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[quote=Anonymous]The UK is 4 countries (England, Wales, Scotland, N. Ireland) but one nation.  Scottish universities generally are 4 years for an undergraduate degree.  English and Welsh universities generally are 3 years for an undergraduate degree.  I am not sure how long it takes at universities in Northern Ireland.

For those considering any university in London, please understand that 3 full years of dormitory housing from the university generally is not possible.  Housing on the open market in greater London is seriously expensive.

It is true that many/most folks in the UK dislike most Americans.  There are many and diverse reasons for this.  It does not help that many Americans in the UK are loud (dB) and outspoken when talking, compared with most UK people.  When I did a course in the UK, I simply ignored provocative statements from others most of the time.  On rare, well chosen, occasions I would explain some structural difference between the a parliamentary type government and the US type of government or perhaps observe that in the US legal system one does not need the initial court’s permission to file an appeal (which is a requirement in the English and Welsh courts).  My strategy generally worked.

Prior to maybe the late 1970s, the BBC was both accurate and clear in its overseas reporting.  Since maybe 1980, the quality of BBC reporting on US news has really declined.  The BBC frequently seem not to understand, for example, that a President cannot just hand a piece of draft/would-be legislation to Congress and force a vote.  The BBC also do not explain that only the US Senate can ratify/approve a treaty, and that a sitting US President can negotiate but cannot ratify a treaty on his/her own.  Some of the anti-American feelings come from sloppy news reporting in the UK or misunderstandings about the US government’s structure or US legal system.

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