Once a student reaches higher education (after meeting the A-level qualifications), he/she will obtain an undergraduate degree at a university. A bachelor's degree takes three years to complete. After this, a student can work towards a graduate degree where a master's degree typically takes one year to complete and a doctorate degree takes three years to finish. There are various professional degrees (including law and veterinary science) which, unlike the United States, are completed in an augmented undergraduate program - these are considered specialized degrees.
After reading a bit of information about England's education system there are several questions I have. First, I would like to know, with the qualifications they require before a student can enter higher education, do they have the need for developmental/remedial courses? I would also be interested to know more about how the new mandates (outlined in the White Paper) are going to impact the further education sector - is the curriculum that was taught at these institutions going to be enveloped into the secondary education system? Finally, I wonder if what we term "non-traditional" students have been atypical in the English further education and higher education systems?
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