Immigration remains a widely debated issue in the UK‚ which is not surprising since the average gross annual inflow of immigrants into the UK has grown rapidly since the middle of the 1990s. According to the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS’s) International Passenger Survey (IPS) (2012)‚ the number of people immigrating to the UK has risen from around 50‚000 per annum at the beginning of the 1990s to 524‚000 per annum‚ on average‚ between 2004 and 2011(Mitchell‚ J. et al.‚ 2011). A flexible
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Distance Education is defined as an educational process in which for the majority of the time‚ the learning occurs when the teacher and learners are receiving and giving instructions at the same remote side from each other. Open University refer to ‘an organizational activity based on the use of teaching materials‚ in which the constraints on study are minimized either in terms of access‚ or of time and place‚ pace‚ methods of study or any combination of these’ (Periaton 2000 :13) One
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The Benefits of Distance Learning I. Easy access for both students and teachers II. Knowledge of instructors and classmates A. Posting of bibliographies III. One-on-one contact between instructor and student A. Phone contact B. Web-site email C. Chat areas IV. Students learn just as easily as in the classroom V. Access to other students through online communication A. Personal emails B. Classroom and group discussion boards C. Online course chat rooms
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The development of distance education has resulted from so-called push and pull factors: the technological advances created user demand‚ while extensive usage of technologies led to further development in technology. (Lewis et al‚ 1999). One can distinguish between four generations of distance education technologies. The timeframe of the first generation is from 1850s to1960 and the technologies employed are print (correspondence classes)‚ radio and instructional television. The second generation
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Before baseline 11-10 launches‚ the distance rocket traveled 6.73m and weighed 1.12 grams and the seconds rocket went .92 seconds and weighed .95 grams. By adding some cardstock for fins and taking off my clay and replacing it with tape it went quite a bit further and it went quite a bit faster‚ the weight was .93 grams. With the weight taken off‚ the rocket went 1.796 m farther. For the baseline launches‚ the distance average was 7.465m and .91 seconds and for the height the average was 2
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As Pryor mentioned‚ a Constitution “is a written document setting out a system of founding principles according to which a nation is constituted and governed‚ and‚ most particularly‚ by which is sovereign power is located” (Pryor‚ 2008‚ pp. 4). Therefore‚ constitutions limit the governments’ powers‚ protect people’s rights‚ and infer the legitimacy of the state. The constitution of Great Britain hasn’t been brought together into a single document like other commonwealth countries such as France – it
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legislation until December 2005. This development was met with pleasure and relief by the UK property industry. After an extended consultation period‚ the UK legislation creat- ing statutory REITs came into force on 1 January 2007. From that date‚ listed companies have been able to con- vert to REIT status and new REITs can be incorporated and listed. The central piece of legislation laying out the rules for UK-REITs3 is the Finance Act 2006. Part 4 and Schedules 16 and 17 of the Finance Act 2006
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There are currently 800‚000 people withdementia in the UK. There are over 17‚000 younger people with dementia in the UK. There are over 25‚000 people with dementia from black and minority ethnic groupsin the UK. There will be over a million people with dementia by 2021. Two thirds of people with dementia are women. The proportion of people with dementia doubles for every 5 year age group. One third of people over 95 have dementia. 60‚000 deaths a year are directly attributable to dementia
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This assignment is about gangs which are now a growing problem in the UK as it is reflected in media coverage and governmental responses to gangs‚ crime and violence. Gangs as defined by Eurogang network is said to be any durable street oriented youth group whose involvement are in illegal activity as part of their group identity. The other definition used in the article” Dying to belong” was that a gang can be defined as a relatively durable‚ predominantly street-based group of young people
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English 10/28/13 “Judging Distances” Analysis In “Judging Distances” by Henry Reed it is indicated that there are two voices speaking within the poem because they both have a different style of speaking. The first voice seems to be starting sentences such as‚ “Not only how far away‚ but the way you say it is it.” (1). The second voice then steps in to finish the latter’s sentence‚ “Is very Important. Perhaps you may never get the knack of judging a distance‚ but at least you know.” (2-3)
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