Civil Engineering

HOD Civil Engineering (2013)

Civil engineering is one of the most important majors in Qatar these days. Most companies need the students who study that major because it includes architecture, health and safety, and construction planning. According to Ice.org.uk (2013), "Civil engineering is the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of mankind." These days many universities in Qatar teach students that major, such as, Qatar University and the College of North Atlantic. There are many reasons that let me come forward to the UK for study my major at University of Glamorgan, and of the these reasons is that in Qatar the study is more difficult comparing to the UK. In my country, I have all the interesting things that do not let me concentrate on study. Moreover, the other reason is the rank of Qatar University in the world; it is 927 according to 4icu.org (2013). Although, there are difference and similarities between Qatar and the UK in Universities. For example, the way of teaching and the nationalities of teachers that teaches the students. In Qatar, most of the teachers are from Arabic country and there are a different in pronunciation. However, in the UK, teachers are from the same country and it is easy for the students to understand what they talk about and the pronunciation is very well. Also, in both universities they have an assignment that all students should do it and submit it on time. Even though the word count for the essays are too many (start from 1000 to 4000) for both countries. Therefore, studying at the UK is more comfortable than Qatar.

Bibliography

HOD Civil Engineering (2013) Civil Engineering. Available at: http://hodcivil.edublogs.org/ (Accessed: 28 February 2013).

ice.org.uk (2013) What is Civil Engineering. Available at: http://www.ice.org.uk/nearyou/UK-Regions/Northern-Ireland/Education (Accessed: 28 February 2013).

4icu.org (2012) Qatar University. Available at: http://www.4icu.org/reviews/3905.htm (Accessed: 28 February 2013).

Culture in the UK

Fish and chips (thegrocer.co.uk)

Since 11 January 2011, this was the first time for me to enter the UK. It was the best year for me to enter the UK. The trip to UK was to study at the Bridge Program at Cardiff University. I gained knowledge from that course about some of the British culture. It is interesting to learn about other culture, as an example, the British culture.

Culture differs from one country to another. According to the Centre for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) (2012), culture is the “Shared pattern of behaviours and interactions, cognitive, contracts and affective understanding.” In the UK, people are so helpful and kind with contact to other people. People in the UK use their culture every day and every time, in their clothes, food and life style. Fish and chips is one of the famous food in the UK. According to BBC (2013) fish and chips have fed millions of memories - eaten with greasy fingers on a seaside holiday.

Bibliography

BBC (2013) The unlikely origin of fish and chips. Available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8419026.stm ( Accessed: 21 February 2013 ).

CARLA (2012) Culture. Available at: http://www.carla.umn.edu/error403.html (Accessed: 21 February 2013).

thegrocer.co.uk (2013) Brits vote fish and chips as ' most iconic ' food. Available at: http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/fmcg/brits-vote-fish-and-chips-as-most-iconic-food/227339.article (Accessed: 21 March 2013).

Sports

Popular sports in the UK

Manchester University (2013)

I can’t start my blog without telling you about the Olympic game that was in London 2012. It was in summer 2012 in London, and a lot of countries were play in that Olympic game. It is one of the important inventions in the UK.

 England:

The most popular sports in England are Football, Rugby, and cricket (england.org.za 2013 ). Moreover, now a day the most sports are football and cricket, because it is the most useful sports and people enjoy that’s games. Also, the popular game in England is football. For example, there are a lot of football sports team in England, such as, Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and a lot of them.

  Ireland:

In Ireland there are many popular sports, like Soccer, Hockey, and Rugby Union (irelandlogue.com 2013). People are interesting in these sports because they are depending in the moving of body and by more flexible. Moreover, it better for their physical health. On the other hand, the most traditional sport in Ireland is curling/hurling. It’s the same as football but in curling/hurling they use sticks to play, and they run along the stadium and hit the small ball by the stick. This game was published in the 16 century (irish-curling.org 2013).

Scotland:

The most popular sports in Scotland are Football, Rugby, and Golf (talentscotland.com 2012). They are important in Scotland and also they are so helpful and useful for the health. Moreover, the most tradition game in Scotland is Football because its more interesting in Scotland.

Wales:

Finally, the popular sports in Wales are football, rugby, and swimming (barryanddistrictnews.co.uk 2013). According to Barry and district news that swimming is the most popular sport in Wales with 48%, then football with 45%, and finally rugby 35%.

Bibliography

Talentscotland.com (2012) Welcome to sports. Available at: http://www.talentscotland.com/Students/Live-and-Work/Sport.aspx ( Accessed: 14 February 2013 ).

Irelandlogue.com (2013) Ireland Sporting Events. Available at: http://www.irelandlogue.com/sporting-events ( Accessed: 14 February 2013 ).

 

Nriol.com (1997) Sports in the UK. Available at: http://www.nriol.com/welcome2uk/sports-in-uk.asp ( Accessed: 14 February 2013 ).