Blog and updates
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7 Nov 2016
Alternative Vote Explained
Next in the Electoral Systems series is that of the Alternative Vote. This is the electoral system that Britain held a referendum on in 2011.
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31 Oct 2016
Political Party Conference summary
Here's a handy guide from the BBC summarising the key messages and soundbites from the 2016 Autumn Party Conferences - good for getting to grips with key policies and analysing the differences /...
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31 Oct 2016
First Past The Post Explained
It is getting to that time of year, when students of A Level Politics begin to look at Electoral Systems. So to help you along here is a nice video explaining first past the post as an electoral...
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28 Oct 2016
Politics news quiz for w/e 28 October 2016
Here's this week's Politics news quiz. 5 multi-choice questions as either a Powerpoint quiz or paper version.
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28 Oct 2016
How the US elects its president
Here is a new short video from the Financial Times explaining how the United States elects its president.
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27 Oct 2016
Primer on the US Supreme Court
In this twenty-five minute video primer from Chatham House, broadcaster and author James Zirin provides an overview of the constitutional importance of the highest court.
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25 Oct 2016
Half Term Political Fun
If you are looking for your political fix over the half term then why not look to Netflix? There are plenty of political series available for you!
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25 Oct 2016
Walla where? How one region just larger than Wales wrecked CETA
It was all going so well for the CETA (The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) process between Canada and the EU. Brussels and Ottawa have spend seven years negotiating the finer points of...
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25 Oct 2016
How Big Data Might Shape the US Election
Michael Crick's Channel 4 piece last night on how big data might be influencing the US election is well worth a watch - slightly scary in many ways!
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12 Oct 2016
Global politics - library of resources
There is a good selection of resources on global politics available from the OUP in theirinteractive library of international relations, covering globalisation, theories/models of global politics...
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12 Oct 2016
Introducing the Parliament topic
The news that the Labour Party has set out 170 Brexit-related questions to the government in order to scrutinise the Brexit process is a great starting point for teaching the Parliament topic. I...
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12 Oct 2016
US Money and Politics timeline
If you've not yet discovered the Open Secrets website (from the Center for Responsive Politics) then you're about to find an amazing treasure trove of election facts and stats.
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26 Sept 2016
Politics Quiz of the Week
By popular request, here is this week's super starter In the News Politics Quiz, courtesy of Clive Owen of Minster School, Southwell.
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22 Sept 2016
Latest thoughts on the new proposed Politics specifications
Yesterday I attended the free exam board launch events / CPD in London - certainly lots of debate and discussion about how much weighting should be placed on ideologies for the full A level,...
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22 Sept 2016
Guide to the New Proposed A Level Politics Specifications
I've been taking a very close look at the proposed new A level Politics specifications this week. OCR, as many of us know, have decided to discontinue their Politics A level, which leaves just AQA...
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21 Sept 2016
Classroom Posters for A Level Politics: Human Rights
Human Rights is the topic focus for this new set of six full-colour posters for the A Level Politics classroom.
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21 Sept 2016
Classroom Posters for A Level Politics: Devolution
This new set of six full-colour classroom posters for A Level Politics explores the topic of Devolution.
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21 Sept 2016
Classroom Posters for A Level Politics: Nature of the UK Constitution
This new set of six a3-sized classroom posters helps illustrate the Nature of the UK Constitution.
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21 Sept 2016
Classroom Posters for A Level Politics: Sources of the UK Constitution
We've just received the first copies of a brand new classroom poster set for A Level Politics - this one is on the Sources of the UK Constitution.
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20 Sept 2016
Identify the politician by the biscuit
Here's a fun little lesson starter for UK politics students - can you identify the favourite biscuit of a range of UK politicians? I got a fairly terrible score of 3 out of 7 - can your students...
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