1. HIGHER EDUCATION
Higher education begins at 18 and
usually lasts three or four years.
Students go to universities,
polytechnics or colleges of
higher education.
There are now about 80 universities
in Great Britain.
The academic year is divided into
three terms.
Terminal examinations are held at
the end of autumn, spring and
summer terms. Only two
reexaminations are allowed.
British universities usually keep to
the customs of the past. Upon
graduation all the students have
to wear long black gowns and
“students caps”.

2. OXBRIDGE

3. OXFORD and CAMBRIDGE
Universities, which were founded in
12-13 centuries, are the oldest and
the most prestigious universities in
Great Britain. They are often called
collectively Oxbridge.

4. Both universities are independent.
Only the education elite goes to
Oxford and Cambridge. Many
prominent people studied here.

5. The tutorial system is one of the
ways in which these universities
differ from all other. Every student
has a tutor who plans his work.

6. CAMBRIDGE
Cambridge- is one of the best known in the
world. It’s famous for its university, which
started during the 13th century; there are
more than 20 colleges.

7. The oldest one is Peterhouse, which was
founded in 1284.

8. And the most recent is Robinson College,
which was opened in 1977.

9. But the most famous is King’s College,
because of its magnificent chapel.

10. The universities were only for men until
19th century, when the first women's
college was opened.
Nowadays almost all colleges are mixed.

11. The
Cambridge
Science
Park – the
modern
face of the
University.

12. Oxford
is one of the oldest universities in Europe.
The first of its colleges was founded
in 1249.

13. The university now has 35 colleges and
about 13 thousand students, many of
them from other countries.

14. Oxford is, of course, famous for its first-
class education as well as its beautiful
buildings. Oxford has the finest architecture
in Britain.

15. When does higher education
begin in England?
How long does it last?
How many universities are there
in Great Britain?

16. How many terms are there in the
academic year?
When are terminal examinations
held?
How many reexaminations are
allowed?

17.  What are the oldest and the most
prestigious universities in Great
Britain?
 When were OXFORD and CAMBRIDGE
Universities founded?
 How are they often called?
 Whostudies at Oxford and
Cambridge?

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