by samanthasimmonds | Nov 28, 2018 | Career, Uncategorized
I really enjoyed my first visit to the beautiful city of Groningen in the Netherlands, to host the EBF conference for the University of Groningen.It’s the largest economic and business conference in the country, and had an incredible line up of speakers, from...
by samanthasimmonds | May 12, 2015 | Career, general election 2015, politics, Sky news
Nearly a week on since election night and the dust has settled. But what’s it like being there at a count, as events unfold? I’d been sent to Loughborough, the seat of the Conservative education secretary Nicky Morgan, to cover what looked like being a big...
by samanthasimmonds | Mar 8, 2015 | Career
Youth unemployment is a huge problem in this country. 17.8 % – that’s around 850,000 of 16-24 don’t have a job! Of these, 700,000 have NEVER had a job. It’s hard to imagine just how miserable and soul destroying that must be, as well as the knock on cost to...
