be) often lower at two-year than at four-year institutions and many ______ (have) agreements to allow students to move easily into the third year of a bachelor’s degree at the local state university.
12. a) Read the following comments made by students and decide whether each is for or against taking exams. Complete the sentences with the right form of the verbs.

1. Exams ______ (make) everyone try to get the best marks they can.

2. I ______ (not feel) well during the exam, so I _____ (not do) well.

3. The boy sitting next to me ______ (not study) at all, but he ______ (copy) my answers and ______ (pass) the exam.

4. I ______ (not think) I’d bother studying if we didn’t have exams.

5. I ______ (write) very slowly, so I hardly ever have enough time to finish an exam.

6. I use my exam grades to find out whether or not I ________ (improve) in a subject.

7. I think exams ______ (be) the quickest way of testing students.

8. I ______ (study) for weeks before my last exam, but on the day itself I was so nervous that I couldn’t remember a thing.

b) Write the reasons for and against in the boxes, as in the example.

FOR	AGAINST
Exams encourage students to work harder	Exam results may depend on how you feel on a particular day

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13. Read the text and draw a chart about higher education structure in the Russian Federation.

In Russia higher education is provided by state and non-state higher education institutions (HEIs). The Federal Agency for Education finances half of state HEIs. The rest ones are financed by other Ministries or local authorities.

Approximately half of the State HEIs students pay for their studies. In non-state HEIs all students have to pay tuition fees. Higher education is within the Ministry of Education and Science’s jurisdiction. The Federal Service of Supervision in Education and Science is responsible for quality in education.

There are two levels of higher education: 1) 4-year programs leading to the Bachelor’s degree, the first final university degree; 2) postgraduate studies with duration of 1–2 years leading to the Specialist Diploma or the Master’s degree. HEIs are authorized to award the Master’s degree after the completion of 2 years of study or the Specialist Diploma after 1 year of study following upon the Bachelor’s degree.

Scientific degrees in Russia traditionally include two levels of doctoral degrees: the Candidate of Sciences (the first level, equivalent to PhD) and the Doctor of Sciences (the second, highest level).
14. Compare what you believe to be the strengths and weaknesses of American education system with your own. Start the sentences with the phrases below.

Firstly

Secondly

A comparison between

In comparison with / to

As compared to

Differences and similarities between

Similarly

Unlike

Whereas

On the one hand …………, on the other hand ………… .

In conclusion
University_|_Stanford_Campus_Tour”_https://www.youtube.com/watchv=emBoDloCze8'>15. Watch a video “What’s It Like Inside Stanford University? | Stanford Campus Tour” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emBoDloCze8 and answer the questions.

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?
16. Develop presentation material about your university structure based on the video in any of these formats: advertisement, guide for newcomers, new website.
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

UNIT 2. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN
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?

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2. Match the words with their meaning:

1) school leaver	a) to give somebody / something a name
2) to admit	b) the desire or need for something
3) 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 be unsuccessful in something

3. Fill in the gaps using the words from Ex. 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.
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.

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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, multimedia technologies and 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).
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, гранты; 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.
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

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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?
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.
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?
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.
10. a) Match the verbs with prepositions:

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

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