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workshops, and from students in the classroom. Will we be penalised if we discuss something that, according to the examiner, is not a global issue?</p> <p>The truth is, if you can articulate clearly (in the first minute of the oral) why a particular issue is of global significance - there is good advice in the Subject Guide here about it being 'transnational', of global signficance and having wide-ranging impacts that are felt in local contexts, for example - then you should be fine.</p> <p>Take a look, too, at the Blog post within this site about the M21 Subject Report. There is discusses why the global issue is so important, and what ideas were used successfully by some students around the world.</p> </div> <div class="brown"> <h3>UN Sustainable Development</h3> <p>Alternatively, why not check out the UN's Sustainable Development Goals below. 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