Questions for discussion

1. What are the most famous universities in the UK?

2. When were they founded?

3. What else do you know about them?

4. How is the academic year organized there?

5. How long does it take to study for the bachelors, masters and PhD degrees?

6. Which courses are called graduate and postgraduate?

7. What is a full-grant student?

9. Are there any other forms of education equal to the standards of University education?

10. Why is University life considered to be “an experience”?

11. What are the requirements for postgraduate studies in the USA and Great Britain?

12. What is the difference in the university life and studies in the USA/UK and Russia?

13. What is the Bologna process? Why and when did Russia join it?

14. How are the reforms in Russian higher education being interpreted in the society?

Ex. 6. Подберите из текста Ш английские эквиваленты к следующим словам и словосочетаниям:

Процесс перехода……………………………………………………………………………..

Единая система европейского образования………………………………………………

Подписать декларацию……………………………………………………………………

Ввести (в обучение) программу…………………………………………………………..

Получить степень магистра………………………………………………………………….

В соответствии с болонской моделью…………………………………………………….

Двух-ступенчатое образование…………………………………………………………..

Обходить…………………………………………………………………………………..

Нарушение статьи конституции…………………………………………………………

Предписать в законодательном порядке переход к………………………………………

Плохо подготовленный…………………………………………………………………..

Рынок труда…………………………………………………………………………………

Специалист широкого уровня подготовки…………………………………………………

Ex. 7. Translate:

1. I got my first degree in philology and then I switched over to the field of museum studies.
2. I have a master’s degree in museum management.
3. I left English to go to Canada to be a student of advanced botany. In Canada I earned the degree of Master of Science and also Doctor of Philosophy.
4. I attended a college in Arizona for my bachelor’s degree and my master’s degree. Then I got my doctoral degree at the University of Hawaii.
5. I am twenty-six years old and have just completed my master’s degree in science. And I’m going to begin my Ph. D. program next September in Canada.
6. I have graduate degrees from the American University and the University of Miami in Florida.
7. I have a candidate’s degree which corresponds to the Ph.D. degree in your country.
8. I hope to get my M.A. degree within the next two years.
9. Our senior doctorate is not an honorary degree. It requires the writing of a dissertation and the publication of a monograph.
10. The Russian Doctor of Science degree is the highest research degree in this country. Many scientists having that degree are professors.