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Author: Mr Monteith
Geography links for the week ending 18th December
1. Mobile phones are transforming Africa…where they can get a signal
2. A good read for year 13 in particular in preparation for contemporary conflicts next term.Is this the demise of the liberal order?
3. Brexit, Middlesbrough, Nissan and the multiplier effect in one short clip from The Guardian
4, World’s hottest borehole nearly complete.
Geography links for the week ending 11th December
1. The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney’s, gave a speech at the start of the week at Liverpool John Moore’s University on income inequality and globalisation. I would encourage you to have a listen. Links directly into the year 12 work. Starts around 6 minutes in.
2. Port Talbot’s future producing steel guaranteed… For now. A good read for year 12 on structural economic change.
3. Interesting article from The Day on the threat to jobs from robots. Technological change and globalisation in action.
Year 12 – Link to Inverness fieldtrip folder
The link to the folder containing all the data from the Inverness trip and the sheet outlining the stages to writing up the methodology is available here. Prep questions are contained within the link.
Geography links for the week ending 4th December.
- Flooding in Afghanistan, but not as we know it.
2. Major cities are taking action to improve air quality levels.
3. Year 12 – Bank of England warns of growing regional inequality. A good read on spatial inequality.
Please get into the habit of accessing the links above. They are there to encourage you to develop a wider geographical understanding!
London waste and recycling document
To help with the prep question:
How is London tackling the problem of waste?
Geography links for the week ending 27th November
1. Earthquake sparks Japan tsunami warning.
2.The Chancellor delivered his Autumn statement on Wednesday. But which groups will benefit and which will lose out? Good reading for topics linked to inequality.
3. An excellent short clip from The Economist on the carving up of the Middle East during WW1 in what was called the Sykes Picot agreement. A good starter in understanding some of the factors behind the instability of the region today.
4.JAMS – the new term to describe those just about earning enough to get by in the UK. There are a lot of them. Channel 4 news clip
Year 13 – Cribbs Causeway Mall extension approved.
Please read this short BBC news article outlining the recent (3rd November) planning approval to expand Cribbs Causeway by 50%. Very relevant to our case study!
Blog posts for the week ending 20th November
1. Experience a volcano in 360°. Best viewed on a mobile or tablet, move your screen to view different parts of the volcano.
2. 2016 set to be world’s warmest year on record
3. Google commits to £1 billion investment in UK. A confidence boost post Brexit?
Year 13 – one to read for the retail topic: The Economist. Shopping and business: All that is solid melts into air
The Economist | Online shopping and business: All that is solid melts into air
Alasdair Monteith, Steve Cook, Helen Denyer, Laura Sproule and Terry Chambers 