United Kingdom Essay Examples

Rising affluence has been associated with a reduction in the production of waste emissions within the UK. However, the waste emissions associated with the total consumption in the UK have risen. Can both these statements can be true? There is little doubt that contemporary industrial society is increasingly becoming more consumerist. The story of the […]

Introduction: In recent years, there has been increasing attention focused on the concept of ’employee voice’ in management literature. Alongside this, business analysts have extensively examined different power structures and dynamics within the workplace. Although terms like ‘involvement’ and ‘participation’ have been defined, there is still no agreement reached on a universal level. Employee unions […]

Research Background: Humans immigrate to one country from another country because of a number of reasons. Sometimes they are forced to immigrate due to conflict or to avoid persecution, while sometimes they simply move for better prospects. Such movement of people in large numbers causes many problems. Immigration to the UK since 1922 has been […]

Ken Loach’s 1969 masterpiece Kes is rich in social narratives. The 1960s was a decade of cultural and political upheaval in Europe and America. Some of these changes were captured in the film within the structures of narrative story telling. The late 1960s witnessed an end of an era in British economics, for it marked […]

How real do you think the terrorist threat is to the commercial sector? Explain and justify your opinion In my opinion the terrorist threat to the commercial sector is a very real one which should not be overlooked. The commercial sector within the UK consists of a multitude of different industries that as a whole […]

The UK currently has a system of Parliament whereby there are two chambers who can pass or reject (or, in the House of Lords just delay) bills. The House of Commons is a fully elected chamber and it is made up of representatives from different areas in the United Kingdom. However, the House of Lords […]

Buckingham Palace, one of several palaces owned by the British Royal family, is one of the major tourist attractions in London. The Changing of the Guard in front of the palace always attracts plenty of spectators. Buckingham Palace is the official London residence and principal workplace of the British monarch. Located in the City of […]

1. Basic information about London Heathrow The biggest airport in the United Kingdom is really impressive. With a size of 1,227 hectares, two runways, five terminals, 65,7 million passengers arriving and departing in 2010 and as one of the biggest employer with over 76.000 employees, London Heathrow is the biggest airport in Europe and Britain’s […]

A National Survey conducted by the Office of Educational Testing of Curriculum and Instruction, Ministry of Education in 1997 and 1998 (Wiriyachitra, 2001) revealed that Thais’ English proficiency falls below standard. This finding is supported by a report from the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in 2010, which ranked Thailand as the 116th out of 163 […]

Penang is a state in Malaysia and the name of its constituent island, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It is bordered by Kedah in the north and east, and Perak in the south. Penang is the second smallest Malaysian state in area after Perlis, and the eighth […]

Investigating Social Realism: with reference to Sweet Sixteen (2002) and This Is England (2006) Within the last few years British Cinema and Realism have been linked. “Realism began in the 1930’s with documentary films, and a prime example of this is with the ‘father of documentary’ John Grierson, who founded the British documentary movement and […]

Built on the idea of change, the roots of succession planning (SP) lie within anthropology and the study of kinship (Fox, 1967, pp. 16-7, 1993; Fortes, 1970, p. 305; Parkin, 1997, pp. 22-3, 127). Early work into business succession by authors such as Christensen (1953), Gouldner (1954), Trow (1961), and Guest (1962) helped to fuel […]

One of the most daunting questions posed to graduate students (or any student for that matter) is the one inquiring about their focus. When asked about this project, I have told friends and family that I study the use of Americanness in British comedy as a means to reassert a sense of British identity. This […]

Tipoo’s Tiger is symbolic of the clash between the East and West, with India being representative of the East and Europe embodying the West. The tiger serves as an icon for Indian strength, portrayed devouring a British soldier. Despite its historical roots in India, this relic currently resides in London at the Victoria and Albert […]

Plantation of Ulster was mainly a planned process of colonization that took place in the early 17th century in the northern Irish province of Ulster. This took place when James I of England was reigning. The main settlers on the land were mainly the English and the Scottish Protestants. This land had been taken away […]

In 1909 Lloyd George needed to find 15 million of extra revenue to provide for the new social services and for the construction of naval warships, to do this the budget had to be passed. It was not easy for Lloyd George to finance social reforms because OAPs which were introduced in 1908, cost ? […]

As both Britain and Germany were forced to direct all efforts of the nation’s people and resources into the war, the war was no longer fought only on the battlefield – a new front was created. The home front. The lives of civilians were greatly affected as their countries economies and supplies suffered and the […]

I disagree with this statement ‘It is always a positive benefit to live in two cultures at the same time’ because the poem ‘Search for my tongue’ is an autobiographical poem about an Indian woman moving to a different country having to learn another language, this is a negative benefit she will forget her own […]

In this essay one would seek to critically discuss the view that the Moyne commission was a waste of time .The Moyne Commission started August 3rd 1938 and ended on February 20th 1939 which was appointed by the British Government to investigate social and economic conditions in Barbados, the Leeward Islands, Jamaica, British Honduras, British […]

The Skills Dilemma Skills Under-Utilisation and Low-Wage Work A Bottom Ten Million Research Paper Jonny Wright and Paul Sissons January 2012 Contents 1. Introduction 2. Skills under-utilisation in the UK and low-wage work – the scale of the problem 3. The challenge of improving low-wage work: the role of skills utilisation 4. An analysis of […]

This report will examine the affects of the global financial crisis, which was a result of the collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market in the United States, on the UK economy. First of all, it will look at the background of the global financial crisis. Secondly, this paper will analyses why the UK economy has […]

Complex processes, producing large mass products and manufacturing on a large scale is what gives heavy industry its name. These industries include manufactures of mass transport such as ships and trains, oil refineries, mining industries, and steel manufacturing. As these industries operate on such a large scale they require a lot of resources such as […]