Blog and updates
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15 Apr 2019
Podcast Recommendation: Behaving Ourselves
In the first of a series of podcasts looking at manners, David Mitchell explores where manners come from.
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14 Apr 2019
Is Private Education Good for Society
This new, short video from The Economist social policy team explores the benefits and drawbacks to society of private education.
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12 Apr 2019
Chicano Subculture
The following video explores chicano subculture that is a mix of Mexican and American culture e.g., dress and music.
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11 Apr 2019
The Age of Stupid: Climate Change
The following video from The Guardian revisits some of the individuals involved in making the film: The Age of Stupid, a film about climate change.
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9 Apr 2019
The Happiest Place on Earth? Disney Employees and a Living Wage
The following video from The New York Times follows a number of Disneyland employees who are campaigning for a living wage in the USA.
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8 Apr 2019
'Dumb' British Laws
The following video follows a journalist from Vice deliberately breaking laws in front of the police.
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5 Apr 2019
MP Expenses - 10 years on
Many A-Level Sociology students may not be familiar with/remember the MP expense scandal but the following article (and accompanying documentary - details at the end of the article) explores the...
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4 Apr 2019
Podcast recommendation: BBC Radio Four Analysis - Do children of married parents do better?
Another podcast from BBC Radio Four Analysis but this time discussing the outcomes of children raised by different types of family (married, cohabiting and single parents).
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3 Apr 2019
Waste and Recycling
A follow up post to one from last week for the Global Development unit about recycling/waste.
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2 Apr 2019
Podcast Recommendation: BBC Radio Four Analysis - The War for Normal
The following podcast from BBC Radio Four entitled ‘The War for Normal’ explores how influencers (from across different political divides) are changing people’s opinions predominately using social...
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1 Apr 2019
Too Poor to Play
Here is an article from The Guardian about how in some housing developers in London are preventing people from using communal areas such as playgrounds.
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29 Mar 2019
Education: Paying for University
Here is an article/opinion piece about the lengths that the wealthy will go to ensure that their child attends a elite university.
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28 Mar 2019
Podcast recommendation: BBC World Service (Welfare State)
The following short podcast explores the role of the welfare state.
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27 Mar 2019
Dirty Business: Recycling
Here is a documentary from Sky News about recycling and it could be used for the Global Development unit.
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26 Mar 2019
Social Media Content
The following article from BBC News explores the efforts that some social media companies are making to remove certain content about the attack.
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25 Mar 2019
Male Mental Health
I posted an article last week about a UK group called Andy Man's Club that aim to create a space for men to talk about their mental health.
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20 Mar 2019
Colbalt from the DRC
The following article from The Guardian explores the metals that are used in mobile phones, and the impact of mining for these.
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