CLASS AND WELFARE SYSTEM

   P.O.S.H' has different meanings, some believe port out starboard home, this word was originated the journey between England and India in the name of raj it is used to refer to people of high class, esteem ( Phase finder 2012)

ANSWERS ON WELFARE QUESTIONS

1.     There are different ages for retirement for different professions but the official age for retirement in Nigeria is 60 years or 30- 35 year of civil service, this age applies to men and women.  

2.      In Nigeria, the Government does not provide old age pension for people too old to work.

3.      Unemployed people do not receive any benefit in Nigeria.

4.     Maternity benefits - when a pregnant woman goes on maternity leave, 50% of the salary is paid, that is it only benefit pregnant workers and not all companies agree to it, Death grants.

5.        Social workers are in Nigeria, but are not popular because funds are not allocated to              them and the organization is not effective.

6.     SOS Children Village- Through individual donations.

Stepping Stones Nigeria - online and individual donations.

7.     There is no equivalent of Citizens Advice Bureau in Nigeria.

8.     There is no equivalent of NHS in Nigeria, though government hospitals are available.

9.     In  Nigeria, Doctors are not very well paid, a strike were held in Nigeria  for close two years for the increment of salaries for the doctors, no certain amount was given.
Reference 
Phase finder (2012) POSH [Online]. Available   at: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/port%20out%20starboard%20home.html 

QUALITY OF LIFE

QUALITY OF LIFE AT THE UNIVERSITY

 
        Moving from Nigeria to the UK to study at the University of Glamorgan was a challenging decision to make. It was also an opportunity to learn in a new environment. There are lots of factors to be considered: the food, weather, racism, money, accommodation, culture, clothing etc. The Quality of life at the University of Glamorgan will be discussed.

            Food is essential for everyone, getting African dishes or food stuff in wales is difficult. The foods found in wales are British or European. This is a big problem because some of the foods are strange, but in other part of UK African food is easily accessible and cheap. The African shops in Cardiff are expensive.

            Another problem is the weather. It rains frequently in Treforest; one has to have rain coat, boot and umbrella. It is very cold in the UK; while back home it is very warm about 27° and sunny.

            Due to the weather in the UK, one has to wear warm clothing ranging from sweater, jackets, boots, hoods, gloves, long sleeves, thermals while back home light clothing were used often.

Furthermore, the rate of racism in wales is pronounced, usually outside the school environment. This really affects most of the international students in term of getting a job or a house to rent.

Due to the exchange rate between the naira (#) and pounds (£), money is a big factor, £1- #250 which is a huge difference. When spending in the UK, Nigerians are always mindful of their spending because the money is big back home.

Studying in the UK is a big opportunity because the study skill in the University of Glamorgan is one of the best; it improves one’s way of approaching problems, it is better compared to the educational system in Nigeria.

To sum up, studying at the University of Glamorgan has been has imparts in various factors, like food, accommodation, money, study skill etc. it is of great benefits to study at the University.

REFERENCE

BCIE (2012) Available at:   http://www.bcie.co.uk/UserFiles/Image/glamorgan_logo.jpg (Accessed: 10 December  2012)

NOTES OF LONDON POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

Presentation Summary

      A PowerPoint presentation was held in class today the 23th of November 2012, it was a group presentation. The notes taken for the group presentation are highlighted as follows:

 Ayo/ Timileyi- 

• THE UK RIOT
• 6th-9th  of August 2011
• The fact
• About five people killed
• About 2000 rioters arrested

References

Guardian (2012) ‘UK riot 2011’ UK riot [Online]. Available at: http.guardian.co.uk/uk/London-riots (Accessed: 22 November 2012)

 BBC (2011) ‘UK riots 2011’ looking back at the English riots Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14452097 (Accessed: 22 November 2012)  

Amal/ Joy

•  London riots
• Causes and effect
• Death of Mark Duggard
• Economic and political condition
• Harassment by the police in Tottenham neighbourhood
• Period- claimed London  riot started on the 4th of august
• over 1500 people arrested
• Mass destruction on shops and malls
• Terror

Conclusion

• Last's year riot was  massive  and the worst riot ever held in the UK

Reference

BBC (2011) London riot [Online]. Available at :http.bbc.co.uk (Accessed: 22 November 2012)

Praygod/ Nimesh

Cause of the riot 

·           Death of Mark Duggan 

·         Police pushed Stafford Scott ( community activist) 

·         Unemployment

Effect of the riot 

·         Death of people 

·         People living in fear 

·         Mobile phones

  Reference 

Muir, H. (2012)' Tottenham riots: missteps in the dance of police and frustrated community', The Guardian, 5 September [online]. Available at: http://www.gurdian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/05/tottenham-riots-police-community (Accessed: 22 November 2012).

Willie/ Ishan

What causes Riots?

·         Disagreement between two or more people 

·         oppression 

·         Lack of fathers

·         Racism 

·         opportunism 

·         Social exclusion 

·         Lack of fathers 

Reference

 BBC (2012) The competing agreement used to explain the riots [Online]. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14483149 (Accessed: 23 November 2012).

My personal view

·         The UK riot occurred on the 6^th of august 2011 after the death of mark Duggan, 29

·         It occurred in Tottenham  and later spread to other parts of UK

·         It was a peaceful protest until  criminal were involved

·         Economic instability also triggered the riot

·         The riot lasted for four days

·         Looting and destruction of properties

·         About 200 million worth of properties loosed

·         More than 1500 people were arrested, most of those arrested had criminal record

·         The country was on  stand-still during the riot  

Saving the building

            (Daily mail 2011). Fire fighters doing their job.

Reference

Daily mail (2011)  [Online}. Available at: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/09/article-2023949-0D5E25E400000578-760_634x430.jpg (Accessed: 13 December 2012)

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A QUALITY NEWSPAPER AND A TABLOID NEWSPAPER

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN QUALITY AND TABLOID NEWSPAPER
THE INDEPENDENT: Two Fat Duck chefs killed in Hong Kong by Sam masters		DAILY MAIL: First picture of chef killed in Hong Kong crash: Two staff from Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant die after taxi is crushed between two buses
	QUALITY NEWSPAPER		TABLOID NEWSPAPER
Language	Formal language e.g. ‘uniquely talented’		Informal language e.g.
Reporter’s view	Was objective, the reporter was not biased.		Subjective e.g. they were trapped in the cab for more than an hour, who said it? Comment were also made by the owner’s son
Content details	Quite  detailed, briefly explained how the restaurant was opened and how the accident occurred		Not really detailed, gave details of the tour in Hong king, most of this details are not important
Reference	Hong Kong police spokesman confirmed the accident		-Hong Kong police spokesman -  the chefs colleague , the restaurant spokesmen
Visual	Contained a minimal picture of the building of The Fat Ducks where the chefs worked.		Had ten pictures picture; the victims, when the accident occurred, the picture of owner if the fat duck and his partner, the first restaurant he had and so on

References

Gladdis, K. and Duell, M (2012) ‘First picture of chef killed in Hong Kong crash: Two staff from Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant die after taxi is crushed between two buses’  Daily mail 2oth November Available at : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2235880/Two-chefs-Heston-Blumenthals-Fat-Duck-restaurant-killed-car-crash-Hong-Kong.html  (Accessed: 21 November 2012).

 Master, S (2012) ‘Two Fat Duck chefs killed in Hong Kong’ The Independent [Online].20th  November Available at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/two-fat-duck-chefs-killed-in-hong-kong-8336280.html  (Accessed: 22 November 2012)

 

 

LANGUAGE- The Yorùbá language

THE YORUBA LANGUAGE

The Yorùbá language originated from western Nigeria in Africa. As decades have gone by, the language has spread to other West African countries; republic of Benin and Togo. A lot of communities speak the Yorùbá language due migration, business and other reasons. Some part of Congo, Cote d’lvore, Ghana, Senegal, Ghana, also uses it as a medium for trading.

This language has spread to most part of the world, according to BBC (2007),

an estimated 20+ million people speak Yorùbá all over the world as their first language while 2 million people speak it as their second language.

In the UK, is Yorùbá spoken in several part of London; Greenwich, Brixton, hackney, Lambeth, Southwark and mostly in Peckham (south east London), where passer-by and people speak it fluently, they have a Yoruba community there (BBC 2007). 

There is no specific history of Yorùbá in the UK, when it was first spoken, by whom and the story behind the arrival in the UK. The language might have come from migration of a Yorùbá group to the UK.

The three religions in Yorùbá are Christianity, Islam and traditional worship.  It is believed that Oduduwa was the first king of the Yoruba land, he settled in ile-ife in Osun state in Nigeria.The people of the Yorùbá engaged in lots of art and crafts. It is officially an Orthography (Malomo 2012).

This language is not just a way of communication buy also a way of discipline, passing moral values, expectation and religion (Malomo, 2012).   

 

A Yoruba styled door

(Think press Africa, 2012)

REFERENCES

BBC (2007) Yoruba Your voice  [Online]. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/multilingual/yoruba.shtml (Accessed : 15 November 2012).

Malomo, T. (2012) Hold Your Tongue Yoruba in the Diaspora

Think Africa Press [Online] Available at: http://thinkafricapress.com/nigeria/yoruba-diaspora ( Accessed: 15 November 2012). 

SOAS University Of London (2012) Languages of Africa at SOAS: Yorùbá’ available at: http://www.soas.ac.uk/africa/languages/languages-of-africa-at-soas-yorb.html (Accessed: 13 November 2012).

Thinkafricapress.com (2012) A Yoruba styled door Available at:

http://thinkafricapress.com/sites/default/files/styles/400xy/public/door.jpg (Accessed: 15 November 2012).

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

What are the advantages and disadvantages of the European Union?

Membership in the EU is a mixed blessing. The greatest good, in general, is access to the free trade zone, Freedom of people's movement; you can travel, live and work in any EU country without the restrictions. By becoming part of the EU, any country has access to the markets of all the other countries in the EU. This is, generally speaking, an advantage because it increases the size of the potential market for each firm.  From a travelling tourist's point of view, it's great to be able to drive between the borders of EU countries without having to stop at checkpoints to produce passport identification it’s much easier borders to cross. Regarding citizenship, travel and work between member nations is unrestricted, so people facing economic difficulties and unemployment in their home nations may more easily move between nations to find employment.

 

On the other hand, EU membership brings with it some limitations on sovereignty.  Apart from the trade benefits, it is clear that there are plenty of negatives, as is shown by the current crisis that member nations such as Ireland, Portugal and Greece are facing. In addition, the loss of sovereignty is something that is much complained about. It is very difficult to have one system of laws for so many different countries with their own culture and background EU members cannot enact laws that violate various provisions of the basic EU laws.  For example, they cannot close their borders to people from other countries in the EU.  There are countless other examples having to do with much lesser issues like the labelling of food. This means that the countries are not free to enact any sort of laws that they want, which is something that sovereign countries are supposed to be able to do.

References

Euroblog (2012) available at: http://www.europeword.com/blog/europe/european-union-pros-and-cons/  (8 November 2012)

TIME MANAGEMENT

The Term 'Time Management' is a practice by which we manage or control our time in order to achieve a goal.

According to Time thought (2011), Time Management ' is a set of principles, practices, skills, tools, and systems working together to help you get more value out of your time with the aim of improving the quality of your life.

STRENGTH OF TIME MANAGEMENT

·         It aid to balance work time

·         It makes you complete task on time and make you avoid procrastination

·         It help in better collaboration with people

·         Makes one build a successive career

·         Makes one focus with less time effort

WEAKNESS OF TIME MANAGEMENT

·         When there is no efficiency in managing time after learning time management skills then it is a weakness.

WAYS TO IMPROVE TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS

·         Make a to-do list for your task

·         Set priority, state and due date for the task

·         Drag and drop task when in progress with the list

·         Set alarms and reminder for your task and receive notification

 

Reference:

Taskmanagement.com (2012) ‘time management strength and weaknesses’ available at: http://www.taskmanagementguide.com/scheduling-tasks/time-management-strengths-and-weaknesses.php ( Accessed: 8 November 9, 2012)