Not since the 1940s has there been such uncertainty within and about Europe. Who can tell what the map will look like by the turn of the century? What will be the pattern of economic performance? And whose vision of the best way to run a society will prevail? New Perspectives on the Welfare State focuses on this last element of uncertainty. It examines the ideology of the welfare state and our present understanding of it, compares the welfare state in Europe with those elsewhere in the world, and investigates particular trends and prospects within and across Europe. The contributors, all...

These resources have been created specifically for the new 2016 OCR Gateway GCSE (9-1) specifications, providing support for the new harder GCSE content and increased maths requirements, as well as all required practicals. As OCR's Publishing Partner for Science, we work with OCR throughout the development of the qualifications to deliver high-quality resources. - Built-in assessment and differentiation makes progress tracking easy. - Students of all abilities are supported through the new, more demanding GCSE with ramped questions and differentiated objectives for every topic. - Maths skills...

These resources have been created specifically for the new 2016 OCR Gateway GCSE (9-1) specifications, providing support for the new harder GCSE content and increased maths requirements, as well as all required practicals. As OCR's Publishing Partner for Science, we work with OCR throughout the development of the qualifications to deliver high-quality resources. - Built-in assessment and differentiation makes progress tracking easy. - Students of all abilities are supported through the new, more demanding GCSE with ramped questions and differentiated objectives for every topic. - Maths skills...

The newest addition to the most trusted AQA GCSE Science series will enable lower-ability students to make progress and achieve at KS4. Written by teachers, the AQA GCSE Foundation: Combined Science Trilogy and Entry Level Certificate Student Book breaks down key ideas into manageable chunks. This student book covers Entry Level Certificate and Foundation-Tier Combined Science: Trilogy specifications and uses the established checkpoint assessment model to track student progress and identify those ready to move onto Combined Science: Trilogy. Clear page layouts and step-by-step explanations...

A new village drama full of life, love... and secrets. Perfect for fans of Jill Mansell and Emma Burstall. Little Woodford has a sleepy high street, a weekly market, a weathered old stone church and lovingly tended allotments. A peaceful, unexciting place, the very heart of middle England. In Little Woodford no one has fingers in more pies than Olivia Laithwaite, parish councillor, chair of the local WI, wife, mother and all round queen bee. So of course it's Olivia who is first to spot that The Beeches has been sold at last. Soon rumours begin to swirl around the young widow who has...