According to a survey of employees at 1,600 companies in the UK, the University of East Anglia ranks in the top 50 organisations to work for. The Coventry based, car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover came top of the list, followed by the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca. The survey was commissioned by Bloomberg and carried out by…
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Global roundup 360: 12th January
International coffee price to plummet As the second most traded commodity in the world after oil, the coffee industry is big business, however, due to unusual weather conditions, its price is falling. In Brazil, the country that produces the largest proportion of the world’s coffee, a long rainy season has led to a surplus of…
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Global roundup 360: 3rd November
Two killed in Swedish school attack Matt Howard & Caitlin Doherty There were scenes of terror in Sweden after a pupil and teacher were stabbed to death, and another two individuals were seriously injured at Kronan School, Trollhättan. The masked attacker, Anton Lundin Pettersson, was dressed in all black with a mask not dissimilar from…
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Underrepresentation in Hollywood
It’s 2015, and this Black History month it seems appropriate to celebrate how far social justice has come as a movement in terms of race, sexuality and gender. In the past few decades campaigns have been launched, laws have been passed and attitudes have slowly changed. But there’s still a long way to go. One…
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Roundup 360 – October 6th 2015
[su_tabs][su_tab title=”Donald Trump back in the spotlight for comments on immigration”] Donald Trump has once again come under fire for his attitudes towards American minority populations. Recently, the controversial billionaire announced what he would do on his first day as president. The question was posed to Trump in a Twitter Q&A, to which he replied…