Blog and updates
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19 Mar 2019
Are the police still racist?
A podcast from the BBC from Beyond Today about racism in the police force.
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18 Mar 2019
Male Suicide
The following article from The Guardian explores the issue of suicide in men.
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15 Mar 2019
Literacy in UK schools
The following article from The Guardian explores some of the issues raised in a new documentary entitled H is for Harry.
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14 Mar 2019
Crisis in Yemen
The following video from Vice News investigates the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
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13 Mar 2019
China's social credit system
China recently banned some 23 million people from buying travel tickets as part of their ‘social credit’ system.
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12 Mar 2019
Vaccination deniers
According to the head of NHS England, vaccination deniers are using social media to spread their views and this is gaining momentum.
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11 Mar 2019
Screen Queens
Here is an interesting article about different women who, according to The Guardian have revolutionised TV.
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8 Mar 2019
Stress in the city
Another post that may be used as a teaching resource for the Health unit focusing on stress.
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7 Mar 2019
Shopping Addiction
A video that could be used within psychology and sociology lessons focusing on shopping addiction.
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6 Mar 2019
The MacPherson Report
Twenty years ago the MacPherson report was published that highlighted the findings of an inquiry into the London’s Metropolitan Police force after the murder of Stephen Lawrence.
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5 Mar 2019
The Contraceptive Pill
In January, the UK’s Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare announced that updated the 60 year old requirement for women to take a seven day break between contraceptive pill packets was...
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4 Mar 2019
Female-Only Commune
Here is a fascinating article from The Guardian about a female-only commune in Syria.
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22 Feb 2019
Paying women to have children
The following podcast from BBC explores a proposal that is being considered in Hungary where women with more than four children won't have to pay income tax.
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21 Feb 2019
School Startups
Following on from Monday's post about 'the point of GCSEs' comes an article about the education system from a different angle.
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20 Feb 2019
Social Media Influencers
Here is an article that could be used for both sociology and psychology students about the impact of social media influencers.
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19 Feb 2019
Poverty in the USA
I have posted about poverty in the US before and this article provides a link to a short video from the BBC about the country's poorest city, Escobares.
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18 Feb 2019
Are GCSEs pointless?
An article published by The Guardian recently explores whether GCSEs are fit still for purpose.
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15 Feb 2019
Where to live if you're young
BBC Newsbeat have created an interactive map to illustrate how different places in the UK rank in terms of a number of variables (public transport, rent, sports facilities and employment).
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14 Feb 2019
Communist Billionaires
A short video from Bloomberg looking at why Communist China has so many billionaires.
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