Education
Cater's documented education includes a Master of Arts from the University of Oxford, which is recorded in the Oxford abbreviation Oxon. The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world, with evidence of teaching in the city as early as 1096. Its collegiate structure developed from the 13th century, when residential colleges such as University College, Balliol and Merton were founded to house and teach students under common statutes.
Her admission to the bar in England in 1981 is also part of her documented professional training. In England and Wales, barristers must belong to one of the four Inns of Court in London, which have long trained and admitted those who practise at the bar. Their training has historically centred on the study of English law.