1. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica
British Culture
Education
Team:
Jose Rogelio Perales Núñez
Adrian Omar Lozano Guerra

2. Education in United
Kingdom

3. What’s Education?
In the UK there are four parallel education systems. While the
subjects and degrees offered in England, Wales and Northern
Ireland are essentially similar, the Scottish have important
differences.

4. School education is compulsory from the age of five (in Northern
Ireland from four) and until he was sixteen. However, to access higher
education, are generally expected to remain in high school until he was
eighteen. The stages are typically:
 Preschool Ages 2-5 (pre-school)
 Age 5-11 Primary education (primary education)
 Age 11-16/18 secondary education (secondary education).
In some cases there is an intermediate stage (middle school)
between primary and secondary.

5. What are the bodies which regulate education system?
Education in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter with each of
the countries of the United Kingdom having separate systems under
separate governments:
The UK Government is responsible for England, the Scottish
Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland
Executive are responsible for Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland, respectively.
Country Institution
England Department for Education and
Skills
Scotlad Scottish Executive Education
Department
Wales Learning Wales
Northern Ireland Department for Education
Northern Ireland

6. Differences between the content of the programs in basic
education in these countries?
England, Wales, North Ireland Scotland
• The system has emphasized depth of
education
• English, Welsh and Northern Irish students
tend to sit a small number of more advanced
examinations.
• In Primary the students stay in them from 5
to 11 years old.
• The Scottish system has emphasized
breadth.
• Scottish students tend to sit a larger number
of less advanced examinations.
• The Scotland students stay until 12 years old.
Students enter secondary school at age 11 and is compulsory
for five years. In the year 10, they begin to prepare for the
presentation of a series of exams - General Certificate of
Secondary Education (GCSE). Students normally are evaluated
in nine or ten subjects.

7. Differences between Universities, Colleges, Polytechnics
Universities Colleges Polytechnics
 These institutions have
great autonomy in spite of
which they are public
funded.
 They are supported by the
University Grants
Committee.
 They consist of nature
centers and extensive
options.
They are not universities
and have several names.
 These are centers of high
education that usually
specialize in applied
science.
 For commercial and
industrial sectors.
Offer some humanistic
disciplines.
 Were created to extend
higher education to respond
economically to the social
and economics needs.

8. University of Cambridge
Imperial College London
Birmingham City University

9. Postgraduates
Involves learning and studying for degrees, professional or academic
certificates, or other qualifications for which a first or Bachelor's
degree generally is required, and it is normally considered to be part
of higher education.
Admission to undertake a research degree in the UK typically
requires a good bachelor's degree.
Funding for postgraduate study in the UK is awarded competitively,
and usually is disseminated by institution rather than directly to
individuals.

10. Curiosities
The size of classes in state primary schools averages 26
students, whereas private schools ranges between 15 and 20.
About 94% of pupils in England, and the rest of the UK, receive
free education from public funds, 6% from independent fee paying
schools.
School holidays are: Christmas-
2 weeks, Spring - 2 weeks,
Summer - 6 weeks.
There are also one week holidays:
end of October, mid February,
end of May.

11. Education in Mexico

12. What’s Education?
Formal education in Mexico is based on the Mexican educational
system whose levels are: Early Childhood Education, Primary
Education, Secondary Education-Higher and Higher Education.
The Mexican educational system as in any other country is the set
of rules, institutions, and technological resources designed to
provide educational services to the Mexican population is not a
static but constantly changing.

13. How scholar education could be completed??
In Mexico there are different levels of education:
primary, secondary, higher and higher, which include studies in:
Preschool, Primary, Secondary, Bachelor, Bachelor, Master, PhD, as
well as diplomas and other forms of higher education. Basic
education (consisting of primary, secondary and high school) is
mandatory and provided by the government (federal, state, Federal
District and municipalities) across the Mexican territory, under the
terms of Article III of the Constitution of the United States Mexicanos.
Autonomous schools but equally there are individuals who offer these
educational levels.

14. What are the bodies which regulate education system?
The Mexican Secretariat of Public
Education is a federal government
authority with Cabinet representation
and responsibility for overseeing the
development and implementation of
national educational policy and school
standards in Mexico.
Responsibilities:
 Creation and maintenance of state public schools in the Mexican Federal
District.
Ensuring all requirements related to preschool, primary, secondary, technical
and normal education as established by the Constitution.
 To organize, administer and enrich the general or specialized libraries that
are sustained by the Secretariat or that form part of its dependencies.

15. Differences between Universities, Colleges.
A technical college or polytechnic college is a type as such has to
offer a wide variety of subjects and specialties but with a focus on
technical matters.
Basic training includes subjects such as mathematics, physics or
chemistry, supplemented with more specific such as biology,
mineralogy, and engineering with all specialties (computer, electrical,
mechanical).
The difference between traditional universities
and technical colleges are missing, and the first
offer a wide range of technical studies.

16. Postgraduates
The graduate college are post graduate degree and master's degree
covers (also called Master or Masters) and PhD. In addition to the
studies themselves, can include postdoctoral research and / or
university post in this academic field.
It is an educational level that is part of the higher rate or second and
third cycle. Its background mandatory undergraduate titration.
With graduate programs is narrowing the field of study but will be
majoring in a field that refers to being more competitive.

17. Education in United States
of America

18. What’s Education?
Education in the United States is provided mainly by the public
sector, with control and funding from the three levels of
government, federal, state and local. Child education is
compulsory.

19. How scholar education could
be completed??

20. Elementary school
Preschool 4–5
Kindergarten 5–6
1st Grade 6–7
2nd Grade 7–8
3rd Grade 8–9
4th Grade 9–10
5th Grade 10–11
Middle School
6th Grade 11–12
7th Grade 12–13
8th Grade 13–14
Escuela Superior
9th Grade(Freshman) 14–15-16
10th Grade (Sophomore) 15–16
11th Grade (Junior) 16–17
12th Grade (Senior) 17–18
Educacion Post-Secundaria
Tertiary Education (College or University
The age varies, but often 18 to 22
(Freshman, Sophomore, Junior y Senior)
Vocational education Age varies
Graduate education Age varies
Adult education Age varies

21. What are the bodies which regulate education system?
There is in America a national system of education. The federal
government runs schools. Each of the 50 states has its own
Department of Education, which sets the rules for the schools of that
state.
Most of the control lies with American schools in each school district.
The School Board of Directors, a small committee of people elected
by the community, sets general policies for each school in the district
concerned. Students who attend public schools do not pay tariffs
from 1st to 12th grade.

22. United States Department of Education
The primary functions of the Department of Education
are to "establish policy for, administer and coordinate
most federal assistance to education, collect data on US
schools, and to enforce federal educational laws regarding privacy
and civil rights.“ The Department of Education does not establish
schools or colleges.

23. Differences between Universities, Colleges.
The difference between a college and a university is that a college
just offers a collection of degrees in one specific area while a
university is a collection of colleges. When you go to a university you
are going to be graduating from one of their colleges, such as the
business college. As to which is better, it depends on what you want.
Single colleges tend to be smaller while universities are bigger, but
universities are better known.

24. Postgraduates
 Graduate Students (Graduate)
Being a graduate student (graduate students) in the U.S. is a totally
different experience to be a graduate student. The demands of work
and study are significantly higher. Interpersonal relationships with
other students and teachers, particularly with the mentor (faculty
adviser) will be narrower.

25. Postgraduates
 Graduate seminars (Graduate Seminars)
A typical graduate curriculum (graduate) includes not only regular
classes, but also seminars in which a small number of students
meets with a teacher for two or three hours once a week to discuss
certain topics in greater depth. Students are expected to take an
active role in these seminars.

26. Curiosities
 Universities are usually larger and often contain multiple "colleges"
within them. However, some of the top-ranked schools in the US
have a name including "college" . In other parts of the English-
speaking world, the term "university" equates to the US use of
"college" and the term "college" refers more to a trade or vocational
school.
 Almost all of the American population studied only up to high
school and from there enters the labor market.
 The costs of a university is too expensive in comparation to
another countries.

27. What’s ARWU?
Is a publication that was founded and
compiled by the Shanghai Jiaotong
University to rank universities globally.
ARWU is the first global ranking of
universities to be published.
The ranking compares 1200 higher education institutions worldwide
according to a formula that took into Nobel Prizes, articles published,
etc.

28. What’s a sorority? (And a fraternity)
Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for
undergraduate students. The term refers mainly to such
organizations at colleges and universities.
The term fraternity refers to an all-male group, while the term
"sorority" refers to an all-female group.