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HIGHER EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN
REQUIREMENTS:
good A-level results in at least 2 subjects
interviews
ACADEMIC YEAR
beginning of October
to the middle of December
middle of January to the end of March
middle of April to
the end of June
DEGREES
Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Science, Engineering, Medicine, etc
AFTER THREE YEARS OF STUDY
Master's Degree
Doctor's Degree
LATER: needs two further years of study, with examination papers and substantial dissertations
preparing theses which must make original contributions to knowledge
ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES DIFFER IN
UNIVERSITY
date of foundation
size
history
traditiongeneral organization
methods of instruction
way of student life
UNIVERSITY
Effective governing
body
Vice-chancellor
local notables
students’
representatives
lecturers
professors
= an academic
chief
TEACHING IS DONE BYLecturer• who produces published research
papers• who can be promoted to a reader
Reader• after this it’s necessary to move to
another university to be appointed to a professor
Professor
TEACHING IS DONE THROUGH
lecture courses
laboratories
tutorial groups (for 3-4 students)
seminars (for 10
students)
Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA)
college which has developed a course at university level may apply to it, asking to have the course recognised as a degree-level course in its own right
CNAA looks thoroughly at the structure and content of the courses, the teaching facilities of every kind and the proposed system of examination
CNAA satisfied – the college may then organise its own syllabuses, teaching and examinations
UNIVERSITIES / GROUPS:
OXBRIDGE
REDBRICK UNIVERSITIES
NEW UNIVERSITIES
COLLEGEa hall
a chapel
common rooms
library
lecture rooms
REDBRICK
London, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Shetfield, and Birmingham
founded in the nineteenth and the early part of the twentieth centuries
POLITECHNICS
offer first and higher degrees
offer full-time and sandwich courses (for working students)
COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
provide two-year courses in teacher education or sometimes three years if the graduate specializes in some particular subjects
study in their own free time
‘attend’ lectures by watching TV and listening to the radio
keep in touch by phone and letter with tutors
attend summer schools
have no formal qualifications
are unable to enter ordinary universities
38 COLLEGES
7 RELIGIOUS PERMANENT PRIVATE HALLS (PPHS)
25 British Prime
Ministers
• Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair
25 other international
leaders
• King Harald V of Norway, King Abdullah II of Jordan, three Prime Ministers of Australia two Prime Ministers of India, and Bill Clinton
47 Nobel prize winners
BUILDINGS RANGE FROM MEDIEVAL TO VERY MODERN BUILDINGS