Guide to reviewing non-fiction books

For my Introduction to Global Entrepreneurship course at Accent Global Learning I have set my students an assignment to review a book on our long reading list. I would value colleagues’ thoughts on my rationale for a book review and description of approaches to this activity.  This is not an easy exercise, though it is easier than …

Is “technology moving faster than ever now”?

This lunchtime I attended this event with author and journalist Nicole Kobie (@njkobie) on Will we ever get flying cars? Rethinking the future, hosted by Nesta as part of its Future Signals event series, chaired by William Woodward. Kobie is author of The Long History of the Future: Why tomorrow’s technology still isn’t here (Bloomsbury …

Launch of growth coalition Britain Remade

I am interested to learn about Britain Remade, a coalition for economic growth in Britain, of which they say, ‘It just needs a voice.’ In the Sun newspaper on Saturday they talk of how ‘We can shape the world with our science and engineering again’, and it reports on a survey Britain Remade commissioned which reveals …