Half way through their 14th year and all is buzzing at Tower Hamlets Summer University. The summer holiday programme was the most popular ever with over 5000 young people clamouring for something to do and to get on course places - far more than could be accommodated, countering media hype that young people are lazy layabouts who want nothing more than to hang about on the streets terrorising their community. The most popular courses were in the Work Zone and anything to do with careers - from banking to shipping, medicine to journalism, all the courses were full to bursting. 40 young peer motivators volunteered over 200 hours of their time to make sure the programme ran smoothly, supporting the THSU team and all the participants and tutors.

Nang is a magazine designed and edited by the Young People at Summer Uni and Peter Cruddas was interviewed for the Issue Two 2009 edition.