Monthly Archives: March 2017

Financial Times Article: ‘To build a shared society, focus on technical skills education’ https://www.ft.com/content/8f4d27f4-d80a-11e6-944b-e7eb37a6aa8e   This article by Miranda Green from the Financial Times website states in the introductory paragraph that “nearly half of all young people are now enrolling … Continue reading →

This Daily Mail article discusses the idea that, according to a survey conducted by BMBR Research, men enjoy gossiping more than women. The article supports the headline  by using a number of statistics including one in ten men like to … Continue reading →

This is the claim made in an article made by BBC in March 2017. The article then goes into stating that ‘’But while men are still much more likely to kill themselves in Canada, young women are starting to catch … Continue reading →

The Express cites the Office of National Statistics for data behind their claims, specifically the estimate of long term migrants. Short-term migrants are classed as staying for less than a year, and long term is anything more than this. To … Continue reading →

According to an article by The Sun newspaper, claims have been made that children as young as three years old are being given their own smartphones by their parents. The claim made by the newspaper seems to be correct of … Continue reading →

  Source: Daily Star (2016) – http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/506979/foreign-criminals-prisoners-UK-taxpayer-expensive-prison-population   Main Claims: 1.      More than 10% of prisoners in the UK are from abroad – and each costs £65k a year 2.      Each costs UK taxpayers £65,000 every year – adding up … Continue reading →

Author: Anonymous While current generations have become more health conscious, companies have taken note and have created more ‘healthy’ products to market to the ‘clean eating’ market. This includes companies like Naked, who have created a brand revolving around healthy … Continue reading →

A survey generated by Groupon has reportedly found how women in Britain ‘spend an average £70,294 on their appearance in their lifetime’. This survey asked 1000 women, who use the sight ‘Groupon’ about the items they buy, focusing on buying … Continue reading →

A survey completed by Pew Research Centre has found that more than two-thirds of United States’ police officers think marijuana should be legal for either personal or medical use. Looking closely at the data it is clear to see that … Continue reading →

The statistic that I have found to analyse is from the ‘NSPCC’ website stating that ‘around 1 in 5 children have been exposed to domestic abuse’. This statistic appears towards the end of the page which is specific to domestic … Continue reading →