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  • ‘Migrant crisis’: what can cities learn about new service design?

    A message from Sicily

    There’s been a lot of recent talk about the additional pressure new migrant arrivals place on public services. There has been less discussion about how cities – and it is mainly

    Eddy Adams

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  • New labour markets: how cities could lead

    Wingham Rowan, Director of Beyond Jobs, argues that cities have a key role to play in making new labour markets work.

    “I agree, if city governments really grasp this, it would change everything. But I

    Eddy Adams

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  • Why Tackling Early School Leaving in Cities Matters

    In his seminal book, The Rise of the Meritocracy, Michael Young set out his concerns for a society increasingly focused on qualifications and narrow academic talent. One of his worries was that people

    Eddy Adams

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  • On the front line: Food, cities and integrated urban development

    When did food become so important? 

    In the TV series Mad Men, there’s a great moment set in the early 60s. In this episode, Don Draper—central advertising character—notices that the Beatles seem to be

    Eddy Adams

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