higher education in the united kingdom

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF THE STATE BORDERGUARD SERVICE OF UKRAINE NAMED AFTER BOHDAN KHMELNYTSKYI Translation department

COURSE PAPER

THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

PRESENTED BY Mariia Halinska Group 442

SUPERVISED BY Iryna Viktorivna Herasymchuk

KHMELNYTSKYI 2015
CONTENTS

Introduction………………………………………..................................3 Chapter I. The main information about the Higher Educational System of the Great Britain……………………………………………………...5 1.1. General information about the education in the UK....……………5 1.2. The Higher Educational System of the UK………...……………..6 1.3. Universities in the United Kingdom. History and reputation of the universities……………………………………………………………...8
Chapter II. Specific information about the higher education…..………13
2.1 The importance of higher education in modern society…………...13
2.2 Degree awarding powers and the title ‘university’…………......... 15
2.3 Qualifications. Credit Systems. ……………………...……………16
2.4 Entry requirements for the university. Admission…………………17
2.5 Top 5 universities in the UK ……………………..………………..19
Conclusion……………………………………………………………..23
Bibliography…………………………………………………………...25
Appendices ……………………………………………………………26
Appendix A. Glossary…………………………………………………28
Appendix B. British system of education……………………………...29

Introduction

Higher education is education provided by universities and other institutions that

Bibliography: 1. Commission Reports: A National Dialogue: The Secretary of Education 's Commission on the Future of Higher Education, United States Department of Education, 2006. 2. The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All-Administrative University and Why It Matters Benjamin Ginsberg. Oxford University Press, 2011 3 4. Higher Education Administration: A Guide to Legal, Ethical, and Practical Issues Norman M. Goonen; Rachel S. Bleeham, Greenwood press, 1999.