I have over 11 years of teaching and experience in the further education sector specialising in Politics, Geography, Sociology, Economics, Business Studies and Religious Studies. I enjoy creating educational resources that boost students understanding and confidence. I am an established TES author with many new exciting resources in the pipeline. I offer a range of resources for A Level.
I have over 11 years of teaching and experience in the further education sector specialising in Politics, Geography, Sociology, Economics, Business Studies and Religious Studies. I enjoy creating educational resources that boost students understanding and confidence. I am an established TES author with many new exciting resources in the pipeline. I offer a range of resources for A Level.
Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Devolved Chaos 1999-2002, Unionist Division over the GFA, The Northern Ireland Assembly Elections November 2003, DUP-UUP Electoral Competition 1989-2010, Sinn Fein-SDLP Electoral Competition 1989-2007, St. Andrews Agreement, the Northern Ireland Assembly 2007, Voting System, the Executive, Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister, Continuing Issues in Northern Ireland: Parades, Representation, Polarisation, Victims, the Economy, and Flags, Devolution Progress 2007-15, Attitudes to Devolved Power Sharing 2015 and Satisfaction with Devolved Power Sharing, by Party Supported, 2011. The Presentation includes Polling Data, Electoral Results, and Graphs.
Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Liberalism: The Backstory, Liberal Assumptions and Propositions, Different Liberalisms, Liberalism: A Case Study and Criticisms of Liberalism.
Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Definitions, Key Features of Post-Modernism, Ten Points of Post-Modernism & Style, Faith Could Re-emerge as Scientific Thinking Loses Significance, Jacques Derrida, Jean Francois Lyotard, Jean Baudrillard, Key Terms, From Modernity to Post-Modernity, Postmodernism and History, Fukuyama, Postmodernism and Ideology, Postmodernism and Society, Postmodernism and Political Action and Criticisms.
Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Civil Society in Political Theory, Towards a Definition of Civil Society, Three Circles Approach, Democracy, Defining Democracy, Forms of Democracy, Democracy and Civil Society, Social Capital as well as Civil Society and Contemporary British Politics.
Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Westphalia to the ‘Third Wave’, Sovereignty: What is it? Anachronistic? Pressure from Above and Below: the Globalisation Thesis, Pressure from within: Public Trust, Political Parties, Electoral Systems and Power, Performance and Legitimacy: Collapse or Change?
Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: What impression does this give of the Civil Service? The Classic Model of the Civil Service, the Lack of Change in the Civil Service 1850-1988, Main Changes to the Civil Service Over Recent Decades, Structural change followed the Ibbs Report of the late 1980s, Next Steps Agencies, Civil Service Controversies Since the 1980s, New Labour 1997-2010, Labour’s Plethora of new delivery vehicles, Reduced Civil Service, Politicisation? Why use special advisers? The controversies, Are special advisers neutral civil servants? What did the Conservatives promise? What did the Con-Lib Dem coalition do? the Civil Service under the Coalition Government and is the Civil Service fit for purpose?
Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: the Secret of Modern Britain is there is no Power Anywhere, Definitions: The State, Why is the State Important? Power and the State: Max Weber, Authority-Legitimate Power, the British State, the Triumph of Parliamentary over Royal Power, 18th Century, Urbanisation: 19th Century, Role of the State, Post WWII - State intervention, the British Political Tradition Greenleaf (1983), Westminster Model, Sovereignty, Core Executive, Executive – Legislature Relations, Electoral System, Party System, Judiciary, Territorial Politics, Model of Democracy? Challenges to the Westminster Model, New Labour Constitutional Reform, From Government to Governance and Models of Distribution of Power.
A Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Historical background: The Franco Dictatorship and Europe, 1976-1986: Spain’s Transition to Democracy and EC Membership, The Impact of Spain’s Membership on the European Community and The Positions of Spain’s Three Most Influential Political Parties on Europe.
A Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: France’s Role in the Process of European Integration,
Positions of France’s Three Most Influential Political Parties on Europe, Franco-German Relations in Europe, France and the European Defence Community, France and the Common Agricultural Policy and France and the Treaty for a European Constitution.
Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: The European Recovery Program, The Council of Europe, Seven Major European Treaties, The Coal and Steel Community, The Treaties of Rome, Seven Enlargements of the European Community/Union, Seven Enlargements Between 1973 - 2013, The Single European Act, The Treaty on European Union / Maastricht Treaty, Treaty of Amsterdam, Treaty of Nice and Treaty of Lisbon.
Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Key Characteristics of the Scandinavian Model,
Origins, Development and Variants of Scandinavian Model, Social Equality Versus Social Control
Challenges to the Scandinavian Welfare State and Challenges to EA’s Characterisation.
Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Characteristics of Scotland’s Devolved Party System, Key Political Cleavages, Votes and Seats in Scotland in UK General Elections 1964-2010, Differential Voting Patterns in Scottish and Westminster Elections, the 2015 Westminster Election Result in Scotland, Votes and Seats in Scottish Parliament Elections 1999-2011, Scotland’s 2011 Electoral Geography, the Electoral Geography of Scotland, the 2011 Scottish Parliament Election: SNP ahead in every Demographic Category, the 2011 Scottish Parliament Election: Voting by Identity, Explaining the Dominance of Labour in Scotland from the 1960s until 2007, The 2011 Scottish Parliament Election: Labour’s fall begins, the Scottish National Party (SNP), the SNP’s Economic Focus, the SNP in Government, the Scottish Conservative Party, Collapse of Conservative Working-Class Support in Scotland 1979-97, Scottish Liberal Democrats, the Scottish Nation, Modern Identity: Civic and Self-Governing Scotland, Trends in ‘forced choice’ (Scottish or British) & in Moreno National Identity, Religion in Scotland (2011 census), the History of Scottish Sectarianism, The ‘Sectarianism is Pervasive’ Argument, Why the ‘Sectarianism is Pervasive’ Thesis? The Response of Scotland’s Devolved Government to the Perceived Problem of Sectarianism, the ‘Sectarianism is Not Pervasive’ Thesis, The ‘Sectarianism is Exaggerated’ Arguments of Bruce and the Sectarianism a is Exaggerated Thesis.
A Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Welsh Assembly Overview, Areas of (Semi) Devolved Powers, the Welsh Assembly: the Early Days, the First Minister of Wales, Secondary Legislative Powers, the Welsh Assembly: Elections, The Welsh Executive: Formations, the Richard Commission 2004, Greater Powers for the Welsh Assembly, 2011: Referendum to ‘unlock’ Powers, What has the Assembly done? Public Health Agenda, An Apathetic Population? Why Low Turnout?Attributions of Responsibilities, the State of the Parties, Labour: What’s in a Name? Welsh Labour Party, 2007 Election, 2011 Election, 2016 Election, Welsh Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru, UKIP and Constitutional Preferences 2012.
A Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Views on the Scottish Parliament, Views of the Scottish Parliament and Devolution, the Scotland Act 1998, Division of Responsibilities (Schedule 5 of Scotland Act 1998), West Lothian Problem’ Not Addressed, the Scottish Parliament, First Minister, and Executive, First Ministers, Principles Upon which the Scottish Parliament was Supposed to be Based, Implementation of Principles, The Critique of the Application of the Democratic Parliamentary Principles, Electing the Scottish Parliament: the Additional Member System, Disadvantages of the Additional Member System, The current Scottish Parliament 2011, Election Results and Proportionality, Legislation Passed by the Scottish Parliament, Problems Post-Devolution, Revenue & Tax-Raising Power, Scottish Economic Power, Calman Commission 2009, ‘Serving Scotland Better’, the Smith Commission 2014 and Devo-Max Scottish Parliament?
Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Issues of Governance such as the Union, the Scottish Office, Accountability/Legitimacy and the decline of Conservative Unionism. It also covers the Rise of Nationalism, the Growth of the SNP and the Unionist Responses from the Conservative and Labour Parties, examines the bringing about of devolution such as the 1st Attempt in 1979 – the campaign and result, the ‘Thatcher Factor, the Constitutional Convention, 2nd Attempt in 1997– the campaign and result and the 2014 Independence Referendum.
Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Church and State in Post-Partition Ireland, Church and State in Post-Partition Ireland: Education, 1922 Constitution, 1937 Constitution, the Irish Constitution 2004 and Protestant Minority.
Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Indicators of Religiosity in Northern Ireland, Religion and the Conflict in Northern Ireland and Anti-Catholicism.
Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Second World War, The Origins of the Cold War, Selected Major Events During the Cold War, The End of the Cold War and IR Theory and the Cold War.
Comprehensive Presentation that Covers: Post Cold War World, 9/11 and the ‘War on Terror’, Rise of BRICs, The Broadening Concept of Security and Role of Globalisation and Focus on Terrorism.