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This Week in the World: a simple weekly habit for CAS coordinators

Every week, I'll be sharing a short briefing: one global story, five inquiry questions, and three possible CAS directions (Creativity, Activity, Service) — plus TOK, subject, and SDG connections for anyone who wants to go further.Here's how to use it:

 

🔹 Read the questions — pick 1-2 to raise with your students this week, in a CAS meeting, advisory, or informally.

 

🔹 Offer the CAS directions to any student stuck for ideas — starting points, not assignments. Let them adapt.

 

🔹 Use the TOK/subject/SDG links when you want to connect a student's CAS journey to the rest of their programme.

 

No project needs to come out of every issue. The goal isn't more activities — it's helping students notice that every global event raises real questions, and having a ready answer when a student asks "what could I do for CAS?"

 

If a story doesn't land with your group, no problem — next week brings a new one.

November

When Students Change a Country

Serbia's student-led movement wins a national election after two years of protest
 

 Deepfakes at the
Ballot Box

Brazil re-elects Lula in a runoff shaped by AI-generated campaign content
 

Negotiating the Future in Antalya

COP31 opens in Türkiye as almost every nation meets to negotiate climate action
 

When the Aid Runs Out
 

Global development aid falls for a third year in a row, to its lowest level since 2014
 

October

The Outbreak the World Isn't Watching

The DRC's largest Ebola outbreak on record, and the question of who decides what counts as news.

From Riding to Respecting

Nepal's Supreme Court orders an end to elephant safaris

 

Who Should Lead the World?

The race for the UN's first woman Secretary-General

 

Housing, Home and Who Gets to Stay

An 87-year-old's eviction sparks mass housing protests in Madrid

September

Nepal–Tibet Glacial Floods

Climate change raises questions of global responsibility.
 

West Africa Interfaith Cooperation

Religious leaders unite for peace

Dolly Parton’s Legacy Beyond Music

Creativity and generosity create lasting change.
 

Strait of Hormuz Tensions

Conflict threatens global trade and energy
 

August

SpaceX Booster Crashes Into the Moon

A discarded SpaceX booster crashed into the Moon 
 

Plastic Pollution

Global plastic treaty negotiations continue to stall
 

Commonwealth Games (Glasgow 2026)

July–August 2026 — The Commonwealth Games return to Glasgow

FIFA World Cup 2026

Summer 2026 — The FIFA World Cup, hosted across the USA, Canada and Mexico

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