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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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Quality Control
Explore the interactive map that shows how addressing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 4, quality education, may result in a positive impact on many of the other goals
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"A little push can really do wonders"
Shortly after winning his first tennis Grand Slam at Wimbledon at the age of 22, Roger Federer decided to pursue a very different goal.
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Education: the multiplier effect
Explore the interactive map that shows how addressing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 4, quality education, may result in a positive impact on many of the other goals
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Education and the multiplier effect
The complexity and magnitude of problems currently faced by governments and individuals have few historical precedents. Our planet is under huge environmental pressure; wealth inequality is worsening, and workers face ever stiffer competition – increasing
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Measure what matters
Jasjit Singh, Academic Director at INSEAD Social Impact Initiative argues that, as well as meeting academic goals, impact must be measured by its effect on society
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From the ground up
Wendy Kopp, CEO of Teach For All, a network of local partners that recruit and nurture individuals into inspiring teachers and leaders, explains how community-rooted projects can inspire widescale change
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Investing in the future
Industry expert Julia Balandina Jaquier explains how impact investing can introduce a new way of doing business – and provide scalable and sustainable investment in twenty-first-century education
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How blueberries are lifting people in rural China out of poverty
Traditionally, farmers in poor rural areas of China grew crops with relatively lower economic value such as rice, corn, and tea. The lack of access to markets where they could sell their harvest compounded their problems.
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A legacy of leaving less behind
For most people, the ocean bottom is a mystery. Likewise, the extent of ocean pollution at the depths is little known – around 75% of the waste in the oceans lies at their bottom.
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Rise of the Asian MBA
The MBA is moving east. Demand for MBA courses is falling in the US, with applications at seven out of ten US business schools offering the qualification going down in 2018. But as the FT's Jonathan Moules explains, look east, particularly to China, and t
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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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Teaching the teachers
Educators in developing countries are learning new ways to inspire children
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Learning by numbers
Using microfinance to support the growth of modern education in Ghana
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Saving for a brighter future
In Colombia, a new approach to funding higher education has emerged
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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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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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Bringing power to the people
In poor, remote villages around the world, illiterate women are becoming engineers
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Social inclusion
Helping young people solve community problems using a peace-making approach
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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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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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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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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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Singapore's classroom revolution
Singapore believes its much vaunted education system may be falling short in preparing its citizens for an automated future.
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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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