Universities A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education. The word university is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, roughly meaning "community of teachers and scholars." in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border, sharing it with have generally been instituted by Royal Charter In medieval Europe, royal charters were used to create cities . The date that such a charter was granted is considered to be when a city was "founded", regardless of when the locality originally began to be settled, Papal Bull A Papal bull is a particular type of letters patent or charter issued by a pope. It is named after the bulla that was appended to the end in order to authenticate it, Act of Parliament An act of Parliament is a statute (commonly called a law) enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament or an instrument of government under the Education Reform Act 1988 The Education Reform Act of 1988 is widely regarded as the most important single piece of education legislation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since the 'Butler' Education Act 1944. It also forms the basis for the United States' No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; in any case generally with the approval of the Privy Council A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation on how to exercise their executive authority, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government. The word "privy" means "private" or "secret"; thus, a privy council was originally a committee of the monarch's closest advisors to, and only such recognised bodies can award degrees of any kind. Undergraduate Undergraduate education is an education level taken prior to gaining a first degree, hence in many subjects in many educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a bachelor's degree, such as in the United States, where a university entry level is known as undergraduate, while students of higher degrees applications to almost all UK universities are managed by UCAS - the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.
Most universities in the country may be classified into 6 main categories:
- Ancient universities In the United Kingdom, an ancient university refers to the medieval and renaissance universities of England, Scotland and Ireland that have continued to exist. The ancient universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland are amongst the oldest extant universities in the world - the seven universities founded between the 12th and 16th centuries.
- The University of London Based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom, the University of London is a federal mega university made up of 31 affiliates: 19 separate university institutions, and 12 research institutes. As such, the University of London is the largest university in the UK by number of full-time students, with 135,090 campus-based students and over 40,000, The University of Wales The University of Wales is a confederal university founded in 1893. It has accredited institutions throughout Wales, ranging from nineteenth-century establishments like Aberystwyth and Bangor to post-1992 universities like Newport and institutes of higher education such as UWIC and NEWI. Indeed, the only institution in Wales with no historical tie and Durham University Durham University is a university in Durham, England. It was founded as the University of Durham by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837. It was one of the first universities to open in England for more than 600 years, and is claimed to be England's third oldest after Oxford and Cambridge (although other higher education - which were chartered in the 19th century.
- Red Brick universities Red Brick is an informal term used to refer to six particular British universities founded in the major industrial cities of England, all of which achieved university status before World War I and were initially established as civic science and/or engineering colleges. Whilst the term was originally coined as these institutions were new and thus - the six large civic universities chartered at the turn of the 20th century before World War I World War I , also known as the First World War, the Great War, the World War (prior to the outbreak of the Second World War), and the War to End All Wars, was a military conflict which involved most of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies, centred around the Triple Entente, and the Central Powers, centred.
- Plate Glass universities - the universities chartered in the 1960s (formerly described as the 'new universities').
- The Open University The Open University is the distance learning university founded and funded by the UK Government. It is notable for having an open entry policy, i.e. students' previous academic achievements are not taken into account for entry to most undergraduate courses. The majority of undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom, but its courses can - Britain's 'open to all' distance learning Distance education, or distance learning, is a field of education that focuses on the pedagogy and andragogy, technology, and instructional systems design that aim to deliver education to students who are not physically "on site". According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, “is a process to create and provide access to learning University (est. 1968).
- New Universities The term New University has been used informally to refer to several different waves of new university movements in the United Kingdom. As early as 1928, the term was used to describe the then-new civic universities, such as Bristol University and the other 'Red Bricks'. It would later come to be used to refer to any of the universities founded in - the Post-1992 universities The term New University has been used informally to refer to several different waves of new university movements in the United Kingdom. As early as 1928, the term was used to describe the then-new civic universities, such as Bristol University and the other 'Red Bricks'. It would later come to be used to refer to any of the universities founded in formed from polytechnics Polytechnics were tertiary education teaching institutions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The comparable institutions in Scotland were collectively referred to as Central Institutions. Like other polytechnics, their aim was to teach both academic and vocational subjects. Their focus was applied education for work and their roots or colleges of Higher Education.
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Marisol
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:03:17 GM
U.S. schools and . universities. , having such a fantastic use of indoctrination training by leftists, could use same to deprogram Muslims. I mean, they've done such a good job besmirching Christianity, I'd think it would be wildly ...
