At the age of 14 American children pass on to secondary education, which they get at high schools:
Bachelor's degrees are usually awarded on the basis of answers to several three-hour examinations together with practical work or long essays or dissertations written in conjunction with class work:
Between 1965 and 1980 almost all the old grammar and secondary modern schools were replaced, mainly by co-educational comprehensives:
During the 1960s and 1970s the government decided to join the grammar and secondary modern schools. The new, bigger schools were called "comprehensives":
In the 17th century many more redbrick universities were established to respond to the greatly increased demand for educated people as a result of the Industrial Revolution and the expansions of Britain's overseas empire:
Ivy League colleges - the name given to the group of highly respected universities in New England:
Most of the oldest schools, of which the most famous are Eton and Winchester, are today independent, fee-paying, comprehensive schools:
Oxford and Cambridge, founded in the fifteen century, are easily the most famous of Britain's universities:
The golden age of the public schools was the end of the nineteenth century, when most were founded:
The largest and best institutions of higher learning in America are independent and private foundations, charging rather high fees:
The Open University has helped greatly towards the ideal of education accessible to everyone who aspires to it, at every level:
The recovery of private education in Britain is partly due to middle-class fears concerning the comprehensive experiment, but also to the mediocre quality possible in the state sector ate the present level of funding:
The terms 'college' and 'university' are often used interchangeably, as 'college' is used to refer to all postgraduate education and the four-year postgraduate programme, leading to a bachelor's degree, can be followed at either college or university:
Universities and colleges of higher education accept students with 'C' levels from 16:
University examinations are for Bachelor of Arts, or of Science (BA or BSc) on completion of the postgraduate course:
Словосочетание "Bachelor of Science" переводится как "бакалавр науки":
Словосочетание "teaching staff" переводится как "педагогическая практика":