China's Population
The UN currently estimates that China has a population of 1.41 billion people. This is set to peak in 2029 at 1.44 billion before what is described as an ‘unstoppable’ decline according to a...
School Segregation
The following podcast from The Guardian explores school segregation in Birmingham.
'Primal screens'
An article that could help support not just be used for the families and households unit, but also for the media unit focusing on screen time.
'The generation game'
This article focuses on how childhood has changed more recently and acts as an introduction to the special report itself.
'Plastic brains'
This article focuses on the education of children, and how much child care support various countries provide for families.
'Little man or little angel?'
This article focuses on how childhood has changed throughout history, or at least the perception of it.
The Economist: Special Report Childhood
The Economist recently published a special report into childhood with a series of articles looking at aspects such as technology, the changing role of children in society and the impacts of poverty.
Parkrun
Here is an interesting opinion piece from The Guardian about 'Parkrun', a free weekly running initiative that is assisted by volunteers.
City of the Future: Singapore
Here is a documentary from National Geographic about Singapore.
Falling Fertility Rates
Recent global figures have shown that women are having less children (average 2.4 children).
Domestic Abuse
The following article explores the impact of domestic abuse and violence on males.
Instagram Stars
Bloomberg has created a mini-series of short documentaries entitled 'Next Jobs', a closer look at jobs of the future.
Green Taxes
Recent unrest in France has led to President Macron revoking a tax on motor fuel that was intended to be one strategy to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Macron was partly forced to do this as...
Social Media and Surgery
The following video from Broadly explores how the impact of social media is leading some people to opt for plastic surgery. But instead of people asking to look like someone else (as one of the...
Social Mobility
According to the recent report from the Social Mobility Commission, young people are “highly skeptical about advancement [in terms of social mobility] being a reality”.
Health Apps
Research by a mobile analytics group has found that the usage of health of fitness apps has grown by as much as 330% between 2014 and 2017. Some applications related to anxiety and depression have...
Divorce Rates
The Office of National Statistics reported in September that, in England and Wales in 2017, 8.4% of 1,000 opposite sex couples got divorced. On the other hand, divorce rates for same-sex couples...
Gene-edited babies
A story broke recently about a Chinese scientist who claims to have created the first genetically edited babies.
The MeToo Movement
The founder of the MeToo movement, Tarana Burke describes the campaign now as “unrecognisable’.