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Development Studies

• Gap Years/Overseas Volunteerism
  Discussion on whether 'volunteering abroad' programmes make a valuable contribution to development, with critical analysis of the work of ‘Development in Action' and similar schemes.
• RILAP Development Project [PDF]
  Presentation of a fully worked development project based in India - the Rural India Literacy and Agriculture Project.

Communication Studies

• ICTs and protest [word]
  Focusing on the existing and potential opportunities ICTs have to offer protest and political groups, a discussion on whether such advances indicate a wider democratic revitalisation
• Press ownership concentration [word]
  The reasons for and consequences of ownership concentration in the newspaper industry
• PSB funding [word]
  The arguments for and against the licence fee as revenue source for public service broadcasting, and alternative forms of financing
• Digital TV and PSB [word]
  Description of the existing digital television systems in the UK and reflection on whether the ‘digital revolution’ poses a threat to PSB in the UK.
• Website review [word]
  A critical analysis of two gap year websites.

Teching English as a Secondary Language (TESOL)

• Vocabulary in TESOL [word]
  How we can best help our students to become independent vocabulary learners
• TESOL course [word]
  A fully worked and adapted programme of lessons for intermediate TESOL learners.

Art

• Adoration of the Magi [word]
  The Form and Content of Leonardo Da Vinci’s ‘Adoration of the Magi’ (1482)
• The Last Supper [word]
  Analysis of Leonardo Da Vinci's 'The Last Supper' (1498)

Cinema

• Citizen Kane [word]
  Analysis of Citizen Kane's (1941) use mise-en-scene and cinematography
• Fight Club vs Taxi Driver [word]
  A critical comparison of Fight Club (1999) and Taxi Driver (1976)

Travel Writing

• The Pearl of Africa [newspaper scan] [word]
  Humourous article on my travels in Uganda, printed in 'Leeds Student' newspaper.
• Good DEEDS [newspaper scan] [word]
  Article on my development work and travels in India, also printed in 'Leeds Student' newspaper.
• The Morocco Hitch [word]
  Article on my sponsored hitch-hike from Leeds to Morocco.

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