With our usual Life in the UK classes on hold, our tutor Richard has been working hard to create resources to send out to his students to continue their learning.
We wanted to share a section of these each week, along with useful resources for those wanting to learn.
Life in the UK introduction
The resource book
The Home Office produces the official guide with all the information you need to know within it.
An online version can be found here and the pages referred to from the book link to certain chapters as shown below.
The exam
Many immigration applications require you to prove you have a knowledge of “Life in the UK” and the exam to prove it can be booked via the gov.uk website with a charge of £50 per attempt.
Usually as part of this, you will also need a good level of English. If you need help with English classes, click here
You need to get 18 or more out of 24 questions correct in order to pass.
| Online Section | Home office book pages |
|---|---|
| Values and Principles | Pages 7-11 |
| What is the UK? | Pages 12-13 |
| Long and Illustrious History | Pages 14-69 |
| Modern thriving society | .Pages 70-117 |
| The UK government, the law and your role | 118-161 |
Try an online practice test to see how you get on
Support
Richard regularly runs his sessions when our offices are open and can support one to one or in groups.
Below are some additional reading/listening/watching and key dates he has put together to support peoples learning, in addition to his packs he sends his students each week.
This weeks media highlights:
Windsor Castle – (Sun/25 Oct: Chan.5 17.10 – 19.00). The Queen’s 2nd home – many histories Study Guide: P.24
Carry On Cabby – (Mon/26 Oct: Film 4 17.00 – 18.50) Family comedy movie – ‘Carry On’ studios. Study Guide: P.103
Tate Gallery – (Sun/25 Oct: Radio 3 18.45 – 19.30) People and portraits in modern art. Study Guide: P.94
Isambard Brunel – (Tue/27 Oct: BBC-4 19.00 – 19.30). Famous engineer in UK South-West. Study Guide: P.48
Henry VIII – (Wed/28 Oct: Chan.5 21.00 – 22.00) Private life of the famous Tudor king. Study Guide: P.26-27
Tate Gallery – (Sun/25 Oct: Radio 3 18.45 – 19.30)People and portraits in modern art. Study Guide: P.94
A week in history: 14th June – 19th June
A selection of people or events the Home Office guide lists. (More details can be found by clicking on the blue text)
(Sun) 14 June: English Civil War. King Charles continues with a series of losses on thebattlefield at Naseby in 1645 which end in capture and execution (Guide: P.33).
(Sun) 14 June: The Falklands War between the UK and Argentina ends in 1982. (P.67).
(Thu) 18 June: Battle of Waterloo: 1815. Napoleon finally loses everything to the British of his attempt at world supremacy. (Guide: P.44)
(Sun) 14 June: Deposed King James II in battle to regain the English throne, but fails at the Boyne River in Ireland in 1690 (Guide: P.36 & 84)
(Sun) 14 June: Emmeline Pankhurst, founder of the suffragette Votes for Women protest dies in 1928, when her campaign is successful. (Guide: P.51)
(Fri) 19 June: Nobel Prize Winner in Literature William Golding dies in 1993 (P.97)
A week in history: 6th June – 12th June
A selection of people or events the Home Office guide lists. (More details can be found by clicking on the blue text)
6 June: D-day 1944. The allied troops invade Europe via France in order to bring World War II to an end (Study Guide: P.59).
7 June: Robert the Bruce dies in 1329. Famous for his Scottish victory over the English in 1314. (P.21)
8 June: John Millais is born in 1829. Founder member of the modern Pre-Raphaelite artists group (P.94)
8 June: Tim Berners-Lee, internet inventor, born 1955 (P.65)
9 June: Charles Dickens, world-famous Victorian novelist dies in 1870 (P.98)
10 June: The Queen’s husband, Prince Philip, born 1921 (P.121)
11 June: Henry VIII marries 1st wife, Katherine of Aragon in 1509 (P.27)
11 June: Motor-racing champion Jackie Stewart born in 1939 (P.85)
7 June: Damien Hirst born this day 1965. His unusual art forms win him many prizes including that of the Turner Prize. (P.95).
7 June: Alan Turing, mathematics expert and computer inventor dies on this day in 1954 (P.64)
8 June: Francis Crick, discoverer of the human DNA molecule network born this date in 1916. (P.64)
9 June: George Stephenson born 1781. With his son becomes England’s first successful railway designer and builder. (Page 48)
10 June: First rowing-boat race on London’s River Thames (1829) between Oxford and Cambridge universities. Now a yearly event (P.89)
11 June: John Constable, portrait painter, born in 1776 (P.94)
A week in history: 25th April – 1st May
A selection of people or events the Home Office guide lists. (More details can be found by clicking on the blue text)
Saturday/25 April – Francis Crick (born 1916). Announces discovery of the DNA molecule (P. 64)
Saturday/25 April – Oliver Cromwell (born 1599). Rebel against King Charles I (P. 32-34)
Saturday/25 April – Walter de la Mare (born 1873) Ghost-story writer and English poet (P.99)
Thursday/ 30 April – Adolf Hitler (dies 1945). European dictator waged war against the UK (P.56)
Friday/1 May – Duke of Wellington (born 1769) Victory over Napoleon at Waterloo (P.44)
Watch of the week: The King’s Speech – Sun/3 May 22:30 on BBC-1 – Colin Firth (Home Office named actor) in this movie about the current Queen’s father (Study Guide: P. 104)
