1. Be patient! We will finish soon.
2. She has blue eyes and shoulder-length blond hair.
3. Tina goes skiing in winter and windsurfing in summer. She is very fit.
4. Sue is slim, not very tall and really attractive.
5. My little sister is so curious.
6. Tom stays at work till late at night. He is very hardworking.
7. Karen likes parties. She's very sociable.
8. Harold is a basketball player. He is really tall.
9. Karen will help you. She's very kind.
10. Peter never changes his decisions. He's very stubborn.
Education after 16 is voluntary in the United Kingdom.
Many of the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge universities were founded in the 12th and 13th centuries. All other universities in Britain were founded in 19th and 20th centuries.
Nowadays there are more than forty universities in Britain, of which 36 are in England, 8 in Scotland, 2 in Northern Ireland and 1 in Wales.
British Universities are private institutions. Every university is independent, autonomous and responsible only to its own governing council.
The number and type of faculties differ from university to university. Each university decides each year how many students it supposes to admit. The admission to universities is by examination or selection (interviews). The students receive grant. The have to pay fees and living costs but every student may receive from the local authority of the place where he lives personal grant which is enough to pay lodging and food – unless his parents are rich.
Students who pass examinations at the end of three or four years of study get Bachelor’s degree. The first postgraduate degree is normally that of Master conferred for a thesis based at least one year’s fulltime work. Universities are centres of research and many postgraduates are engaged in research for higher degree, usually Doctorates.
