EDUCATION

Team # 3

Topics
Education Systems.
Education model.
Admission process.
ARWU (Academic Ranking of World

Universities)
Fraternities and Sororities.

 Inthe UKeach countryhas different

education systems.

Educationin the UKis divided into

4stages depending onthe student's

age.Primary and secondary education
is compulsory (you must go).

Compulsory Education
Englandand Wales: compulsory

educationfrom 5 to16 years.Only

someschools admitstudents according
totest scores.Selective highschools
offer educationfrom 11 to18 yearsto
selected studentsin an test.
Northern Ireland: compulsory

educationfrom 4 to16.The primary is up

to 11or 12years.

 Scotland:compulsory educationis divided

intotwoprimaryphases(5 to12 years)

and secondary(12 to16 years).

Number of studentsper class in the

UK :
The average is26 studentsper

class,while inprivate schoolsranges

between15 and 20.

 Different types of

school
The differencesmoreimportantsin the
UKis thatprivate schools havea cost,
whilestate schoolsdo not.
Forprivate schoolsthe
costvariesbetween950
and2,500,per quarter, andfor high
school,between1,300 and3,000.

Education Model
Allstate schoolsin England, Wales

andNorthern Irelandhave to usethe

national plan.Private schoolsalso follow
thisplanbut not required.
The main subjectsare English,math and

science.Thematerials arecomplementary
technologies,history, geography, music,
art, physical educationfor high school
students, a foreign language

Educationalreforms
in
the
UK
Children will
havedominatecommunication toolslike
blogs, iPods, WikipediaorTwitter.
Studentsalsohave goodwriting,

butwho can writeon a keyboard and

improvemental calculation toreduce the
use ofthe calculator.
A point of reform is to triple the cost of
university.

the
second stageof secondary
education partof
England andWales:This

Educationnot compulsory :

education isofferedin collegesor

secondary schools.
Northern Ireland:Follow thesame

system.
Foradmission tothe universityusually

requiresthe highest degree.

High Schools.
England
and Wales.
Admission
to secondary
school is
usually done
without
reference
to ability
or aptitude

Northern
Ireland.

Scotland
.

High
schools must
accept student
s if there are
places availabl
e

Admissions
to public
schools do
not take into
account the
student's ability
or skill

A-Levels (England, Wales, Northern Ireland)

The most common form of further education at
age 16 is the study of "A-levels" (General
Certificate of Education Advanced Level certificate)
to be used as a form of preparation for admission
to the University.

The Academic Ranking of World

Universities is first published in June
2003 by the Center for World-Class
Universities and the Institute of Higher
Education of Shanghai Jiao Tong
Univeristy, China, and then updated
on an annual basis.

ARWU uses six objective

indicators to rank world
universities, including the number
of alumni and staff winning Nobel
Prizes and Fields Medals, number
of highly cited researchers
selected by Thomson Scientific,
number of articles published in
journals of Nature and Science,
number of articles indexed in
Science Citation Index - Expanded
and Social Sciences Citation
Index, and per capita
performance with respect to the
size of an institution.

* University of Cambrid

More than 1000 universities are

actually ranked by ARWU every
year and the best 500 are
published on the web.
World Top 10 Universities:
1.- Harvard University - EUA
2.- UC-Berkeley - EUA
3.- Stanford University - EUA
4.- MIT - EUA
5.- University of Cambridge UK
6.- Caltech - EUA
7.-Princeton University - EUA
8.- Columbia University - EUA
9.- University of Chicago - EUA
10.- University of Oxford* - UK

*University of
Oxford

The National Autonomous University of Mexico

(UNAM) is in the ranking of 500 universities in
the world, which is located in the 165 place.
The Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon
(UANL), through its Vision 2012 plan, want to
be the best public university in Mexico with the
highest national and international prestige.

Universities in UK
Students attending universities in England

do a three year course to earn a bachelor's

degree, both for an ordinary degree or an
honors degree. Some of the worlds most
popular industry in UK is the Oxford
University and Cambridge University.

 In UK universities the academic degrees

are split into classes: first class, upper

second class, lowers second class and
third class. In many universities ordinary
degrees are often confined when a student
dont pass enough modules. Before
choosing a course, students need to
diligently think about the subjects interest
of his/her interest and the type of
qualification one wants.

Fraternities and
Sororities
Fraternities and sororities are social

organizations for undergraduate students. The

term refers mainly to such organizations at
colleges and universities, although it is also
applied to analogous groups also known as
corporations. Similar, but less common,
organizations also exist for secondary school
students. In modern usage, the term "Greek
letter organization" is often synonymous, with
the terms "fraternity" and "sorority".

 Typically, Greek letters organizations are

single-sex, initiatory organizations with

membership considered active during the
undergraduate years only. Greek letter
organizations may sometimes be
considered mutual aid societies, providing
academic and social activities. Some
groups also maintain a chapter house
(common house), providing residential
and dining facilities for members.