature during the restrictions to control the coronavirus”

Inequality in the UK is leading to an ever-increasing disparity between groups in the population. This disparity has been exacerbated by Covid 19 with poorer families and areas suffering disproportionately during the pandemic. The government has spent billions to keep the UK functioning but will to rebuild the UK’s finances. This is an opportunity toContinue reading “Inequality is the largest problem faced by the poulation of the UK.”

Rather than being an issue highlighted by the pandemic, Sexually Transmitted Infections/ Diseases have been prevalent across the UK for decades. Due to the inability to treat certain diseases and the inability to administer diagnosis in certain cases, many people, unknowingly, contract STI’s and because of that, thousands of UK residents die each year dueContinue reading “Repurposing the NHS Test and Trace Infrastructure after the Pandemic –”