The system of education in great britain

T
HE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN 
G
REAT 
B
RITAIN
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River Cam are known as the “Backs,” and together they form a unique combination 
of large-scale architecture, natural and formal gardens, and river scenery with student 
boaters.
The university library with well over 3,000,000 volumes is one of a handful in 
the country that is entitled to a copy of every book published in Great Britain. Note-
worthy collections include the Acton Library of medieval, ecclesiastical, and modern 
history, the W.G. Aston Japanese library, the papers of Charles Darwin, and the 
Wade Chinese collection.
The Fitzwilliam Museum contains, among other things, important collections of 
Egyptian, Greek, and Roman antiquities; medieval and modern manuscripts; and 
paintings of European masters.
Useful links. Cambridge. 
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_University
 
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http://www.cam.ac.uk/
 
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University of Cambridge companies
 grouped at 
OpenCorporates
 
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Cambridge University Students' Union
 
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Cambridge University Graduate Union
 
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Interactive map
—a zoomable map linking to all the University departments 
and colleges 
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Cambridge University Constabulary
 
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Cambridge University primates
 
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List of medieval universities
 
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List of organisations and institutions associated with the University of 
Cambridge
 
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List of organisations with a British royal charter
 
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List of professorships at the University of Cambridge
 
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University of Cambridge Graduate Union
 
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University of Cambridge in popular culture
 
Ex. 4. Read the text OXFORD, translate and retell it. 
OXFORD 
xford is an English autonomous institution of higher 
learning at Oxford, Oxfordshire, Eng. It lies along 
the Upper River Thames (called by Oxonians the 
Isis), 50 miles (80 km) north-northwest of London.
Sketchy evidence indicates that schools existed at 
Oxford as soon as the early 12
th
century. By the end of 
that century a university was well established, perhaps re-
sulting from the barring of English students from the 
University of Paris about 1167. Oxford was modeled on 
the University of Paris, with initial faculties of theology, 
law, medicine, and the liberal arts.
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