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The United Kingdom is made up of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It has a long history as a major player in international affairs and fulfills an important role in the EU, UN, and Nato. The twentieth century saw Britain having to redefine its place in the world. At the beginning of the century, it commanded a world-wide empire as the foremost global power. Two world wars and the end of empire diminished its role, but the UK remains a major economic and military power, with considerable political and cultural influence around the world.

It has a rich literary heritage encompassing the works of English writers such as William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens, Scot Robert Burns, Welshman Dylan Thomas, and Northern Irishman Seamus Heaney. Traditional music has deep roots across the UK, which has also produced classical composers from Henry Purcell in the Baroque period to Benjamin Britten in the 20th century.

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The British have an interesting mix of communication styles encompassing both understatement and direct communication. Many older businesspeople or those from the ‘upper class’ rely heavily upon formal use of established protocol. Most British are masters of understatement and do not use effusive language. If anything, they have a marked tendency to qualify their statements with such as ‘perhaps’ or ‘it could be’. When communicating with people they see as equal to themselves in rank or class, the British are direct, but modest. If communicating with someone they know well, their style may be more informal, although they will still be reserved.

Children’s education in England is normally divided into two separate stages. They begin with primary education at the age of five and this usually lasts until they are eleven. Then they move to secondary school, there they stay until they reach sixteen, seventeen or eighteen years of age.

Full-time education is compulsory for all children aged between 5 and 16, either at school or otherwise, with a child beginning primary education during the school year he or she turns 5. Students may then continue their secondary studies for a further two years (sixth form), leading most typically to A-level qualifications, although other qualifications and courses exist, including Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) qualifications, the International Baccalaureate (IB) and the Cambridge Pre-U. The leaving age for compulsory education was raised to 18 by the Education and Skills Act 2008. The change will take effect in 2013 for 16-year-olds and 2015 for 17-year-olds. State-provided schooling and sixth form education is paid for by taxes. England also has a tradition of independent schooling, but parents may choose to educate their children by any suitable means.

  • University of Leicester
  • Aston University
  • University of Sussex
  • Royal College of Art
  • University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC)
  • Roehampton University
  • University of Plymouth
  • University of Teesside
  • University of Sunderland
  • Canterbury Christ Church University
  • University of Bedfordshire
  • Southampton Solent University
  • Middlesex University
  • Leeds Metropolitan University
  • University of West London
  • Institute of Education, University of London
  • University of Bolton
  • University of West London
  • New Bucks University
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London
  • University of Central Lancashire
  • University College Falmouth
  • University of Strathclyde
  • University of Bradford
  • London Metropolitan University
  • University of Chester
  • University of Surrey
  • The University of Northampton
  • Aberystwyth University
  • The University of Winchester
  • Queen Mary, University of London
  • University of the West of Scotland
  • Queen’s University Belfast
  • Glasgow School of Art
  • London Business School
  • Liverpool Hope University
  • De Montfort University
  • School of Advanced Study, University of London
  • Royal Holloway, University of London
  • Royal Veterinary College, University of London
  • University of the West of England
  • Royal College of Music
  • Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
  • Oxford Brookes University
  • University of Worcester
  • Cranfield University
  • University of the Arts London
  • Bangor University
  • The University of Hull
  • Coventry University
  • Goldsmiths, University of London
  • University of London
  • University of Lincoln
  • University of Ulster
  • University of Gloucestershire
  • University of Abertay Dundee
  • Edge Hill University
  • University of Essex
  • The University of Buckingham
  • University of Aberdeen
  • Bath Spa University
  • City University London
  • University of Wales, Lampeter
  • Brunel University
  • Edinburgh College of Art
  • University of Portsmouth
  • Glasgow Caledonian University
  • Kingston University
  • St George’s, University of London
  • Heriot-Watt University
  • University of Cumbria
  • Loughborough University
  • Queen Margaret University
  • University of Greenwich
  • Royal Academy of Music, University of London
  • University of East Anglia
  • University of Wales, Newport
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • York St John University
  • University of Dundee
  • Buckinghamshire New University
  • University of Salford
  • Scottish Agricultural College
  • University of Hertfordshire
  • European School of Economics
  • University of Reading
  • Glyndwr University
  • University of Exeter
  • Richmond, The American International University in London
  • Birkbeck, University of London
  • Swansea Metropolitan University
  • Sheffield Hallam University
  • American InterContinental University
  • The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
  • Central School of Speech and Drama
  • University of East London
  • The School of Pharmacy, University of London
  • University of Brighton
  • University College Birmingham
  • Keele University
  • The Arts University College at Bournemouth
  • Nottingham Trent University
  • Harper Adams University College
  • Liverpool John Moores University
  • Bishop Grosseteste University College
  • Swansea University
  • Trinity University College
  • University of Wolverhampton
  • Heythrop College, University of London
  • University of Westminster
  • University of Derby
  • School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
  • Birmingham City University
  • University for the Creative Arts
  • London South Bank University
  • Bournemouth University
  • Staffordshire University
  • Anglia Ruskin University
  • University of Huddersfield
  • The University of Sheffield
  • Northumbria University
  • The Robert Gordon University
  • University of Stirling
  • University of Glamorgan
  • Edinburgh Napier University

If you have unlimited leave to remain in the UK and you are free from immigration control than you are known as permanent resident of the United Kingdom.

For foreign nationals to become UK permanent residents, they need to apply for permission to settle in the UK, also known as Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR). A person who has Indefinite Leave to Remain visa status will be known as a settled person.

Settled status is the most usual route to naturalisation or to become a British citizen. Settled status or Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) is also important where a child of non-British citizen parents is born in the UK, as unless at least one parent has settled status, the child will not automatically be a British citizen.

Benefit of Becoming UK Resident

Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) gives the freedom to live and work in the UK without any restriction. Unlike people with Limited Leave to Remain (LTR) in the United Kingdom, Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) holders do have access to public funds. The wording “No recourse to public funds” is not written in ILR holders’ visas. As a result, they are able to claim Jobseeker’s Allowance and other benefits which are usually available to UK citizens.

ILR holders also pay Home Student (i.e. UK citizens) rates at educational institutions in the UK. That is, they are not charged as international students like LTR visa holders. However, to be considered for home student fees, the individual must have lived in the UK for more than three years as a settled person or be free from immigration control.

England is a leader in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors, and also in technical industries such as aerospace, the arms industry, and manufacturing software industry. Once the world leader in just about everything, today their major ‘industries’ are iron and steel production, banking and finance, chemical, military hardware (though this is waning rapidly), tourism and others.

If you are working, you may still be able to get benefits or tax credits if you are on a low income. It does not matter whether you are working for someone else or self-employed. The benefits you can get depend on your circumstances, your earnings and other money you have coming in, and on how many hours you work each week. There are different benefits for people who work less than 16 hours a week and for people who work 16 hours or more.