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🎞📽️ You can now catch up on all of our New Wild West panel discussions on Youtube 📽️🎞
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The world is changing fast. The challenges of emerging technologies, geopolitical conflicts and demographic shifts need leaders equipped to address them.
Today we launch Civic Future to tackle these challenges and improve public leadership.
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We’re excited to announce that applications for our flagship Fellowship programme open today. The Fellowship will equip brilliant, hard-working and inquisitive people with the knowledge, skills, and support to become great public leaders. APPLY HERE:
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Applications for the Civic Future Fellowship are live!
Apply here.
What is the Civic Future Fellowship? 👇👇👇
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The video of our inaugural event 'Why do liberal democracies feel stuck' with
@tylercowen
,
@stephenkb
and
@David_Goodhart
is now available online. You can watch the video here
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“For too long, too many of our public institutions have been prioritising the wrong things and focusing on the wrong problems.”
As the Civic Future Fellowship Programme launches, our Programme Director Jack Hutchison writes for
@unherd
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Politics is broken. Can you help fix it? The Civic Future Fellowship is for the next generation of highly talented individuals who wish to enter public life. The programme is free and applications are open now. But what is the Fellowship about? 👇 1/6
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We are delighted that there is so much interest in Civic Future.
Our inaugural event with John Gray and
@tylercowen
is now fully subscribed, but a recording will be made available on our website. Sign up on our website to hear about all future events.
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We are a non-party political, not-for-profit organisation grounded in the values of liberal democracy. Read more in today’s
@thetimes
where our founder Munira Mirza explains our mission.
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Thanks
@BritainRemade
for co-hosting our energy unconference last night 🌱💡
The room was full of great ideas and our guests gave a range of very interesting talks - on everything from small modular reactors to the future of renewable financing ⚡️⚡️
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Why can’t we get stuff done? 🏗️
We hosted a packed event exploring the key challenges facing British state capacity at
@TheSekforde
.
Speakers:
Munira Mirza, CEO, Civic Future
Bryan Cheang,
@bryancheang_
Joe Hill,
@jo3hill
Sam Dumitriu
@Sam_Dumitriu
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🚨Watch
@Dominic2306
and
@Andrew_Adonis
discuss Britain's state capacity and how we can radically improve it 📈
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"In a discussion with Labour peer Lord Adonis chaired by former head of Number 10’s Policy Unit Munira Mirza, the former Leave architect spoke of how to increase the efficiency of a Government department." a write-up in
@unherd
about our recent conference.
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📢📢 Just one week left to secure a ticket to our immigration event 📢📢
Join us next Tuesday 📅 May 14 📅 as
@timleunig
,
@kafkaswife
, Lord Glasman and researcher Luke Sheridan discuss why net migration numbers are so high 📈📉
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🗓️EVENT: Join us on April 19th, 6.30pm-8pm at The Sekforde in Farringdon to discuss the changing age of Britain, why it matters and what, if anything, should be done about it with
@Louise_m_perry
,
@PJTheEconomist
and Miriam Cates MP.
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🎬🎬 The final session of a jam-packed and stimulating day!
@michaelgove
,
@DesmondShum
,
@Scholars_Stage
and
@CindyXiaodanYu
discuss how Britain should approach China 🇨🇳
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"We must once again rise to Harold Wilson’s challenge, thrown down 60 years ago, and power Britain into a new future of transformative growth."
Our CEO Munira Mirza writes in
@timesredbox
on 'The Great Stagnation Summit' kicking off today
#ProgressSummit
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⚡️ Great turnout at our immigration event last night ⚡️ Thank you to all of our panelists for such an interesting discussion -
@timleunig
,
@kafkaswife
,
@MalvernianKarl
, Lord Glasman and Luke Sheridan ‼️
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"When we see some great act of energy and confidence in history, it’s because some group of highly competent people with good ideas achieved the power to simply fix things." writes Wolf Tivy.
A fascinating read, as always, from
@palladiummag
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🗓️🚨We’re pleased to announce our inaugural annual conference, The Great Stagnation Summit, on 13-14 July 2023 at Churchill College and the Møller Institute, University of Cambridge. Keynote:
@tylercowen
. Read our full (and growing) list of speakers here:
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It’s finally here. The Great Stagnation Summit is happening in Cambridge, featuring your favourite thinkers on all things progress and human flourishing — kicking off with
@tylercowen
's keynote this evening on how to build the future.
#ProgressSummit
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‼️The second day of our New Wild West Summit is well under way‼️
@Dominic2306
and
@Andrew_Adonis
discuss Britain’s state capacity and how we can radically improve it
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Today
@InayaFolarin
is chairing Feeding the Future: Towards a Resilient and Secure British Food System with
@ProfTimLang
and
@eamonnives
. They’re debating challenges facing British food security from the supply chain, to ultra processed foods and sustainable farming methods
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It's been fantastic to be involved in the
@txp_io
Progress Prize!
We enjoyed reading the excellent submissions.
Congratulations to:
🥇
@RianCFFWhitton
🥈 Alec Thompson
🥉 Ashna Ahmad,
@Ben_A_Hopkinson
,
@djstimms
🚨TxP PROGRESS PRIZE WINNERS 🏅
Delighted to announce the winners of the Progress Prize, in collaboration with
@civic_future
and
@NS_Spotlight
.
Here is a thread + link on the winning blogs 1/10 🧵
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@BennettInst
@tylercowen
@DianeCoyle1859
@DEHEdgerton
@s8mb
The Great Stagnation Summit is back for its second day, with contributions from some of the biggest names in economics, tech, and innovation. How do we chart a path towards a high-growth, high-innovation British future?
#ProgressSummit
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🏡🏠 Examining Britain’s Housing Conundrum 🏠🏡
John Myers
@yimbyalliance
Simon Thomas
@CommunityPlann1
Ike Ijeh
@ikeijeh
Andrew Orlowski
@AndrewOrlowski
Exploring the key challenges facing British housing policy today.
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🚨🗓️ 'Talent for Progress'
We are partnering with
@txp_io
for an event on 12th September
Our CEO, Munira Mirza, will be chairing a panel discussion on how the next government can harness emerging & frontier talent to advance progress in the UK.
See the link below to sign up:
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Watch
@michaelgove
,
@DesmondShum
,
@Scholars_Stage
and
@CindyXiaodanYu
discuss the UK's approach to China 🇬🇧🇨🇳
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📢🔔 What is soft power and how is it wielded today?
Join us on March 26 for a discussion with
@HelenRamscar
,
@aiaevans
and
@OllieRyanTucker
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🗓️📢🚨
Applications for our Fellowship programme will open in two weeks!
The Fellowship will equip brilliant, hard-working and inquisitive people with the knowledge, skills, and support to become great public leaders.
Watch this space. 👀
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🚨🎙️How do we encourage growth and reinvigorate faith in progress? Watch and listen on YouTube to panel discussions from the leading thinkers grappling with this question at The Great Stagnation Summit 2023.
@tylercowen
@s8mb
@DEHEdgerton
@DianeCoyle1859
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What is the Civic Future Fellowship?
In this webinar, our Programme Director Jack Hutchison explains. Find out more about our flagship Fellowship programme, launching in early February.
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Great thread on our summit last week. 👇
Last week
@civic_future
held a two day conference on economic growth and why Britain doesn't get enough of it. It was fascinating, depressing, and heartening all at once. Here's a 🧵of my impressions.
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"Ensuring that we have the best possible people and that they’re working in the most effective way – and therefore the role that performance management plays in that – is, I think, absolutely essential." argues Munira Mirza, Chief Executive
@civic_future
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Couldn't make our event on housing last month? Well, it's now available to watch and listen to on YouTube. Featuring
@johnrmyers
@ikeijeh
@AndrewOrlowski
and Simon Thomas from
@CommunityPlann1
👇
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Our CEO Munira Mirza spoke to
@TimesRadio
earlier about economic growth and low productivity ahead of The Great Stagnation Summit in Cambridge: "The Summit is really about making clear to people working in politics that this is actually an urgent situation."
#ProgressSummit
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Why is the Civic Future Fellowship necessary? Our Programme Director Jack Hutchison writes for
@reactionlife
on political short-termism and British stagnation. 1/2
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🔓 "I want to encourage other good people to go into public life. The question is: how do we support them so that they have the intellectual heft and the training and the skills to operate well?"
Munira Mirza on Civic Future and our flagship Fellowship
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1/ Excited to support the
#UKDayOneProject
! It’s time to shape the future of the UK's science and technology policy. Find out how you can contribute here. 👇
@UKDayOne
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A year after our launch, economist Tyler Cowen (
@tylercowen
) and philosopher John Gray finally talk. A great listen.👇
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@BennettInst
A lively, challenging panel yesterday evening with
@tylercowen
,
@DianeCoyle1859
,
@DEHEdgerton
, and
@s8mb
- lots of serious content to spark discussion.
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⏰🔔Less than 20 days to apply for the Civic Future Fellowship 🔔⏰
Apply here:
Applications close on the 10th March 📅
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"a summit on “the great stagnation” last week, organized by Civic Future, an organization dedicated to encouraging talented people to enter public life, and held in Cambridge, gave some grounds for hope." Great mention of our conference in
@Bloomberg
by
@adwooldridge
Most Tory voters are more like Hobbits comfortable in their sandy burrows than Margaret Thatcher’s self-reliant entrepreneurs, via
@opinion
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Our Chief Executive Munira Mirza joined our colleague
@InayaFolarin
and director of the
@EquianoProject
at the conference “Towards the common good: Rethinking race in the 21st century”
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Why can’t we get stuff done? We're hosting an event exploring the key challenges facing British state capacity today on November 20 2023, 6.30-8pm at The Sekforde in London with our CEO Munira Mirza,
@bryancheang_
,
@jo3hill
,
@Sam_Dumitriu
. Tickets 👇
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"Civic Future, a foundation to prepare the next generation of leaders for public life. We need more initiatives like this if we are to change the behaviour of Ministers, Civil Servants, MPs and...the media" writes Alex Hickman in
@reactionlife
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This week we launched Civic Future, our new initiative to identify and train highly talented individuals to enter public life.
Thank you to everyone who has shown interest and helped spread the word.
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We’re delighted to be partnering with
@txp_io
on this exciting blog prize!
Our CEO Munira Mirza is also on the judging panel.
We’re looking forward to reading great ideas for progress. 🚀
🚨big news:
excited to announce the
@txp_io
Progress Prize, a £5000 blog prize to reboot UK progress
in partnership with
@civic_future
+
@NS_Spotlight
, supported by Emergent Ventures, and with a *stellar* judging panel
more details below and at
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📽️ Did you miss our event on state capacity? It’s now available to watch on YouTube featuring our CEO Munira Mirza,
@jo3hill
,
@bryancheang_
and
@Sam_Dumitriu
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"The terrible events in southern Israel have created a moment of clarity that allows people to understand the reality of what Islamism is, and why people who care about liberal values need to oppose it." writes Civic Future's CEO Munira Mirza
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We were delighted to have a packed room last night for our event on demographic change at
@TheSekforde
. Thank you
@PJTheEconomist
,
@Louise_m_perry
and
@Aria_Babu
and all those who attended. Sign up for our newsletter to find out about upcoming events.
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🗓️📢 Mark your diary 🗓️📢
1 week to go until applications for the Civic Future Fellowship programme go live on February 1st!
The Fellowship is a one-year programme for exceptionally talented people who aspire to enter public life. 🏛️
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We need to open up politics to a broader range of talent. We need to re-energise public life by attracting more high calibre people. We need better government by preparing leaders for the big challenges ahead.
This is what Civic Future aims to do.
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Is our schools policy radical enough?
@daisychristo
,
@racheljanetwolf
and
@benyeohben
joined us to discuss the issue.
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If you weren't able to attend this event, you can now listen to it here:
@PJTheEconomist
@Louise_m_perry
@Aria_Babu
We were delighted to have a packed room last night for our event on demographic change at
@TheSekforde
. Thank you
@PJTheEconomist
,
@Louise_m_perry
and
@Aria_Babu
and all those who attended. Sign up for our newsletter to find out about upcoming events.
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How should we think about and approach the possibilities and risks of artificial intelligence proliferation?
@matthewclifford
@logangraham
@saffronhuang
@MarcWarner10
and
@johnthornhillft
at
#ProgressSummit
👇
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"[The New Wild West Summit]...was attended by people who have worked at No 10, civil servants or ministers, from and under different parties; people interested in the mechanics of change as well as the direction of it." Great write-up by
@mrianleslie
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📅 There's still time to get (free) tickets for tonight's event on housing with
@johnrmyers
@ikeijeh
@AndrewOrlowski
and Simon Thomas at The Sekforde, 6.30-8pm
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"That is why the most important story of the week was a new venture by Munira Mirza, who grasps better than most the futility behind Falstaffian bluster."
Read
@TrevorPTweets
on Civic Future here:
Sign up for more on our website.
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"We know our national leadership is not working as well as it could. We can see the effects. That is the challenge which faces Civic Future, and the UK. This is a chance to prove that Britain can do it."
@EliotWilson2
for
@CityAM
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🚨📅One week left! Join us on April 19th, 6.30pm-8pm at The Sekforde in Farringdon to discuss Britain's declining birthrate and our ageing population with
@Louise_m_perry
,
@PJTheEconomist
and Miriam Cates MP.
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The UK Day One project have just released a great proposal on how to get Tech & Science talent into government.
Have a read:
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🔔🚨‼️ From Reagan and Thatcher, to Bush and Blair, Post-Imperial Britain’s foreign policy has often gone hand in hand with America’s. Should that be the case?
We are partnering with
@reactionlife
to discuss.
Join us!
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🔍🌏 What if we could make energy too cheap to meter? Join us and
@BritainRemade
to explore groundbreaking ideas that challenge the status quo and envision a future of clean energy abundance. 📅 July 16th 🕡 6:30-9:00 PM 📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, London
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🖥️🚀 AI: Should we be pessimistic or optimistic?
A brilliant discussion on the future of technological progress in our joint event with
@OfficialUoM
Speakers:
@TimandraHarknes
@saffronhuang
@CarolineEJay
Tamanna Haque
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We aim to encourage more talented people to go into public life and to prepare them to address the social and economic challenges we face. Our one-year Fellowship is designed to do just that. Find out more here:
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Just a few days left to make a submission to the Progress Prize! 👇🚀
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The Unconference is under way 🚀🚀
Some great talks coming up - special thanks to
@benyeohben
‼️
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Munira Mirza sat down with
@NewStatesman
to discuss the launch of Civic Future. Read it in full here.
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Civic Future's CEO, Munira Mirza, spoke with
@coldxman
on his podcast 'Conversations with Coleman'. They discussed race, Brexit, art and museums, Islamism, and much more. You can watch here:
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🌍 📅 EVENT: What is the role of soft power today?
Is soft power an effective strategy or merely a comforting story?
Join us to explore this on March 26, 6:30–8:00pm at Art Worker's Guild. Sign up below 👇
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📅🚨 What important truth do very few people agree with you on? That’s just one of the questions on the application form for the Civic Future Fellowship. Think you have a good answer? Apply here.
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Our Chief Executive, Munira Mirza, is looking forward to joining the
@FinancialTimes
at the FTWeekend Festival on 2 September. She'll be on the Tech Stage with
@johnthornhillft
and
@azeem
to talk about Living in an Exponential Age
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Thank you to everyone who came to our inaugural event last night. It was a packed room and we hope you enjoyed listening to
@tylercowen
,
@stephenkb
and
@David_Goodhart
. We’ll post a recording online in a few days.
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📽️ Our Chief Executive Munira Mirza spoke with
@azeem
and
@johnthornhillft
at the FT Weekend Festival on how politics and civil society can make the most of technology in the age of AI. You can watch the panel discussion here:
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Finally, a reminder that our launch event with John Gray and Tyler Cowen is now fully subscribed.
Sign up on our website to hear about future events and opportunities.
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🚨🚨 Want to *do something* and break Britain out of stagnation? Send in your application to become a Civic Future Fellow. Applications close TOMORROW ⌛️⌛️
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In an age of short-termism, how can we advocate for long-term investments in ideas, infrastructure and industries for future prosperity? Hear from
@boys_nicholas
@Aria_Babu
@mattwridley
@samrichardswebb
on how to champion progress at
#ProgressSummit
👇
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The Summit is Civic Future's inaugural annual conference, this year taking place in partnership with
@BennettInst
. Take a look at the overview of the programme, including our speakers and sessions, here.
#ProgressSummit
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Britain was the first capitalist and industrial nation. Today many fear that Britain is in a period of slow decline. Hear from
@DeirdreMcClosk
@antonhowes
, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Andy Haldane & Tim Besley and how to reverse it at
#ProgressSummit
👇
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One more day until applications for our 2023/24 Fellowship programme close. You can apply using the link below.
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Why do liberal democracies feel stuck? In collaboration with
@csgskcl
and chaired by our CEO Munira Mirza, we’re excited to be joined by
@tylercowen
,
@stephenkb
and
@David_Goodhart
for our launch event, starting in just a moment.
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⚡️📅 It's that time of year again—the New Wild West Summit is here! As war re-emerges, tensions with China rise, and AI transforms society, we're bringing together leaders, thinkers, and experts to discuss this new era of disorder. More information below 👇
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@FinancialTimes
@johnthornhillft
@azeem
Get £20 off your ticket for the FTWeekend Festival, Saturday 2 September with
@ftlive
using Festival 20 when you book. Civic Future Chief Executive Munira Mirza will be discussing how politics and civil society can make the most of technology, with
@Azeem
and
@johnthornhillft
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The quality of people entering into public life is crucial for Britain’s future success. Our new fully funded Fellowship Programme aims to encourage more highly talented people to step up and take part. Applications have launched today. 1/2
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The Fellowship, which is designed to be conducted alongside a full-time job, is a one-year foundational programme. It will equip participants with the knowledge, skills, and support needed to become great public leaders. Could you be one of them? Apply now on our website. 2/2
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If you know an outstanding and highly inquisitive early to mid-career individual who might be interested, please encourage them to apply for the Fellowship.
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🤔Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to contribute to public life?
Read our no-nonsense guide for those thinking about applying for a public appointment.
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Our chief executive Munira Mirza set out our mission for
@thetimes
.
"Why are so many politicians and public servants ill prepared for the challenge of running the country — and is there anything we can do to improve the situation?"
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📅🚀Sign up for our exciting joint event with
@OfficialUoM
on technological progress and its impact on society. Speakers include
@TimandraHarknes
@saffronhuang
@CarolineEJay
. Dec 5, 6-7.30pm at the University of Manchester. Free tickets here:
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"At a refreshingly non-partisan conference run by Civic Future...was the seething frustration felt by many of the British participants at the inability of successive governments to help realise this economic potential." writes
@johnthornhillft
in
@FT
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Do you have expertise or an interest in the big economic challenges facing Britain today? Apply to participate in The Great Stagnation Summit 2023, our inaugural annual conference, examining questions of economic growth, innovation, regulation and R&D.
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Final remarks now from our CEO Munira Mirza: “I hope that you’ve all been inspired to go out and convince people of the value of growth and the problem of stagnation.”
Thanks to all our speakers and delegates, and everyone else who made this happen!
#ProgressSummit
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There is a lot of cynicism about Westminster politics — and rightly so. But we need more talented people entering into public life. Are you one of them? Take a look at our website to find out more. 3/3
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🔓 "We need to open up public life… How do we bring people in and prepare them better for the kind of challenges they face? How do we help them overcome bureaucracy and institutional inertia and failure?"
Our CEO Munira Mirza on our flagship Fellowship
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🌍🔋 Can the next government unlock clean energy abundance? Join us at our Unconference with
@BritainRemade
to dive into radical ideas for the future!
📅 July 16th 🕡 6:30-9:00 PM 📍 The Art Workers’ Guild, London
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We can arrange full-time, paid, London-based work placements in relevant organisations for a select number of successful applicants looking to move to London.
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📈💼 Despite public opinion in favour of reduced net migration and political figures promising to deliver it - net migration numbers have only gone up.
Join us on May 14th to discuss the economic, political and social trade-offs in the migration debate.
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3/4🇬🇧📷During the summit, we'll explore the meaning of the national interest, radically improving Britain's state capacity, the state's role in the economy, and our approach to China.
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