Calling all Live UnLtd Award Winners! We have a fantastic opportunity for you! And the deadline is the 2nd of April! We have teamed up with The Do Lectures to offer you something very special – the chance to attend an ideas festival for people like you who want to start something and make a
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The projects we back are always about making a change. Sometimes they are only meant to be short projects with a short-term goal, sometimes they last a little longer, and sometimes they end up turning into full businesses creating change. And since it’s Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) we’re taking a look at Live UnLtd Award Winners
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Just in case you missed anything we shared this week, we’ve put together a quick Round-Up of some of the stories we’ve been talking about. This week we talked about how social media is changing the way young people engage with politics, we tell you about Youth Project UK, and tell you about an exciting
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We’re talking about people who are working together this week at Live UnLtd. Yesterday we posted about projects we’ve backed which bring people together, and now we thought we’d tell you about some other projects we like where they’re doing similar things. Sometimes the whole point of a project is to bring people together, and
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We love to share at Live UnLtd. So just in case you missed anything we were sharing this week, we’ve put together a handy Round-Up post so you can catch up. Technology: The sky’s the limit We’re all excited to be supporting the Forward Foundation in a competition to find the best new ideas for using technology to help
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Technology is a huge part of all of our lives. Big surprise, yeah?! We already know this. People are finding more and more ways of using this access to technology to their advantage. But how are people finding jobs with technology? We’ve teamed up with the Forward Foundation to give you the chance to help
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We’re all excited to be supporting the Forward Foundation in a competition to find the best new ideas for using technology to help people find work – Tech2Job. Find out more, here: TECH2JOB» We’ve always backed lots of technology projects at Live UnLtd – whether it be running a web TV channel, doing web and graphic design, music production
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American marketing guru Jack Myers believes that the current crop of students are a unique generation and represent a bridge between the pre- and post-internet age. What does this mean? Well, according to Jack they’re ‘internet pioneers’ because they’re the first generation who have always lived with the Internet. And as a consequence, he says,
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How much does a Paralympics-standard wheelchair cost? Go on, have a guess. You’ll probably be surprised to learn that a top-flight wheelchair can cost £100,000, according to a report by Channel 4 News. Meanwhile, a state-of-the-art prosthethic limb can cost up to £50,000. It’s little wonder then that athletes in developing countries, where there is
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Image credit: flickingerbrad under creative commons If you were picking up your GCSE or A Level results over the past couple of weeks, we hope you got what you were hoping for! Do you ever think about the way that you’ve been taught? And how things will change in the future? Are you planning on going
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How would you like to see education change? Do you think more technology is needed? Do you think young people need to be taught differently? Lots of people will be going back to school over the next couple of weeks. When we go back to school we might not be thinking about how the education
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Image credit: Shermeee under Creative Commons We previously brought you some ways in which technology is changing the way we learn. But not all schools have access to expensive gadgets. And not all learning and experience necessarily has to be gained in the classroom. There are plenty of other ways that learning can be made fun and
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Image credit: flickingerbrad under creative commons If you were picking up your GCSE or A Level results over the past couple of weeks, we hope you got what you were hoping for! Do you ever think about the way that you’ve been taught? And how things will change in the future? Are you planning on going
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It’s been a hot and sunny week (as suggested by the melted ice cream van we spotted yesterday!). We hope you’ve been able to enjoy summer’s belated arrival in the week leading up to the start of London 2012! Some of you will be kicking back and relaxing – and so you should. It’s the
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We’re talking about employment this week at Live UnLtd. Don’t worry, we’re not about to start telling you that you have to go and get a summer job! For many young people, though, they have decided they want some work but are struggling to find it. This post from the Huffington Post suggests not being able
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Amazing Runners, Good Apps, and Are You Sharing Too Much? We love sharing stuff at Live UnLtd about people who are changing their world for the better. Just in case you missed anything this week, here’s a round-up of just some of the things we were talking about. 5 Inspiring Running Stories We work with
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We’re talking technology this week at Live UnLtd. We talked about people using apps to change their world in yesterday’s post, and we’re asking you whether you think we’re becoming addicted to technology or whether you think technology is making the world a better place in our Facebook poll. With 75% of the world having
Read MoreThanks to the internet and smart phone technology millions of us are able to interact in ways that until the last decade was merely the stuff of science fiction. Now more than ever great ideas can harness the power of technology to make positive changes in people’s lives. With well over a million apps in
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“A goal is a dream with a deadline”, Napoleon Hill. Here’s another chance to take a look at some of the things that we’ve been shouting about this week. We’re always sharing stories about people who are changing their world for the better, and giving you tools and tips to help you do the same.
Read MoreWelcome to our weekly round-up of the stories that recently caught our eye and rocked our world. We hope you enjoy it. Please share it, and help spread the word of what Live UnLtd is all about. Teaching the teachers, reaching the students Harley Sanders is a 17-year-old DJ, music producer and Live UnLtd Award
Read MoreMost 13-17-year-olds prefer to communicate with their friends face-to-face, according to an online study. However, while the largest proportion said this was their favorite way to communicate with friends, this only equated to 49% of people. More than half prefer other forms of communication, with texting being the next favorite (33%), mostly for its speed
Read MoreHere are some of the stories of people changing their world for the better we’ve been talking about this week. The number of people in work in the UK has risen, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Find out more and take a look at our interactive map to see how the number
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Here are some of the stories of people changing their world for the better we’ve been talking about this week. First up is one of ours – It’s the launch of the Summer Of Great Ideas. We’re looking for the next set of great ideas to back this summer, and so this story is really about
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Live UnLtd congratulates Hannah Catmur and Blessing Maregere who have both been chosen as one of 8 Pioneers to be in with a chance of joining Richard Branson at his family home in Oxford this month. The final 4 will spend a day pitching their business plans to Richard and be in with a chance of winning
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The 2012 Dell Social Innovation Challenge is looking for big ideas from students who want to change the world! The Challenge is open to university students worldwide, in any discipline, at any level of study. Students can compete for $140,000 in cash prizes and one-of-a-kind mentorships and networking opportunities. Student teams that want to compete
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