LO3: Planning content and justification of research

Source: UTC webpage

News Values: This has unambiguity as it includes detailed information, statistics and quotes.
Reference: UTCsheffield (2017) About, [Online], Available: http://www.utcsheffield.org.uk/about/   Accessed 03/04/2017
Summary: This is the UTC webpage with information about employment partnerships, school information and what they do. On this website they go on in detail about the opening on the UTC and the aspirations of the school, this also includes the Ofsted report of ‘good’ given in 2016.  This webpage talks about the different opportunities open to the students through employer events and meetings.                                                                                                                                      Justification: This source is good to use because it includes a lot of statistics and quotes which I can include I my article, this will increase the unambiguity of my article. This source is reliable as it come straight from the UTC website.

Source: Article from YorkshireLife

News Values: This has unambiguity as it includes detailed information, statistics and quotes.
Reference: Yorkshirelife (2014) ‘UTC Sheffield celebrates first birthday’, Yorkshirelife,[online] available:http://www.yorkshirelife.co.uk/education/utc_sheffield_celebrates_first_birthday_1_3792074  Accessed 03/04/2017
Summary: This is an article from the Star, this talks about different things the school has to offer. This article is used to advertise the first birthday of the UTC. This article includes statements of the students at UTC which I can use in my article. In this article it touches on the progress made at the school through its first year, this is interesting to compare this article to statements and statistics I find of recent progress.
Justification: The information in this article is important as it includes lots of statements from students and the head principle about the progress of the school, this is interesting because it relates to my article directly although I am doing mine much later.

Source: A Ofsted report from 2016

News Values: This has unambiguity as it has detailed information of the school and ratings of the school
Reference: Ofsted (2016) school inspection report’ [online] , Available: https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/139695   Accessed 05/04/2017
Summary: This is the Ofsted report from 2016, this was the first report they receive. This Ofsted report goes into detail about the quality of the school and the structure of the school. This includes a section on how the school can improve, this would be interesting to see if they have acted on the improvements given. This is a good source because it goes into detail about different aspects of the school which I can include.
Justification: This includes a lot of statistics which I can include in my article. I can use this information in my interview with Mr Reynolds to see how the school have improved since the report was done. This gives a lot of statistics which increases the unambiguity.

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