Методические указания по английскому языку для студентов I курса всех факультетов. Часть 1. Сергееева Т.В - 28 стр.

Задание 4. Найдите в списке В русские эквиваленты английских слов из
            списка А:
       A. Institution, source, admission, selection, application, to submit, self-
governing, regulation, curriculum, degree, to award, to fund, council, to
alternate, employment, body, to maintain, to describe, polytechnic.
       В. Источник, поддерживать, прием (в учебное заведение),
самоуправляющийся(-емый),          правило,      политехнический       институт,
описывать (характеризовать), степень, работа (служба), финансировать,
чередовать, орган (учреждение), совет, присуж-дать, отбор, представлять
(на рассмотрение), заявление, учебный план, учреждение.

Задание 5. Переведите следующие словосочетания:
higher educational institution, institute of higher education; come into existence;
application for admission; independent and self-governing institution; teacher-
training college; degree course; “sandwich” course; submission of a thesis; to be
funded by the state; higher education sector; full-time employment.


            ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN

       The structure of higher education in Great Britain is very complex. The
main sources of higher educational institutions are: universities (including the
Open University1), teacher-training colleges and polytechnics.
       British universities come in all ages, sizes and shapes. The oldest of them,
Oxford and Cambridge, founded in the 12-th and 13-th centuries took the
students from all over the country. The younger civic2 or “Redbrick”
universities3 serving the needs of their cities were organized in the 19-th century.
The newest “Whitebrick” universities4 came into existence during the 1960s.
       Admission to universities is by examination or selection in the form of
interviews. Applications from candidates for admission to nearly all universities
are submitted to the Universities’ Central Council on Admissions (UCCA)5.
       It is the UCCA that sends the copies to different universities and each
university selects its own students.
       British universities are independent, self-governing institutions. Although
they all receive financial support from the state (about 79 per cent), the
Department of Education and Science6 has no control over their regulations,
curriculum, examinations and the way in which the money is spent.
       Teacher education includes all forms of education provided mostly by
teacher-training colleges which receive their grants directly from the Department
of Education and Science. The great majority of colleges are maintained by the

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