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Education, Media and Holidays - Coggle Diagram

- - - - primary education, secondary education, further education and higher education
  - - - two parallel school systems
        
        the state system
        
        the independent system
      - at 16: take the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE)
      - between the ages of 5 to 11: mainly attend state primary schools
      - full-time education: sixth form (two years)
    - - 12th-13th: Oxford and Cambridge
      - 15th-16th: St. Andrews, Glasgow, Edinburgh
      - 19th-20th: other universities
      - funds
        
        central government grants
        
        tuition fees
        
        donations
        
        corporate contributions
      - legally independent and complete academic freedom
      - the Open University
    - - Oxford University
      - Cambridge University
        
        one of the oldest universities in the world
        
        one of the largest in Britain
        
        more Nobel Prize winners
        
        have 31 colleges
- - - - about half as the "quality press"
      - Britain's "Big Three"
        
        The Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph
  - - - The British Broadcasting Corporation
      - international branch: the BBC World Service
    - - SkyTV merge with British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB)
- - - - Christmas pantomime
      - the Queen's Christmas message
      - Boxing Day