Abstract
Through analyzing and comparing others' research, history of Chinese and British higher educational systems, and the current situation of the two systems, we can find that there are four major parts we can learn from British higher education, including improve transparency, enhance relevant study, free movement and access to the best possible education for students and change some methods of teaching and learning activities. Some of these parts can be related to cultural differences. Changing culture needs time.
The purpose of higher education, which originated in the Middle Ages (Song Wenhong 2005), is spreading knowledge and providing trainings to important industries. Universities have become very significant institutions in creating and spreading knowledge. Universities are not only the birthplace of many basic sciences, but also play an important role in providing training for an increasing number of majors. The UK higher education originated 700 years ago. It encompasses of the complete range of things to offer like world class research universities to specialist conservatoires and colleges of art and design. The sector has attracted considerable, long-standing, world-wide respect; and a large number of UK institutions have established pre-eminent positions in their specialist fields against prominent international competitors (See National Mentoring Scheme 2005).
