Equality of Opportunity

Welcome to our first Topic of the Week.  Let’s start the conversation with the equality question. Where are we at with the equality of opportunity agenda?  Has the world accepted equality or is it just a few countries?  Are we really making any headway?  A varied set...

Freedom of Speech

A tricky topic this month.  “Freedom of speech is the concept of the inherent human right to voice one’s opinion publicly without fear of censorship or punishment.” However the news links below show how complex a subject this is.  So what do your students think?...

Discrimination

Last time we looked at equality in general so before moving on to other topics let’s explore this subject a little further. Wednesday was International Women’s Day.  In the news are current stories of individuals challenging corporate dress codes, flexible working and...

Health & Safety Executive – “The reality”

I hope the last Topic of the Week on  PREVENT stimulated some interesting debates?  Moving onto more common ground let’s explore Health & Safety at work! H&S is a well understood subject so perhaps we can talk about whether leaner’s believe it is actually...

Ageism

This month we explore the topic of ageism.  Maybe a well-known subject, understood by all, but maybe a subject that is really ignored or at best brushed under the mat?  It will be interesting to see how seriously your students take this topic compared to religious...