(1)____________________________________________. They were established in 1185 and 1209 respectively. The famous London University was founded in 18361836. This was followed by the foundation of several universities such as Manchester and Birmingham, (2)_____________________________. It was in the 1960’s that the largest expansion of higher education took place in Britain. This expansion took 3 basic forms: existing universities were enlarged, new universities were developed from existing colleges and (3)______________________________.