Opera houses and theaters As the traditional place of origin of the famous “Peking Opera” (see under “Special features of the city”), Beijing is of course also home to various theaters. First of all, the People’s Theater and the Beijing Concert Hall, which is simply a unique address for musical events, must be mentioned. The…
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Slovakia State Overview
Law In addition to civil and criminal matters, the ordinary jurisdiction is also responsible for comprehensive judicial administrative legal protection. It has a three-tier structure and is exercised by 54 district courts (the government is aiming for a lower number), eight district courts, a special criminal court (since 2004) and the Supreme Court. The latter…
Washington History
State of the union The completion of the North Pacific (1886) and Great North (1893) rail lines boosted Washington’s economy. The region’s economy, in its first decades as a state, depended mainly on agriculture and mining. Throughout the 1890s, modern irrigation techniques would allow agriculture to be practiced in the deserted eastern Washington region. There,…
Caribbean Information
The name “Leeward Islands” derives sichvon the prevailing wind direction in these latitudes of the northeast trade wind, the lasting influence on the climate in this part of the Lesser Antilles. Location The Leeward Islands extend in an arc from Puerto Rico to the southeast over a total area of 12,000 square kilometers. These include…
Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus (11)
The semester in Kuching was my second stay abroad, which was arranged or organized by MicroEDU. As last time, the application process was again very easy and you could always count on Rebekka if you had any questions. Put simply, you have to fill out an application form and provide proof of grades. Choosing a…
Vietnam History From its Origins to the Japanese Occupation of 1944
Inhabited since the Paleolithic, it began its cultural ascent in the Neolithic, joining later with the culture of the Viêt peoples, who began the work of systematic transformation of the deltaic areas into regularly cultivated agricultural areas, through the settlement of villages (xa), whose population worked collectively, owned the land reclaimed and was united by…
Guinea-Bissau Politics and Economy
Politics According to the constitution of May 16, 1984, which has been amended several times, Guinea-Bissau is a presidential republic with a multi-party system. The head of state, commander-in-chief of the armed forces and supreme owner of the executive is the president, who is directly elected for a period of 5 years (one-time re-election possible)….
Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus (10)
Organization I completed my semester abroad at Swinburne University in the 2015/16 winter semester. When it comes to organization, MicroEDU can do just about anything for you. I received all the forms from Sabine that I had to fill out as well as a checklist of other necessary documents. After completing and compiling my application…
Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus (9)
Application process If you want to apply to the university through MicroEDU, you can’t really go wrong. At the beginning of my application, MicroEDU sent me a set of instructions they had prepared, in which everything was described very well. Basically, all communication went through MicroEDU – I just sent all of my submissions to…
Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus (8)
I spent my semester abroad from September to December 2013 in Kuching, Malaysia at the Swinburne University of Technology. The university is actually an Australian and a private university. There were many other international students there during my semester. Other Germans, Danes and Swedes as well as Australians, Koreans and many Sri Lankans. The application…
Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus (7)
Preparation As my semester abroad got closer and closer and I rummaged through a mountain of information about which university was the best decision for me, I finally decided to go to Malaysia as a freemover with MicroEDU. It was the best decision I could make, because from then on everything was more organized, I…
Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus (6)
At the beginning of 2018 I did a semester abroad at the Swinburne University of Technology – Sarawak Campus in Kuching. I made the decision back then for various reasons. On the one hand I wanted to get to know a country outside of Europe and on the other hand I wanted a little adventure….
Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus (5)
Life, culture and food Malaysia is a very open and friendly country. All of us, whether German, Danish or students from Australia, were all welcomed to the university with an open heart. Basically, you can say that they always had an open ear for us. Malaysia is a multi-cultural state. This is particularly evident in…
Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus (4)
Arrival Malaysia – Sarawak – Kuching You have to know about Malaysia, there are two halves: West Malaysia and East Malaysia. Swinburne University is in the state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo in East Malaysia. Kuching, the state capital, has a lot to offer. One of the most beautiful places is the so-called…
Japan Cinema: Recent History
In the war period the best Japanese cinema refused to support or propagate imperial militarism and took refuge in the past (creating the genre geido-mono, biographies of artists of the Meiji era), in films about children (shonen-mono), in the love stories, in family intimacy and in appeals to humanity. Indeed, in the trilogy Shanghai, Nanjing,…
Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus (3)
Start of the semester abroad From February 2015 to June 2015 I did a semester abroad at the Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus. In the course of my semester abroad, I was asked again and again “Why did you want to study at Swinburne Sarawak”. To this day, I can’t really answer the question….
Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus (2)
I am studying Marketing and International Business at the University of Applied Sciences in Koblenz. As part of my bachelor’s degree, I was allowed to spend a semester abroad. So I completed my fifth semester at Swinburne University of Technology on the Sarawak Campus in Kuching. The decision You should decide early enough where you…
Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus (1)
General In the 2015 summer semester, I completed a semester abroad in Malaysia. For this I chose the Swinburne University of Technology in Kuching. My time in Malaysia was fantastic and I can only recommend a semester abroad in Kuching to everyone. Organizational matters I started looking into the subject about 1 year ago. The…
Germany Agriculture, Livestock and Fishing
Although it now plays, as in all Western countries, a completely marginal role (it contributes by less than 2 percentage points to the formation of GDP), German agriculture has recently shown an interesting dynamic. Traditionally oriented to the production of cereals, potatoes and products for industrial processing, the agriculture of the western regions has been…
Poland History and Culture
History Before the Great Migration, the area of today’s Poland was predominantly inhabited by East Germanic tribes. Slavs immigrated to the region from the 6th century. At the end of the 10th century, the Poles adopted Latin Christianity. With the coronation of Bolesław I from the Piast dynasty, Poland became a kingdom in 1025. From…
Namibia Economy
ECONOMY: GENERAL INFORMATION In colonial times, Namibia was gradually transformed into a supplier of raw materials, in particular of mineral resources and diamonds. In the first years of independence, organizational problems emerged including corruption and crime, the latter of international scope: the acquisition (1994) of Walvis Bay, previously under the South African administration, allowed the…
What is magic hexagon?
The magic hexagon of economic policy is based on the four quantitative goals of the magic square, which are expanded by two qualitative goals for the magic hexagon. The focus is on freedom, security, justice and prosperity. The defense against dangers caused by environmental pollution and climate change as well as a fair distribution of…
What is wage share?
The wage share (LQ) is a key figure from economics and stands for the share of national income that is formed solely by employee wages and is therefore a measure of income distribution in functional terms. Depending on whether taxes and social security contributions are taken into account in the calculation, a distinction can be…
What is achievement society?
A performance society is geared towards making performance worthwhile. Those who do more should also get more. Many members of a performance society take this principle as an opportunity to increase their own performance. In addition to a better income, a performance society also aims to get more power, a better social reputation and higher…
What is oligopoly?
The oligopoly is a type of market that is relatively common in practice. In a supply oligopoly, few suppliers face a relatively high number of buyers. The opposite is the case with a demand oligopoly, because here there are few demanders who can fall back on a large number of providers. A bilateral oligopoly exists…
What is planned economy?
The planned economy (also called central administration economy) is a form of economy in which all essential decisions with regard to the allocation of scarce resources for the production of goods and services are made by the state or a central authority. The concept of the planned economy is diametrically opposed to that of the…
What is business cycle?
The business cycle describes the more or less even sequence of the individual economic phases upswing, boom, downswing and low phase. The business cycle of an economy can be seen graphically as a kind of wave movement across the time axis, the highs and lows of which are sometimes more and sometimes less pronounced. In…
What is economic policy?
A state pursues economic policy when it wants to support its own national economy. The economic measures are aimed at achieving improved economic growth and stabilizing the price level. A functioning economic policy is characterized by a high level of employment and a stabilization of the external balance. In this post we will deal with…
What is polypol?
In economics and in particular in the field of microeconomics, polypol is a form of market in which a large number of market participants face each other on the supply and / or demand side. The corresponding situations are known as the supply or demand polypole. If there are many market participants on both sides,…
What are economic phases?
The economic phases represent the current situation of the overall economic situation based on the level of the real gross domestic product. A distinction is made between the four phases of upswing, boom, downswing and low phase. The change in economic phases is shown as a graphic, characterized by a wave-like change over time. In…