The Economist is a brilliant source to increase general awareness of subject-specific current affairs for personal statement writing and university interviews. The magazine (and Economist podcasts) are not only fantastic for aspiring economists, but students preparing for a whole array of STEM and Humanities courses. In this Curious Minds digest, we explore five of the Economist’s top 10 trends for the world ahead in 2022, posing a range of Oxbridge interview-style questions and offering reading suggestions for students looking beyond the syllabus in their degree preparation.

Scams such as the latest Bill Gates twitter hacking debacle, where the hacker(s) are estimated to have earned $120000, are on the rise. While social media is an excellent way of staying interconnected with other people, that very network provides a breeding ground for shareable tricks and scams - is it worth it? This article aims to get you thinking and debating in response to some of the most pressing questions of our digital age.

Global history and literature is more important than ever in our current world. Not only is it important in a high-brow sense in terms of understanding the global, political landscape, but it also explains our everyday lives with our increasingly transnational and globalised cultures..