United Kingdom

About United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain (a term sometimes loosely applied to the whole state), the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. UK is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe. It is also the 22nd-most populated country, with an estimated 65.1 million inhabitants. Together, this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union. The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of governance .Its Capital City is London. The current monarch-since 6 February 1952-is Queen Elizabeth II. The UK consists of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom is a developed country and has the world's fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP and ninth-largest economy by purchasing power parity. The UK is considered to have a high-income economy and is categorized as very high in the Human Development Index, ranking 14th in the world. The UK has been a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council since its first session in 1946. The UK is also a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the Council of Europe, the G7 finance ministers, the G7 forum, the G20, NATO, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Geography

The total area of the United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 square kilometers (94,060 sq mi). The country occupies the major part of the British Isles archipelago and includes the island of Great Britain, the northeastern one-sixth of the island of Ireland and some smaller surrounding islands. It lies between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea with the south-east coast coming within 22 miles (35 km) of the coast of northern France, from which it is separated by the English Channel.

Education

Education is now mandatory from ages five to sixteen, and in England youngsters must stay in education or training until they are 18. In 2011, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) rated 13-14-year-old pupils in England and Wales 10th in the world for maths and 9th for science. The majority of children are educated in state-sector schools, a small proportion of which select on the grounds of academic ability. early years, primary, secondary, further education (FE) and higher education (HE).The law states that full time education is compulsory for all children between the ages of 5 (4 in Northern Ireland) and 16, the compulsory school age (CSA). In England, compulsory education or training has been extended to 18 for those born on or after 1 September 1997. This full-time education does not need to be at a school and a number of parents choose to home educate. Before they reach compulsory school age, children can be educated at nursery if parents wish though there is only limited government funding for such places. Further Education is non-compulsory, and covers non-advanced education which can be taken at further (including tertiary) education colleges and Higher Education institutions (HEIs). The fifth stage, Higher Education, is study beyond A levels or BTECs (and their equivalent) which, for most full-time students, takes place in universities and other Higher Education institutions and colleges

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UWS London
https://www.uws.ac.uk/

Bath Spa University
https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/

Birmingham City University
https://www.bcu.ac.uk/

BPP University
https://www.bpp.com/

Coventry University
https://www.coventry.ac.uk/

Edinburgh Napier University
https://www.napier.ac.uk/

London South Bank University
https://www.lsbu.ac.uk/

Middlesex University
https://www.mdx.ac.uk/

Northumbria University - Newcastle
https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/

Robert Gordon University
https://www.rgu.ac.uk/

Royal Agriculture University
https://www.rau.ac.uk/