Answer the following questions.

1. What does the system of higher education in Britain include?

2. What are the oldest British universities?

3. What Redbrick universities can you name?

4. Why did “the new universities” quickly become popular?

5. All British universities are private institutions; aren’t they?

6. What university degree do you know?

7. Are universities centers of research?

8. Does British government think to build new universities?

9. What is the general pattern of teaching throughout Britain?

10. What is the basic purpose of the higher education in Britain?

Choose the right variant.

1. Oxford is … of all British universities.

a) the youngest; b) the oldest; c) the poorest.

2. All British universities are … institutions.

a) state; b) old; c) private.

3. The … to the Universities is by examination or selection.

a) admission; b) regulation; c) innovation.

4. Most students take … in the summer for about six weeks.

a) exams; b) job; c) accommodation.

5. The students … grants.

a) spend; b) receive; c) pay.

6. The first postgraduate degree is … .

a) Bachelor’s degree; b) Doctorates degree; c) Masters degree.

7. Polytechnics offer a range of higher education courses in … .

a) the Arts; b) the Arts and the Sciences; c) the Sciences.

8. There is a tendency to … universities in Britain.

a) expand; b) combine; c) build.

9. The number and type of faculties … from university to university.

a) similar; b) differ.

10. Cambridge was founded in …. .

a) 1249; b) 1168; c) 1209.

Find the wrong statements and correct them.

1. All British universities are private institutions.

2. The admission to the University is by examinations or selection.

3. The Department of Education and Science controls appointment of staff.

4. The number and type of faculties is the same at all British universities.

5. Students never work in summer, they work during the academic year.

6. The first postgraduate degree is that of Master.

7. Universities are centers of research.

8. The general pattern of teaching is different throughout Britain.

9. There is a tendency to build more new universities in Britain.

10. Polytechnics offer a range of higher education courses in the Arts and the Sciences.

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