Schools digest: Musk, Metaverse, climate champions sought
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
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Call for entries: school climate changemakers: we are looking for the best examples of students, as well as teachers and schools, tackling climate. Deadline 4 February 2022
Schools competition: how do we make social video platforms kinder? Entries open for FT competition with Ofcom. Deadline 30 January 2022
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Five things to read
Read all the latest news, analysis and comment at www.ft.com and more details of our schools’ resources at www.ft.com/schools.
‘Running out of lives’: How vulnerable is Boris Johnson?
A stunning by-election loss follows a series of crises that have damaged the prime minister’s claim to be a political winner
Elon Musk: Interview with FT’s Person of the Year
The controversial Tesla chief executive has triggered a historic shift in the auto industry towards electric vehicles
Inflation tracker: the latest figures as countries grapple with rising prices
The FT analyses the rise in consumer and house prices globally and assesses how long trends may last
Best Books of the Year 2021
From politics, economics and history to art, food and, of course, fiction — FT writers and critics pick their favourite reads in our annual round-up of publishing highlights
California hit by record rain and heavy snow months after severe fires
Storm system causes mudslides and prompts evacuations in the south of US’s most populous state
Teacher resources
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Politics: Graham Goodlad picks for Human rights: UK to inject ‘common sense’ into human rights legislation. Read all our Politics picks here
Economics: David Dike picks for Demand and supply: Beware the property trap ensnaring young buyers. Read all our Economics picks here
IB DP Theory of knowledge: Michael Dunn picks for Technology: Workers demand gig economy companies explain their algorithms. Read all our Theory of Knowledge picks here
Geography: Read all our Geography picks here
Business: Read all our Business picks here
IB DP History: Read all our History picks here
Student picks
We encourage student readers to select FT articles they found interesting and tell us why. Email your ideas to schools@ft.com
Cameron Allen at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford: Electric vehicles — the political cop-out
Winner of the Royal Geographical Society/FT student competition
Amal Dhanesh at Dubai College picks Fed to pivot to swift action on inflation in face of spiking prices. Useful in helping me build up a picture of the current sentiment in the US, along with plans monetary policymakers have for the near future.
Ishaq Ullah at Eltham College picks China’s self-isolation is a global concern. Provides an insight to how China’s closing off from the outside world could potentially lead to its decline, with useful information on geopolitical relations, and how China has a great deal of influence in the world economy.
One to watch
Nick Clegg’s first interview in the metaverse
Step inside the Metaverse as the UK’s former deputy PM takes on avatar form to talk to the FT’s Henry Mance about the future of technology, immersive digital worlds, the challenges of regulation, and his own role within the company
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