if you're going to move to England, don't move to London it is mind bendingly expensive to live there.

SirBadger, Why do you think so?
I know that a salary of 50,000 pounds a year is enough for living in London.

What sir badger said.
london is about twice to three times as expensive as anything else in the rest of England. Yes, you could live on a salary of 50 thousand pounds (assuming you had one), but in terms of your salary in London £50000 would be more like £30000 anywhere else, especially where renting properties is concerned, (believe me, the prices of anything from a pizza to a buss ride are literally twice in London what they are anywhere else).
I live about an hour and a half from London on the train, in a small town called Newark in the midlands and getting into London is fairly easy without either the expense or the crowding, indeed most people in England will tell you London is the almost stereotype of the "nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there" .

As to studying at Oxford, ---- well good luck with that. Bare in mind firstly that Oxford's entry requirements are ridiculously high, and secondly that their teaching record isn't that good. since basically undergraduates don't get lectures.

I looked very seriously at Oxford and especially cambridge myself, but was appalled to find that basically undergrads just get one tutorial and use of a library and that is it! That is why I wound up at Durham, which has a similar reputation  actually did! teaching.

now as a european student you'll be paying international student fees, so to study at Oxford, or indeed at any British university will be costing you upwards of forty thousand pounds a year,  even for British students these days fees are usually ten k plus a year.

So, firstly hope your very very very rich, and secondly hope your very very well qualified .

@ Jonicster, you have posted lots of topics like this in which you plan to move to this country or that country and do this that and the other.
Frankly, your never going to find a place where everyone is nice, or a place where everything is perfect, or a magical job that pays you  huge amounts of cash.

If your really serious about doing this, you need to be a bit more structured, get qualified, contact people in other countries, find a job, find somewhere to live and then do it in a structured, calm and organised way, since believe me moving countries is not easy (Mrs. Dark has done it twice now).

Dark: "Secondly, their teaching record isn't that good, since basically undergraduates don't get lectures."
Are you serious? What's the point of studying there?

No disrespect meant but, I agree with Dark here, you're back and forth with moving here, moving there, and in the developer's room, you're back and forth with which language to learn, asking how to do X in Y language, and so forth. You need to pick something and stick with it. Especially when it comes to moving countries which I know nothing about, but I could imagine lots of paperwork involved, needing a passport, a visa, and if you eventually wanted citizenship, you'd probably need to study a lot to learn the history and tenants. They would probably have you study the parliament, learn stuff about the House of Lords, the House of Commons, etc. Maybe not, but at least I know that's what you have to do here, if you're an immigrant to America, you have to take a test and know about the past presidents and stuff like that.

Also, how do you know you'll get a job there. You say you would be a junior developer, but first you'd probably intern somewhere. Judging by the topics posted in the developer room here, it doesn't sound like you're at that point yet. Again, I want to reiterate, I don't mean any disrespect or I don't mean to be discouraging, I hope things work out for you, I really do, I couldn't imagine living in a country where you're treated as second class, non valuable, etc. I just want you to know what you're getting into, and maybe it will help you prepare a bit better so you have a greater chance of success. It's going to take some thought to put this plan into action, its also going to require you to get all your ducks in a row, i.e. passport, visa, etc.

@Jonicster, is this junior developer job you speak of one you already have? or are you just looking at the average wage.
Also remember as I said with London you can virtually half any wage's buying power, quite aside from the  that rents in  are the highest in the Uk.

As an example, one friend of mine who is extremely rich and earns £170000 a year refuses to live in London even though he grew up there since he says property prices and rents are so high.

Also before you start idealising Britain you should probably have a look at the Un report referenced in This article from the guardian

I've read the original report which is pretty scathing as far as the Uk and disability goes, indeed  am currently participating myself in a disability related study on experience, and findings, especially in terms of social inclusion are pretty dire.

This isn't to say "don't come here", I've never lived in Russia myself, just to be damn sure it's what you want, also that you have a place to stay, a job and know what your getting.

@Afrim yep, Oxbridge, (that is both oxford and cambridge), at least for arts subjects are pretty bad at resting on their laurels as far as teaching goes. They see their own research as more important, and yet the competition for places is quite ridiculous.

Not to blow my own trumpet, but Durham is generally considered to be in the  same league as Oxbridge over here, although it's less famous over seas, though in  they concentrate as much on teaching  on research in traditional arts subjects (they certainly did in philosophy).

Dark, What does your friend do, if not secret? I do not know professions with a pay of £ 170,000 a year, except business.

@Afrim, that's about it, Oxbridge aren't really interested in undergrads, they see themselves as having better things to do, which isn't really a good state for a university ;D.

My friend is the publicity officer for a company based in Yutaar in the Usa who sell herbal extracts to high priced restaurants. His job mostly involves organising hospitality functions.

His actual salary is around £90000, a year but he is usually paid another £90000 in bonuses.

Much as he's a very good friend of mine and a wonderfully nice chap, I am sure  he got the job based very much on an old boy network, given that his parents are equally wealthy.

He's now trying to start a wine importing business.

One odd thing though, is that while he's probably the most wealthy of my friends, he's the least stereotypical  rich person yu bcould imagine. Invite him round for a coffee and he'll probably bring a box of chocolates that cost him a hundred quid. He also loves cooking and usually when I see him he! is the one cooking me! (and more recently my wife), a most wonderful meal (albeit he makes the kitchin look like a bomb's hit it).

He also has no idea of value, back when we were undergrads together I had to persuade him not to go to restaurants every night for a meal, and once he nearly cooked a wisky sauce with sixty quid's worth of bow mour's finest .

We tend to do random things, for example when the narnia films came out, we spent all night watching the old 1980's bbc miniseries, then trotted off to the cinema with a bottle of bury extract liquor and a large box of imported turkish delight which we wound up sharing with the little girl beside us who was a Narnia nut .

He even at one point took a bottle of champaign and a set of crystal glasses into a cinema to toast the death of Voldemort  deathly hallows .

He's a bit nuts, very kind, ridiculously generous  and rather exasperating!