Blog and updates
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26 Apr 2018
Can you revise and use social media at the same time?
A BBC article about some recent research which suggests that young people’s famed multi-tasking abilities are a myth.
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25 Apr 2018
First statue of a woman in Parliament Square
Perhaps surprisingly, there has not been a statue of a woman in Parliament Square before (although there is a statue of Margaret Thatcher in Parliament itself).
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24 Apr 2018
Mean Girls
The 2004 movie ‘Mean Girls’ has been given the Broadway treatment and has become a new musical.
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23 Apr 2018
Airstrikes in Syria
The following videos explore a range of views following the recent airstrikes in Syria by the US, UK and France.
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20 Apr 2018
Pushy Parents
Within the Families and Households unit, there is a section on the specification about childhood. This section focuses on how childhood has changed in terms of their status in the family and in...
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19 Apr 2018
The Influence of Facebook
Following on from the post yesterday about the recent hearing by the US Congress and the Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, the following video explores just how powerful social media networks like...
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18 Apr 2018
US Congress and Facebook
The CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg has faced a panel from the US House of Representatives who have questioned how the site protects user data.
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17 Apr 2018
Distrusting Capitalism
An opinion piece by Larry Elliott in The Guardian about the changes in politics in recent decades.
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16 Apr 2018
A Home Education
The Department for Education is considering producing a register for children who are home-schooled.
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13 Apr 2018
The Nation State
A long read from The Guardian that discusses the nation state and globalisation.
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11 Apr 2018
Poverty in the UK
The following video takes a look at a charity working with people living in poverty in Northwest England.
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11 Apr 2018
Crime Rates in London
According to Home Office figures, crime is on the increase in London.
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10 Apr 2018
The Gender Pay Gap (2)
Taking a satirical look at serious issues in society and politics, here the ‘journalist’ Jonathan Pie interviews a feminist about her views on the gender pay gap.
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9 Apr 2018
The Gender Pay Gap
All public and private companies in Great Britain (excluding Northern Ireland) with at least 250 employees were expected to report their gender pay gap to the Government by 4th April. The Guardian...
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5 Apr 2018
Tipping in the USA
The following video highlights tipping within the food service industry in the USA.
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3 Apr 2018
Rise of a Non-Christian Europe
The following article provides some fascinating insights into religious identification in Europe that was originally produced by the European social survey (2014-16).
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2 Apr 2018
The Best Teacher in the World
The annual Global Teacher prize was recently won by Andria Zafriakou, a teacher working in London. The following article is an interview with Zafirakou and why her methods of teaching might not fit...
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30 Mar 2018
200 years of Marx
The town of Trier in Germany is preparing to honour Karl Marx’s birthday (5th May 1818) with traffic lights!
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