Day: 7 February 2018

Carlsberg Launches Young Scientists Community in Davos

Stuart Mitchell

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Carlsberg Group announced the launch of a Young Scientists Community aimed at addressing some of the world’s major challenges around climate change and water scarcity. The Community is being launched with a consumer-engaging job posting under the heading “The best job for the world. Probably”. The Carlsberg Group is looking for the world’s brightest young postdocs to work in a community of scientists, including postdoc fellows, experts, universities and laboratories such as the Carlsberg Research Laboratory. The Community offers an amazing opportunity…

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Football backs Tull 100 to remember one of Britain’s best

Stuart Mitchell

One hundred years after his death, the achievements of Walter Tull, the first man of black heritage to become an officer and lead men into battle in the British Army and one of this country’s first black professional footballers will be commemorated through a series of community engagement projects, backed by the governing bodies of football in England. Born in Kent to a Barbadian father and local British mother, Tull was orphaned at the age of 8 and spent his formative years in east London children’s home. After making his…

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Team Canada unveils bold new ‘Be Olympic’ brand platform highlighting Canadian values

Stuart Mitchell

The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) unveiled a new brand platform today that celebrates its athletes and highlights our shared values while challenging Canadians to think about what it means to ‘Be Olympic’. At the center of this new campaign is a beautifully shot, stylized, dreamlike, and powerful TV spot entitled “Virtue and Victory” introducing the stories of Canadian athletes that exemplify both Canadian and Olympic values. The spot features Olympians Denny Morrison (long track speed skating), Chloé, Maxime and Justine Dufour-Lapointe (freestyle skiing), Eric Radford and Meagan Duhamel (figure skating),…

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Mental Health Foundation Releases Guide To Talking To Your Children About Scary World News

Stuart Mitchell

A survey of parents with children aged 5 to 18 has revealed that 41% of parents think their children are anxious about the threat of terrorism. The YouGov survey of over 1,800 parents was commissioned by the Mental Health Foundation to uncover the impact world events could be having on children, and equip parents to respond. Almost a quarter of parents (23%) indicated their children were anxious about the threat of nuclear war. A third of parents (33%) thought their children were anxious about Donald Trump’s presidency. A third of…

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Scottish Environment Secretary challenges UK Government over deposit return.

Stuart Mitchell

Scotland will push ahead with a deposit return scheme for drinks containers and is calling on the UK Government to match its ambition, Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham has said. Ms Cunningham has already pledged that Scotland will back the EU’s vision to phase out single use plastics by 2030 and urged the UK Government to do the same – “Brexit or no Brexit.” Earlier this month, the Scottish Government became the first UK administration to announce plans to ban the use of plastic cotton buds, one of the items most…

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