英国的高等教育

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1、HigherEducationinBritain1OpportunitiesforBritishschoolleavers2Exams3TypesofBritishUniversities4DegreesOpportunitiesforBritishschoolleavers1Attheageof16schoolchildrenarefreetoleaveschool1.1Somegostraightoutandlookajob(1/3ofsuchschoolleavers)1.2Thosewhofindnoimmediateemployment,tak

2、epartintrainingschemeswhichinvolveon-the-jobtrainingcombinedwithpart-timecollegecoursesOpportunitiesforBritishschoolleavers2Attheageof16manyschoolleaversdecidetostayinfull-time-education2.1SchoolleaversstayintheirschoolstoattendaSixthform2.2Schoolleavershavetoleavetheirschoolsand

3、gotoaSixth-Form-CollegeorCollegeoffurtherEducation2.2.1theschooldoesn’thaveaSixthForm2.2.2theschooldoesnotteachdesiredsubjectsOpportunitiesforBritishschoolleaversIntheeducationsystemsofEngland,Wales,andNorthernIrelandasixthformrepresentsthefinaltwoyearsofsecondaryeducation,wheres

4、tudents(typicallybetweensixteenandeighteenyearsofage)preparefortheirA-level(orequivalent)examinationsITALLHASHAPPENEDBECAUSE:thefirstfiveyearsofEnglishsecondaryschoolingwerepreviouslyknownasforms.OpportunitiesforBritishschoolleaversThesystemwaschangedin1990.Schoolyearsarenownumbe

5、red.Year7isthefirstyearatasecondaryschoolYear13isthelastyearatschoolOpportunitiesforBritishschoolleavers3AnincreasingnumberofschoolleaversdotrainingcoursesorparticularjobsandcareersEXAMS1Attheageof16schoolchildrenpass:-inEngland,WalesandNr.IrelandGCSEexamsGeneralCertificateofSeco

6、ndaryEducationThesystemofmarksisfromAtoGInScotlandSCEexamsScottishCertificateofEducationThesystemofmarksisinnumbers(number1isthebest)EXAMSAlevelsareexamspassedaftercompletingaSixthFormCollegeoraSixthFormattheageof18inEngland,WalesandNrIrelandSCE“Highers”aretheScottishequivalentof

7、A-levelsTypicallyastudentwillpassthreeA-levels(10)EXAMSGNVQ(GeneralNationalVocationalQualification)arecoursesandexamsinjob-relatedsubjectswhicharestudiedattheCollegesofFurtherEducationandaredividedintofivelevelsThefirstlevelisequivalenttoGCSEs,thethirdlevel–toAlevels/SCE“Highers”

8、-Thereisnorightofentrytouniversityforany