British Universities

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More than 40 universities of which 36 are in England, 8 in Scotland, 2 in Northern Ireland and 1 in Wales. The 2 oldest are Oxford and Cambridge. They are dated from the middle ages. The first written report in Oxford dated 912 and was founded in the middle 12^th century. At that time Oxford was neatly town. By the middle of 14^th century it was poorer because of decline in trade (спад торговли) and because of the Great Plague (великая чума) which killed many people in England.

The relations between the students and the town people were unfriendly.

Oxford has a reputation of privilege school. Many prominent political figures of past and present were educated in Oxford. Unlike Oxford which is both university town and industrial city, Cambridge is the university town only – second oldest university in Britain which was founded in 14^th century. Today there are more than 20 colleges at Cambridge. The oldest are Bitter house which was founded in 1284, Robinson College (1947) and the most famous college is Magnificent Choir (???).

The university was only for male until 1971, but in 1971 the women college was opened. Another college was opened two years later and third in 1954.

In 19^th century most colleges opened their doors to both men and women. Nowadays almost of colleges are mixed.

Oxbridge is used to refer to the British universities of Oxford and Cambridge together.

England had no other universities until the 19^th century. The universities which were founded between 1850-1830 (???) including are known as Redbrick Universities because of material they were built. These are in London, Manchester, Bristol and Bridgehampton (largest).

The division (разделение) between Oxford and Redbrick is a class one. Redbrick universities were built to provide a liberal (широкое) education for the poorer boys and girls and to give technological training.

The universities which were founded after the Second World War are called The New Universities or Whitebrick or later named Plate-glass (стекло и бетон). They are in different parts of the UK – in Kent, Essex, Lancaster, Sussex and York. Some of them became popular because of their modern approach (оценка) to universities courses.

All brick universities are private institutions and responsible to own governing Councilor (советник). Those they all receive financial support from the department of education and Science has no control over their relations, Curriculum (учебный план), examinations, appointment of stuff or the way they spend money.

Each university decides every year how many students it supposes to admit (предполагает зачислить). The admition to university is by examination or selections.

In Britain, the Open University is a university that runs degree courses using the radio and television, for students who want to study part-time or mainly at home.

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