The Social Network story

We first started seeing social networking sites come to the internet in 1997, this was the start of the revolution. I have found a video on YouTube that represents when social netowrk sites started, and the impact they are having.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYAdSZ4dnSU

Riots

After the rise in the University fees there were several organised proteast in London that some might say went horrible wrong, these protest went ahead in the middle of November and they caused up-raw up and down the country. Here are some images of the protests:

Here is a link to several videos and images of the protests. http://www.flmboynt.com/bloke-notes/boys/current-affairs/tuition-fees-right-to-riot/

Uni Fees explained

I am now going to show you a link that explains in great detail about the reason why the University fees are going up, and to what extent. http://news.sky.com/home/politics/article/15827330

Uni Fees

I have been looking through articles that were printed before the rise in uni fees, here is one that I found, this was on the BBC website in 2009: 'In England and Northern Ireland, and for non-Welsh students in Wales, full-time undergraduates are liable to pay tuition fees of up to £3,225 a year (2009-10 rates). The poorest students are eligible for non-repayable support at up to the same amount. It works like this: Annual tuition fees - which were a flat rate of £1,175 - have, since September 2006, been varied from nothing up to a maximum of £3,000 (index linked) Families earning less than £25,000 are eligible for a grant of £2,906 a year, which tapers away to nought on family incomes of £50,020 Universities charging maximum fees have to fund bursaries of at least £310 for the poorest students Unlike previous tuition fees, students no longer have to pay "up front" - while at university - unless they want to Instead fees are covered by a loan, repayable by graduates once their annual income passes £15,000 Repayments are a minimum of 9% of all earnings over that figure per year. In getting the tuition fees legislation through Parliament in 2004 ministers accepted two amendments.

Uni Tuition Fees

A huge topic that has been in the news throughout the last year has been the huge debate on Tuition Fees. This has caused several massive demonstrations up and dwon the country. In early November 2010, there were people up and down the coutnry waking up to headlines of, 'Students face tuition fees rising to £9,000', this not only effects me, but a huge number of people my age across the country. It is thougght that Students will face a bill of £90,000 to study in London under plans to dramatically increase tuition fees, anywherer else in the UK will not be as much as this, however it will not be far from it. This link below goes to the list of University fees across the UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-12880840 This is a video of the day that we all found out about the tution fees rising: http://news.sky.com/home/politics/article/15850830

London riots: Looting and violence

London riots: Looting and violence:In early August there was a case of lots of rioting and looting, this was all down to.... It was thought that more than 3,000 people were arrested in connection with the riots in towns and cities around England between Saturday 6 and Tuesday 9 August. Latest figures from the Ministry of Justice say 1,715 suspects have now appeared in court - most of them in London.

A2 Coursework

An extract from a new documentary TV programme, lasting approximately 5 minutes, together with two of the three following: > A radio trailer for the documentary > A double-paged spread from a listing magazine focused on the documentary > A newspaper advertisement for the documentary. After much thought and many discussions in class I have come to the conclusion of producing a documentary. I have set myself a higher challenge from last year and will be working solo. This will require me to produce, shoot and edit all of the footage myself. However, I feel this could work to my advantage as it gives me the ability to express my personnal views and portray the documentary as I can imagine it.