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2021/10/15 * Secondary Modern School现代中学 existing from 1944 until the early 1970s, designed for pupils who do not achieve scores in the top 25% of the eleven plus examination. History: The 1944 Butler Education Act Secondary moderns did not offer schooling for the A level 2021/10/15 * Comprehensive Secondary School综合中学 not selecting its students on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. They were introduced in the late 1960s. A comprehensive school offers a full range of subjects across the academic and vocational education, it is commonly understood that the school will need to be of a large size and to take children from a wide range of abilities. 2021/10/15 * Public School 公学 an independent secondary school funded by a combination of long-term charitable endowments, tuition fees and other non-governmental funding. Prep school 2021/10/15 * Higher Education 2021/10/15 * Types of university Old Universities The four Scottish universities The middle-aged universities The new universities The Open University 开放大学and a independent University 独立大学 2021/10/15 * “Old universities ” Oxford and Cambridge which were the only two universities in England until the nineteenth century. 有人对牛津大学和剑桥大学做了分析,牛津大学会问:“What do you think?”，剑桥大学会问：“What do you know？”看来，牛津大学更注重思想，而剑桥大学更注重求知。这大概就是牛津出了29名首相，剑桥出了61个诺贝尔奖获得者的原因。 2021/10/15 * Oxford It was established in the twelfth century. Twenty-three ordinary colleges for men, five for women, with about 12000 students in all. The university is governed by a governing council. 在近800年的历史中,牛津大学培养了5个国王、26位英国首相(其中包括格莱斯顿、艾德礼、撒切尔夫人和布莱尔)、多位外国政府首脑(如美国前总统克林顿)、近40位诺贝尔奖获得者以及一大批著名科学家，如经济学家亚当·斯密、哲学家培根、诗人雪莱、作家格林、化学家罗伯特·玻意耳、天文学家哈雷等 2021/10/15 * Most undergraduate teaching at Oxford is organised around weekly essay-based tutorials at self-governing colleges and halls, supported by lectures and laboratory classes organised by University faculties and departments. League tables consistently list Oxford as one of the UKs best univ