100-year life: a blessing or curse? Join the debate!

Year 11 economists invite you to join them for a very special event that they have helped organise for Wednesday 28 February โ€“ to explore the pros and cons of a 100-year life.

Working in partnership with North East Initiative on Business Ethics (NIBE), we have a plan in place which will begin to harness the ideas of students to build the North East as a responsible and ethical business region. With the involvement of local schools (St Bedeโ€™s, Durham), universities (Northumbria and Durham) and global wealth management businesses (BlackRock and Brewin Dolphin), we look forward to hosting Emmanuelโ€™s inaugural debating competition.

The subject has been inspired by GCSE economistsโ€™ reading of The 100-Year Life by Lynda Gratton, hence the debate topic: โ€˜The majority of children born in the west today can be expected to live beyond 100 โ€“ is a long life a blessing or a curse for society, business and ethics?โ€™.
The evening event will be preceded by a series of afternoon workshops delivered by BlackRock and Brewin Dolphin.

We look forward to welcoming you. The event starts at 7.00 pm and finishes at 8:30 pm. Light refreshments will be served from 6:30 pm.

To learn more about the inspiration behind the event, read Caroline Theobaldโ€™s (NIBE) recent article for The Journal : http://www.nibe.org.uk/caroline-theobald-invited-write-editorial-journal/