University of Ulster Essays

  • Vernon Treweeke Research Paper

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    Who is your selected artist and highlight their educational background. Di$count Univer$e is a fashion label founded in 2009 by Cami James and Nadia Napreychikov. The two met while studying design at RMIT University in Melbourne (Cargo Collective 2013). 2. Briefly describe your selected artists' artwork. What is it made of? Why do you think the artist has selected these materials? How is it exhibited? The work is a multi-coloured leather jacket with metal

  • The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, Co. Down, Northern Ireland

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    The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, Co. Down, Northern Ireland Monuments and museums are arenas of public history and for the formation and articulation of identities and narratives.[1] Decisions taken as to the formation of museums and the selection, display and organisation of exhibits are influenced by criteria which are not necessarily politically neutral; these may especially involve devices of political elites to emphasise aspects of communal togetherness and thus exert control

  • Emyr Estyn Evans Contribution To Irish Studies

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    this essay; it is in large, partly attributed to the foundations laid and explorations undertaken by E. E Evans. Although a lot of Evans life and achievements were lived and realised in Ulster and Belfast his lasting legacy is felt as a whole on the island of Ireland. He believed in the nine counties of Ulster being just that rather than making aware or highlighting the divide that is North and South of the border. He once recalled how he saw the Irish heritage as a single theme with many variations

  • The Ulster Museum: Is It a Treasure or a Reaction to Its Turbulent Past?

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    Introduction pg. 2 Historical background of the Ulster Museum pg. 2 Context pg. 4 Description of spaces pg. 5 The Potential step forward pg. 5 Conclusion pg. 6 Bibliography pg. 7 Books pg. 7 Journals pg. 7 Internet pg. 7 Introduction This museum has been in transition at pivotal points of its historical time line thus far. It begs the question though, does it work as an architectural

  • The Differences Between Treatment of Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland

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    Northern Ireland. The parliament was Protestant and local governments often favoured Protestants over catholic, even when it was just an individual against a family, regarding the allocation of housing. As well as this, Catholic who applied to university or colleges stood a much chance of being rejected than Protestants because of this, Catholics found it much harder to get high paid jobs and were much less likely to be promoted to higher positions. Catholics found it difficult to change their

  • The Role and Leadership of Terence O'Neill in Northern Ireland

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    term as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. I shall describe his style of leadership and in particular focus on his responses to some of the major controversial issues that arose during his term of office. These include the citing of the new university at Coleraine instead of Derry, and the Invitation of the Taoiseach, Sean Lemass to Stormont without prior approval of his cabinet. Finally I shall attempt to analyse his reaction to the immense pressure thrust upon him by the Civil Rights

  • Conflict in the Emerald Isle

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    com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/nireland/overview.htm O’ Malley, Padraig. The Uncivil Wars: Ireland Today. Boston: Houghton Millflin Company, 1983. Wolf, Dr. Charles. “1908-16 Sinn Fein Propaganda Labels”. Rare Books and Special Collections. 2000. University of Notre Dame. March 12, 2002 http://www.rarebooks.nd.edu/digital/stamps/irish/set4L/set4L.html

  • Sojourner Truth Essay

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    diligently at freedman Village to help them to get living accommodations (Butler, nd). In 1971, the State University of New York at New Paltz was dedicated to Sojourner Truth. The library is name after her, it may seem strange that a woman that could not read or write would have a library name after her. Sojourner was a great speaker for human rights, and one of the greatest activist that came from Ulster County. Sojourner often told people “I can 't read books, but I can read the people” (Nyquist,

  • Exploring Why the British Troops Were Sent into Northern Ireland in 1969

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    1500 the English took control for the first time by way of force due to the Irish being loyal to Catholicism and the English were strong protestants. The soldiers drove farmers off their land. The protestants were strongest in Northern Ireland, Ulster. The Irish made a rebellion but this was crushed at the battle of Boyne, many laws were passed to keep the Catholics quiet. Even up to 1914 the Irish were unwilling to accept English domination. They were completely against it. They called themselves

  • Persuasive Essay On The Use Of Drugs In Sports

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    ‘spirit of sport’.The use of banned drugs by athletes is referred to as ‘doping’. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), and more recently, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have been leading the way in the battle against drugs in sport.( University of Ulster). Why do athletes that are even role models take drugs? Most athletes take drugs to enhance their physical performance in an attempt to prevent them falling behind other competitors, even if it does mean damaging their health and ri... .

  • Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe

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    of the Yeatsian tragic hero. From the Ulster cycle of Irish folklore, “The Death of Aife’s One Son” was an inspiration that inspired Nigerian novelist. The legend is told about a warrior queen, Aife, whom Cuchulainn, a hero trained by Scathach, defeated within a single combat. Aife agreed to accept Cuchulainn’s baby in exchange for her life. Aife was told to name the child Connla, give the child the ring when the boy’s finger fits it and send him to Ulster before Cuchulainn departed from Aife. After

  • 19th Century Ireland Research Paper

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    1922. This lays down the basic standards for a second level school. In 1967 free education came into Ireland. There was one university in Ireland in 1831, Trinity College Dublin. This was founded in 1591 and was protestant until 1873 when religious tests for entry stopped. In 1845, Queen’s colleges were founded in Belfast, Cork and Galway. In 1908, the National university of Ireland was founded. The Queens colleges changed their names to UCD, UCC and UCG apart from Belfast where the college kept

  • Heroes of Celtic and Germanic Mythology

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    Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. 1988. The Nibelungenlied. Translated by Hatto, A.T. London: The Penguin Group. 1969. Powell, T.G.E. The Celts. New York: Thames and Hudson, Inc. 1980. The Tain: From the Irish Epic Tain Bo Cuailnge. Translated by Kinsella, Thomas. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc. 1969.

  • How Did The Great Awakening Contribute To Religion

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    Though born in Ireland, Gilbert Tennent and his family migrated from the region in Ulster to America. Tennent’s father, William founded the first American Presbyterian theological seminary on the Pennsylvania frontier known as “The Log College” because of its construction. Formerly educated by his father, Tennent later attended the Log College and eventually became an ordained minister in New Brunswick in 1726. Although imitative of fellow evangelist Whitfield, and his spiritual mentor Theodorus

  • The Development of the Centre for Migration Studies Irish Emigration Database

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    The Development of the Centre for Migration Studies Irish Emigration Database In 1988 the Ulster American Folk Park (UAFP) near Omagh in Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland began to set up a computerised Irish Emigration Database (IED) in its library. This was a ground-breaking project at that time and was immediately beset by problems of all kinds, the details of which will be explained later. By 1997 the Folk Park’s library had expanded to become the Centre for Emigration Studies and eventually the

  • The Usefulness of Collaborative Online Learning

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    or concepts, as complex as learning, into groups and/or stages as they tend to overly simplify the issues involved. For example I would agree w... ... middle of paper ... ...Thinking: Cognitive Development in Social Context. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Salmon, G. (2003). Etivities - The Key to Active Online Learning. London: Kogan Page. van Blankenstein, F. M., Dolmans, D. H., van der Vleuten, C. P., & Schmidt, H. G. (2009). Which cognitive processes support learning during small-group

  • Why I Want To Pursue A Science Degree

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    amount that computing will be used over the years whereas my currently incomplete Extended Diploma is allowing me to learn, understand and put these skills into a practical use. I also took part in and completed a programming course through Ulster University in JavaScript using the program called blue-j; this program allowed a number of pupils in a class to complete in introduction course on programming, this course

  • The Women's Movement in Ireland

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    organisations such as The Land League, they were not allowed to own or inherit property. Women did not have the same opportunities as men when it came to education, they were not allowed to attend lectures at either or Trinity College, Dublin or University College Dublin, but they were allowed to sit the same examinations as the male students, this however small was an advancement for women. In 1900 women began to seek more rights, they wanted voting rights, at the time they were unable to join

  • Use of Technology in Police Departments

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    policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?article_id=1527&fuseaction=display&issue_id=62008 Social Engineering: What It Is and How to Help Protect Yourself. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.microsoft.com/security/resources/socialengineering-whatis.aspx Ulster Sheriff's Office > Criminal Division > MDC System. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://ulstercountyny.gov/sheriff/criminal/MDC.html What is IP spoofing? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.webopedia

  • Importance of Cultural Perspectives

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    Literature UHCL 2008 research posting. Retrieved February 19, 2014, from http://coursesite.uhcl.edu/HSH/Whitec/LITR/5731copo/models/2008/rschpost/rpost2/r2post08richards.htm Cassirer, E., & Yale University (1944). An essay on man: An introduction to a philosophy of human culture. New Haven, U.S.A: Yale University Press. Kumar, B. (2012). What are the 12 essential roles of culture in society? Retrieved February 19, 2014, from http://www.preservearticles.com/201102214077/what-are-the-12-essential-roles-of-culture-in-society