There are more than forty universities in Britain—nearly twice as many as in 1960.During the 1960s eight completely new ones were founded, and ten other new ones were created ____1____ converting old colleges of technologies into universities. In the same period the ____2____ of students more than doubled, from 70,000 to ____3____ than 200,000.By 1973 about 10% of men aged from eighteen ____4____ twenty-one were in universities and about 5% of women. All the universities are private institutions. Each has its ____5____ governing councils, ____6____ some local businessmen and local politicians as ____7____ a few academics(大学教师).The state began to give grants to them fifty years ____8____ , and by 1970 each university derived nearly all its ____9____ from state grants. Students have to ____10____ fees and living costs, but every student may receive from the local authority of the place ____11____ he lives a personal grant which is enough to pay his full costs, including lodging and ____12____ unless his parents are ____13____ .Most ____14____ take jobs in the summer ____15____ about six weeks, but they do not normally do outside ____16____ during the academic year. The Department of Education takes ____17____ for the payment which cover the whole expenditure of the ____18____ , but it does not exercise direct control. It can have an important influence ____19____ new developments through its power to distribute funds, but it takes the advice of the University Grants Committee, a body which is mainly ____20____ of academics.
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