Some universities in Britain

In 1980s, there were only 46 universities in Britain. After Margaret Hilda Thatcher was inaugurated as the prime minister, the number of universities increased. She made the polytechnic schools which students can learn technical skills, so more students have been able to go to universities. The polytechnic schools are new, so I will introduce old universities. They are classified into ancient and red-brick. The university of Oxford and Cambridge called Oxbridge are in the ancient group, and also Durham and St. Andrews are in that group. The University of Oxford is the most intelligence, and Cambridge is the second. This year, people celebrate 800th anniversary of the University of Cambridge, so a variety of events are held. In addition, Oxford was established in further older days. The most of students of these universities went to the private schools, so they were born in rich families. I will explain about red-brick to you. Birmingham and Manchester is classified in red-brick, because the building was made from red bricks. These schools are also very famous, and so intelligent. The pupils of these universities can get the greatest jobs for them. The universities have many colleges. Colleges mean kind of dormitories, so students can sleep, eat, play sports, and relax in colleges.

Now, there are about 100 universities in Britain. On the other hand, Japan has about 750 universities like Tokyo University and NUFS. If the number of universities were increased, more students could learn a lot of things at their universities. I hope that from now on.