education in great britain
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The Education System in the UKTRANSCRIPT
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By Olga Teplova, Irina Selivanova
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Basic features
• Full-time education is compulsory;• Compulsory education is free of charge but a
child can be educated privately;• The academic year begins at the end of summer;• There are 3 stages: primary, secondary, higher;• The education debates: quality, social justice,
freedom of choice.
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Parliament acts•Reform Act 1832 - education
was provided to the middle-class.
•Reform Act 1867 - respectable working-class children were provided with education.
•Education Act 1880 - everyone, at least up to the age of 10 had to attend school.
•Education Act 1891 - free education.
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School education
• primary education (up to 11)• secondary education (up to 16)
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Primary education
- Compulsory education begins at the age of 5
- In First School (infant school) children learn reading
& writing, the basis of arithmetic, music, history, art,
geography, technology (age 5 to 7)
- In Middle School (junior school) new subjects:
physics, chemistry, biology (7 to 11)
- much practice
- 12 compulsory subjects
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Secondary education
Comprehensive schools Secondary modern
schools
Grammar schools Technical schools
- Ages from 13 to 16
- Amount of subjects decreases
- Can chose from 5 to 9 subjects
- Getting ready for GCSE (A & G marks)
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Private education
• The government does not support these schools financially.
• Choice: day or boarding schools, single-sex or mixed schools.
• There are 2,400 schools in Britain.• 10% of all pupils in Britain go to public schools.• Nearly all pupils pass successfully A-level exam.
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‘Clarendon 9’ – the most prestigious private schools
• Eton• Charterhouse• Harrow• Rugby• Shrewsbury• Westminster• Winchester• St. Paul’s• Merchant Taylors’
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Education beyond sixteen• Some students look for a job and others continue their education (further
or tertiary education).• There has been the growth of higher education: a lot of new institutions
have appeared.• UCAS (the University Central Admissions Service) – a messenger between
an applicant and the universities.
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Academic exams and qualificationsGCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education)
Taken by most 15 to 16 year olds in England, Wales, Northern Ireland
SCE (Scottish Certificate of Education) Taken by most 15 to 16 year olds in Scotland
A Levels (advanced Levels) Taken by people around the age of 18 who wish to go on to higher education
SCE ‘Advanced Highers’ The Scottish equivalent of A-levels
Degree A qualification from a university
Bachelor’s Degree The general name for a first degree
Master’s Degree The general name for a second degree
Doctorate The highest academic qualification
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HIGHER EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN
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BRITISH UNIVERSITIES DIFFER IN
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good A-level results in at least two subjects
interviews
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ACADEMIC YEAR
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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
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London, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Shetfield, and Birmingham
They were founded as non-collegiate universities in the 19th and the early part of the 20th centuries.
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