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The Birmingham City Council is the legislative branch that governs the City of Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It has nine members elected by district, and regularly meets on Tuesday mornings at Birmingham City Hall. The council has 11 subcommittees, each of which contains three members. [1] [2]
The first teacher hired at the government-run Tongmunhak was Thomas Hallifax. [9] Due to the preference for having native English speakers teach English, many native English-speakers are still hired to teach at hagwons in Korea. These hagwons may be only English schools or they may also be schools which offer a variety of subjects including ...
A Birmingham coat of arms was awarded to the corporation in 1889 and updated for the city council in 1977. In the past, the council has been responsible for water, electricity and gas supply, further education colleges, public transport and local police and fire services. [1] All are now in the hands of other public-or private-sector bodies.
The city council is also responsible for the provision of libraries throughout the city. There are 41 local libraries in addition to Library of Birmingham, reputedly one of the largest public libraries in Europe. According to city council figures, Birmingham's library system has over 2.7 million books and receives over 4 million visitors each year.
In 2019, Judith Blake, chair of the Core Cities Group and leader of Leeds City Council wrote "HS2 is more than just a railway line, it will unlock future jobs, training and regeneration opportunities that will benefit many of our 20 million citizens. Core Cities UK believes HS2 is a game-changer for the Midlands and the north".
English villages in South Korea provide a short-term immersion English experience in a live-in environment where only English is spoken. This is intended to promote English learning and to build students' Anglo-American cultural awareness. The first English village was opened in August 2004 in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do province.
The first woman elected to the council, on 1 November 1911, was Ellen Pinsent. [18] She represented the Edgbaston Ward as a Liberal Unionist. [18] She had earlier been co-opted as a member of the council's Education Committee and served as Chairman of the Special School Sub-Committee. [18]
At first instance, the EOC won. The Court of Appeal upheld this. The Council appealed, arguing it had not shown that selective education was better than non-selective education as a precondition to showing less favourable treatment, and in any case the council had no intention or motivation to discriminate.