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Exercise 15. Watch a video “What's It Like Inside Stanford University? | Stanford Campus Tour” and answer the questions.

( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emBoDloCze8)

1. What is the iconic building in Stanford University?

2. What do the numbers on the floor mean?

3. What can be seen in the invidio auditorium?

4. What is fountain hopping?

5. How do students spend their free time?
Exercise 16. Develop presentation material about your university structure based on the video in any of these formats: advertisement, guide for newcomers, new website.
Exercise 17. Make the Internet search on five leading USA universities and complete the table.

University	Date of establishment	Mission statement	Schools	Famous graduates	Flag, motto, emblem	Interesting facts

B. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN
Exercise 1. Connect with the topic.

Analyze the chart and describe the system of education in Great Britain.

In what ways does the state education system in your country differ from that in England?


Exercise 2. Match the words (1-10) with their meaning (a-j)

school leaver	a. to give somebody/something a name
to admit	b. the desire or need for something
full-time course	c. to put or build something in a particular place
4. to fail	d. for a whole of the normal period of study
5. demand	e. a detailed and careful study of something to find out more information about it
6. expansion	f. a person who has just left school
7. to establish	g. the process of becoming greater in size, number, or amount
8. to name after	h. to allow somebody to enter, to take somebody into a place
9. to site	i. to start something (an organization or institution)
10. research	j. to unsuccessful in something

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Exercise 3. Fill in the gaps using the words from Exercise 2.

1. She _____ to college without exams due to her natural aptitudes.

2. The board _____ detailed criteria for candidates.

3. There is the lack of job opportunities for _____.

4. The sportsground _____ behind the school.

5. The university _____ the prominent scientist.

6. Higher educational establishments provide _____.

7. Scientists predict a new period of economic _____.

8. There is always strong _____ for specialists in this branch of industry.

9. If students miss many classes, they _____ their exams.

10. Our group conducts ______ in physics.
Exercise 4. Read the text about higher education in Great Britain and make up a list of the key ideas.

Only about one third of school leavers in Great Britain receive post-school education, compared with over 80 per cent in Germany, France, the United States and Japan. However, it must be borne in mind that once admitted to university relatively fewer (15 per cent) British students fail to complete their degree course.

Fourteen per cent of 18– and 19-year-olds enter full-time courses (degree or other advanced courses higher than A level). These courses are provided in universities, polytechnics, Scottish central institutions, colleges of higher (HE) and further (FE) education, and technical, art and agricultural colleges, non-advanced vocational training and educational courses. In addition, there are part-time students, who are released by their employers.

Today there are forty-seven universities in Britain, compared with only seventeen in 1945. They fall into four broad categories: the ancient English foundations, the ancient Scottish ones, the ‘redbrick’ universities, and the ‘plate-glass’ ones. They are all private institutions, receiving direct grants from central government.


Oxford and Cambridge, founded in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries respectively, are easily the most famous of Britain’s universities. Today ‘Oxbridge’, as the two together are known, educate less than one tenth of Britain’s total university student population. But they continue to attract many of the best brains, partly on account of their prestige but also on account of the seductive beauty of many of their buildings and surroundings.

Both universities grew gradually, as federations of independent colleges most of which were founded in the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In both universities, however, new colleges have been established, for example Green College, Oxford (1979) and Robinson College, Cambridge (1977).

In the nineteenth century many more redbrick universities were established to respond to the greatly increased demand for educated people as a result of the Industrial Revolution and the expansion of Britain’s overseas empire. Many of these were sited in the industrial centres, for example Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle, Liverpool and Bristol.

With the expansion of higher education in the 1960s many more plate-glass universities were established, some named after counties or regions rather than old cities, for example Sussex, Kent and East Anglia. There is also a highly successful Open University, which provides every person in Britain with the opportunity to study for a degree, without leaving their home. It is particularly designed for adults who regret missed opportunities earlier. It conducts learning through correspondence, radio and television, and also through local study centres.

University examinations are for Bachelor of Arts, or of Science (BA or BSc) on completion of the undergraduate course, and Master of Arts or of Science (MA or MSc) on completion of postgraduate work, usually a one– or two-year course involving some original research. Some students continue to complete a three-year period of original research for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).

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Exercise 5. Find in the text English equivalents to the following words and word combinations.

Высшее образование; нужно иметь в виду; будучи принятым в университет; профессиональное обучение; образовательные курсы; получать стипендию; привлекать лучшие умы; давать образование; предоставлять возможность; упущенные возможности; местные учебные центры; по завершении курса обучения; аспирантура; бакалавр естественных наук; бакалавр гуманитарных наук; магистр гуманитарных наук; магистр естественных наук; степень доктора философии, предоставлять, кроме того, работодатель, учреждение, из-за (вследствие), основывать, называть в честь, повышенный спрос, взрослый человек, включать в себя.
Exercise 6. a) Match the words to get word combinations.

1. receive	a. research
2. full-time	b. training
3. complete	c. education
4. private	d. opportunity
5. increased	e. leaver
6. regret	f. course
7. school	g. institution
8. vocational	h. degree course
9. receive	i. demand
10. original	j. grants

b) Fill in the gaps using the words from a) in the correct form and answer the questions.

1. Do all students complete their ______?

2. What should one do to _____ a grant?

3. Why is it necessary to receive _____?

4. What branches of industry have an _____ demand for skilled specialists?

5. What degrees require an _____ research?

6. What private ______ can school leavers enter?

7. Where can senior-year students have their _____ training?

8. Is there a lack of opportunities for _____ leavers?

9. Have you ever regretted _____of not doing any special course?

10. Where can students take _____ courses?

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Exercise 7. Are the statements True or False?

1. Only about one third of school leavers receive post-school education.

2. Today there are fifty-seven universities in Britain.

3. Oxford and Cambridge were founded in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries respectively.

4. Open University provides every person in Britain with the opportunity to study for a degree without leaving their job.

5. Open University conducts learning only through local study centres.

6.  University examinations are for Bachelor of Arts, or of Science on completion of the undergraduate course.

7. Most students continue to complete a three-year period of original research for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Exercise 8. Answer the questions using the information from the text.

1. How many universities are there in Britain?

2. What are the most famous Britain’s universities?

3. What categories of universities in Britain do you know?

4. What opportunity does Open University provide every person in Britain with?

5. Whom is Open University designed for?

6. In what way does Open University conduct learning?

7. What degrees do undergraduates receive?
Exercise 9. Complete the text about the difference between College and University in the UK with the right form of the verb in the Passive Voice. Is there the difference between College and University in the USA?

In the United Kingdom, the difference between college and universities _____ (define) very well.Colleges are specialized institutes of learning under aegis of a university. Courses _____ (teach) in colleges, but the degree _____ ( grant) by the university. University is the parent body and colleges adhere to its rules. Besides the colleges, research departments ______ (include) in the university structure.
Exercise 10.  a) Match the verbs with prepositions.

1. name	a. into
2. fall	b. in
3. respond	c. after
4. differ	d. on
5. go	e. into
6. divide	f. to
7. lead	g. from
8. specialize	h. to

b) Translate the sentences using verbs with prepositions from a).

1. Некоторые студенты продолжают обучение для получения степени магистра.

2. Университеты Британии подразделяются на четыре большие категории.

3. Программы технических вузов отличаются от гуманитарных.

4. Некоторые университеты были названы в честь выдающихся ученых.

5. Я надеюсь, комиссия даст положительный ответ на мой грант.

6. Недавнее исследование в области дистанционного обучения привело к неожиданным результатам.

7. Учебный год в британских университетах и колледжах делится на 3 семестра.

8. Он специализируется в компьютерных технологиях.
Exercise 11. Complete the text with the right form of the verbs (active or passive).

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The United Kingdom _____ (have) many higher education opportunities. The autonomy of higher-education institutions is striking. Its universities _____ (have) almost complete autonomy from the National or local governments. The state _____ (not control) university syllabuses, but it _____ (influence) admission procedures through the Office for Fair Access. There are three kinds of higher education institutions in Great Britain: universities, colleges of higher education and colleges of further education. Some young people who _____ (decide) to leave school at the age of 16 may go to a further education college, full-time or part-time. Further education colleges _____ (have) strong ties with commerce and industry. After three years of study, a university graduate _____ (leave) with the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Science, Engineering, Medicine, etc. The degrees _____ (award) at public degree ceremonies. The Advanced Level General Certificate of Education (A-level) _____ (require) for admission to all kinds of higher education institutions. Good A-level results in at least two subjects are necessary to get a place at a university. Many universities _____ (choose) their students after interviews.

The academic year in Britain’s universities and Colleges _____(divide) into 3 terms which usually _____ (run) from the beginning of October to the middle of December, the middle of January to the end of March, from the middle of April to the end of June or the beginning of July.
Exercise 12. Correct mistakes in the following sentences.

1. Open University was found in 1969.

2. This college has be established recently.

3. The difficult job will do by specialists.

4. Our university was name after a great writer.

5. Local study centers and residential summer schools are sponsoring by the Open University.

6. Usually tests used by universities to measure students’ knowledge.

7. They will be admit to the university without exams.

8. Extension courses at the Open University is taught through television and radio programs.

9. Students’ essays was checked by the teacher.

10. The students numbering not more than four are instruct by a Don (a university tutor) at Oxbridge.
Exercise 13. Read the text and say what you call

- the money some students receive if they get a place at university; 

- the qualification you get at the end of university; 

- the name we give students during this period at university; 

- teachers at university; 

- students when they have completed their first degree; 

- students studying for a second, higher degree;

- the study of one subject in great depth and detail, often to get new information; 

- the talks/lessons that students go to while they are at university. 
Studying at (a British) university

If you want to go touniversity, you must first pass examinations that most students take at the age of 18 (called ‘A’ levels). Students usually take three or four ‘A' levels (examinations in three or four subjects), and they must do well to get a place at university. 

If you get a place, most students have to pay part of their tuition fees. Some students also get a government grant, but most students need a loan to cover the cost of university life. Students at university are called undergraduates while they are studying for their first degree. 

Most university courses last three years, some courses last four years, and one or two courses, e.g. medicine, are five years. During this period students can say they are doing a degree, and when they finish and pass their exams, they can say they have a degree. This can be a BA or a BSc. For example: 

He hopes to get a place at Oxford. 

She's at university in Glasgow. 

She's doing a degree in physics.

I've got a degree in German from York University. 

She's got a BA in French.

He's got a BSc in computer science. 

 Postgraduate courses

When you complete your first degree, you are a graduate. Some students then go on to do a second course or degree, called a postgraduate course/degree These students are then postgraduates and they often study for: 

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