Vocabulary

Undergraduate – студент,

Postgraduate - аспирант

drop-out - выбыть

humanitу – гуманитарные науки

social sciences – социальные науки

life sciences – биологические науки

tutorial – практическое занятие

core – суть, основной, главный

undertake - предпринимать

background – подготовка, опыт, образование

employ - нанимать

Exercise 1. Match the beginning and the end of the sentence.

1. At graduate level, 39 per cent of students are studying for higher degrees in the medical, mathematical, physical and life sciences and …

2. Oxford has one of the lowest drop-out rates in the UK: …

3. Undergraduates attend, on average, one hour-long tutorial every week and undertake a considerable number of hours’ preparatory work for each tutorial, … .

4. The remaining 6 per cent are studying for postgraduate certificates and … .

5. Every year more than 15,000 people take part in courses offered by the Department for Continuing Education, … .

a) … making Oxford University one of the largest providers of continuing education in the UK.

b) … including background reading, essay-writing and problem-solving.

c) … figures published in Spring 2010 by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) show that only 1.1 per cent of Oxford students dropped out, compared with the national average of 8.6 per cent.

d) … diplomas offered by the Department for Continuing Education.

e) … 55 per cent in the humanities and social sciences.

Exercise 2. Are the statements true or false?

1. Six months after graduation 50 per cent of students who graduated in the year ending July 2009 were employed or engaged in further study.

2. The remaining 25 per cent are studying for postgraduate certificates and diplomas offered by the Department for Continuing Education.

3. The tutorial is at the core of undergraduate teaching and learning at Oxford.

4. 53 per cent of undergraduates are studying for degrees in the humanities and social sciences, and 44 per cent in the linguistic, mathematical, physical and life sciences.

5. There are over 26,000 students at Oxford, including 11,723 undergraduates and 9,327 postgraduates.

Exercise 3. Complete the sentences from the text.

1. Students’ satisfaction ratings in individual categories are … .

2. 53 per cent of undergraduates are studying for degrees in … .

3. It offers students a unique learning experience in which they meet regularly with their tutor, … .

4. Six months after graduation 93 per cent of students who graduated … .

Exercise 4. Fill in the gap.

1. There are over … students at Oxford, including … undergraduates and … postgraduates.

2. In the National Student Survey 2010, Oxford had an overall satisfaction rating of … per cent – the second-highest in the UK and well above the national average of … per cent.

3. The remaining … per cent are studying for undergraduate level diplomas and certificates offered by … .

4. The tutorial is at the core of … teaching and learning at Oxford.

5. Six months after graduation … per cent of students who graduated in the year ending July 2009 were employed or engaged in further study.

Exercise 5. Open the brackets using the necessary tense.

1. Where is your luggage? — I (to leave) it at the station. I (to take) it tomorrow when Nick (to come) to help me. 2.I (to read) about an hour when he (to come). 3. The play (not yet to begin) and the people (to talk) in the hall. 4. Yesterday I (to buy) a new pair of gloves, as I (to lose) the old ones. 5. We (to walk) in silence. He already (to tell) me all that (to be) interesting about himself, and I (to have) nothing to tell him. 6. The moon (not to rise) yet, and only two stars, like two distant lighthous­es, (to shine) in the dark blue sky. 7. One night a little swallow (to fly) over the city. His friends (to fly) away to Egypt six weeks before, but he (to stay) behind. 8. What you (to do) these three months? 9. Our train starts late in the evening, so if you (to come) at seven o'clock, we still (to pack) our luggage. 10. When you (to see) him last? 11. I (to meet) him when he (to walk) across the park. 12. You ever (to act) on the stage? — Why, yes, that's what I (to do) for the last six years. 13. Don't enter the bedroom! The child (to sleep) there, and he always (to wake) up when somebody (to open) the door.