For all British citizens a place at University brings with it a grant from their Local Education authority. The grants cover <blank> and some of the living expenses. The amount depends on the parents' income. If the parents don't earn much money, their children will receive a full grant which will cover all their expenses.

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• The UK's HEIs (higher education institutions) are not owned or run by government. They are independent, autonomous legal entities, with Councils or Governing Bodies. The structure of higher education in Great Britain is very complex. Three types of institutions – universities, teachers training colleges and art colleges – are the main sources of full-time education.
• A University consists of a number of faculties: medicine, theology, arts, philosophy, law, music, natural sciences, economics, engineering, agriculture, commerce and others. The normal <blank> of a first degree course is three years, at the end a bachelor degree is awarded on the results of examinations. B. A. and B.Sc. stand for Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science.
• A master <blank> is usually awarded after a further year or two years of study. M. A. or M. Sc. denote Master of Arts or Master of Science. The highest degree is the Doctor of Philosophy (D. Ph) awarded for research and the submission of a thesis. A person studying for a degree at a British University is called an undergraduate, one who has taken a degree is called a graduate.
• It is very unusual foe university students to live at home. Anyway, the three university terms are only 10-13 weeks each, and during vacation times the families are reunited. Students also learn a new way of studying. As well as lectures, there are regular <blank>. Attending lectures are optional for "Oxbridge" students! Similarly, some professors record their lectures, seminars or tutorials and put them on this intranet for students to use as a revision tool. This is also intended to make the class content accessible for those who, for whatever reason, could not attend the class.
• The two oldest <blank> in England are Oxford and Cambridge. Each consists of largely self-governing, residental colleges. The teaching is based on thetutorial system as well as lectures. Each <blank> has a tutor, who requires him to write essays anti papers on the subjects he is studying and give them to him regularly about once a fortnight for correction and discussion.