What is the system of education?

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 415.

What is the national mass-media?

The quality daily papers are «The Times», «The Guardian», «The Daily telegraph» and the «The Financial Times». Fleet Street in London is associated with press, because it is the home of most newspapers. The two most popular daily newspapers are the Sun and the Daily Mirror.

There are five channels on British TV: BBC1 (British Broad casting Corporation), BBC2, ITV (Independent Television Commission), Channel 4, and Channel 5. The BBC broadcasts on five national and 32 local radio stations.

Education is compulsory from the age of five to sixteen.

The school system in England and Wales includes: Pre-school (age 3-5, voluntary); Primary school (age 5-11, compulsory); Secondary school (age 11-16, compulsory), sixth form (16-18, voluntary).

Higher education system comprises: undergraduate courses taking three years of full-time study (lead to a Bachelor's degree in Arts/BA, Science/BSc, or Education/BEd); postgraduate courses (lead to Master of Philosophy/MPhil and Doctor of Philosophy/PhD for research in Arts or Sciences). Students pay for their education. Only 25 per cent of the student population goes on to higher education.

Oxford University is the oldest in Britain. Oxford and Cambridge universities have the highest academic reputation. Oxbridge is a collective name for both universities.