Aerospace Engineering Course

Engineers checking a get engine, (GAA, 2013)

The reason why I am studying in the United Kingdom is that my aerospace engineering course is not available at my home country of Bahrain. Some universities have just started to dedicate aerospace engineering courses. According to Ameinfo.com (2012) Bahrain has become the second HND provider for aerospace engineering in the Middle-East. However, these initial achievement does not seem to be strong enough to persuade students that are hoping to study BEng to apply for lower degree. This forces students that are hoping to study this course to travel abroad to somewhere that offer more prestigious courses.

There are not well-developed courses for aerospace engineering simply because there is no aviation industry in the country neither in the middle-east. The thriving commercial aviation in the middle-east requires huge amount of technicians that keep maintaining aircrafts but not to design new ones  BAS (2011) announced that "Our certifying staff and qualified mechanics perform inspections, routine and non routine checks, snag rectification, cabin maintenance...". Nevertheless, there is still a little demand for engineers for managing and planning the process of aircraft maintenance.

At the end, I would absolutely wish if there were sophisticated aerospace engineering courses in Bahrain. If this was the case I would not sustain the long distances away from my home and family. Also, it would be drastically useful for the economic of Bahrain to bring in this pioneering industry of aviation.

Bibliography


Ameinfo.com (2012) BAETC first in Bahrain to offer aeronautical engineering 'Edexcel HND' qualification. Available at: http://www.ameinfo.com/287469.html (Accessed: 28 February 2012).

BAS (2011) Aircraft Engineering Services. Available at: http://www.bas.com.bh/Pages.aspx?id=S3fls72kWao= (Accessed: 28 February 2012).

GAA (2013) Engineers Checking a Jet Engine [Online] Available at: http://gaa.aero/default.asp?action=category&id=52 (Accessed: 28 February 2012).

Interesting traditions in the UK

Every person around the entire world has a distinguished culture. Many people when hear the world of culture they may automatically think about traditions, customs, food and art. However, culture can be defined as common patterns, behaviours and understanding that people acquire through socializing. This blog will address notable traditions in the UK. 

Throughout my settlement in the United Kingdom I have noticed many interesting traditions. The Bonfire Night, for example, one of them. The Bonfire Night coincides the 5th November when all people of England celebrate every year. The celebration is to burn a dull the represents the character of Guy Fawkes that his plot is to blow up the house of parliament about 400 years ago. Unfortunately, the plot was foiled when Guy Fawkes was arrested and tortured to death. Since, it became one of the popular traditions in the UK, BBC (2013). 

Figueiredo (2013)

One of the strange traditions is that the Pancake. Education Scotland ( 2013) says that “Pancake Day is the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. It is celebrated throughout the UK by the cooking and eating of pancakes.” I did not know this day until the English family that I was living with last year served me one. 

At the end, there are other interesting traditions but these two amazed me more. If you’re planning to come over you have not miss these two days and I am sure you will like them. 

Bibliography


BBC (2013) Guy Fawkes. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/people/guy_fawkes (Accessed: 14 February 2013). 

Education Scotland (2013) Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) - 12 February 2013. Available at: http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/resources/s/shrovetuesday.asp (Accessed: 14 February 2013).


Figueiredo, P. (2013) [Online]. Available at: http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/resources/s/shrovetuesday.asp (Accessed: 14 February 2013 ).

Popular Sports in the UK

The United Kingdom is so popular in many sport games. When the talk is about sport, the first thing may come across your mind is football that England is so popular for. However, there are many interesting traditional and modern sport games that are spread out all over the country. 

Football is one of the most popular sports in the UK, and it is the national sport of England where the most famous clubs come from such as Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal. The reason why football is so popular in England more than other countries is that the game originated there, (FIFA, 2013). 

Alongside Football, there are many other sports such as rugby. It might be the second popular game in the UK after football. Here, Wales is the home of rugby that is the national game of Wales. According to Guardian (2003), rugby began in 1823 when the 16 year old boy, William Webb Ellis ignored the rules of Football and picked up the ball and ran with it. Since it became popular and spreaded to different parts of the UK. 

In conclusion, sport games are numerous in the United Kingdom, but Football and rugby seem to drastically have huge audiences not only in the UK but also in many parts of the world. They have this popularity because of the enjoyable and interesting rules of playing. 

Bibliography


FIFA (2013) The History of Football. Available at: http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/history/game/historygame1.html (Accessed: 13 February 2013).



Guardian (2003) A brief history of rugby. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2003/oct/06/rugbyworldcup2003.rugbyunion6 (Accessed: 13 February 2013).

Urdu Community in the UK

It is observed that Urdu community has become one of the biggest in the United Kingdom. Generally, Urdu is the official language in Pakistan that is spoken by more than 100 million people, according to Edwards (2007). 



Urdu speakers are distributed all over the UK, but they are mounting in the capital London, the northern textile towns and the West Midlands, Edwards (2007). Urdu community first appeared when Pakistanis immigration to Britain started in early 17th century, BBC (2003).



One interesting fact is that the first book in Urdu is called Sabras translated from Persian and was written in 1635-36 by Mullah Asadullah Wajhi. Also, the first book printed using a printing press that was brought from india by Portuguese was Bagh-o-bahar by Mir Amman, published in 1801, BBC (2013).



Urdu community has added much to the culture of the United Kingdom, they also contributed in the British sport. BBC (2008) stated that “Amir Khan's contribution to British boxing has taken him to national and global recognition and he was nominated BBC Sports Personality of 2005.” Beside the Pakistani and Indian food that is very common nowadays throughout the UK.







Bibliography



BBC (2003) The Pakistani Community. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/untold_stories/asian/pakistani_community.shtml (Accessed: 7 February 2013).



BBC (2008) Pakistani London. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2005/05/26/pakistan_london_feature.shtml (Accessed: 7 February 2013).



BBC (2013) A Guide to Urdu - 10 facts about the Urdu language. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/urdu/guide/facts.shtml (Accessed: 7 February 2013).



Edwards, V. (2007) Your Voice: Urdu. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/multilingual/urdu.shtml (Accessed at: 7 February 2013).