2 - SPACE

1. Science and technology 

• Space exploration - unmanned space probes/what are we learning from them?, value of manned space flights, are we alone in the universe?, space tourism 
• Climate change - causes, consequences, minimising personal environmental impact, global action to be takes 

2. Society and politics 

• Migration of people - motive for emigrants from UK, benefits/drawbacks of migration, immigration controls etc 
• Urban/rural - village life under threat?, housing needs, life in towns/cities - need improving?, transport problems 

3. Arts and media 

• Art and public space - public art, function, does modern architecture meet our needs? 
• Global media - foreign news and cultures, West's domination of media, poorer countries - access to media resources, control of globe media (politics etc) 

4. Business and industry 

• Use of land - industrial use of land, housing, protecting land against development, different kind of development, land ownership and access 
• Buying and selling - consumer society?, increasingly standardised consumer products, is the UK still a major producer of goods?, invisible exports 

5. Beliefs and values 

• Multiculturalism - definition, how/why should we celebrate our differences?, integration desirability, methods of integration 
• Green values - environment-friendly, 'green' politics, religions views, teaching green values 

1 - CONFLICT 

1. Science and technology 

• Human aggression - causes, how/why, sports, technology's influence 
• Controversy - scientific advance, concern, problems caused/solved, health and medicine, morality 

2. Society and politics

• Tensions in society - categorising people, factors that divide society, encouraging growth of communities 
• Politics and the public - roles of political parties, pressure groups, public interest in politics, democracy 

3. Arts and media 

• Challenge - challenging social norms, arts in education, changing minds/behaviour, elitism 
• Media bias - newspapers more than 'news'?, press opposing authority, roles of different newspapers, left/right wing etc. 

4. Business and industry 

• Market - benefits of competitive market, advertising, susceptibility to advertising, sport/entertainment over commercialised? 
• Small/big businesses - small/big business competition, mergers, take-overs, managers remote from workforces?, big business and public interest 

5. Beliefs and values 

• Individual and society - rights as citizens, duties/expectations, interests of society/interests of individual, privacy of public figures (media, personal lives etc) 
• Tolerance/intolerance - prejudice, roots of prejudice, challenging stereotypes, intolerance of minorities, tolerance of beliefs