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Podcast: Our experience of the Emerging Talent Programme – Precious Oppong-Gyimah, Safaa Usmani and Israel Aguirre

28 April 202416 September 2022 by Eddie Gibb

Three of our recruits in the inaugural cohort of our Emerging Talent Programme, Safaa Usmani, Precious Oppong-Gyimah and Israel Aguirre, ask each other about their experiences on the programme so far and how they are developing professionally.

Categories Emerging Talent Programme

Podcast: Launching our careers in the built environment – Bébert Longi and Khuzaymah Pathan

21 December 202327 April 2022 by Eddie Gibb

In our first interview with members of our inaugural Emerging Talent Programme cohort, Bébert Longi and Khuzaymah Pathan discuss their experiences so far and tell us about what attracted them to the opportunity.

Categories Emerging Talent Programme

Proposal for London: A Roof Plan for London

6 June 20245 October 2021 by Lisa Taylor

Frustrated by all those wasted rooftops? So was PTE’s Peter Watkins. Check out his proposal for a tool that could bring acres of dead space to life. Video, podcast & resources from around the world.

Categories Alumni, Building recovery, City Bites podcast, Estate Renewal, Housing, Leaders Plus, Placemaking

Leading the way for cities #2: Adam Cossey – The future of civic centres

7 June 202414 July 2021 by Eddie Gibb
Leading for way for cities #2: Adam Cossey - The future of civic centres

Episode 2 of Leading the way for cities with Alumni Rep Katie Randall talking with Adam Cossey, Partner at Hawkins\Brown, about how councils are transforming their historic civic centres to create new mixed-use spaces and meet modern demand from their communities.

Categories Alumni, City Bites podcast

Leading for way for cities #1: Arthur Kay – Homes for key workers

3 June 20212 June 2021 by Eddie Gibb

Episode 1 of the alumni-led Leading the way for cities series with Arthur Kay, chair of the £100m Key Worker Homes Fund and Founder and CEO of Skyroom – an award-winning technology and urban development company which delivers precision-manufactured homes in the airspace above existing buildings.

Categories Alumni, City Bites podcast

Proposal for Greater Manchester: “A Call to Green”

6 June 20249 February 2021 by Lisa Taylor
Proposal for Greater Manchester: "A Call to Green"

Interested in ways to green your town centre? Check out the video of this great Proposal for GM and get-it-done discussion. Got a Proposal to deliver yourself? Catch the six-minute behind-the-scenes interview for tips and inspiration.

Categories Alumni, City Bites podcast, Leaders Plus, Placemaking

‘Connections’ Ep. 8: Creative use of public assets

12 June 20244 February 2021 by Eddie Gibb

This ‘Connections’ episode focuses on the creative and progressive use of public-sector assets to achieve greater local impact. Local authorities are increasingly asking how they can deliver more social and economic value through the properties that they own, control and influence.

Categories City Bites podcast, Economy, Learning from crisis

Taking Leaders Online – CityBites Podcast interview with Miffa Salter

7 June 202414 December 2020 by Lisa Taylor
taking leaders online

Need some New Year’s inspiration? Try this City Bites interview with Urbancanda’s Miffa Salter, including great tips on leading and learning virtually, plus a snapshot at how FoL took its Leaders programmes online.

Categories City Bites podcast, Future London Leaders, Leaders Plus, Learning from crisis

‘Connections’ Ep. 7: Digital + Small Business

17 June 202410 November 2020 by Lisa Taylor

Been urged to ‘pivot’ your career, shift from B2B to B2C, commute digitally or “Unmute!” lately? Join guests from LOTI, Firefly Learning and OneTech as we unpick terms and trends in the evolving relationship between digital & small business.

Categories City Bites podcast, Economy

‘Connections’ Ep. 5: How to build connection – when we are all two metres apart

12 June 202413 October 2020 by Anna Odedun
How to build connection – when we are all two metres apart

In this podcast we ask Bethan Harris from The Loneliness Lab and Stephanie Goldberg from the GLA: how can we build community within the context of Covid-19?

Categories City Bites podcast, Learning from crisis, People. Place and Community

‘Connections’ Ep. 4: Culture + Place

17 June 202429 September 2020 by Lisa Taylor

Hear about the shifting connections between culture and place in this lively conversation with cultural strategist Aida Esposito, Southbank Centre’s Gillian Moore CBE and placemaking strategist and FoL alum Paul Augarde.

Categories City Bites podcast, Culture, Learning from crisis, Placemaking

‘Connections’ Ep. 3: Back to work

12 June 202420 August 2020 by Eddie Gibb
Back to work, social distancing sign

This episode is the third in our Learning from Crisis ‘Connections’ series, and is about how we’re getting back to work in the recovery phase. Featured image credit: Elliot Brown on Flickr. Licence (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Categories City Bites podcast, Learning from crisis
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