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Revolution not evolution
Warming oceans, shrinking ice sheets, and rising sea levels are just a few of the irrevocable signs of climate change, most of which have been caused by human activity.
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Books and bold decisions
Educating girls and empowering young women to improve health and increase wealth in sub-Saharan Africa
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Social inclusion
Helping young people solve community problems using a peace-making approach
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One girl at a time
Educating girls and empowering young women to improve health and increase wealth in sub-Saharan Africa
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Learning to love AI
Many people fear the advance of AI and automation, but innovation expert Charles Leadbeater believes we should be more concerned about an education system creating second-rate robots, rather than first-rate humans.
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Room to Read: the multiplier effect
Philanthropy alone won’t help reach the UN’s SDGs. If profit and purpose attended the same school and collaborated more closely, significant amounts of vital capital could be unlocked to help educate millions of children.
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The Knowledge Exchange
Can you assign a value to knowledge? Leading thinkers, dignitaries and entrepreneurs share personal messages on key matters surrounding the power of education.
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Why we should invest money in educating girls
Keeping girls in the classroom makes economic sense. The failure of women to finish school costs more than $15tn worldwide in lost lifetime productivity and earnings. But as the FT’s Andrew Jack explains, even simple measures, such as providing uniforms a
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Ruangguru: Indonesia’s edtech revolution
Indonesia has one of the world’s largest but lowest performing education systems. Two young tech entrepreneurs are helping solve the learning crisis through their technology platform Ruangguru - tipped to be the country’s first edtech unicorn
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Bringing power to the people
In poor, remote villages around the world, illiterate women are becoming engineers
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Prodigy Finance: student loans for future leaders from emerging economies
Funding is often the barrier to higher education for students from emerging economies. Prodigy Finance is breaking down borders in student loan financing through their unique fintech powered credit model, allowing gifted students to be placed at the best
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Codam: a new way to train much-needed tech professionals
No teachers. No fees, and no qualifications needed. Codam is an unorthodox coding college designed to address educational inequality, and a shortage of tech professionals. The FT’s Harriet Agnew goes to Amsterdam to meet Codam’s founder and funder, one of
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Saving for a brighter future
In Colombia, a new approach to funding higher education has emerged
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Learning by numbers
Using microfinance to support the growth of modern education in Ghana
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Teaching the teachers
Educators in developing countries are learning new ways to inspire children
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Roger Federer: laying the foundations for a quality education | FT Value of Knowledge
Roger Federer swaps the tennis court for the playground to serve quality early learning programmes to over one million children in Southern Africa and Switzerland. His Foundation goes far beyond delivering books to the classroom, putting the community at
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