In Focus

Learning vs The Hustle

Learn – To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation Oxford Dictionary Hustle – Obtain illicitly or by forceful action: Linda hustled money from men she met Oxford Dictionary Whether it was via reading, watching TV, listening to the radio or simply speaking to …Read

Black Youth Achievement Awards are back!

We’re getting ready to attend the Black Youth Achievement Awards tonight, a ceremony dedicated to celebrating young people and their achievements in school and the community. The awards aim to reverse the trends of negativity associated with young black people, rewarding achievement and providing a platform to promote the best …Read

New Platform for Young Writers and Illustrators

Shoutaboutmagazine.com is a site dedicated to encouraging children to make their own stories, illustrations and have them published on the site. Created by the Children’s Writers and Illustrators in South London (CWISL) the site also provides free stories and a section where Authors give an insight on how, where …Read

5 Tips for writing personal statements

Whenever I think about writing personal statements I remember how hard it was to sit down and decide just what I needed to say about myself to get into university. I looked at a blank sheet of paper for a very long time, not knowing where to start or even …Read

Channel 4 Series: Top Boy

On Monday 31st October 2011, Channel 4 will be airing a new 4-part drama called Top Boy telling the story of gang culture in a Hackney estate. It stars Ashely Walters (also known as Asher D) and the grime MC Kano. The Observer newspaper asked a group of young people …Read

Your Potential Dies with you

If you have watched the video of Denzel Washington speaking about prefereing to fall forward rather then backwards, you would no doubt of heard him refer to Les Brown and the ghosts of potential. Well who is Les Brown? Les Brown has been noted as being one of the …Read

Black in Latin America

Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr, a Harvard Professor, takes a look at the african history of five Latin American countries which played a key role in the slave trade. Over three episodes, Professor Gates examines the history of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, Brazil and Cuba. It is …Read

Robots of Brixton

Amazing video short created by Architecture student Kibwe Travers. He is definitely showcasing his skill and giving us an insight into an important part of black british history. Brixton has degenerated into a disregarded area inhabited by London’s new robot workforce – robots built and designed to carry out all …Read

Just what are soft skills?

When you talk to careers advisors in schools or specialist centres you might hear the phrase ‘soft skills’ time and time again, but nobody really teaches these skills, so how do we know what they are? If there is an easy way to define soft-skills, it’s this: “The ability to …Read

How to stay Focused Part 1 – Eyes on the Prize

Whether its in order to meet that deadline for a piece of work or follow that film with lots of twists, our ability to stay focused on one single activity appears to be getting shorter. The key reasons for these scenarios are: a) Our inability to control our minds as …Read