Blog and updates
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7 May 2020
How coronavirus charts can mislead us
This short video from Vox highlights how the collection and presentation of data (in this case about the coronavirus) may not tell us the full story about an issue.
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6 May 2020
What happens when lockdown ends?
This video from BBC Newsnight explores what possible impacts there will be once the lockdown ends in the UK.
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5 May 2020
Rise in 'Corona divorce' in Japan
Although this is reportedly not isolated to (hetereosexual) couples living in Japan, this story about those living though the lockdown highlights how social media is being used to help couples vent...
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4 May 2020
Coronavirus: Black African deaths three times higher than white Britons
It has been reported that patients from black African backgrounds that are suffering from coronavirus are more likely to die than white Britons.
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1 May 2020
Did My Fundamentalist Upbringing Prepare Me for Coronavirus?
Here is an interesting article about a woman who was raised in a Christian fundamentalist household and how she believes that her upbringing may have helped prepare her in some way for a global...
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30 Apr 2020
Doctors and Nurses Reveal the Devastating Reality of Covid-19
In this stark and emotional video, doctors and nurses working in the USA provide details of their experiences of treating individuals with Covid-19.
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29 Apr 2020
'We did it to ourselves': scientists say intrusion into nature led to pandemic
Thomas Lovejoy, a leading scientist who conducts research into biodiversity has suggested that the coronavirus pandemic is a result of the "vast illegal wildlife trade and humanity’s excessive...
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28 Apr 2020
Testing for Coronavirus
Here are two videos illustrating some of the differences in how countries have responded to the coronavirus.
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27 Apr 2020
The Pandemic Shows What Cars Have Done to Cities
In this article from The Atlantic the author discusses one of the consequences of the lockdown in cities like New York.
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9 Apr 2020
Ofqual Guidance for Teachers and Students on Exam Grading in Summer 2020
Here are the two videos that have just been published by Ofqual explaining the exams grading process for summer 2020.
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3 Apr 2020
Through TikTok, China is Showing us the Power of Comedy
This video from The Atlantic provides another positive effect of the power of an online community through the use of social media.
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2 Apr 2020
The volunteer army helping people to self-isolate neighbours
This article highlights and shines a light on some of the volunteers helping support the more vulnerable at this time.
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1 Apr 2020
Questions about the coronavirus
This video from The Economist attempts to answer some questions associated with the coronavirus.
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31 Mar 2020
India enters 'total lockdown' after spike in cases
How do you lockdown a city, or even an entire country as a result of COVID-19?
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30 Mar 2020
What is Sociology for?
When I first chose to study A-Level Sociology a few years ago now, some of my friends and relatives asked me why I would chose to study the subject over something more familiar like Biology or...
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26 Mar 2020
Cash, church, markets and coronavirus
Each of the blog posts this week will contain a link to Covid-19 and how different communities and countries are dealing with controlling/containing the spread of the virus.
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25 Mar 2020
Air pollution and CO2 fall rapidly as virus spreads
Each of the blog posts this week will contain a link to Covid-19 and how different communities and countries are dealing with controlling/containing the spread of the virus.
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24 Mar 2020
How pandemics spread
Each of the blog posts this week will contain a link to Covid-19 and how different communities and countries are dealing with controlling/containing the spread of the virus.
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23 Mar 2020
UK School Closure
Each of the blog posts this week will contain a link to Covid-19 and how different communities and countries are dealing with controlling/containing the spread of the virus.
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20 Mar 2020
Reaching 130 million girls with no access to education
There are approximately 130 million girls who do not attend school around the world.
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