Upward Bound: First year. Воробьева М.Г - 21 стр.

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through centers located near their own homes. The first graduates
received their degrees in 1973.
Besides the Universities there are other institutions such as
Polytechnics and Technical Colleges. These tend to offer courses of
vocational nature as well as academic courses. Colleges of Education
provide training and education for prospective teachers.
The vast majority of students receive grants from their Local
Authority, which cover tuition fees and allow a certain amount of
money to the students to pay for their keep and their books.
The Academic Year has three terms; it starts in October, each
term lasting eight weeks at Oxford and Cambridge, or ten weeks at
other universities.
Students have vocations at Christmas, at Easter, and the so-
called «Long Vac» in summer.
At the end of three years’ study the undergraduates take their
first degree — Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BSc).
Ex. 2. Match the words from the list with their definitions
vocational, graduate, grant, academic, fee, term, tuition,
undergraduate, keep, course, degree
1. concerning education, esp. in a college or university (adj.)
2. necessary goods and services, esp. food and lodgings
3. a title given by a university to a student who has completed a
course of study
4. a set of lessons or studies
5. a sum of money paid for professional services
6. instruction or teaching
7. a person who has completed a university degree course for a
first degree
8. preparing one for a job (adj.)
9. a student who is doing a university course for a first degree
10. any of the three periods of time into which the teaching
year is divided at schools, universities, etc.
11. money given esp. by the state for a particular, purpose,
such as to a student during a period of study.

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