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Tom Cheesewright 04/12/2024 Tom Cheesewright 04/12/2024

My 2025 Predictions

Today I’m recording the first of my annual radio chats making predictions for 2025. So it’s time that I review last year’s predictions as well.

15/02/2023 15/02/2023

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.

25/06/2021 25/06/2021

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

18/09/2020 18/09/2020

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?

13/09/2019 13/09/2019

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?

09/09/2017 09/09/2017

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

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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