Huawei’s app StorySign is helping deaf children to read while teaching parents how to sign. With people wanting greater inclusion from brands, the app pushes boundaries and could potentially offer an educational solution to the 70% of deaf children who miss out on specialist provision globally.

At a time when the UK’s elite universities are accused of not being diverse, Stormzy is stepping in to fund the fees of black Britons who have an offer to attend Cambridge. The gesture is a symbol of how socioeconomic issues around race and ethnicity become barriers to higher education.

Faced with annual fees in excess of £9,000, questionable pastoral support on campus, and stiffer competition in a job market replete with graduates, Gen Zers have plenty of reason to be sceptical about the benefits of higher education. So, how are they forging their career paths after school?

How is increasing multiculturalism shaping the collective ‘we’? Why are people torn between saving and investing? And what's the societal impact of transnational romance? This Cultural Snapshot uses local stats and case studies to explore behavioural norms shared by German people in 2019.