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Sulayman Darboe
Bachelor of Psychology
August 4, 2022
“I am pleased to write this letter
to share the experience I have
at Atlantic International University.
Studying at AIU was the most excellent
decision I have ever made in my life.
Being a student at AIU wasn’t just about
obtaining a degree but a life experience
that nurtured me and help me to
develop a sense of discipline, improved
knowledge , attitude, responsibilities,
critical thinking skills and innovative
ideas in psychology and other
disciplines. I also gained the spirit of
patience, concern, thoughts an belief in
whatever I do as a degree student.
The response and interaction from my
Tutor, Academic Advisor and Admission
Counsellor was excellent. I felt a
great degree of educational and friendly
environment. The administrative staff
and student services department gave
me a great support an assistance over
time that led to the completion of my
program. Due it was not easy to pay for
my fees on time but I am grateful for
the support from the University on their
encouragement all this while.
I have served as a classroom teacher
and guidance and counsellor to the
student body of Nioro-Jattaba Sankandi
Upper and Senior Secondary School
before enrolled at Atlantic International
University for my bachelor’s degree
program. The AIU expose me to an
amazing educational experience which
gave me the chance to achieved my goal
in the field of Psychology.
In addition, I have learned and
improved on self-research and how to
work on psychological research documents.
I think this experience ...
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Femi Owolabi
Bachelor of Business Administration
August 9, 2022
“My experience with Atlantic
International University (AIU)
was inspiring and greatly rewarding.
The approach to studying at AIU is so
unique, I was able to study at my own
pace which enabled me to still have
time for my job. The faculty and staff of
the University were so supportive and
readily available to render assistance
whenever the need arose during my
program. The availability of the online
library that has enormous e-books,
journals, papers, and research materials
also made the program interesting ...
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Nathan Kashimu Changwe
Bachelor of Business Administration -
August 16, 2022
“My experience at Atlantic International
University (AIU)
thus far has been amazing. AIU is a very
welcoming place, and from the very
first day I was admitted, I felt at home.
The academic advisors, tutors and AIU
staff at large are very dedicated to their
work and readily available to render
help whenever required. They helped
me to choose a major based on what
I loved; accounting and supply chain
management, and that was all I needed
to hear. I really benefited from the excellent
teaching guide provided online,
a strong academic support framework
and student resources which responds
effectively to the range of individual
circumstances, experience, interests
and expectations. I have learned, experienced
and discovered so many new
things, and time has gone by so fast.
Of course, I felt stressful and at some
point I struggled to cover my costs and
endured many periods of self-doubt.
Working full time coupled with studies
wasn’t easy. It took a lot of effort, concentration
and focus. Despite that, I was
empowered to take advantage of the ...
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Michael Tracey
Bachelor of Logistics and Supply Chain
Management
August 18, 2022
“Growing up, going to school
was just part of life. primary
school, elementary school, and finally
high school. My parents committed and
took all the required steps to make sure
I got the resources to help me with my
schooling. During those educational
years, I had accustomed myself to the
education system’s continued lack of
appreciation for its significance and just
saw it as a task that had to be finished.
After graduating from high school
and receiving my diploma, I continued
my education in college. Even at this
point, I still did not understand the
value of education, so I continued to
try to establish a social life by starting
to hang out with friends and eventually
gave up on my college studies after one
year. My parents were disappointed, but
since I was of legal age to make such
decisions, I dropped out of college and
entered the workforce without even
considering how much I would come to
regret that choice in the future.
I had never worked for myself before,
but I like it since it gave me the ...
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We are living in a world
where we ask ourselves:
Why so many conflicts? Why
don’t the problems end? What
do we have to do? Where is the
coexistence? If we live in the
world we describe below: Why
doesn’t the solution appear?
There are items on the market
that we couldn’t imagine,
trade becomes global and in a
matter of minutes, you travel
everywhere, we know what is
happening anywhere instantly,
every day there is talk and
talk of more money but peace,
coexistence, harmony between
people and peoples are further
away every day.
What happens to us as
human beings that coexistence
is not possible?
What happens to
us as human beings
that rights are not for
everyone?
What happens to us as
human beings that we
can’t take care of the
planet that gives us life?
The answer is very simple.
We need education.
The United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) in the
analysis presented at the
September 2022 Summit in
New York, whose document
was the product of the work of
the International Commission
on the Futures of Education,
created by the Organization in
2019; tells us:
“We are faced with an
existential choice: continue down an unsustainable path
or radically change course. To
continue on the current path
is to accept unconscionable
inequalities and exploitation,
a spiral of multiple forms of
violence, the erosion of social
cohesion and human freedoms,
continued environmental
destruction and a dangerous
and perhaps catastrophic loss
of biodiversity”. UNESCO. 2022.
Internation al Commission on the
Future of Educ ation . Rei magine
ou r fu tures together, a ne w
soci al con tract fo r educ ation . p.
7 https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/
pf0000381560
This social contract has to be
worked on so that we can have
life and the rights that every
human being should enjoy.
We are living the war of
money and the war of power.
The owners of world wealth
want more money and the
owners of power, the politicians,
want the power to get
money; it is not to solve the
needs of its governed.
Politicians use those who
will be their governed to
achieve power, but when they
achieve it they forget about
them and let’s see how we
make them pay more taxes
and get more benefits. From the above it follows that the
education and services they organize
will be far from quality;
it’s always to stay in power.
UNESCO has been holding
Summits where governments
and individuals are invited to
meetings to discuss and find
solutions to the social contract
that must exist so that
life is possible for all. The last
Summit was held in parallel to
the 77th General Assembly of
The United Nations (UN) since
UNESCO is an area of the UN.
The Summit on Education was
held October 16 - 26, 2022.
The Commission, whose work
was done in 2 years, tells us:
“This new social contract
must be based on human
rights and the principles of
non-discrimination: social
justice, respect for life, human
dignity and cultural diversity”.
UNESCO. 2022. Internation al
Commission on the Futures of
Educ ation . Rei magine ou r fu tures
together, a ne w soci al con tract
fo r educ ation . P.III https://unesdoc.
unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000381560
It’s a job to which UNESCO
invites all those who have
power in society: governments,
businessmen and society in
general to work for the above
objective.
Life on the planet is not possible
under the conditions in
which we are living. We see the
decomposition of democracies
by having holes in their legislation
through which those
who want democracy, but to
use those spaces to do barbarity
and media for their benefit,
filter. Democracies have legislative
spaces that haven’t been
worked on in accordance with
the advancement of technology
and lies are spread by many
mass media with the purpose
of these groups to obtain all
the benefits that are possible
for them.
It’s also happening that authoritarian
governments enjoy
the problems of democracies
because in this way they justify
the way they treat their governed
without any rights.
It’s urgent to establish relations
of coexistence of human
beings among themselves and
with the planet. When education
is limited, we have the results
we are experiencing: with Covid-19, 1.6 billion students
around the world were affected
by closing schools or not having
virtual communication.
We only have this planet to
live on and it seems, from the
behavior of human beings, that
this is not the case. The social
contract must be for the proper
treatment of our only space for
life, just as there must be fundamental
rights to establish,
such as the equality of human
beings, regardless of gender.
There must be a right to
quality education for all at
the same time as access to
virtual education. “The steps
we take (or don’t take) to
reduce carbon emissions will
determine what happens in the
2030s and 2040s, and will have
knock-on effects for hundreds
of thousands, or even millions,
of years. The scale and speed
of the changes we are making
to Earth are without historical
precedent and very little
geological precedent”. UNESCO.
2022. Internation al Commis -
sion on the Future of Educ ation .
Rei magine ou r fu tures together, a
ne w soci al con tract fo r educ ation
. P.30. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/
ark:/48223/pf0000381560
That’s how important the
changes we must make are
and we are as if nothing happened.
The majority does what
they want and authoritarianism
and populist governments
are growing. We are totally unaware: every type of nondemocratic
government uses
education to stay in power.
Science is one, but concepts
enter it in the social areas that
suit those interests and hide
the veracity of the facts.
Something very important
that UNESCO
recommends and recommends
is: adult education
thus education for
all the life. Also develop
virtual education.
“Adult learning and education
perform multiple functions.
It helps people to find
their way through a series of
problems, it increases competencies
and a sense of common
action, it allows people to take
more responsibility for their
future, and it also helps adults
to understand and criticize
paradigms changing and the
power relations and take steps
towards the formation of a just
and sustainable world”. UNESCO.
2022. Internation al Commis -
sion on the Future of Educ ation .
Rei magine ou r fu tures together, a
ne w soci al con tract fo r educ ation
. P.121 https://unesdoc.unesco.org/
ark:/48223/pf0000381560
According to UNESCO, adult
education is very important
because of their lived experiences,
a valuable contribution
for young people who are starting out in the world of
production.
You are at a university, Atlantic
International University,
(AIU), which offers you an open
Curriculum, where you can
choose the topics you want and
get out of the programming
that many governments do to
stay in power. Take advantage
of the benefit and invite others
to enjoy this privilege.
We are living in a world
where the useful life of
products is short in order to
generate greater demand and
the crazy market of products
and products, beyond what is
necessary; bring our planet in
the conditions in which we are
living: there is no respect for
renewable and non-renewable
resources.
1. Will humanity still
forget that there are
renewable and nonrenewable
resources on
our planet?
2. Will we continue
without caring about
global warming?
3. Will we continue
without caring what
we have to learn for a
lifetime?
4. Will we continue
without seeing the
others?
5. Will we still be
blind in the society of
violence?
The answers will offer us
the world we want.
It depends on us.
BIBLIOGRAPHY. Organización de la Naciones Unidas para la Educación,
la Ciencia y la Cultura UNESCO. 2022. Comisión Internacional
sobre los futuros de la Educación. Reimaginar juntos
nuestros futuros, un nuevo contrato social para la educación.
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In a world where the race for
economic and technological
development of countries and
nations is driving the policy
choices of decision makers at
all levels, research shows that,
roughly speaking, since the
industrial revolution, a little
more than 80 per cent of the
growth in per capita income
in industrialized countries has
been the result of a number
of factors, including technology,
education, research and
leadership. There are, however,
various economic theories
of the growth of nations,
which, even if they do not
answer all the questions concerning
growth, at least shed
some light on the subject.
Technological, organizational,
managerial and structural
innovation are important variables
in the evolution of the
production of goods and services,
which is the key to economic
development. In order
to leave nothing to chance in
terms of economic and technological
development, humanity
has understood not only that
there is no such thing as fixed
development, but that it is a
process that is continuous and
permanent, in short, it is a
dynamic process. The future of
humanity therefore depends on
this process, which has been
called sustainable development.
Therefore, the word
“development” alone no longer
has the same consonance or
the same meaning. For this
word to find its meaning, it is
now imperative to accompany
it with the word “sustainable”.
Thus, there is no
development if it is not
sustainable. So what is
sustainable development? What
is the relationship between
technology and sustainable
development? What are the levers
on which development can
rely to be sustainable? These
questions and many others
are those that will soon be on
the minds of decision makers,
researchers in the field of science
and technology, and even
leaders at all levels of society.
According to (Bruntland, 1987)
sustainable development is
the idea that human societies
should live and meet their needs without compromising
the ability of future generations
to meet their own needs.
In concrete terms, sustainable
development is a way of organizing
society in such a way
as to enable it to exist in the
long term. This implies taking
into account both present and
future imperatives, such as the
preservation of the environment
and natural resources or
social and economic equity.
This definition does not show
the influence of technology
in the process, but it is of
such crucial importance that
nowadays, it is necessary to
bring it closer to understand
the relations that have been
woven over time between the
followers of technology and
the initiators of sustainable
development. The principle of
sustainable development was
born from the “techno-pessimistic”
currents of thought.
The tone of the discussion was
set in an authoritative manner
by the Club of Rome and the
Meadows Report (Stop Growth)
of 1972, which opposed ecological
and economic imperatives
and supported the thesis
of an inevitable decline. This
“techno-pessimistic” current
supports the idea that the
finiteness of natural resources
implies a degrowth and a
climate change, accompanying
in its wake the degradation of
biodiversity and the exhaustion
of natural resources.
However, the concept of
sustainable development
proposes a contradictory
“techno-optimistic” response
to the ecological crisis. In
1987, the Brundtland Report,
entitled “Our Common Future”,
commissioned by the UN for
the Earth Summit, defined
sustainable development as
“a mode of development that
meets the needs of the present
without compromising the
ability of future generations to
meet their own needs”.
This vision, widely accepted
today, confirms the
institutionalization by the
international community of
the consideration of environmental
concerns. It explicitly
highlights the role of technical
progress and new technologies
in leading humanity
towards sustainable development.
In this logic, the
massive development of new
technologies would be able
to meet the needs of present
and future generations. The
dissemination of the concept
of sustainable development
therefore promotes the development
of new technologies
favorable to the environment.
It is the one that challenges
us today as human beings
driven by a desire for technological
development. It
leads us to put technology
at the service not only of the
environment, but also of the
economy and of the rational
and intelligent management
of our resources, which in
reality are not infinite. This
principle can be observed
today in a number of fields,
among others:
1. In the field
of energy production
We can notice today with
a lot of satisfaction that
new technologies of energy
production gain more and
more ground. We can thus
quote, Solar Energy, Hydraulic
Energy, Wind Turbines. In a
much more notorious way, researches
are in progress in the
field of Marine Energy (Wave
Energy, Tidal Energy).
This is how they are classified
in the so-called green
energy sources.
2. In the automotive field
Since 1993, a European
standard has been established
concerning the regulation of polluting emissions from
vehicles. Since this date, each
car that manufacturers put
on the road must meet these
obligations, and it is therefore
since this period that catalytic
converters are mandatory on
gasoline vehicles. The introduction
of this requirement is a
European directive regulating
vehicle emissions and is a technical
response to a political and
environmental problem that
had already led to the adoption
of draconian standards in
the United States, particularly
in the State of California (Clean
Air Act of 1972). The decision
to make it compulsory, as of
January 1993, especially on gasoline
engines of new vehicles,
which produce gaseous pollutants
such as carbon monoxide
(CO), nitrogen oxide (NOx) and
hydrocarbons (HC), requires
the installation of a catalytic
converter (or catalyst) aimed
at eliminating, selecting or
reprocessing harmful emissions
from the exhaust gases. These
catalysts (the first of which
were developed in 1974 by the
American company General
Motors) cause a triple action,
hence their name of three-way
catalysts: transformation of CO
into CO2, NOx into N2 (nitrogen)
and CO2, and unburned
hydrocarbons into CO2 and H2O
(water). In 1997, the catalytic
converter became mandatory on
diesel engines.
From day to day in several
countries within the European
Union, this regulation is
getting tougher. It is in favor
of this hardening that in case
of technical control, the rate
of CO-CO2 must obligatorily
be less or equal to an index of
0,5 otherwise it is the refusal.
Moreover, in case of control by
the forces of order, if you do
not respect the standards, the
fine can amount to 7,500 €. In
the same framework, since July
1, 2019 in France and, according
to (https://www.legifrance.gouv.
fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000037838927)
the anti-pollution test carried
out during the technical control
is reinforced on vehicles
running on diesel. During this
control, the amount of particles
emitted by the exhaust
is compared to that indicated
by the manufacturer. If the
homologation values are exceeded,
the vehicle is subject to
a second inspection within two
months. To crown this rigor,
Article L. 318-3 of the Highway
Code states that “the fact of
carrying out transformations
on a vehicle which have the
effect of removing a pollution
control device or degrading its
performance” is punishable by
a fine of 7,500 €.
With these laws that are
constantly getting tougher,
and with the commitment of
politicians in the environmental
field, technology has once
again come to the rescue of
mankind, especially with the
electric car, which produces no
CO2, no NOx, no HC. With it, we
just need to be reassured that
the batteries are sufficiently
charged, and then, the rest is
history.
3. Composite materials
make their entry into
the field of aviation
In the field of aeronautics,
the majority use of carbon fiber
to the detriment of traditional
metal alloys, has for some time
made a remarkable entry into
the field of aviation, at least
civil. Composite materials have
become the Achilles’ heel of
new generation aircraft such as
the Boeing B787, also known as
the Dreamliner, which incorporates
50% composite materials,
compared to only 12% for
its predecessor (Boeing B777).
The Dreamliner’s construction
process is completely new: this
plane is built from composites
(plastic-reinforced carbon
fiber), rather than aluminum.
This means that it is stronger,
lighter and faster to build (in
theory). Carbon fiber allows
us to use 1,500 fewer sheets of
aluminum on a fuselage section,
to reduce the number of
rivets by 80%, and to limit the
number of holes drilled in the
fuselage to 10,000, compared
to one million for the B747.
The composite should also
allow a 30% saving in maintenance
costs, by eliminating the
problems of oxidation. It requires
3,000 hours of work for
complete maintenance, whereas
the B777 required 40,000 hours.
Its CO2 production is reduced by 35%, and the noise produced
is reduced by almost 40%. We
can see that the advantages of
carbon fiber are numerous for
both airlines and nature.
4. In the computer field
Consumerism in the electronic
and computer field is
at the same time the origin
and the support of the current
technological boom.
However, if we look closely,
we could clearly agree with
the “techno-pessimists”. And
for good reason, a few factual
elements such as, for example,
the latest Apple IPhone X which
will generate nearly 79 kg of
CO2 during its life, or these 45
million tons of electronic waste
per year, of which only 20% are
recycled. This shows the impact
of our cell phones, computers,
printers and other electronic
gadgets on the environment.
According to ADEME, the manufacture
of a single computer
requires 436 kg of fossil fuel,
1.8 tons of materials, 22 kg of
chemicals and 1500 liters of
water. Moreover, computers are
full of toxic substances (dioxins,
cadmium, lead) which we
do not know what to do with
at the end of their life cycle.
At this level, the composite is
still invited to the discussion,
and for several years now, the
manufacturers of peripherals
have integrated the use of
composite materials in their
manufacturing process.
The Web also has an impact
on the environment which is
estimated, per person and over
a year, at more than 200kg
of greenhouse gas emissions.
It also uses a very important
water resource, nearly 3000
liters of water per year. (The
manufacture of equipment, the
production of electricity and
the cooling of data centers all
require water). In short, all the
actions that can be carried out
via the Internet have a certain
impact on the environment.
Still according to ADEME, sending
an email would emit up to
19 grams of CO2.
To rub salt in the wound,
the Agency points out that
the manufacture of computer
equipment is among the main
sources of environmental
impact with 29% of energy
consumption, 54% of greenhouse
gas emissions, 61% of
water use and 97% of resource
depletion. The users’ work environment
(computers, screens,
external peripherals) and IT
services (premises, means of
transport and equipment for the
people in charge of running the
information system) account
for between 44% and 66%
of the impacts. And contrary
to popular belief, the energy
consumption of data centers is
not the main source of impact.
Greenpeace goes even further
by declaring: “The pollution
generated by the Internet is
such that if the Internet were
a country, it would be the 6th
largest consumer of energy in
the world”. End of quote. Faced
with all this accusation, the
adoption of the cloud, although
it would not solve everything,
would solve a good part of these
problems of resource depletion
and ecological risks. This
would be achieved through
strict regulation of data center
creation. If, for example, rules
are put in place encouraging
several companies to build their
common data centers, thus
avoiding that each company has
its own data center.
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