Blog and updates
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7 Jun 2019
Grade Booster Exam Workshops for AQA A-Level Sociology in 2020
The dates and locations for our 2020 programme of AQA A-Level Sociology Grade Booster Exam Workshops are now available.
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7 Jun 2019
Modern Masculinity
Here are a series of videos from The Guardian that explore masculinity in modern society.
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6 Jun 2019
Male Fertility
Here is an interesting article that highlights how male fertility may be affected by a quest to be more attractive to the opposite sex.
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4 Jun 2019
Malaysia returns waste
Malaysia's environment minister, Yeo Bin Yin has recently pledged to return waste to countries where it was sent from.
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3 Jun 2019
Screen Time
The following video discusses the link between what research tells us about screen time and social media.
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31 May 2019
Music Education in Schools
The following article from The Guardian explores a proposal by Youth Music, a charity that aims to promote music education in schools.
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30 May 2019
House of Lords
The following video from Channel 4 News explores Britain's Parliament and specifically the House of Lords.
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28 May 2019
Digital Gender Bias
Here is an interesting article that links media and gender in regards to digital assistants, such as Amazon's Alexa and Apple's Siri.
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27 May 2019
Abortion Ban in Alabama
A recent bill has been passed in Alabama, USA to prevent women from seeking abortion procedures.
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24 May 2019
BBC Female Contributors
The BBC launched a 50:50 challenge in April 2018 to ensure that there were an equal number of male and female contributors (online and on-air).
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23 May 2019
'Elder Abuse'
A criminal case recently came to light about Keya Morgan, a memorabilia dealer who become close to Stan Lee (co-creator of The Avengers and Spider-Man).
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22 May 2019
The Breakfast Myth
This video from Vox highlights how breakfast cereal companies have sold the public a myth about how breakfast is 'crucial to good health'.
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21 May 2019
Is Facebook too big?
The following video from The New York Times explores whether Facebook should be broken up.
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20 May 2019
Britain and Inequality
The following article from The Guardian discusses how rising inequality in the UK could put the country "on the same path as the US to become one of the most unequal nations on earth".
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17 May 2019
Free School Meals
Many students from disadvantaged families receive free school meals when they attend school, which often counts as lunch package.
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16 May 2019
GP Patient Visits
The following article from The Guardian highlights the increasing pressure that GPs are facing with increasing numbers of patient visits.
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15 May 2019
'Joyless Economies'
Here is an interesting video about how modern capitalism is a 'very silly way of organising life'.
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14 May 2019
Money Laundering
The following video from Bloomberg explores the ways money laundering works.
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