The Ashoka Journal

The moral crisis of fast fashion

In conversation with Richard Collier-Keywood, Global Vice-Chairman of PwC

Ashoka UK’s Meera Patel caught up with Labour MP Stephen Kinnock to discuss building a constructive politics in the wake of the vote to leave the EU. Meera Patel (MP): What are the implications of Brexit for young people? Stephen Kinnock (SK): It poses a fundamental question about our future as a...

In conversation with Sir Ken Robinson

When I was visiting London recently from my home town, Edinburgh, someone asked me if Scotland and England were now completely different places? The question was asked in the context of the angst created by Britain’s decision to leave the European Union and the consequent political uncertainty which...

As chaos consumed the UK in the aftermath of the European referendum, questions of leadership and economics dominated the political landscape. With a rapidly crashing economy and deep uncertainty, everyone from politicians, academics to business leaders were forecasting, debating and analysing. But...

Ashoka UK’s Meera Patel sat down with Priya Lakhani Founder and CEO of Century Tech to discuss what education looks like from the perspective of a tech startup. Meera Patel:How do you view the education system today? Priya Lakhani: I think it works for some but it’s very broken for many people, it’s...

For the average person, a lawyer may conjure up the image of a professional in a buttoned-down jacket straight out of the legal drama Suits. But not to Nadim Hossain , a local pharmacist in the city of Khulna, Bangladesh. One of 300,000 Urdu-speaking Bangladeshis settled in a refugee camp set up by...

There is a global crisis in healthcare; the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that one billion people lack access to basic care, and a further 100 million are pushed into poverty trying to access it. The situation doesn’t look likely to improve. The WHO estimates that there will be a deficit...

The World Economic Forum’s assertion that we are living through an era of unprecedentedly profound technological change is meant to pose one very big question to the world: how can we secure all the benefits of this mammoth shift while avoiding the troubling downsides? Put another way, what measures...

Can you imagine a primary school where no child is punished, and teachers do not raise their voices in anger? Can you imagine a step further – a primary school where children are not rewarded for good behaviour or good marks? This is the ethos of Barrowford Primary School , an Ashoka Changemaker...