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‘London 2012 changed women’s sport forever, but there’s still more to do’

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, September 25, 2015 — Sport

Guardian Sports writer and Chair of Women in Football

Three summers ago, as we watched fireworks explode over the East End of London for the closing ceremony of an Olympic Games that had captivated a nation, we didn’t honestly know what the legacy of London 2012 would be. Regeneration, investment, grassroots sport, a healthier and more active nation, all of these were hoped for,…

Tourism students strengthening the industry

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, September 24, 2015 — Tourism

Dr Brigitte Stangl is a lecturer in tourism and the programme leader in international tourism management BSc at the University of Surrey. She shares her experience as a tourism lecturer and helping students, as part of our first #MyTourismJob day – taking place on the last Thursday of every month.  It is well known that…

Share your ideas for a new cultural programme

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, September 4, 2015 — Culture

Ed Vaizey was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries in May 2010 and promoted to Minister of State for Culture and Digital Industries in 2014.

It’s 50 years since Jennie Lee, the first Minister for the Arts, published the first White Paper on the arts. In it, she talked about the “drabness and joylessness of the social furniture” and the important role of the “living artist” in addressing that. We’ve come a long way since then. Government’s role in supporting…