Geography links for the week ending 11th December

by Mr Monteith

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.

Geography links for the week ending 27th November

by Mr Monteith

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