University and Further Education

Admission to universities is by examination (good results in at least 2 subjects are necessary) and interviews. For all English citizens a place at a university brings with it a grant from their local education authority.
English Universities greatly differ from each other.They differ in date of foundation, size, history, tradition (including academic dress, clubs, sports), methods of instruction, way of students' life.
British universities can be divided into 3 groups:
1. Oxford and Cambridge and some old Scottish universities (e.g. St. Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh),
2.The "redbrick universities";
3.The newuniversities