Dear all, Upon inheriting the Looking Glass from our predecessors, we identified a number of key issues. Firstly, there were simply not enough articles being published, due both to a lack of submissions from the school community and limited responsiveness from the previous Academic Team. Secondly, the Looking Glass had not been advertised or explained effectively enough to the wider school community. As a result, we plan to implement a more consistent and engaging stream of articles on the Looking Glass. As part of this initiative, we are looking to recruit a select group of keen writers from across the lower school who would be willing to produce one high-quality piece of writing, discussion, or media each month for publication on the Looking Glass. We believe this will be hugely beneficial both to the school community, which will gain access to a wider range of opinions and viewpoints, and to prospective writers, who will be able to reference their experience contributing to the Look...
Arjun Dhillon (U6G) What is Devolution?: Devolution is the delegation of power from the UK parliament in Westminster to assemblies in Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland. In 1997 the Labour Party held a referendum in Scotland & Wales over devolution and 74% of Scottish voters and 50% of Welsh voters voted in favour of devolution. By 1998 the Good Friday Agreement had led to a ceasefire and paved the way for a Northern Ireland Assembly too. In the Scottish Parliament, there are 129 members and it is currently led by Humza Yousaf. It uses the AMS voting system and has key powers, particularly in Policing, Transport, Health, and Education. In the Welsh Senedd, there are 60 members; it is currently led by Vaughan Gething. It uses the AMS voting system and has key powers, particularly in the Fire & Rescue services, Transport, Agriculture, and the Environment. In the Northern Ireland Assembly, there were 90 members; it is currently vacant. It used the STV vo...