Sky News 'Stand Up & Be Counted' Tour to Visit Bedford Campus

On Thursday 30 April, Sky News will be on campus outside the Gateway building between 10am and 6pm at Bedford as part of their ‘Stand Up and Be Counted’ roadshow, encouraging young people to engage with the election. 

The mobile studio will feature a photo booth where young people can upload their pictures to social media with the hashtag #SUBCTour, as well as an autocue allowing visitors to try their hand at being a presenter.

It will also create a location for Sky News journalists to interview young people to bring their views to a large audience, as well as acting as a hub for Sky News’ General Election campaign coverage.

More information can be found out about this visit here: https://www.beds.ac.uk/news/2015/april/stand-up-be-counted-to-visit-university 

Referencing Government Reports

Government reports contain a wealth of useful information and are often freely available online. When referencing a Government report it is usual to treat the Governemtn Department responsible for the report as the author (including within the text).

Example of citing a direct quote from a Government report:

A recent study (Department of Health 2009, p.24) stated that "62,000 patients waited for more than 8 weeks before receiving an outpatient appointment".

Example of paraphrasing a quote from a Government report:

A recent study (Department of Health, 2009) found that 62,000 patients waited over 8 weeks for an outpatient appointment.

Reference List
The elements which should be included in your reference list/bibliography are:

• Name of the Government Department
• Year of publication (in round brackets)
• Title (in italics)
• Available at: URL
• (Accessed: date)

Example:

Department of Health (2009) NHS inpatient and outpatient waiting times. Available at: http://www.govtoday.co.uk/health/44-public-health/552-nhs-inpatient-and-outpatient-waiting-times-figures-31st-january-2009 (Accessed: 4 December 2013).

New Report: The Effects of Occupation on Poverty Among Ethnic Minority Groups

The Joseph Rontree Foundation has published a new report: The Effect of Occupation on Poverty Among Ethnic Minority Groups.

The report provides statistical analysis on how poverty and ethncity are linked and examines why ethnic minority groups in the UK are more likely to work for less than the minimum wage.

Findings of Annual Bullying Survey 2015 Announced

Charity Ditch the Label have announced the findings of their Annual Bullying Survey foir 2015.

The survey of 3,600 young people in the UK between the ages of 13-18 revealed that:

• 51% of young people have been bullied because of their appearance
• 26% of young people have been bullied because of their weight
• 13% of teens have been bullied by a teacher

Commenting on the findings from Ditch the Label's report, Sue Minto Head of ChildLine said:

"These figures are shocking and correlate with what we are hearing from young people here at ChildLine. In 2013/2014 we held over 5,000 counselling sessions with young people who spoke about body image issues - the majority of which took place with girls.

"Young people told us that bullying, name-calling and being victimised about weight often led to them developing body image issues – and sadly they strongly believed that by changing their body it would result in them being socially accepted."

You can read more about Ditch the Label's Annual Bullying Survey here: http://www.ditchthelabel.org/annual-bullying-survey-2015/

Evaluation of Barnardo's Families & Communities Against Child Sexual Exploitation Programme

The University of Bedfordshire's International Centre has published a research report "Families and Communities Against Child Sexual Exploitation".

The report found that direct work with parents and carers, as well as with children at risk of sexual exploitation, can reduce the risk of harm to a child and improve relationships at home. Community outreach and engagement is vital when raising awareness, so that the information provided and approach used by those preventing and tackling child sexual exploitation (CSE) reflects the communities they serve.

The report is free to downloadload here: Publications and other resources.

Paraphrasing & Quotations - What's the difference?

When you cite a source in the body of an assignment you can either paraphrase or quote it.

Paraphrasing means summarising a source in your own words. To reference a source that you have paraphrased you will need to include:

• the surname of the author
• the year of publication

E.G: Morris (2010) continually stresses the imporatnce of using a sketchbook to develop as an illustrator.

To quote directly from a source you will need to include:

• the surname of the author
• the year of publication
• the page number
• put "quotation marks" around the quote

E.G.: Morris (2010, p.69) asserts that "black waterproof Indian ink is the first choice of most illustrators".

You can find out more about paraphrasing and quotations in the Referencing Guide here.

Homelessness Monitor For England Now Available

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published The Homelessness Monitor: England 2015.

This is a five year (2011-2016) study which provides an independent analysis of the impact on homelessness of recent economic and policy developments in England. The key areas of interest are the homelessness consequences of the post-2007 economic recession and the housing market downturn.

The published report is freely available here.