Future
Sciences & Technology
Opinion
We don’t just need more engineers, we need next-gen engineers
Our profession’s future is not just about training more and more recruits to fill the shortage, we also need to focus on the qualities of our next-gen engineers
Health & Medicine
Book extract
Future-proofing research
Medical science and research more generally, are key to solving some of the world’s biggest problems, but it needs to be fostered
Education
Tech-bots, virtual worlds and personalised everything
Technology is changing our world at an unprecedented rate, and it’s up to educators to help equip today’s children to become future-ready citizens
Business & Economics
Book extract
Keeping robot finance fair
Some think that removing humans from financial transactions may help prevent moral failures, but technology isn’t necessarily ethical
Arts & Culture
Taking back our cities from advertisers
The digitisation of our cities is prompting calls for a re-think about who designs our public spaces
Sciences & Technology
Sounds like science fiction
Some of the technological innovations of 2017 sound more like sci-fi, but according to the brains behind a few of them, the future is still full of surprises
Arts & Culture
Blade Runner 2049: Identity, humanity and discrimination
Blade Runner 2049, like the original, is about what it means to be human. But the ethical implications of cloning could prophesize an ethically fraught future
Sciences & Technology
Working in an autonomous world
As autonomous technology becomes a part of every-day life, what impact will they have on where we live and how we work?
Health & Medicine
Hiring for personality, training for skill
As workplaces demand more of their employees, having only technical skills or expertise is no longer enough. Instead, the emphasis is on multi-skilled individuals making up a team
Politics & Society
Adapting to the speed of change
Is emotional resilience a skill that can be taught to help the next generation prepare for the unpredictable workplace of the future?