We’re getting started at the first of three days of Civil Services Live at London Olympia.  At the invitation of the Central Office of Information, the Amplified team of Benjamin Ellis, Christian Payne, Lucy Windmill and Joanne Jacobs will be tweeting, qiking, blogging and otherwise recording events as they unfold. Go to the newsdesk for [...]

With all eyes on TED at the moment it’s worth noting that there’s a brand new university being put together with an almost one of a kind program and faculty:

Singularity University aims to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies and apply, [...]

My old secondary school was recently demolished and while that took a little time for me to digest I have to admit that its demise probably came as a relief to the locals. It never had the best reputation, but what I lost in terms of education did gain me a sense of eerie familiarity [...]