Read the story about British universities and answer the questions

a) What is the oldest university in Great Britain?

b) When was Cambridge University founded?

c) How do the students of the Open University study?

Oxford University, which began in 1214, is the oldest university in Great Britain and one of the oldest in the world. Cambridge University was founded in 1284. Until the nineteenth century, these were the only universities in England. London University was started in 1828 for students who wanted to avoid the religion that Oxford and Cambridge emphasized. Since then a number of colleges and universities have been founded.

The Open University is a higher education system that grants degrees to students who don’t go to a campus to live and study. They take their courses over television, by mail, or through a computer Internet hookup. Open University classes started in 1970. Anyone in the European Union can now take them.

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