Autumn Term 2011

The blog will start properly in 2012. Here are a range of stories from last term to give you an idea of the type of topics that will be covered.

Economics

• The UKs national debt
• Comparison of recessions
• Quantitative easing (needlessly complicated diagram)
• Country credit ratings
• Inequality
• Money (epic graphic from xkcd)

Social media

• Anatomy of Facebook
• Twitter traffic during the riots

Education

• GCSE exam results
• Education 2011
• University applications by subject

Work

• Highest paid jobs
• The gender gap (I thought the median was a type of average)
• European working hours

Science and nature

• Are our summers getting colder?
• Causes of cancer
• The thrill of touching data

Crime

• The riots broken down
• Commuting to the riots
• The death penalty

Other

• The Mercury music prize
• Doctor Who villains
• The rugby world cup

Probability

• Coincidence and chance (not very keen on this headline)
• The best way to win a Maserati
• Visualising probabilities