Monday, 23 January 2012

Current affairs, interesting articles and adapting themes for the classroom

The team are very keen for students of all levels to engage with topical subjects and they are used in many ways, from discussions to essay titles and informative report writing to oral presentation delivery. This may be of a formative and/or summative nature. A few recent subject areas with the newslinks are noted below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16415584  - networking as a core skill?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16089232 - 2011: The year when a lot happened!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16119375 - after the fame has gone...


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16076471 - inquiry into 'unfair' exam advice.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15619543  - how did people get so 'disgusted'?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15171830 - University of Wales degree and visa scam exposed by BBC.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15060411 - understanding financial words and phrases.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15066957 - has the iPod made us anti-social?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-15063136  - SQA figures show exam cheats let off with warning



 

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