https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg Using methods of Design for Social Impact, we can locate the problems in our society today, think about the root cause of them, and come up with potential solutions: en-us 2018-01-29 15:13:57 UTC 2024-10-30 13:15:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Simplehouse.png 14475904 https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/225667286 Research: (https://www.nhs.uk/news/lifestyle-and-exercise/call-for-action-on-legal-high-drugs/)

Why do people still use legal highs? Because of a lack of education about the dangers.

Why is there a lack of education about the dangers of legal highs? Because they are legal and therefore aren't treated as seriously as illegal drugs, even though they can have the same or even worse consequences.

Why are they legal? Because the laws surrounding drugs aren't strong enough. When a legal high becomes illegal, the manufactures alter the substance on a chemical level, which makes the drug legal again.

Why aren't the laws strong enough? Because legal highs are less known than a lot of illegal drugs

Why are legal highs less known about? Because schools don't educate students about them enough. The dangers of drinking and taking illegal drugs are well explained, however the dangers of taking legal highs isn't as prevalent.


The key issue in regards to the use of legal highs is mostly down to lack of education. Young people are often visited in school environments by professionals who educate young people about the misuse of drugs and alcohol, however education about the dangers of legal highs is more scarce. In order to tackle this, more work must be done within schools to ensure young people know of the dangers surrounding legal highs.


]]> 2018-01-29 15:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/225667286 14475904 https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/225671417 Research: (http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN05871)

Why do many people leaving school find it difficult to get a job? Because without experience, many employers are reluctant to employ them

Why are many employers reluctant to employ inexperienced people? Because they are afraid of taking the risk. They could spend money training the person about the job, just for them to be bad at it, or leave the job. This would be a waste of time and money for the employer.

Why are employers afraid to take risks? Because money comes before everything in our society. it is safer for them to wait for a more experienced person, than to risk wasting time and money on an inexperienced person.

Why does money come before everything in our society? Because we live in a capitalist society. 

Why do we live in a capitalist society? Because a more efficient system has not been created or discovered yet.

In order to solve the problem of unemployment in young people, the whole economic system must be changed in order to support young people and help them get into work. 


]]> 2018-01-29 15:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/225671417 14475904 https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/225673626 Research: (https://www.computerscience.org/resources/women-in-computer-science/) 

ICT based subjects are usually heavily male dominated classes, and programming tends to be considered a masculine career path. This has led to an imbalance within the Computer Science communities in schools and universities in terms of gender. The problem extends beyond the school environment, therefore it needs to be tackled at a broader level. 

Why is there an imbalance in different genders within ICT based subjects? Because ICT is considered a masculine thing

Why is ICT considered a masculine thing? Because of underlying stereotypes that originate from decades.

Why are there stereotypes surrounding ICT jobs? Because of a lack of intervention by schools to tackle this problem of stereotypes (most school ICT teachers are male, feeding into the stereotype)

Why aren't schools employing more female ICT teachers over male ones? Because there are much more male ICT teachers qualified for the job?

Why are there more male ICT teachers qualified for teaching ICT? Because schools do not encourage girls to take ICT based subjects at school, or encourage them enough to do degrees relating to ICT or Computer Science

As most young people are connected through social media, online advertizments that explain the nature of Computer Science and how women can excell in the field  could be a potential solution to the problem.]]> 2018-01-29 15:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/225673626 14475904 https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/225675103 Research: (https://www.ufaw.org.uk/why-ufaws-work-is-important/welfare-of-animals-used-in-scientific-testing-and-research)

Why are animals tested on? Because it is an effective way to test how products may react on humans

Why is it effective? Because rather than using humans, they test on animals with similar features, allowing them to observe how products may react on a human without having to.

Why do we not want to test on humans? Because of ethical problems and the law. 

Then, why do these laws not apply to animals? There are laws that protect animals, but not to the same extent as those that protect humans

Why don't laws exist which protect animals from experiencing mental or physical pain? Because we have not found ways to experiment and test in other means

As citizens we can not change laws as we please, but activism can provoke the government and make them consider changing laws within the country. Social media is a great tool for spreading causes such as this, by sharing petitions or articles related to animals being treated poorly. ]]> 2018-01-29 15:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/225675103 14475904 https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/225677428 Research: (https://www.forbes.com/2010/06/08/zimbabwe-ghana-congo-nicaragua-business-worst-economies.html#1fa630ee7e24)



Although the UK contributes a significant amount to helping countries in the world less fortunate than us, simply throwing money at a problem like this can not solve it. Our government must financially support us to travel and stay in these economically poorer countries, so we can make a huge difference by interacting with these poorer communities and help them on a more local level.]]> 2018-01-29 15:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/225677428 14475904 https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/253617511 Research: (https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/80-of-adults-in-england-dont-exercise-enough-8741988.html)

Lack of exercise seems to be based on financial and cultural boundaries.  Poorer and less educated people tend to be more likely not to exercise. 

Why are people not exercising enough? Because of financial and cultural boundaries. Less fortunate people tend to be less likely to exercise.

Why do these financial and cultural boundaries lead to less exercise? Because it is more difficult for a less economically fortunate person to spend money on things such as gym memberships.

Why are less fortunate people unable to afford gym memberships? Because of the 'blanket price' in gyms. Most gyms tend to be around the same price no matter where they are.

Why are gyms expensive for everyone? Because they have to make money, they are a business afterall.

Why do they have to make money? Because the equipment and space, costs money to keep running and wouldn't be viable if they were free to use

To solve this problem, we could introduce new gyms across the country, paid for by the government. These gyms could be free to use, but offer a membership to have access to more equipment. This would appease those who want to get the most out of their time in the gym and have the money to spend a little extra, but also give less fortunate people an opportunity to exercise too. ]]> 2018-04-19 19:52:51 UTC https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/253617511 14475904 https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/253620317 Research:(https://rereeti.wordpress.com/2015/02/03/why-dont-people-visit-museums-more-often/)

Why don't people visit museums any more? Because the internet has allowed us research and see anything we want to instantaneously

Why is the internet considered a superior method of learning about history in museums? Because younger people have grown up with the internet and don't see any other way 

Why do young people rely on the internet so much when it comes to learning about things museums would normally teach us? Because of laziness. It is much easier to Google something or check the wikipedia page than visit a museum in person

Why are young people lazier than before when it comes to actively visiting museums? Because it is how young people have grown up. They could find the idea of visiting a museum strange or boring

Why do young people find museums boring? Because of a lack of interest. We are saturated with so many experiences nowadays that visiting a museum is just one activity out of thousands to choose from.

In her article, Tejshvi Jain states many reasons why there seems to be a decline in people attending museums. A lack of interest and a lack of knowledge about where these museums are located are the most important issues to solve. Not having an interest in museums could be connected with people not being able to find the time for visiting them. To solve this, there could be more convenient ways to plan trips to museums, perhaps the use of an app that shows the location and links to the main website of all museums in the area, and possibly having free entry days to encourage more people to visit them. 

]]> 2018-04-19 20:01:20 UTC https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/253620317 14475904 https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/256441636 2018-04-30 09:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/256441636 14475904 https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/256443045 2018-04-30 09:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/256443045 14475904 https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/256443144 2018-04-30 09:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/256443144 14475904 https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/256443183 2018-04-30 09:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/256443183 14475904 https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/256443279 2018-04-30 10:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/256443279 14475904 https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/256443308 2018-04-30 10:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/256443308 14475904 https://padlet.com/14475904/v7ffn9le4pqg/wish/256443984 Research: (https://www.odi.org/events/4210-urban-futures-making-cities-work-people)

Why do citizens not have a larger role in the development of their own communities? Because the councils and government make most of the decisions

Why do councils hold the power when it comes to decision making, and not the citizens? Because it is not practical for everyone to vote on every single thing that changes within their community

Why isn't it practical to do this? Because there are hundreds of things happening every day, and to vote on each of these processes would take a lot of time and wouldn't be efficient

Why would it take a lot of time and be inefficient? Because there are no streamlined systems that allow voting in such a way, we just elect MP's and trust they will make the best decisions they can for our communities

Why hasn't a streamlined system for voting been created? This is just down to us simply not trying it yet. Or not successfully creating such a system.

Communities are often created with a top down approach, where decisions are made from those in power, eg the government or councils. We need to think about creating them with a bottom up approach where the community is built with the people and by the people. To do this, a more streamlined voting system would need to be created in order for us to be able to vote on so many different things.

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