Text 39. English universities

All English universities except Oxford and Cambridge are fairly new. London University is the biggest of the modern Eng­lish universities and has many colleges and schools.

A university has both faculties and departments. The fa­culties are arts, law, medicine, science and theology. The de­partments include engineering, economics, commerce, agriculture, music and technology.

At the head of each faculty there is a professor. A staff of teachers called lecturers helps him. Professors and lecturers give lectures to large numbers of students or study with small groups, and here the students have a chance to discuss.

All universities admit men and women, but within some universities there are colleges specially for one sex. Most of the universities provide hostels for their students.

There are many types of colleges in England. There are colleges within universities. There are teachers’ training colleges. There are also technical colleges of various types, colle­ges of arts and commerce. Colleges give a specialized training.

Those who wish to become teachers spend three years at a teachers’ training college. They study various subjects and learn how to teach, they have practice lessons at schools.

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the biggest university in England?

2. What are the faculties in the university?

3. Who stands at the head of each faculty?

4. Do all universities admit both men and women?

5. What types of colleges are there in England?