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Aeroplane Design and Engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Aeroplane Design and Engineering

...interactive aeroplane to find out...@@PLUGINFILE@@/image-hotspots-1035.h5p Accessible (plain text) version Air Traffic Management/Control [Two air traffic controllers look out from Heathrow air traffic control tower over the runways. ]Air traffic management is a system for making sure that all aircraft are safe at all times. In the same way that drivers of cars have to...
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...social organisation where matters are concerned with getting or using power within a particular group e.g., there is plenty of ‘office’ politics within, and often between, sports organisations. Big ‘P’ Politics often focuses on governmental decision making, world trade agreements and global affairs. The Politics in Europe does not often address sport. Throughout...
An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher
Languages

An unheard voice from a Chinese teacher

...social morals. Therefore, Respecting for school rules, teachers, and behaving well in lessons are not matters of being “conditioned”, but rather reflections of Chinese core values and principles. British students, on the other hand, need to seriously consider improving their general attitude and behaviour in schools. The fact that British Head teachers tend to find...
Earth from above, 18th Century style
History & The Arts

Earth from above, 18th Century style

...social place, Baldwin is beginning to find ways of letting the viewer in – after all, many his readers had paid a subscription to fund his ascent. His instructions for both aerial images are involved, exhaustive. Baldwin seems to me, and to other twenty-first-century historians, to have been unique, and outstanding, in attempting to convey the sensory and visual aspects...
Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist
Society, Politics & Law

Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist

...Social Sciences courses Setting the scene In the summer of 2022, talk of strikes taking place or being threatened across a number of airlines using UK airports was a staple feature in the media. Strikes by airline workers are not in 2022 ‘news’ as such. We have become used to hearing of industrial action in the sector, not least involving staff working for the UK’s...
Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955
Society, Politics & Law

Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955

...Social Sciences courses. Background On Tuesday 25 October 1955, members of the General Iron Fitters Association at Rolls-Royce in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, took unofficial strike action. By Thursday 27 October, workers in various unions at other Rolls-Royce plants in the west of Scotland, at East Kilbride and Hillington, had joined them (BBC Newsreel, 1955). Altogether,...
Religion and Violence
History & The Arts

Religion and Violence

...social and economic factors. The video emphasises the need to find a ‘middle way’ in understanding complex situations and, while acknowledging that religion may well still be a relevant factor, not just assume a simple link between religion and violence. Transcript Testing the role of religion in violence You’ll now explore the issues further, thinking in particular...
QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations
Health, Sports & Psychology

QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations

...social cohesion and job creation. Yet, more importantly organisations must adopt standards of good governance. Coincidentally one of the key recommendations from the ASCI report is train and inform: make the most of the human capital. We hope that the associations start to invest more in their coaches and their development so that at the next AFCON 2023, Gold Cup 2023 and...