[Leica] British Educational System

["Stuart Phillips" <stuart.phillips@umb.edu>]

While it is true that there are differences in the constitutional position
of each part of the United Kingdom, to say that there is no British
educational system is misleading.  Education in England, Scotland, Wales and
Northern Ireland is practically identical (especially since the Thatcher
years when Scotland lost much of its local government). At all levels,
especially the tertiary, it is very different from the US system:

1. A much smaller percentage of the population go to university in the UK
2. British Universities do not use the GPA system, but are more exam based
3. British schools teach religion, in the past Church of England, more
recently a broader range.

These are just a few examples where you can talk about a "British" system.
Last but not least, life, even politics, is rarely talked about in
constitutional terms in Britain, unlike the US.

Stuart Phillips