I. Established academic universities:12-13rd century
The most prominent feature of these universities is the college system.
The college is completely independent in property, government and internal affairs, but the university awards degrees and determines the conditions for students who can award degrees. Only when a student is admitted to a college can he become a student of his own university.
For example, to apply for Oxford or Cambridge University, you must first obtain the recognition of the university, and then apply for the college. If you are not admitted to the college, you can't be admitted to the university and become one of them. Therefore, you can become a college student only if you are admitted to one of the colleges, and these colleges do not represent departments.
Second, Red Brick University
This title is mainly different from Oxford and Cambridge University. It was originally used in six municipal British universities established in British industrial cities in the Victorian era, and was chartered by universities before the First World War. Red Brick University is the most famous school in Britain.
Red Brick University is just a general term, and there is no clear list. Generally speaking, Red Brick University refers to all Mesozoic universities that aimed at the education of the middle class and civilians from 1800 to the beginning of the 20th century. However, some schools certainly fit this big classification, but for some reasons, when talking about these schools themselves, I personally feel that they are not very "red brick" schools. Generally speaking, any university established between 1800- 1959 can generally be called a red brick university.
The classical universities in Britain were founded before the Industrial Revolution, mainly focusing on theological education or aristocratic education. After the industrial revolution, some schools began to become universities aimed at civilian education. These are the so-called red brick universities.
Iii. University Alliance:1end of September
University of London (UOL) is a federal university composed of several independent colleges and universities. In fact, there is no real University of London. It is a university alliance, and all its universities are independent entities, enrolling students independently, issuing diplomas independently and ranking independently.
Colleges under universities have a high degree of autonomy, and many of them are world-renowned universities. About 5% students in Britain have studied in universities in London. The main administrative office of the University of London is located in the Parliament Building in Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London, where there is also a library and presidential residence.
For example, University College London, King's College London and other famous British universities are all under the London University Alliance.
Fourth, the University Union of Wales.
The University of Wales is a joint university (University Alliance), which was established in 1893 according to the British Royal Charter. It is composed of universities and colleges in Wales 10, and undertakes the main teaching and research tasks.
The University of Wales is the certification and management institution of degree certificates issued by its branch schools and dozens of member colleges at home and abroad, which has great influence at home and abroad.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) flat glass university
Flat glass university refers to a university established in Britain after the publication of Robbins Report on Higher Education in 1960s.
The name comes from their modern architectural design. Flat glass is widely used in steel or concrete structures, which is in sharp contrast with the Victorian red brick university and the older classical universities. In the past, the new university was synonymous with the flat glass university, but after 1992, the new university tended to refer to the university after 1992 (after 1992 university, mainly upgraded from the past polytechnic).
Sixth, emerging universities.
At present, most of our so-called "new universities" refer to universities established after the 1980s.
These universities are the result of the transformation of British education policy to widely established universities. Most of their predecessors were polytechnics, accounting for half of more than 0/00 universities in Britain/KLOC. These young universities sometimes perform well in some new or single fields, but their overall reputation is still not as good as that of traditional universities, which may be due to their short history of becoming universities.
York University, the University of East Anglia and Lancaster University are all emerging universities in Britain.