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The Prince’s Trust NatWest Youth Index 2024

Stuart Mitchell

The Prince’s Trust NatWest Youth Index 2024 , released recently, finds one in five (21 per cent) young people in the UK have missed school or work in the past year due to their mental health. Similar numbers (18 per cent) report a mental health issue has stopped them applying for a job or attending an interview (12 per cent) during the last 12 months. Over a quarter (29 per cent) worry their current employer would not support them if they experienced a mental health problem. The Youth Index is an…

New Heritage 2033 National Lottery programme is open for grants from £10,000 to £10million

Stuart Mitchell

The National Lottery Heritage Fund have announced that they have changed to their grants application process, this is the details they give on their website: We’ve changed our application guidance and forms to reflect our new strategy, simplified our materials and made our requirements more proportionate to the amount of money you’re applying for. We’re ready to support innovative and ambitious projects that share our vision for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. If there’s something from the past that you…

First ZEROe engine fuel cell successfully powers on

Stuart Mitchell

In late 2023, the ZEROe teams powered on the iron pod, the future hydrogen-propulsion system designed for Airbus’ electric concept aircraft. As well as the hydrogen fuel cell system, the iron pod contains the electric motors needed to spin a propeller and the units that control and keep them cool. Its successful power on at 1.2 megawatts is a pivotal step on Airbus’ ZEROe roadmap to put a hydrogen-propulsion aircraft into service by 2035. The power of the world’s most abundant element In 2020, Airbus shared four hydrogen-powered aircraft concepts…

UNESCO report warns of ethical risks of Climate Engineering

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO’s first report on the ethics of climate engineering assesses the risks and opportunities of these new climate manipulation and modification technologies, and offers concrete recommendations for research and governance. As climate disruption continues at an alarming pace and humanity falls short of CO2 emission reduction targets, climate engineering (also called geoengineering) has gained attention as a potential solution. Due to both the immense promise and significant risks of such large-scale interventions in the Earth’s natural systems, UNESCO’s World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) has published its first…

Green skills crisis is looming, warns Prince’s Trust

Stuart Mitchell

The Prince’s Trust and Public First have recently launched a report on young people’s perceptions of the green economy, finding that awareness and interest in green jobs is worryingly low. The report, Generation Green Jobs? , is based on polling of 2,054 young people aged 16 to 25 years old. In addition to the poll, research consultancy Public First ran five online focus groups with young people from areas that are due to see significant numbers of new green jobs – the West Midlands, Teesside, and Fife, Scotland. The research…