Meet the team one magazine 2014
Welcome to this year’s issue of One Magazine. There have been times when the future publication date was unknown, and questionable as to whether we would get it out on time. But now we’ve finally succeeded and there’s a whole load of entertaining and thought-provoking articles contained in this student magazine.
Our cover star, Paul Midgley, has been interviewed on page 4, where we learn about the hours of practise that he puts into his sport, and the amazing American scholarship he has earned! We also have an in-depth article on the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, along with a look into upcoming movies to look forward to for the rest of the year, and information on the many departments that exist in Suffolk One and what they get up to. Powerful articles on female protagonists in film, the legal voting age, and gender stereotyping in toys also hold an important place in this year’s issue, raising valid questions in our society. For the Sherlockians of the college there’s a piece on the many adaptions of the famous detective’s escapades, including the BBC’s current version. Also, ‘Best Worst Films’ causes many laughs, and makes any reader want to watch these movies to see if they really are just that bad. Thank you for reading, and remember - you can always try your own hand at writing next year! It’s an eclectic range of articles, which all deserve the place they have earned in the 2014 edition of One Magazine. KATIE HARLING-CHALLIS [ E d i t o r ]
One year on and I’m back on the One magazine! LARISSA WEST [ D e s i g n E d i t o r ]
ALEX HERMON
JON WALLER
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ALEXANDER PARNELL
KRYSTAL LOH
SARAH JOYNER
MICHAEL RICE
PANASHE SIWIRA
JORDAN MITCHELL
Contents ONE TO WATCH
HUMANITIES
FILMS OF 2014
Paul Midgley is off to Darmouth College in the USA with a $250,000 tennis scholarship.
Humanities students visit Iceland and Germany in yet another exciting and action packed year.
Three pages filled with films you don’t want to miss this year! There’s something for everyone.
WHAT DO THINK?
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THE A TEAM OF FILMMAKING Gender Stereotyping in Meet Alexander Parnell and Alex Hermon. Two student filmmakers that One year on, catch up with Larissa Children’s Toys. have started their own video West after her first year of uni at
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Bad films. Incase you ever want to draw true enjoyment from something so ridiculous!
Damaging ideas of gender are not then passed on to our production company. __________________ PAGE 18 children. Girls aren’t told they should look pretty and hold
Gender Stereotyping in Children’s Toys is not Stonehill College in America.
an Issue: Girls like Sugar, Spice and all things Nice and Boys like Slugs, Snails and PAGE 10Puppy Dogs’ Tails
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their tea parties, raising dolls and working _________________ PAGE 20in the kitchen. Boys aren’t told they should work to earn
Girls are girls and boys are boys and if a boy so much as touches a Barbie, he comes up in a rash, right?
‘Let Toys Be Toys’ is a campaign that has been prolific over the past year, and has the express aim of ensuring toys are arranged in shops by function and genre instead of in With gender categories.
the money, be knowledgeable and masculine, or be the ones to engage in physical activity. It is just a bit of harmless fun.
WORLD CUP - BRAZIL 2014
SHERLOCK HOLMES
is noCup problem with to kick off theThere World about generalising and stereotyping in Find out what’s becoming more of a in Brazil,this weway. ask thethat, question “is our Saying just because The campaign has its opponents, including one columnist perhaps the average little girl wants whodedicated claims that the moveof is pointless sore spot for fans the because “Girls and squad strong enough?” a princess dress, Sally can’t have boys are different. They just are.”, and the situation would the toy motorbike she wants for original works. only change if “parents suddenly developed an inability to _________________ PAGE 22 tell toys for girls from toys for boys” - which, of course, is _________________ PAGE 12states that we cannot massively progressive of her. She also change human nature. Little girls want to play with princesses and dolls and little boys want to play with cars and machine guns.
STUCK IN FRIENDZONE ThisTHE is not an issue though. After all, girls do not like
with toy cars, or anything that is not pink and Lost in the playing Bermuda Triangle? Try being flowery. Boys cannot stand dolls, or anything that is not or camouflaged. And when look at the kind of toys stuck in theblue friendzone! Speak up you and aimed at each gender, there is nothing worrying about girls avoid getting stuck in the undefined being sold dolls, dollhouses and baking equipment, while boys have cars, guns and scientific kits. This kind of marketplace of noing escape. does not then go on to imply gender roles and give
Christmas is okay, because it is just a bit of harmless fun.
16 TO VOTE? This is the typical ‘elephant in the room’ question that everyone has an opinion on. Should 16 year olds be given the right to vote?
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Barbie’s bodily proportions are so unrealistic that were she a full-sized human she would be forced to walk on all fours, be unable to lift her head, and would only have room for half a liver and a few inches of intestine. But that is okay, because it is just a bit of harmless fun.
children ideas about thePAGE kind of opportunities available to _________________ 27 them, because it is just a bit of harmless fun.
ONE VISITS NYC PAGE 35
GENDER STEREOTYPES IN TOYS PAGE 40
MUSIC @ ONE PAGE 38
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O N E TO WATC H : PA U L M I D G L E Y
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WRITTEN BY Katie Harling-Challis
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PAUL MIDGLEY
t’s Spring 2014, and I’m sitting in the yellow zone, about to meet and interview Paul Midgley. Why? Because this quietly spoken, modest young man has just gone and landed a $250,000 wtennis scholarship at the American, Ivy League college, Dartmouth!
After attending Hadleigh High school, Paul is currently in year 13 at Suffolk One, but he’ll be jetting off to the USA in the summer for an intensive four years.
$250,000 tennis
scholarship at the American Ivy League, Dartmouth college. Back in yellow, we’d found a table to work at, and I laid the multitude of possible questions out in front of me. However, we soon got distracted talking, and I had to remind myself to write my notes! His strong and bubbly personality will go down well in the US.
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First question: why oh why did he choose America? As a future tennis pro, “for the sport - it’s a lot better and more professional in the USA compared to the UK at the universities.” Not to mention the fact that you can get an almost fully paid scholarship for your four years of uni! This led on to what Paul was most looking forward to in America. “The food!” Of course he did expand on this, mentioning how friendly the people are, and how they talk a lot more. And the new and exciting culture! But he will miss his family, and it’s going to be quite a big change from the little village of Elmsett to the big cities of the USA. Paul has been playing for 13 years - since he was 5! It came as a bit of a shock to him too when he thought about it. It was his dad who began it all, taking Paul to play tennis, though only recreationally at first. Now, he spends on average 20 hours a week in practice, some days playing for up to 4 or 5 hours! Not to mention the tournaments that happen every two weeks, and at venues all over the country. But it’s not all tennis playing for Paul. “I like walking - being out of doors. Also reading, and watching most any sport except darts and boxing!” When asked his favourite book, there was a lot of umming and ahhing, before finally, “Harry Potter, the whole series - nearly everyone’s read Harry Potter”. What about idols? “Josh Isner: an American player who went to a US college, and is currently #10 in the world!
Also Federer plays an important role. I should say Andy Murray,” he says, “but no, Josh Isner and then Federer.” Sitting proudly on three grade A passes at AS, Paul will definitely major in English Literature - “at least, that’s my idea at the moment.” Currently studying A Level English Literature, Geography and PE, literature is his favourite. And career? “Well, number one is tennis - I’ll go on a main tour and work my way up.” The process for applying to American universities is vastly different to the UK. Luckily, Paul had the help of the Sutton Trust. “They help you with every step of the process, and I got to spend a week at an American college in the summer.” And it is a long process. “You need to start looking early,” he says with conviction. “And you really need to do your research - that’s very important.” Why so early? Because in the USA you need SATs to apply to the majority of universities. Don’t get the name confused with the English SATs taken in primary school - these are a bit harder, and taken at the equivalent level of sixth form. There’s a main one consisting of basic English and Maths and an explorative essay, and then for the higher colleges you also need to subject tests - Paul did English and Maths. “You need to practise, practise, practise - I even retook one of them to get a higher score.” For his sports scholarship he started writing up a basic email that he sent to all the different coaches at the universities, asking about scholarships. Then, once he found an opportunity, he had to film himself playing tennis and upload it to YouTube so they could see his performance. “The application process is rather different, though they now have the Common Application - so you don’t need to apply to all the universities separately.” As well as the entry tests (the SATs), there’s also an essay and supplementary questions he had to write. “So what did you write about?” I asked. “I can’t remember the question - but I remember that I wrote about how
hard work can beat talent - the myth of talent.” He sure does have the hard work down in his 20 hours a week of practice! “The whole point of the essay is to find something that’s unique to you.” Paul only applied to Dartmouth College in the autumn - what’s known as an ‘early decision’. If you don’t get in, then you apply for others in January. But you need to be ready, because its a quick turn around for the next round of applications! So, while many of us will be acquiring a hefty debt through student loans, Paul will actually be paid for doing the two things he loves most in the world: playing tennis and reading. It must be game, set and match.
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FILMS OF 2014
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UNI IN THE USA: ONE YEAR ON
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UNI IN THE USA: ONE YEAR ON
Last August, Larissa West left the UK to study at Stonehill College in Massachusetts. With her first year now complete, here’s what she had to say about her experience so far.
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oing to university in America has so far been an incredible experience. I’ve had so many opportunities to discover new things and places, taken classes in subjects that I never thought I’d enjoy and changed my mind on what I want to do multiple times! I can’t remember much of my first day. I just know that I hated it! I actually wanted to catch the next flight home and come back to England. I literally had no idea about anything, I was so lost and confused, I made all the wrong choices about classes and was surrounded by kids who thought that coming from New York meant being a long way from home. After a 50 minute Spanish class, I went to the office of academic services and made some changes. All faculty members and professors couldn’t have been more helpful and after being told that I could literally do whatever I wanted, I switched my major from Early Childhood Education to Graphic Design, rearranged my schedule and from that day on, I haven’t regretted a thing.
surroundings, dining halls and ultimately, showering with flip-flops (everyone does it!). Now, it’s all normal to me. You soon realize that no one has any idea what they’re doing and everyone is in the same boat. I’m lucky that my college has a meal plan requirement and I don’t actually have to cook for myself or budget for food as it’s already prepaid. That definitely makes it easier, but can also be frustrating if you’re like me and sometimes just prefer to make your own food. I would 100% recommend this experience to anyone that has the chance. It’s a long process and a lot of work, but totally worth it! The cost of tuition and board can be on the pricey side, you can find colleges that will work with you to figure out funding and financial aid. I have found the cost of day-to-day living to be fair and reasonable, as long as you do not buy your textbooks or class resources from the campus bookstore! Stonehill College is without a doubt the best fit for me. It’s important that if you’re considering university in the USA, you have to find the right place for you as every institution differs.
“Stonehill College is without a doubt the best fit for me”
I feel I have definitely been academically challenged. My classes are tough and the workload is a lot heavier than I expected. I’ve learnt that time management is key and procrastination only makes your life harder. Your grades are made up of your attendance to classes, participation, homework, papers, in-class tests and final exams. It encourages me to go to class and participate. The more you speak up, the better (especially because Americans love the British accent). It seems like you’re taking on the world when you first start out and it gets stressful, but I was surprised at how quickly I found a routine. I was frustrated at how I have to take so many required classes, but they’re turning out to be really interesting, especially Philosophy and Psychology. Settling in took some time. Living in a dorm room, budgeting expenses, unfamiliar
Living on campus at a small, Liberal Arts College has so many perks. You get to know so many people, everything you need is nearby, you can walk to class from your room and everyone gets involved. You cannot come to college in America and just hide away in your room. I’m definitely not one to jump up and put myself out there, but I’ve almost been forced to at times and I’m actually grateful for that. There’s so many clubs, organizations and extra curricular activities that I’ve actually found myself not having enough time to do all that I want to. I’ve been on trips to Baltimore, Canada, New York City, Ice Skating in central park, horse riding, indoor trampoline parks, various art projects, dance teams and more. It’s incredible how much I’ve done in less than a year and I can’t believe my Freshman year is over!
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F E M A L E P R OTA G O N I S T I N F I L M
SO LET US! If I asked you to name the best protagonist in a film, who would it be? Instinctively, you probably would have said somebody like Iron Man, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, Spock, Wolverine, or Jack Sparrow. All of these characters are strong, intelligent, solitary, popular and brave, so make excellent choices. Not many of you, however, would have answered with a female protagonist’s name. And who can blame you? Without a doubt there are many more male leads in film and television than female leads. Any time that there is a movie with a female as its main character, the world rejoices, and women are expected to be grateful for this momentous event. Is this not disturbing in the supposedly egalitarian world we’re living in?
Gender discrimination is also evident in sport.. We all know who David Beckham is, but how many of you have heard of Rachel Yankey, the most capped football player ever to play for England? According to the Women’s Sports Foundation, whilst approximately 40 percent of sport activity participants are female, only 6 to 8 percent of total media sports coverage is devoted to women’s athletics. This is all due to the pretence that sports are a “male thing” and girls are just supposed to sit at the sidelines and look pretty, which brings me to my next point: WAGs. Google defines WAGs as “a wife or girlfriend of a sports player, typically characterised as having a high media profile and a glamorous lifestyle.” This ridiculous, narcissistic representation of women is then consumed by males and females everywhere, and women are expected to be as beautiful, two dimensional and empty as how these women are portrayed.
In 2006, Joss Whedon, famous for creating the television series ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’, claimed his most
When I was in year eight, I was nominated by my classmates into the category of ‘Most Likely to Become a WAG’ at prom. At 13 years old, I thought everyone expected me to become a useless, fake accessory for a man and, honestly, it made me cry. In reality, people such as Victoria Beckham, Abbey Clancey and Colleen Rooney have incredible personalities as well as being pretty, but media coverage only allows us to see the surface of these women, which was all I could envisage on that traumatic day in 2010. The coverage is consequently telling us that women should base themselves on the empty, fake portrayal that we so consistently are exposed to.
asked question during press interviews was “Why do you keep writing these strong female characters?”. His answer? “Because you keep asking me that question.” In film and television, women are portrayed as either sex kittens, powerful leaders, hopeless romantics, or caring mothers. This character trait is then the centre of that character, and the reason for their actions, what they say, what other people say to them, and how they say it. In particular, ‘strong females’ are usually represented as two-dimensional superwomen-type characters with one played-up quality. Unfortunately, the consequence of this is that women think they have to be like these flat, empty characters that are regarded as ‘role models’ in the media. Let’s be real here. No nonfictional female in the entire world has just one character trait, and yet this one dimensionality is still expected of them. No male lead in a film has ever been known for being “mysterious and seductive” and nothing else, even though Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises is the epitome of this description. The presence of flat, cardboard characters such as Catwoman and Mikaela Banes in Transformers (played by Megan Fox) needs to disappear, because women are actually a lot more complex than them. Tavi Gevinson, a 17 year old feminist and creator of Rookie Mag, an online blog for teenage girls, said that “women are complicated, not because women are crazy, but because people are crazy and women happen to be people.”
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Needless to say, controversy has surrounded a certain twenty-one year old female for the past few months. Just in case you’ve been living under a rock, a Disney child star turned pop star called Miley Cyrus has been causing a stir with a racy new image and songs deemed “inappropriate” and “slutty”. She’s been accused of “prostituting” herself with this new look and one fellow artist has even written a series of open letters to her, ridiculing and shaming Miley, and telling her that she’ll “end up in rehab”. But are we really right to criticise Miley? Is a society in which 25,285 people are watching porn online every second, an industry which without a doubt degrades females and presents them as nothing more than sex objects, really entitled to criticise a female who wears more clothing on stage than Lady Gaga and Rihanna? All that the critics are achieving is reinforcing the sexist beliefs that Miley is standing up against and trying to break down by creating this new stage presence.
So why is everyone so apparently embarrassed by her? Miley knows what she is doing is controversial – everyone needs to stop criticising her and just go with it. The pop star herself said “I know what I’m doing – I know I’m shocking you.” Further proof that to make money in the music industry, a female has to play to her audience, and we can’t deny that dressing provocatively and “dancing like a slut” has generated huge attention and fame for her. We are consistently exposed to women being sexualised in the media. In video games, women are deliberately degraded, for example in the new Grand Theft Auto, where the female characters are typically strippers or prostitutes. None of the three main playable characters is a woman, and one of the male character’s daughters has “skank” tattooed across her back. I am not a gamer (does Wii Tennis count?) and neither are most of my female friends. However, one of them sent a message on a group chat on Facebook last month which simply read “I killed prostitutes & went to a strip club”. Having no idea what she was talking about, I replied “um?”, which was immediately followed by one of my male friends saying “Sik 1 soph! Who were you playing as??”. It then emerged that she had just been playing the latest Rockstar video game, Grand Theft Auto V. Isn’t it just a little disturbing that this boy could identify which game she was playing because of the sexist events that happen in it? Are you gamers really comfortable with how the women are portrayed and treated in GTA? I asked said boy this and he replied that it didn’t matter because it is “just a game”. That may be so, but the negative attitudes towards women that the game displays are consumed by the people playing it, and the game is basically stating that it is okay for women to be shown and treated this way. When I was interviewing people for input on this article, I asked a friend’s younger brother why he killed prostitutes in the game if the police characters could come after you. His reply? “Becauseit’s funny.” Written by Fran Northcott
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A R E V I D E O G A M E S TO O C L O S E TO T H E M O V I E W O R L D ?
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Whether the game is good or not, is the amount of money being used for the budget of these games bringing them too close to the hollywood territory.
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ince games first arrived with integrated narratives they featured the very basic characteristics of
having one protagonist, one antagonist and one damsel in distress, but for over 40 years video games have excelled greatly with the gradual introduction from the more complex narratives, characters and extensive worlds. Since video games started to feature these new plot lines and large, overwhelming worlds (The image behind is from Grand Theft Auto V, just to give you an idea of how incredible games like this look) they have seemed to grow ever so close to that of movie territory and so close in fact, that gamers wonder whether they are playing a game or an interactive movie. So, are video games growing too close to the movie world? Video games are now being written by award winning writers, something you only see in films or TV shows. During trailers there is a section towards the end where it mentions how the story has been written by award winning writers (or award winning stories) and games are beginning to use more motion capture when constructing their cutscenes as a way of making them more realistic for the player. They are being given bigger budgets and these amounts are
Words : michael Rice beginning to reach the same heights from that of hollywood blockbusters, something more common with games in development for a few more years than usual. An example of a game with a big budget, award winning stories and incredible graphics/motion capture is Grand Theft Auto V as this game was given a $265million budget over the span of 5 years and this rivals that of the biggest hollywood blockbusters including the likes of The Hobbit (2012), The Avengers (2012) and Man of Steel (2013), which all had a budget within the range of $220million to $250million. This budget clearly paid off due to the simple fact of how GTAV made over $1billion within the first three days of release and compared to some of this year’s summer blockbusters, Iron Man 3 made $1billion within the first 20 days of release, so from this alone, you can see quite easily how close games are getting to the film territory. In my opinion, this is perfect for the gaming industry and no bad thing as with the bigger budgets it allows the developers to experiment more and it gives them more freedom so that they can give the players more to work with and to give them a more enjoyable experience. But with having a big budget, developers have to be careful when writing the story, as it can ruin the experience for some. Heavy Rain (2010) has one of the most cinematic, thrilling narratives ever seen in any game and it has won awards from all kinds of events including BAFTA Games Awards and an Annie Award. The story has reduced
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some people to tears and has gripped others in the same way as award winning hollywood blockbusters would, but there was one problem. It was too heavily focused on the story and not enough on the gameplay features. In my opinion this is wrong, I think video games should have an equal amount as in some cases you can lose interest if you aren’t interacting much throughout. It had all the conventions seen in an action/drama/ thriller feature film but lacked that of any actual gameplay as it featured gestures on screen that resembled that of a tutorial found at the start of a game. The player interacted with the character by just performing actions that were highlighted on the game and every decision you make, even from the very beginning where you wake up from your bed, will effect the ending. One review mentioned how “...I had a hard time distinguishing Heavy Rain between a video game and an interactive film...” (Nerdacy.com). This is one example of something that has gotten too close to the film industry and it is a product that all developers should look at as a way of reminding them not to focus too much on the story, but to equally distribute a mix between the story and gameplay. To finish this, in my opinion I think games have gotten extremely close to the likes of movies by having huge budgets, complex gameplay and detailed character development that was only seen within films I don’t think this is a bad thing in any way but developers have to be careful they don’t make them too similar otherwise they will come up with products similar to Heavy Rain which, story wise, is one of most successful games to date, but gameplay wise, doesn’t beat many of the top games seen today. To make the perfect game, you need a great narrative but mixed in with impressive, action-packed gameplay. Make way for the future blockbuster games!
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T H E “A” T E A M O F F I L M M A K I N G
Alexander Parnell and Alex Hermon are two student filmmakers who have taken their creative skills to the next level by starting their own video productions company, Shutter Street Studios. The duo both take a Creative Media Btec at Suffolk One in which they have learn the skills to start doing paid freelance work with actual clients. They have created videos for BT, Suffolk County Council and some small local businesses around East Anglia. As well as paid freelance work they both also enjoy creating short films. I decided to sit down with the “A” team and find out more about the filming side of their life. How did you first get into filmmaking? Alex P - Well, when I was younger I always loved playing with Lego and building my own models. When I was 8 I learnt how to create stop motion Lego videos using Windows Movie Maker, from that moment I was hooked on creating videos. I wanted to learn everything I possibly could about it. After a few years I learnt about programmes like Pivot which is a computer animating program. With this I created short little films. Once I tried animating I decided I wanted to actually try some real filmmaking. I found my mum’s flip camera and started to film videos with my friends. It was so much fun and from that point on I knew filmmaking was my dream. Alex H - I’ve always loved watching films, they’ve always fascinated me with how they are created, which led me to watch the behind the scenes for most of my favourite films. Some of my favourite films like the Lord of the Rings trilogy ON E Ma ga z ine | 2 0 1 4 |
“My 2 amazing student film makers have done me proud again... almost feel like crying watching their promo” Emma James, Suffolk Green Awards Organiser have just amazed me with the story and the actual filming itself. Seeing these actors dressed up in Orc costumes running around New Zealand in these beautiful locations made me want to be there and feel these experiences first hand. From there I decided to buy a camera and start filming my friends freerunning around Felixstowe. The positive feedback I received from the videos I created gave me such a buzz and made me branch out into short films and other types of filmmaking. Every moment I’ve been filming I’ve loved it and I know it’s what I want to be doing for the rest of my life. What sort of projects have you worked on? We’ve both worked on many different projects, some for free and some as paid freelance work. Most recently we have worked with Suffolk County Council to film 29 one minute videos about different green communities, businesses and people around Suffolk. We had 5 days to travel all over Suffolk, visiting around 6 locations each day. On location we would film a variety of shots and also record a voice over with one of the main people involved with the project. These Videos were then used at the Suffolk Green Awards ceremony to introduce each project and give an insight into what they do.
After the Green Awards we were then contacted by Newton Commercial who manufacture interiors for old cars. They wanted a short two to three minute promotional video for the business to show off what they do and the people who work there. These videos were very fun to film as we had complete creative freedom over it, meaning we could film it however we wanted. The video took us about a day to film with around 4 hours to edit. They were so pleased with the end result that they have mentioned the possibility of creating more videos for their business. What filming equipment do you use? We both have quite a variety of filmmaking equipment which we use in nearly all of our films. We both have Canon 6D’s. They are one of the best DSLR’s out there with their Full Frame and weather proof capabilities. This really helped when filming in pouring rain for the Suffolk Green awards. Next, we both have quite an array of lenses ranging from a near fish eye 14mm to a 500mm super telephoto. For most of our videos we each know our preferred way of shooting, I (Alex Parnell) like to shoot very run and gun with a my camera on a monopod, using a viewfinder and rode shotgun mic. On the other hand Alex Hermon likes to use a stedicam and slider to get the cinematic shots which we all love. We both also have some large pieces of equipment like dollies and jibs which can be seen in the Suffolk Film Festival’s promo “The Hobbit” and also in our short, Confirmation.
What do you aspire to do in the future?
What’s your favorite project you’ve worked on? Alex P - I would say probably for both of us it was the Colchester 48hr Challenge. For most of the videos we have done there’s never been a time limit in which it had to be created, so having the deadline was motivating and very tough. For our film we were given the title, Confirmation, some flowers to use as a prop and the line of dialogue, “We’re out, but we’re not safe yet...” We decided to try and do a type of American 1950s gangsta film in which two mobsters have to kill a suspected rat in the family. When we first started planning the film we ran into a lot of troubles with people dropping out a couple of hours before filming. This caused us to change our idea a bit and write the script ourselves. Also, I ended up having to be one of the main actors in the film. I think what made this one of our most favourite projects was the fact that it was really our first proper short film, using a crew of about 5 people. Even though we didn’t win the 48hr challenge we still had a lot of fun making it and it even turned out to be one of our best short films we’ve made. The feedback we received was amazing and gave us a lot more confidence in our work and the ideas that we have. It was amazing to see what we could do in such a short amount of time.
Have you worked with any professionals? Alex P - In year 10 when we had to do some work experience I contacted a local video productions company called “Summerisle Films”. Tom Newman, who runs the company let me work for two weeks and showed me how he films and edits his videos. It was a great experience as I had never actually seen how proper freelance videos were created. Since my work experience I have kept in contact and worked on many different projects with him. I was also asked to be a second/assistant shooter with a local wedding videographer; I have now been doing that for around a year and a half. Alex H - I was able to get some work experience with independent filmmaker Martin Tempest up in Lincolnshire because my Nan met and made friends with him at Tesco’s where she works. She said that I was interested in filmmaking and he invited me to come up and help him out on set of his latest film. It was a great experience seeing what it was like filming on a professional set and with Professional equipment. Since then I have gone back year after year to work on more films with him as a camera assistant. The whole experience was amazing and was even better when I saw my name in the credits to each films at the premieres. What’s next for you both?
“You made Richard, Vera and Jonny Newton shed a tear when they watched your video” - Newton Commerical Promo
Alex P - At the moment I don’t exactly know what I want to do filming wise. I haven’t yet chosen a specific path like directing, cinematographer or editing, as I like doing all of it. I think though I would really love to move out to America and either join or start a productions company. I really love doing freelance work but I would also love to try some larger short or feature length films. All I know for sure is that whatever I do, it will be film related. Alex H - I’m not too sure on whether I want to try get in the industry and work on feature films or if I should set up a company and do freelance work and my own short films. I would have more creative control over what I am filming with my own company, but on the other hand I would love to work on big budget feature films that everyone will see. Like Alex P I’m not too sure what area of the production to focus on but recently I have become fascinated with cinematography, so I think I will aim to progress in this and then see how I feel towards the end of my degree and then hopefully I will feel my confident in which path to take.
If you want to see any of the work created by Alexander Parnell and Alex Hermon you can search for them on Twitter, Youtube andVimeo.
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W H AT D O Y O U T H I N K ? G E N D E R S T E R E OTY P I N G I N TO Y S
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Gender Stereotyping in Children’s Toys.
Gender Stereotyping in Children’s Toys is not an Issue: Girls like Sugar, Spice and all things Nice and Boys like Slugs, Snails and Puppy Dogs’ Tails Girls are girls and boys are boys and if a boy so much as touches a Barbie, he comes up in a rash, right?
‘Let Toys Be Toys’ is a campaign that has been prolific over the past year, and has the express aim of ensuring toys are arranged in shops by function and genre instead of in gender categories. The campaign has its opponents, including one columnist who claims that the move is pointless because “Girls and boys are different. They just are.”, and the situation would only change if “parents suddenly developed an inability to tell toys for girls from toys for boys” - which, of course, is massively progressive of her. She also states that we cannot change human nature. Little girls want to play with princesses and dolls and little boys want to play with cars and machine guns. This is not an issue though. After all, girls do not like playing with toy cars, or anything that is not pink and flowery. Boys cannot stand dolls, or anything that is not blue or camouflaged. And when you look at the kind of toys aimed at each gender, there is nothing worrying about girls being sold dolls, dollhouses and baking equipment, while boys have cars, guns and scientific kits. This kind of marketing does not then go on to imply gender roles and give children ideas about the kind of opportunities available to them, because it is just a bit of harmless fun.
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Damaging ideas of gender are not then passed on to our children. Girls aren’t told they should look pretty and hold their tea parties, raising dolls and working in the kitchen. Boys aren’t told they should work to earn the money, be knowledgeable and masculine, or be the ones to engage in physical activity. It is just a bit of harmless fun. There is no problem with generalising and stereotyping in this way. Saying that, just because perhaps the average little girl wants a princess dress, Sally can’t have the toy motorbike she wants for Christmas is okay, because it is just a bit of harmless fun. Barbie’s bodily proportions are so unrealistic that were she a full-sized human she would be forced to walk on all fours, be unable to lift her head, and would only have room for half a liver and a few inches of intestine. But that is okay, because it is just a bit of harmless fun.
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Only it is not. Girls are given the idea that the role they have to play is to look unrealistically pretty, look after the home, and look after their husbands. Boys have the opposite. Boys have to work. Boys have to earn the money. Boys have this idea of masculinity forced on them, are ridiculed if they want to do anything “girly”. You can say this is stupid, that the toys played with do not have this kind of effect on our children’s later lives, but with only 13% of the science, technology and engineering roles belonging to women, is that really true? In 2006 the University of Sussex completed research looking at the impact of images of Barbie versus full-figured dolls on young girls, and found that “early exposure to dolls epitomizing an unrealistically thin body ideal may damage girls’ body image, which would contribute to an increased risk of disordered eating and weight cycling.” Not exactly just harmless fun, then. Children gain a lot of their cues about gender roles at a young age, and from the toys that they play with. Gendered marketing of toys therefore tells them about these gender roles, and does so to a shockingly stereotyped extent, telling them about the roles they should play in the home, and what jobs they have available to them. This can, in turn, damage their development.
In addition to this, different types of toy engage and develop different parts of the brain and different skills. Arts and crafts associated with girls develop creativity and innovation. Science and mechanical kits associated with boys develop curiosity and coordination. By restricting their play for the sake of unnecessary gender boundaries, we are in fact seriously impacting on our children’s development. But do not despair. We have a group of people looking out for our children and working to fix what is so broken in the toy industry. ‘Let Toys Be Toys’ has done a lot of good work throughout 2013, with over 10,000 signatures on their petition. Their November 2013 survey revealed that the percentage of shops with ‘Girls’ and ‘Boys’ labels on their toys was down 60% on Christmas 2012. Twelve of the fourteen retailers they’ve approached agreed to take down gendered labelling, with Marks and Spencer announcing a move to make all of their toys gender neutral.
Though campaign has received criticism for the “thrusting of gender and feminist politics on children”, it is actually about giving children the freedom to play with whatever they wish to, without fear of judgement from their peers or parents. The freedom to choose toys without the damaging labels and their attached connotations. Freedom from the shackles of pink and blue.
Member of Parliament for North Ayrshire and Arran, Katy Clark spoke in support of the campaign, saying she was “encouraged at the progress which ‘Let Toys Be Toys’ has made in persuading retailers to bring unnecessary gender-specific advertising to an end.”
For healthy development in our children, they should be allowed to play with whatever they wish to. Sally should get her motorbike and her doll. Billy should get his ironing board and his Kinex. Toys should just be toys. Things to be played with: used to stretch the imagination, develop skills and be enjoyed, as opposed to vehicles for stereotypes and the reinforcement of gender roles. Let toys be toys and let children be children. Written by Beccy Bree Designed by Charlie Boyden
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don’t know what I’m going on about, or you do but you’ve forgotten (due to the news’ poor coverage of the countries other than the one you are living in), but the civil war in Syria is still happening and the death toll is still increasing. Innocent people are still being tortured, murdered and detained against their will as the war ploughs through its third year. This should come as a shock to most people; I mean innocent men, women and children are losing their lives through no fault of their own! Although these devastatingly real facts about Syria are, in fact, widely known, the news gave up on it a few years ago. News reporters need to inform people of the civil war and let people know what is happening. Those who are able to help should know of the shocking true facts about the war in Syria, but the problem is… They don’t. Those in Syria who attempt to defend their grounds, trying to make a stand and stop those doing wrong, often go ‘missing’. By ‘missing’ I mean unknown groups snatch them away and kill them for no morally correct reason whatsoever. It is thought that these radical groups of heartless people have killed from around 96,595 to a staggering 130,435 innocent Syrians. However, here comes the most shocking fact of all… The Syrian government don’t care! They don’t care if these groups kill people for the ‘fun’ of it, they don’t care if they pull apart families – all they care about is winning the war. Abbas Khan was a young, British surgeon whose aim was to save the lives of innocent people in Syria but ON E Ma ga z ine | 2 0 1 4 |
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he only succeeded in losing his own. Abbas Khan arrived in a part of Syria that was controlled by the rebel groups in November 2012, only to be ‘arrested’ straight away. However, on the 17th of December, that same year, Syrian officials claimed that Khan had ‘killed himself’. People back in Britain, including his grief-stricken family, believe he was murdered. However, this rather suspicious death is only one of thousands and thousands of people who only wanted to help out others.
Just a few weeks ago, two days’ worth of peace talks have produced somewhat ‘good’ news. Residents of the country followed the peace talks closely, regardless of the strong doubt they all hold that anything good will come of it. Although the government have said that Syrian’s president, Bashar Assad, has no plan of giving up “the keys of Damascus”, Syrian women and children have been given the chance to escape the war-stricken city of Homs. Although women and children
writing on a social media site, “We will not rest until we get justice for all innocents who the regime continues to kill with impunity.”
The vast majority of those who live in Syria have had at least one of their beloved family members snatched away, leaving their lives maimed. Their beloved family members were gunned down by friendly fire. This absurd and scary life they are forced to live, where they are always in absolute fear of their own lives, is leading Syrians to drastic measures to protect themselves. Syrians believe that the treatment received by inmates in Syria’s jails is of a much higher quality than on the other side of the bars. However, this isn’t true – there is no safe place in Syria.
can escape and immigrate to England, only the vulnerable are allowed. By this, they mean the injured, the hungry and the homeless – this making up nearly all of Syrian’s women and children!
no interest in helping the war-stricken Syrian families, so now it’s our turn to do something. Media coverage is needed. Volunteers to help are needed. If the necessary aid isn’t granted to the Syrians any time soon then we will see the death toll compete with that of a concentration camp. Do something to help. This can be anything from donating money to charities aiding stricken Syrian families, to visiting Syria yourself. They can’t welcome another Summer amongst scattered shells and gunfire.
There is, however, a little light shining on this dark situation.
One woman took advantage of the peace talks in Geneva. Fatima Khan, the mother of Abbas Khan who died while being held in a jail in Syria, confronted those at the peace talks but they ignored her. In anger, Mrs Khan screamed: “For God’s sake tell me why you killed my son. He was a humanitarian aid worker. He wasn’t a fighter; he was a humanitarian aid worker.” This caused a stir, with Syria’s opposition leader, Ahmad Jarba,
However, don’t be fooled. We don’t know what will happen next in Syria after the immigration. Don’t let this evacuation of some Syrians make you believe everything is sorted. Everything is not. Those left behind need help. The demand for aid within Syria is still sky-high. We all know their government have
We won’t allow it. We can save lives if we do something about it.
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The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil’s Triangle, is an undefined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
ay the undefined region is in our heads, and the aircraft and ships are our romantic hopes and fantasies: welcome to the friendzone. The ‘mysterious circumstances’ are not as mysterious as some might think. The fact of the matter is that these poor unsuspecting individuals have made the mistake of getting into the friendzone, that undefined place of no escape. How have they managed this? Well there’s the slightly pathetic, albeit classic excuse of being ‘too nice’ or my personal favourite of simply lacking ‘the cojones’. Speak out and avoid this place altogether. Oh, the friendzone; not the most historical of terms, but it is an apparent location reached by a plethora of rejections, delivered in the most cowardly way. It’s all “I wouldn’t want to ruin our friendship” or “I just don’t see us like that” never the word “No”, as that would be too final for those fickle individuals who want to keep their options open. Most of you will have been friendzoned at some stage, even if you don’t think you have. It could’ve been something as simple as the object of your affection (we’ll say OOA) leaning their head away from you when attempting a friendly hug, or your OOA being a little too comfortable with their bowel movements around you. Get it? Being exiled on a one way journey to the friendzone can deliver the heaviest of blows; resigned to the cruel hinterland of unrequited love – always there to offer a shoulder to cry on but never anything more. Banishing the friendzone would definitely get my vote. Of course there will be brutal rejections, heart breaks and no doubt the cruel ripping apart of a person’s hopes and dreams; but hey, that’s life. Wouldn’t you prefer to know where you stand rather
than being in this friendzone? A place of extreme uncertainty, a place that can bring your future to an emotionally draining stop as you debate on whether to ‘Give it another go’ or ‘Just move on’. To not be in the friendzone is to be free. You will not be stuck in a place in which you must battle to leave; you will be able to make your own choices with utter liberty, knowing that if something doesn’t go as planned with your potential flame, you will not find yourself lost, you will simply know where you stand (thankfully) and move on. The solution is simple: Don’t be so bloody nice to them! I‘m not saying that we should be spiteful gits the whole time, but keep them on their toes! Don’t be that shoulder to cry on for one out of the ten times that they want you to be, make your OOA appreciate your chivalrous ways when it comes to ‘being there for them’. A good way to be, if you are truly fixed on navigating your way out of the zone, is to ‘treat them mean, keep them keen.’ You could even throw a cheeky comment in, it doesn’t have to be too saucy but just announce your interest slyly; give them something to think about: ‘Could it happen?’ It’s human nature to want what you can’t have. Think of it like this, you are the captain and crew of a boat, you have three possible journey routes to get through rough seas, but you have previously been told for no apparent reason that you aren’t allowed to use one of them. That curiosity, desire to be thrilled, or a subconscious lust for the unknown would be enough to tempt a number of people on this planet to use that route. This is the same with your OOAs’, they aren’t going to see you like that if you’re going to be all sweet and predictable with them. By doing that my
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friend, you’re chartering that ship well and truly into the friendzone. Having had several friends stuck in the relationship equivalent of no-man’s land, it’s pretty easy to see how damaging the friendzone is. Comments such as it’s “Impossible to escape”, “It’s a rough ride” and that “There have been nights where I’ve cried myself to sleep.” These comments were very honest and open, which is one of the best ways to escape it. Personally, I’d rather know where I stand than be lost at sea. Let’s get rid of the friendzone. You may think you are safe from the friendzone, flirting, wriggling your way into the arms of your crush, but trust me - no one is safe from the friendzone. You may think that you’re “proper in” or they “want you” but things change, people change. You should just be careful with how you go about any actions caused by your feelings for an OOA. I’m not arguing that you shouldn’t go for it, quite the opposite, but you should just be very cautious about it. And if you do get rejected by an OOA, it will be ok. The beauty of there being no friendzone to fall back into, means that you can persist or resist. No mulling over the situation, you can do what you want. Awkwardness needn’t be a given, but a choice. You needn’t be the ‘talk of the college’ but at max, the talk of the day. If you get over the situation in good time and not allow yourself to plunge into the friendzone, everyone else will get over it too. From now on; friendzone is the true ‘f word’. Written by Oli Hammond Designed by Panashe P. Siwira
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HUMANITIES @ ONE
Humanities
Diversity of experiences within the Humanities Department
A first look at the Third Reich
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n February a group of AS and A2 History students headed off on a trip to visit sites associated with Nazi Germany. This was a superb opportunity to make links and increase understanding of the Germany unit taught at A2 Level. Setting off by coach on the stormiest and wildest of nights, the journey out to Germany proved to be both exhausting and very long! Despite this setback all the students remained upbeat and positive. Due to the delays the journey required a detour via beautiful Strasbourg. This enabled us to get some well needed R&R. At last Munich was in sight and back on schedule. The first visit was Dachau Concentration Camp just outside Munich. Students were given guided tours of the camp which really brought home the scale and horror behind Germany’s first concentration camp created in March 1933. The group then travelled to Nuremberg where they had a lovely meal at a traditional Bratwurst restaurant in the old town. Although the sauerkraut was not universally loved! The next day everyone headed out to the Luitpoldhain where the Nazis held the infamous Party rallies. Guides showed the vast spaces used for the rallies where some of the original buildings and locations still remained. It was both fascinating and chilling to see these sites alongside the original photos from the 1930s and thus visualise the crowds and thousands of spectators. Following this the group used audio tours to explore the Documentation Centre which was very informative about the background to the Party rallies and the sites that were just explored. In the afternoon the group made its way to Berlin where the first stop was a trip to the Reichstag. After intense security checks everyone was able to explore ON E Ma ga z ine | 2 0 1 4 |
the incredible dome and look across the stunning city of Berlin at twilight. Resting their feet and tucking in to a great meal at the Hard Rock Café, surrounded by rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia, the students really got into the swing of things with thanks to one particularly enthusiastic waitress. The following day saw a trip on the U-Bahn travelling into Berlin itself to tour an exhibition covering the history of Germany called ‘The Road to German Democracy’. It was then back to the hotel to collect luggage, have lunch and buy some souvenirs. The next stop was the Wannsee Conference House just outside Berlin. This was where leading Nazis met in 1942 to clarify actions taken against the Jews. During the course of a meeting which lasted just under two hours 15 high ranking officials finalised the workings of the extermination of Europe’s Jews. Many students commented on how this visit was the most moving and emotional of all the sites visited. It was then all aboard the coach for the overnight journey home. Arriving home tired but full of great memories and increased understanding. It was a fantastic learning experience and a great adventure.
The Humanities Faculty activities on Equality & Diversity Day made the whole centre come alive with colour and noise. The multi-cultural foods for sale and displays of poetry and photos were eye-catching and a lot of effort was made to ‘jazz up’ the yellow zone for the event. The best attraction however was the Djembe drumming which was enjoyed by staff and students alike. It just goes to show that ourWestern society full of electronics can put them aside for an hour to enjoy simple pleasures”.
Join in Creative Writing Have you a way with words? Are you a canny communicator? If so, come to the Creative Writing workshops to enhance your ability at producing poetry and prose. Ancestry Club Who do you think you are family history project? Students will have the opportunity to access historical records in order to research their own family history Debating Society Are you opinionated? Do you have a perspective on every issue? Do you enjoy listening to other people’s views? The debating society will give you an opportunity to negotiate debating topics across a range of subjects covered in the faculty and hone your skills of academic debate Between the Lines Do you enjoy discussing novels? If so, this extra-curricular activity will be perfect for you. This is a vibrant, exciting group of students and staff who meet once a month to discuss, argue, fight, sulk, laugh over chosen books. Drop into Yellow Zone for more information.
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Geographers in Iceland
1st to 4th April 2014
A gruelling early morning start was the first stage of our Iceland adventure. We flew into Keflavick International airport and within minutes we were making our way to the Blue Lagoon for a geothermal experience like no other. The pool was extraordinary from the ice drinks to the smell of rotten eggs from the sulphur gas and rather hot areas of the pool that made you feel like you were being boiled alive! The landscape was surrounded by vesicular lava that showed just how gassy the eruptions can be.
The scenery was sparse and un-earthly with lava fields aplenty and many pingos in the peri-glacial areas. The waterfalls viewed were fantastic, especially Seljalandsfoss, which you can walk behind and even take a clothed shower in. Tori found the only leak was her elbow seam, amazing considering the waterfall was at full capacity. The other waterfall of interest with its own 400 stepped stairway to heaven was naturally beautiful and a joy to have our lunch near. Again an amazing site, when standing on the platform at the top you overlooked the fall itself and felt tremendous. The Geyser park was like nowhere on earth, from the surface rivers that were flowing and boiling on the surface of a lava field, to the continental crust that you could see the thickness of. We marvelled at the ability to look partly into the core of the earth. Our students were in awe at the force of the water and the pressure that exists beneath such a thin continental crust. We were slightly concerned that the crust was brittle and therefore highly dangerous in places. All those minutes spent waiting for the Big Geyser to go off was well worth it. Bowling the second evening was good fun and allowed many to show off hidden talents. There were some funny fashion discussions with George Bush attending, but the American themed evening didn’t last long before our final day in the field.
Our guide showed us the drying of fish heads that are exported all across the world for numerous uses including dried fish crisps! These did indeed have an unusual texture even when accompanied by tomato sauce! Maddie and Natalie were not convinced they would be a hit in England.
see the differences before and after the eruption especially. Stuart showed us images before and after the event along with the pyroclastic flows that remain after. Student responses have been wonderfully supportive, with;
‘A once in a lifetime opportunity, loved the spatter cone volcano’ ‘We saw some amazing sites, totally fantastic’ A thoroughly enjoyable time had by staff and students and one we hope to do again in the future, next time we hope to see an active eruption.
The Icelandic Coastline was an inspirational location. The Basalt columns at Reynirsfjara Beach were magnificent and the waves stretching across a 11,000km fetch were huge! The energy and power within these was awesome. Thankfully no one was swept away, not unheard of as 15ft waves are common! The Eyjafjallajokull site was wonderful to | 29 |
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BUSINESS , LANGUAGES and PSYCHOLOGY An overview of the academic year 2013/2014
Psychology careers event a success – students even get to find out how to take a perfect penalty.
AS Economics Students studying AS Economics had a treat on Tuesday 24th September when Ipswich based Proveeda delivered three expensive sports cars to the college. Students were allowed to sit in the cars, including a Maserati which used to belong to Declan Donnelly. The purpose of the lesson was for students to consider what constitutes effective demand. In Economics, demand is deemed to be effective if it is backed by the willingness and ability to pay for something. As part of the activity students discussed the concept of rational consumers and the price mechanism within markets. Justin Bareham, Teacher of Economic said ‘The students greatly enjoyed sitting in the cars and commented on how it provided them with a way of remembering the content we were learning’.
Psychology students got fresh insights into a career in this competitive industry at an all-day event held at One in Ipswich. Six different organisations came in to talk to students about their jobs including James Beal, a sports psychologist from the University of East London who has worked with Premier League Football Clubs and Olympians. James said, “It was a pleasure to give up my time for this occasion. I spoke about my job and explained how I try and encourage positivity of thought within sport, no matter what the circumstances.” James talked about penalty taking in light of the recent announcement that the England National football team will be employing someone to specifically support them during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. On the penalty issue, James added, “Lots of study has gone into this. Three quick points that seem to work relate to the fact that you should always celebrate if you score in a shoot-out, you should maintain eye contact with the goalkeeper as long as possible and you should also link arms as a team and try and get as close to the goalkeep“This er as you can.” Assistant head of faculty for business, languages and psychology at One – Phil Page - organised the event with his team. He said, “Our students benefit greatly from talking to people who are working in industry. They got fresh insights into the subject ON E Ma ga z ine | 2 0 1 4 |
they are studying and we are grateful to all the individuals who gave up their time to come and support this event.” Other guests included Lulu Preston – a clinical psychologist from West Suffolk Hospital. Lulu, said, “The students were very receptive and engaged. I talked through my work but ultimately told them that they need to do something that makes them feel good about themselves and to do something that they enjoy That’s true in any work you do.” Lucy Overton is a forensic psychologist. She is employed by the prison service and has regularly worked with people serving life sentences. On this issue, she said, “A lot of my work relates to positive engagement. Many of the people I work with may be detached from life and my job is to find out why and try and make them re-engage. I talked about these experiences and also advised everyone to try and get their foot in the door as soon as possible. Getting experience is the key.”
Fred Olson Repor t Hotel Management students were given an insight into the exciting world of cruise lines, with an informative presentation from Fred Olsen’s Ruth Ryland. As part of the unit on Personal Selling, students learnt about events where cruise companies can sell their products to trade, group and individual customers. Students were then given the opportunity to test their personal selling skills, as Ruth showed students how to overcome customer concerns when booking holidays. This work follows up on an earlier piece of work, which evaluated Fred Olsen’s promotional activities. To round off this part of the course, students are now looking forward to a ship visit in May, when Fred Olsen’s Braemar will be in Harwich before departing for Spain and Portugal.
BLP Equality and Diversity quiz winner
One student, Kayleigh Skene has just been offered a place at Sidney Sussex in Cambridge.
has given me more of an idea and focus in terms of what I would want to do eventually. Ideally I would like to incorporate forensic and clinical psychology into my further study and go on and do a Masters. Overall the event was very insightful.”
Congratulations to Jenna Picken, the winner of the BLP Equality and Diversity day quiz. Entrants were required to have a good understanding of business law relating to E & D and Jenna scored very highly indeed, impressive as she completed this at the table and her answers were based solely on her personal knowledge. She has won a £20 Waterstones voucher.
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Lloyds challenge at One
Educational partnership with bank pays off Lloyds Banking Group and students from One have joined forces in a series of apprentice style challenges with three work experience placements being offered as the end prize. 20 students initially applied. 12 students were then chosen to take part in a series of challenges and three youngsters have subsequently been offered a two week work placement over the summer in Ipswich. Georgina Chittock-Nash Faculty Head of BLP organised the partnership with the support of Jayne Rowley Evans. Jayne, who is currently on secondment from Lloyds to Business in the Community (BiTC) is helping the banking group deliver its strategic goal of helping Britain prosper by being the bank that brings communities closer together to help them thrive. Georgina said, “The students were truly put through their paces. They gave a presentation, participated in finance tests under exam conditions, and were then assessed as a group, so that skills and leadership qualities could be highlighted. This was a great experience for all concerned, and those who didn’t make the final three were all given constructive feedback to support them when they are involved in future job applications. We are so proud of this relationship with Lloyds Banking Group and we would like to thank them for their support and congratulate Jayne for her efforts on this
BASE Accounting Competition Six Year 12 A Level Accounting students took part yesterday in a prestigious accounting competition organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. The six students - Daisy Paul, Cameron Marr, Abigail Thomas, Sasha Ghobadi, Charlotte Alexander and Dylan Page-Matthews all studying Accounting, Economics and Business Studies between them were selected for a place on the team to take part in the event from a large number of high calibre applicants. The BASE Accounting Competition involves an intense and gruelling day of analysing financial and business data, and then presenting a case and formal presentation to a panel of top industry experts and Chartered Accountants. This was the East of England finals and competition was strong with the One team competing against 10 other teams from local colleges and sixth forms. Students prepared for the competition alongside their Accounting and Economics teachers Paul Hinchcliffe and Will Pierce.
partnership and others. The link that we have created not only offered an insight for our students into the world of banking but helped highlight viable career paths once they complete their studies at One. We are looking forward to this being an annual event”. Matt Newman, Local Customer Manager at the Ipswich branch of Lloyds Bank said, “We were very impressed by the standard of students at One. The process was very intense and was in line with our standard recruitment processes. We are looking forward to welcoming the winners (Elisha, Ella and Anya) to the Cornhill in the summer. There is always a distinct possibility that this opportunity could lead to full time employment.” Jayne Rowley Evans, said, “This is one of a number of projects that I have worked on with One and they have all proved to be incredibly successful. My job is to try and help businesses and education work more closely together for the benefit of everyone and this particular scheme is a great example of how this can be achieved.“ Ella Pethybridge is one of the students This was a fantastic opportunity for our students to put into practice the theory that they have been learning about in Ac counting, Economics and Business Studies. An essential component of the BASE Accounting Competition is effective teamwork and discussing different business solutions to a problem, and then being able to communicate this in a convincing business manner to business and finance experts. The One team of students were enthusiastic and put across a flawless business case, undertaking an articulate and well thought out presentation drawing upon a lot of financial and economic theory to back up their case. In addition to the competition, it was also an opportunity for students to learn about the pathways and careers into accountancy and meet some of the large world renowned accountancy firms, and get tips on how to enter this profession. A great opportunity for these six budding accountants of the future! Whilst putting up a good fight, the One team were just pipped to the post in the competition. Congratulations and well done to the team for a very credible and strong performance.
set to work at Lloyds in the summer. She said, “My mum got a job with Lloyds at a similar age to me so in some ways I’m following in her footsteps. She said that it was a good opportunity and that I should go for it. I did, and I’m looking forward to the work placement in the summer.”
One visits New York
One students are preparing to take a bite out of the Big Apple this June in the first joint Psychology and Sociology Trip to New York. For five days and four nights in June 20 AS Psychology and Sociology students will be exploring the wonders of the city that doesn’t sleep to bring aspects of the course to life. Whilst there students will be considering the psychology and sociology of media and advertising by attending a talk held in Time Square, exploring the psychology of warfare and terrorism whilst visiting the tourist centre at Ground Zero, considering the sociology of migration by visiting Elis Island Migrant Museum, and getting the students to think about life after One through a tour of New York’s famous NYU university. Watch this space for an update of the success of the trip.
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Two annual public dance showcases at One provided all dance students with an opportunity to perform their work in the impressive One theatre facilities. On 26th March 2014 students from Yr 12 and Year 13 performed to sell out audience. They showcased all their dance exam work, displaying a high level of technical proficiency and performance skill. The A2 dance students also presented a stunning range of work which they had choreographed. On Saturday 21st June, One Dance students have been selected to perform at the prestigious DanceEast High Voltage Event at the Jerwood Dance House on the Ipswich waterfront. High Voltage is Dance East’s annual community dance platform, which showcases dances from across the Eastern Region. Following a rigorous selection process, the piece chosen which will represent Suffolk One is ‘Taith’, choreographed by Tess Harold as her A2 dance choreography exam piece. The dancers are Reece Calver, Taquan Allen, Sahail Moxam, Amber Tucker and Florence Blackmore.
Theatre Visits
Students are fortunate to benefit from a close relationship between One and DanceEast. Several visits to local theatres are arranged each year to enable students to see the work of a range of professional choreographers. Notable visits this academic year have been to Snape Maltings to see the acclaimed international Akram Khan Dance Company perform their latest work Itmoi – an amazing visual, choreographic and theatrical experience and also to the Jerwood Dance House to see the premier of Gecko Theatre Company’s latest work Institution’, a physical theatre performance with stunningly original use of set and design.
Further training
We are very proud of the success of two of our students who were successful in auditioning for the National Youth Dance Company. Jack Parry and Reece Calver have had an amazing year working with Akram Khan at residential training courses culminating in the opportunity to perform at the internationally renowned Saddlers Wells Theatre in London as well as touring with the company and performing across the U.K. Many dance students at One go on to study dance at further education institutions. This year we are delighted to congratulate Charlotte Jacobs and Florence Blackmore who have secured places at Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Dance, London.
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Hairspray sold out in seven days shows the reputation of the Performing Arts department at One. With a cast of 52 made up mainly of those on Performing Arts courses, (although those studying on other courses were represented), over 1200 people witnessed a musical production that first came to the Broadway stage in 2002. Emma Dodd – who performed in the West End’s version of Hairspray for two years - lent her support and advice to cast members throughout “Thankyou to you for allowing me to be part of such an amazing experience that was Hairspray. You all made me feel so welcome and it was an absolute pleasure to work with you and the students. They are a real credit to your hard work and gave a truly professional set of performances” Head of the Creative Team, Sally Robinson, said, “The reason this production went down a storm was because it was a massive team effort. One - as a place of education - strives for excellence and we pushed the boundaries and in my opinion created excellence.” Student – Charlie Cocker – played the iconic role of Edna made famous by John Travolta in the 2007 remake of the film. He said, “I was a man playing a woman and this was a big concern at the start. I had to adapt and embrace my femininity and I did. I even found myself ironing in character the other day.” Tasha Abbott played Tracy. She said, “It sounds cheesy but this was literally my dream role. I didn’t want the experience to end.” April Rand was Penny. She said, “You can’t beat the adrenaline rush that you get when the audience reacts to your performance. Someone asked me for a photo and autograph on the penultimate night.” Sahail Moxam played Motormouth Maybelle. She said, “Two people came up to me and said that I made them cry during one of my songs.” Adam Earl played Seaweed J Stubbs. Adam is a maths and physics student. He said, “I’m a non-actor but the support I’ve had has been incredible.” Vice Principal, Jenny Milsom, said, “So many departments of One came together to make this such an amazing show. We’ve had lots of emails from audience members saying how professional the production was. I couldn’t be more proud.” Sally Robinson concluded by saying, “There has been no weak link. We received a spontaneous standing ovation on two of the nights. The show just grew and grew and a huge thanks to all our supporters. The challenge next year is to top this. It won’t be easy but we’ll have a go.” Audience member - “Thanks so much to the students and Creative Team for ‘Hairspray’ production last night. A great deal of work and dedication was shown particularly in ensemble parts....dancing and musical direction were very exciting……it was amazing ….love it!” | 35 |
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Many students from across the college got involved in this year’s sold out production of Hairspray. Students were involved on stage, in the band, and helping with costumes, sound and lighting. It was a really fun and fantastic week for all involved.
Concerts The Winter and Spring Concerts are showcases for students from across the college to perform in ensembles, bands or as soloists in front of an audience in the performing space at college. There is always a diverse range of music in them - from classical to jazz, acoustic to indie, rock to rap. We cater for all kinds of musical tastes and abilities. The Music Ambassadors assist with organising, promoting and sound engineering the concerts and Friday’s Music On The Bridge.usic On The Bridge.
Trips Music and Music Technology students went on a trip to London to the Music Production Show at the Emirates Stadium and to see a concert at the Royal Festival Hall in the evening. There are regular trips to local venues to see live performances and opportunities for students to organise gigs both in and out of college.
Snape Maltings Several of our talented musicians performed as part of the Celebration of Schools’ Music in March. Students wrote and arranged their own songs to be played as part of an evening concert showcasing the talent of students from across Suffolk.
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Four year business partnership between Willis and One continues
A four year partnership between one of Ipswich’s largest employers and the biggest sixth form in the town continues to gather momentum. Willis has actively been working with One based on Scrivener Drive.So far around ten current Willis employees previously studied at One.Those numbers are set to grow thanks to the launch of a new business scheme. Willis has developed the programme with current One students who pitched the idea to fellow classmates in a project aimed at encouraging maths, business and language students to consider a career in insurance. Gary Shoesmith – Education Liaison Director at Willis – is overseeing this activity. At the launch, he said, “We employ 17,000 people and work in 120 countries, but the truth is, we are an ageing workforce so there are lots of opportunities for young people.” “We have a long association with One and we are asking One learners to submit applications to take part in this partnership. The most suitable candidates will then be given the opportunity of working on a project, meeting our staff, finding out about what we do, touring the building and at the end of the sessions we will give out careers and CV advice.” “With our past record of working with One in terms of employing their students, there is also a chance that some of those involved in this scheme may end up getting a full time job with Willis. We are keen to support local talent and we have found that One has consistently provided us with that talent in the past.” One student’s, Charlotte Alexander and Jenna Ashdown, have been working with Willis on this. Charlotte from Ipswich said, “I hadn’t considered a career in insurance before. It’s definitely on my radar now.” Jenna from Sudbury added, “I’d love to get a job at Willis. If I have to go to University I will, however, I would consider getting a job straight after A-levels if the right opportunity came along.” Maths teacher at One, Chris Stevens, added, “This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to add skills to their CV’s and gain an experience of working with a multinational partner. I have no doubt that those involved will make the most of the opportunity.” “The fact that our current students will meet former One students in the midst of their careers at Willis makes this project all the more real.”
Astro no my E v o l v e s It is early in the school year of 2010, September to most people, Suffolk One has opened its doors and gates for the very first time to students. A levels, BTECs and GCSEs are on offer in all of the major subjects but there is something more. Wednesday afternoons have the title ‘Evolve’. One of the most interesting offerings is a GCSE in Astronomy. The course continues to run now, but as an after school adventure, with a large number of students benefitting from this exciting and expanding area of science.
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It is: A lot of it is about Space. “Space, is big, really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space!” At One the most important part of Astronomy is that it is fun. We have some fantastic telescopes to search the skies – unfortunately we have to work with UK weather – and a series of videos and original Powerpoints to explain the course. The subject matter includes work in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, History and Philosophy. Topics that we explore as a group include: The Sun The Solar System Galaxies Measuring distances Explaining planetary motion Identifying constellations Using galactic coordinates
SETI Potentially hazardous objects The Moon Students also complete 2 pieces of coursework, making use of cameras and telescopes. Some of the titles students have chosen to research are: Measuring light pollution Mapping surface features of the Moon Measuring the sidereal day Constellation photography Ultimately it has been a very successful course due to the enthusiasm of the students and staff who show up each week. Astronomy is both modern and ancient, science and art, clear cut and debatable. Anyone who’s interested in looking up should come along.
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UCS & University of Essex
The museums are world renowned for historic collections, awe-inspiring galleries and inspirational exhibitions. Students had a full day in the museums supporting their modules for ‘Fundamentals of Science’ considering exhibition styles, focusses and communication of scientific information to a range of audiences. Within the science museum a range of iMAX productions were shown for a biological perspective, with talks available from astronauts to engage those with a focus on engineering material design or physics. Both museums engaged learners in developing their appreciation of how to move forward in their careers with a general science foundation or specialist interests.
The University of Essex boasts a modern, challenging and stimulating environment of world-class research and high-quality teaching by top academics who are leaders in their fields. UCS as accredited by University of Essex is a new kind of institution offering an attractive portfolio of courses meeting students’ need for local university links. Both universities have offered our students the opportunity to access specialist labs to illustrate lab design and safe working practices in larger scale institutions, needed for contextualisation on a core module ‘Working in the Science Industry’. UCS have also offered BTEC students with a medical focus in their studies access to specialist midwifery lecturers focusing on foetal development and maternal care plans implemented. This has assisted our students in CV development for applications, and study focal points for progression into higher education or a work-based route if preferred.
Colchester Zoo Colchester Zoo’s research includes both animal-based studies and visitor studies. Animal-based studies can focus on behaviour, welfare, nutrition, husbandry, environmental enrichment, ecology, reproduction and conservation. Students this year have completed a ‘Scientific Investigation’ module with their own research projects and having considered design, reliability and how to improve their own practice in research, they received a talk from the zoo on their studies, findings and application of new scientific knowledge in a widely varied and desirable career field of animal sciences.
Raising the Bar initiatives with Year 4 students from Sprites Raising Primary – This was the Bar to demonstrate “How Engineering Inventions and Technology Makes Life Easier” Our students led sets of activities to learn about Engineering Technology and how it is used to make life easier. Raising the Bar initiatives with Year 1 students from The Oaks Primary – This was to learn about “Push and Pull” in an Engineering environment instead of a normal classroom. Our students lead activities to enable to Year 1 students to learn about the applications of Push and Pull from basics to mechanical advantage! Volunteering at the burnt down St Michaels Church clear up – 11 students and 4 staff members joined a volunteering team to help clear the site of St Michaels Church in Ipswich Town Centre as it is being redeveloped into a Community Centre.
Ipswich Hospital A teaching hospital affiliated to the University of Cambridge, the University of East Anglia and University Campus Suffolk, voted one of the best places to work by the Healthcare 100 2009 and 2010. The hospital cares for more than 356,000 people who live in and around Ipswich and East Suffolk. It employs just over 3,200 full time equivalent members
of staff. With many specialisms within the hospital it has provided our students with talks to build on module topics studied within BTEC such as ‘Medical Physics Techniques’ covering nuclear medicine design and application, provided by their resident nuclear physicist.
Hollesley Bay pris o n The open prison in Suffolk has a focus on resettlement and reducing re-offending at the heart its agenda. More than a hundred prisoners work in the community on a daily basis, with many partnership agencies working alongside prison staff, to deliver a most effective open establishment. Students get the chance to interview prisoners serving under varying sentence lengths and members of staff at the institution to support their modules in both ‘Criminology’ and ‘Criminal Psychology’. Some considering a career in the field get to see implementation of state penal policy relating to crime theories, how psychological perspectives have been applied to criminal behaviour and are able to Understand the influence psychological research has had on aspects of the Criminal Justice System.
Linking their course project work with developing a “Green Alley” at the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket – All the Year 13 students are doing projects (part of their coursework this year) that are going to be actually used and installed in “Green Alley” at the John Peel Centre. There is ongoing involvement with students visiting the Doe Show to meet local Agricultural Industry representatives – There are direct links with some Engineering units which allow students to relate their theoretical and classroom knowledge with small, medium and large scale agricultural equipment in industry. Visiting the Viridor Recycling Plant – An We had so much Engineer must be fun at Suffolk One. We environmentally regot to learn lots about sponsible, and there pushes and pulls. The Suffolk One students helped us is no better way to learn about how pushes to see the effects and pulls happen of waste and waste everyday. management in order to improve the design of the lifecycle of products in every industry. | 39 |
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they are doing’. When a teenager rebels it is not understood, parents feel like they are losing control of the situation and try to find a way to stop these frightening developments that are crucial in every teenager’s life. If the consent age is lowered, is it honestly expected that teenagers will pay heed to it? The most, it would make young people, maybe even children, think that it is socially acceptable to engage in such activities. Resetting boundaries does not always result in greater control, and, as is being highlighted perfectly with the on-going debate of legalising drugs, there will always be rebellion and this rebellion could endanger lives and potentially younger children. The President of the faculty of public health, Professor John Ashton, claimed that about a third of teenagers were having sexual intercourse between fourteen and fifteen years old and that lowering the consent age would “draw a line in the sand” against sex at fourteen or younger. This would suggest that the government believes that if the consent age is
lowered then fewer teenagers will feel it necessary to seek sexual contact earlier. This may be true in some cases, as not all young people develop an interest for sexual exploration until around this time, but it can also be argued that some young people, specifically young men, are surrounded by peer pressure to have sex. Unfortunately it is more common now for young people to have sexual relationships simply because of a desire for the activity and not for the actual relationship. This could seriously damage self-esteem, especially of young women as they are at risk of an unwanted pregnancy. The lowering of the consent age could deter some from having sexual relationships until they deem themselves ready, but it could also lead to the ruin of even younger teenagers having to deal with not only a baby but also the prospect of a potentially damaged future. There are two main problems, however, that makes this change seem necessary: information and protection. In the UK, as they are not seen as old enough, young
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people under the age of 16 are not explicitly taught about topics like contraception and the diseases that, as a result of unprotected sex, could follow if the advice is not heeded. Young people often have the attitude of ‘it won’t happen to me’ and that has to be eradicated. They need to know how easy it is for it to happen, they need to know how to protect themselves, they need to know what is at stake. Professor Ashton also suggested that lowering the consent age will help those who teach teenagers about these issues, ‘feel on firmer footing’, when addressing them. This could work to inform the teenagers about how they do need to make intelligent choices and is, unfortunately, seen as the only thing that can be done
to persuade them. However, the most prominent, and equally terrifying, issue that would arise from this situation is the risk of sexual abuse. Everyone knows of the shocking events that unfolded in the last year regarding Operation
“We are surrounded by peer pressure to have sex.” Yewtree, with more and more older men being charged with rape of minors. If the consent age is lowered, fifteen year olds will be legally allowed to perform in activities such as ‘exotic dancing’ and sexual contact with anyone fifteen years of age or older. Any adult would look back at the decisions made at fifteen and acknowledge that they made some bad choices, and that is natural. What definitely should not be allowed to happen is for young men and women who are not even fully developed to be taken advantage of by an older partner. Deluded teenagers being used by deceptive
grown adults. Downing Street announced that there are “no plans” to change the consent age, Nick Clegg commented “Do I think simply a blanket reduction in the age of consent is the answer to this difficult dilemma? No.” This comment suggests that the government understands that the consent age is not the answer to the issues of teenage pregnancies and has shown significant signs of working towards a solution about improving sexual education within schools. Changing the consent age may appear to be a solution in the short term, but what would develop from it in the future is what the government must focus on. And thankfully, they are.
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Laura Walker asks whether or not 16 year olds should be givien the right to vote Design: Michael Rice
This is the typical ‘elephant in the room’ question that everyone has an opinion on. Should we young adults be allowed to decide the fate of our country? Has it been too long that the younger generation has suffered by being excluded from the democratic process? In the UK we have a general election; this is the act of electing representatives from the House of Commons to become the Prime Minister. These days anyone is granted the right to vote if they are over the age of 18, but should this be the time to change the age restriction? Some believe that the appropriate age to vote would be sixteen years of age while others believe that it should remain as it is. Our next general election will be held on 7th May 2015 and the popular parties include Conservative, with leader David Cameron who is currently in a coalition with Liberal Democrats, Labour, with leader Ed Miliband, and the Liberal Democrats with leader Nick Clegg. There is also a new party emerging, the UK Independence Party whose popularity is growing with every General Election. If this new party is proving to be popular, could this open the gates for another alternative party which focuses on the issues of the younger generation instead of the issues of the established parties on the premise that younger people should be allowed to vote? It’s quite apparent that the general public are in a love/hate relationship with the political parties; with many people being either lovingly enthusiastic about politicians or thinking they are awful, irrelevant and driven by ego. There is no reason for the current political landscape to remain unchanged. In the year 1867, the Representation of the People Act was passed; this was a piece of British legisla-
tion which enabled working class men in England and Wales to vote in the General Election. This Act was placed due to the negative attitudes of many in the country who had the feeling that the skilled working class should have the right to vote. Demonstrations organised by the Reform League in large towns such as Manchester became more frequent before the Act was passed. The climax of this movement came in May 1867 when a demonstration in Hyde Park was banned by the Government. In fear of more popular revolts, the government included bill amendments which enabled more people to vote. Eventually it enabled most men in urban areas to vote in the General Election. Before this legislation, only one million of the five million adult males in England and Wales were able to vote but with this legislation this number doubled. This important legislation dramatically improved the fairness of the electoral system in the United Kingdom. Fifty one years later in the year 1918, another Representation of the People Act was passed; this opened the doors for women to vote for the first time immediately after the First World War. Women over the age of thirty were able to vote in the General Election depending on property qualifications. This important legislation not only improved the electoral system but started the first steps towards gender quality. The democratic process was at last becoming truly democratic. Is this the time now to have another important legislation ena Fifty one years later in the year 1918, another Representation of the People Act was passed; this opened the doors for women to vote for the first time immediately after the First World War. Wom-
en over the age of thirty were able to vote in the General Election depending on property qualifications. This important legislation not only improved the electoral system but started the first steps towards gender quality. The democratic process was at last becoming truly democratic. Is this the time now to have another important legislation enabling sixteen year olds to vote in general elections? Are sixteen years olds as responsible as adults over the age of eighteen? It’s understandable that people have different opinions on the subject but should sixteen year olds really be allowed to vote? Maybe these young adults would like to have a say in their future, because it will surely affect them later down the line.
“Maybe these young adults would like to have a say in their future, because it will surely affect them later down the line.” Perhaps politicians would not be so cunning as to increase the tuition fees; maybe there would be more younger politicians; maybe there would not be as much unemployment amongst the under twenty-fives, The Lost Generation. In 2014 the Scottish vote for Scottish Independence and all sixteen year olds are able to vote, Is this the way forward?
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Two team have qualified for the plate and trophy finals respectively, the plate final is Wed 26th Feb with the trophy finals being held a week later. In addition a number of basketball players have undertaken their table officials award and completed their voluntary hours.
Cross Country Three students qualified to represent Suffolk in the Anglian championships held in early February, one of these students has now been selected to represent the East of England in the national schools championships taking place in March.
Football Two wins in the last two fixtures that were played against Stowmarket and Suffolk New academy respectively.
Rugby Successful participation in all Rugby 10’s tournaments held, finishing second in the last tournament held in December (the next tournament is occurring on Thursday 27th February)
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