GLOBUS: Beyond the Story

Corruption in the awarding of PPE contracts to friends of British government ministers has widely been reported in the press over the last twelve months – but far less attention has been paid to the significant role played by modern slaved in the production of much of the equipment supplied to the NHS at the height of the pandemic. In this episode, we catch up with Sakeena Rajpal, to discuss her article looking at the role of modern slavery, particularly in the Xinjiang region of China, in contemporary supply chains – and the inadequate legislative tools currently set against it.

Alongside the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the energy crisis has been one of the defining stories of the first half of this year. In this week’s episode, we catch up with outgoing Editor in Chief Sara Azeem for her perspectives on the causes and potential solutions to this most pervasive of challenges.

In many ways, the covid-19 pandemic represented the biggest disruption to efforts to boost global standards of education for many decades – so what might our schools look like in the future? This week’s episode explores trends in ‘EdTech’ and educational leadership, asking: what do we really want from education in the 21st Century?

Tesla made waves last week for announcing it would be moving on from ESG as a measure of the wider positive impacts of its business activities – but what exactly is ESG, and what’s its role in investing in the corporate world? This week in Beyond the Story, we speak to GLOBUS correspondent Diogo Santos to hear about his passion for ESG investing.

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Doughnut Economics is renowned in sustainability circles as a paradigmatic shift in economic thinking. In this week's Beyond the Story, GLOBUS correspondent Ilaria Ravazzolo gives us an insight into how the model works, its implications for sustainable governance, and the key challenges for its implementation.

In July of 2021, amidst racist, incendiary news media headlines and an already hostile migration system, the UK Home Secretary proposed a bill that violates international refugee law and makes it effectively impossible for refugees to legally enter the UK. How can a system that is supposed to help people fleeing unimaginable horrors be so callous? In the latest episode of Beyond the Story, GLOBUS correspondent Caitlin Hoyland discusses why the UK migration system is broken and desperately needs to offer more compassion for refugees.