Blog and updates
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8 Nov 2017
Zuckerberg's advice to his Daughter
Mark Zuckerberg recently had an addition of a new daughter to his family. He released a letter to her giving advice about what she should do to have a good childhood. One of the main pieces of...
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7 Nov 2017
Cheer Up Luv Project
This video outlines the issue of sexual harassment of women within society. The ‘Cheer Up Luv’ project aims to change the attitudes about sexual harassment and try to make it a lesson normal thing...
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2 Nov 2017
Domestic Abuse: Precursor to Mass Violence
ATTN, has released a phenomenal article outlining that individuals that are abusive have generally gone on to commit mass violence crimes. This article highlights the Pulse Night Club shooter Omar...
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1 Nov 2017
Proud to be a Modern Man
ATTN journalist and activist Nev Schulman has been in the press for fair number of issues happening within the United States of late. He tweeted this incredible video which allowed of the idea of...
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31 Oct 2017
Nostalgia and Sociology
I never owned a Nintendo SNES when it was originally released in 1992 (Europe and Australasia), but I, along with many other people now have the opportunity with the release of the Nintendo Classic...
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30 Oct 2017
100 Women Series
The annual BBC series ’100 Women’ has recently published a series of articles and videos to highlight a number of issues facing women around the world. This year the series aims to shed light on...
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25 Oct 2017
University Tuition Fees
The introduction of university tuition fees has been a political hot potato for various governments since the 1990s. However, they look set to be increased to £9,500 from 2018 for most courses,...
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24 Oct 2017
Rise in Working Mothers
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have published research showing that there has been an increase in working mothers in England (74%). This is compared to 1996 where 63% of mothers with...
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23 Oct 2017
"I learnt English from Eastenders..."
I stumbled across this interesting video from the BBC website which speaks of a Afghan refugee who learnt English via EastEnders. The reason for this was an attempt to try communicating with his...
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20 Oct 2017
Inequality at the Top
An investigation by The Guardian and The Colour of Power have found that a little over 3% of some of the most powerful and influential people in the UK are from black and ethnic minority groups. Of...
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19 Oct 2017
Modern Crime: Drug Dealing and the Dark Web
As part of the new AQA specification we must deal with globalisation and the impacts it has had on the interconnectedness of societies.
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18 Oct 2017
Making Demography Come to Life
As we know when teaching ‘demography’ students often find this the most labour intensive topic. Partly, as it is dry statistics but it is something which can be brought to life by making it relate...
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17 Oct 2017
Holistic Marking in Sociology
When the new specification for A Level Sociology was introduced in 2015, a significant change was that the mark schemes for the longer essay questions became holistic.
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16 Oct 2017
Female Drivers in Saudi Arabia
In late September, King Salman of Saudi Arabia changed governmental policy in the country allowing women to drive legally.
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13 Oct 2017
Sociologist in Focus: Antonio Gramsci (2)
Gramsci argued that hegemony is an invisible mechanism and the ruling class’s ideas permeate the whole of society, i.e., they are unquestioned and become normalised through constant exposure...
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12 Oct 2017
Teaching Sociological Skills: Application from an Item (2)
In the second of a series of posts focusing on application skills from an item, the secret examiner explores how students could utilise case studies that would help students improve their answers.
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11 Oct 2017
Teaching Sociological Skills: Application from an Item (1)
Recently, I posted about the importance of developing students skills in application for the exams. As highlighted by Tutor2U’s own analysis of the exam results, the main questions that students...
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10 Oct 2017
Second Year A Level Sociology Students: Listen Up! (4)
In the fourth of series of posts aimed at Year 2 A Level Sociology students, Ewan Somerville examines the importance of passion and resilience during your studies.
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9 Oct 2017
#Girlboss - Lonely at the Top?
In the world of equal rights debates and global issues, we often overlook the fact that gender politics is still an unresolved debate. The ‘gender pay gap’ still exists with it influencing all...
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6 Oct 2017
Sociologist in Focus: Antonio Gramsci (1)
Antonio Gramsci was born in Italy in 1891 and was the co-founder of the Italian Communist Party. He was imprisoned in 1928 for 20 years whilst serving as the party’s leader by Italy’s prime...
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