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I heard it was different from the US (age 18).

How does it work? Like how many years of high school are there in England, and when do students typically start college?

Secondary schools take students from the age of 11.

There are "Sixth Form Colleges". Students start at 16 and leave at 18. There are also schools that educate students until they are 18.

Typically, from 18-21, students can go to university to read for a degree. A PhD and some vocational qualifications take longer.

Me and my mum, dad, and my baby sister might go to England in December next month for me and my sisters winterbreak for a week. What clothing and other essentials should I bring with me?

The weather is fairly wet and a bit chilly, though generally not below O*C. Definitely take warm clothing, good walking shoes (or boots to keep your feet dry) and a rain jacket. An umbrella is a good idea as well. Mittens and a toque (winter hat) are handy if you want them as well.

Which European country is comparable in size and population to England?
I need to write a comparative piece on paternity leave rights in England and one other European country. However, the country MUST be comparable(similar) in size and population to England. My geography is awful (shameful, I know) so can someone please help me out?

If you mean the UK pop 60million
Italy= 58 million
France = 59 million

I am getting married next spring and my fiance and I are thinking of driving up the New England coast for our honeymoon. We want to spend some time in New York City, but we would also like to visit Boston and other sites and cities. Any suggestions?

I’m not sure where you are starting from. Obviously, Philadelphia and Washington have plenty to do and see.

New York and Boston are great, naturally. We start getting into weather issues, depending on the time of year you’ll be going. Cape Cod has some nice places. Newport, R.I., is pretty spectacular. The Maine coast is very pretty.

I am planning a vacation to England or England/France for 2007. I would appreciate input on good travel tour groups for European vacations.

Trafalgar is fabulous!!! I went to England Ireland Scotland and Wales with Traflagar costsavers and had the best time

My daughter has little hope gaining admission to a local Church of England school because they class "Methodists" as being from a different faith and therefore highly unlikely to gain entry to a Christian school? Is this legal?

Yup because they still dont get why the reformation began to begin with.
In other words, they’re sure they are not wrong.

I am writing a book and doing som research. Do most of the schools in England require uniforms? Do more schools in england have uniforms than in the united states?

Any info here would be useful.

70 percent for primary school
99 percent for secondary!!!!

Yes we wear uniform a lot more than you! Every school I know wear uniform! Even non-fee-paying!

I am a New Zealander, born and raised. Recently i aquired Dutch nationality through my Opa, on my dads side. I can get a dutch passport. Concidering my circumstances, will i be able to wrok in England Visa free?

I was not aware that you could obtain nationality based on a grandparent under Dutch law as it is only on the basis of a parent and not a grandparent – so you may want to double check this (if you do not have a passport already). http://www.minbuza.nl/en/welcome/DutchCitizens,dutch_nationality/how_can_i_acquire_dutch_nationalityx.html

Anyway, if you do have a Dutch passport, then yes you are able to travel and work in the UK without a visa. However, the recession has really hit the UK hard and employment is rising by the day. So again you may want to consider this before making a hasty decision.

Good luck

There are fewer choices in the universities themselves, I heard that in England there were fewer choices when choosing courses or something like that. You had to stick to two subjects?

The newest Universities (which most students go to) have a system for courses very similar to America. I know in Germany and Scandinavia these degrees are not well thought of.

The traditional British Universities (Like London, Manchester etc) are more restrictive with more academically oriented with fewer courses taught at a higher level.

Universities like Oxford and Cambridge operate a much more academically selective system even than Ivy League for entry but have a much more laid back attitude to coursework, lectures etc – much less school-like- basically the resources are there and its up to you to decide what you want to do with them. It works quite well – Cambridge has by far the largest number of Nobel prizewinners in the world.

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Does anyone know the process or requirements (academic/legal) for working as a Romanian translator in England please?

My friend, she is fluent in both languages, yet has worked in England for 10 years in an ‘un-skilled’ profession. She is actually very gifted with languages and wishes to further herself but does not have any British qualifications.

I suggested maybe working as a Police/Hospital translator, but I have no idea how to help her any further, and if it’s actually quite difficult to (literally) ‘walk into’ a job like this.

Any advise would be greatly appreciated – thank you for your help.

There are recognised interpreting qualifications such as Diploma in Public Service Interpreting (DPSI) which most public service agencies will require interpreters they engage to have.
You dont say where in England your friend lives, but the agency for the East of England is CINTRA:

http://www.colc.co.uk/cambridge/cintra/about.htm

and I imagine there are similar agencies elsewhere, although many interpreters work on their own.