• CREST Awards – social science research projects for students - 21 Jul 2010
  The Economic and Social Research Council has teamed up with CREST Awards and the UK Data Archive to offer students the opportunity to do their own investigations about the UK. Students who use social science data from the UK Data Archive can now gain a prestigious CREST Award for their project. The CREST Awards scheme gives [...]
• Is crime dropping? - 15 Jul 2010
  If you’re looking for contemporary news stories to use with our ‘Street crime and teenagers’ resource then how about this piece from the BBC: “The number of crimes committed in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest level since records began in 1981, official figures have shown. In 2009-10, crimes committed fell to 9.6 million [...]
• First aid or lasting aid? - 13 Jul 2010
  Tuesday 13th July 2010 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Live Aid, but did the event really make a difference? To mark the anniversary, celebrities, activists and charities are once again joining together in a renewed call for aid.

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