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different independent organisations such as The Complete University Guide that offer league tables for Universities based on different factors. The University of Birmingham continually scored highly in these which helped me make my decision to study at Birmingham. In 2016 Birmingham had an overall ranking of 18 and for 2017 this has increased to 15 which highlights that Birmingham is increasingly prosperous as seen in figure 1. Moreover, graduate prospects are also high for the university which indicates that going to Birmingham can put you in a good position for the future. Figure: 1 (Top UK university league tables and rankings 2017, 2016) In the west-midlands, Birmingham is the second-best university as well as being the second-best university for accounting and finance based on rankings from The Complete University Guide (West midlands - top UK university league tables and rankings 2016, 2016). This is a factor that makes Birmingham an attractive choice as being able to go to the second-best university in the area can help you stand out from others during interviews and application processes for jobs and internships. The University of Birmingham has a wide range of facilities available on and around campus making it an enjoyable place to be. One thing that stood out about Birmingham was the new developments taking place. The new library opened in September 2016, this was a great improvement for the university as it provides a modern space for students to work. The new…

the United States) is the one and only, Midland, Texas. The “Tall City” is twenty miles northeast of Odessa and thirty-nine miles southwest of Big Spring. Its exact coordinates are 31.9973° latitude and -102.007911° longitude and it is located in the Mountains and Basins region of Texas. The average annual high temperature is 80°F and the average low is 50.9° F. Midland gets 14.9 inches of rain and two inches of snowfall on average annually. The great city has 123,933 people living in 71.51…

Values 2 Although Dow Corning’s restricted scope of business to breast implant research will prove that its “corporate culture” upholds the medical community’s “network of ethical value,” at the same time it also proves that it failed to maintain its “free expression” and “conservatism” within capitalistic markets (Brooks & Dunn, 2015, 1-530; Pfeiffer & Forsberg, 2014, p. Inside front cover -161). In other words, Dow Corning’s restricted business model could be viewed by the public as an…

over the border into the West. Using the border between the separate occupation zones to their favour, large numbers of GDR citizens averaging 180,000 per year until 1953 defected to the German Federal Republic. Prompted by the ever increasing oppressive nature of the Soviet Union and the paranoid measures taken by Joseph towards the occupied GDR, the emigration rate grew to a number of 335,000 in the year 1953 alone. Seeing this number as very damaging and unsustainable to the economy of the…

Living Legend? The first time I heard Kanye West rap was with his album 808’s and Heartbreaks. The first song I remember listening to was ‘Heartless’ by Kanye West. I was just a young boy, about 10 years old or so and I was relatively new to the to the music world and did not know much. I only really knew about the young pop stars that teenagers were all crazy about and the older music that my dad always listened to. But people at first told me not to listen to Kanye West because of his music…

The conflict began when Israel started implementing Jewish settlements in ex-Palestinian territory, which were the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem. Critics of the settlements argue that “the continued growth and construction of Israeli settlements assert that under international law, all of Israel 's West Bank settlements are illegal” (“Israeli Settlements”.) Although, Israel claims it is not illegal because Palestine is not a legal state. These settlements created enormous resistance,…

Galileo Galilei once said, “Passion is the genesis of genius”. Passionate people can be found from across the globe; however, the passion of one young man who comes from the Southside of Chicago is unmatchable and unique from anyone else. Kanye Omari West grew up in the “Windy City” of Chicago. Kanye’s mother, Donda West, was an English Professor and the first African American Chair of the English Department at Chicago State University. Kanye’s father, Ray West, who was also a former black…

Berlin Wall: A World Divided 1961-1989 written in 2007, brings to the front an almost forgotten event in history. He writes an in depth novel of what precipitated the events before the wall was built, and after it was torn down. Taylor gives a thorough account of the happenings, and with the use of evidence, personal account, interviews, and opinion he gives a delightful and at time somewhat controversial account of the Berlin Wall. The author gives account of the role that the nation 's played…

Anna Funder’s literary journalist text Stasiland explores the lingering impact that the former German Democratic Republic had upon its citizens. Through investigating the struggles faced by individuals in rebuilding their lives within unified Germany, Funder acknowledges that the horrors of the GDR are still controlling those who once lived under its communist regime. Through the victims Funder interviews, she identifies that as East Germany is rebuilt, so too are its people, as they attempt to…

The Berlin Journal by Robert Darnton provides an account on the reunification of East and West Berlin. Throughout the journal, Darnton reveals how confronting the past is an important step in moving forward. Darnton also examines the different meanings the Berlin Wall symbolized for East and West Berliners. Finally, the effects of reunification on the economic system were a concern among East Berliners as they did not want to let go of socialism. The three major themes in Darnton’s Berlin…