Text c Oxford Colleges

The University has 38 independent and self-governing colleges, and 6 permanent private halls.

The collegiate system is at the heart of the University’s success, giving students and academics the benefits of belonging to both a large, internationally renowned institution and to a small, interdisciplinary academic community.

Colleges bring together leading academics and students across subjects and year groups, and from different cultures and countries.

The relatively small number of students at each college allows for close and supportive personal attention to be given to the induction, academic development and welfare of individual students.

Colleges invest heavily in facilities including extensive library and IT provision, accommodation and welfare support, and sports and social facilities.

Thirty colleges and five halls admit students for both graduate and undergraduate degrees. Green Templeton, Linacre, Nuffield, St Antony’s, St Cross and Wolfson Colleges admit only graduate students, as does Kellogg College, which supports the lifelong learning work of the University for adult, part-time, and professional development students. All Souls is unique among Oxford colleges because it has no junior members: all are Fellows (except the Warden).

All colleges accept both men and women.

The University’s oldest colleges are University College, Balliol College, and Merton College, all of which were established by the 13th century.

Green Templeton College, which came into existence in October 2008 following the merger of Green College and Templeton College, is the University’s newest college.

St Catherine’s College, which takes both undergraduate and graduate students, currently has the largest number of students (788), while some of the permanent private halls have fewer than a hundred student members.

Vocabulary

self-governing - автономный

college - колледж

private - частный

hall - общежитие

renowned - известный

interdisciplinary - междисциплинарный

community - община

induction - введение

part-time – с неполной нагрузкой

merger – объединение, слияние

IT - информационные технологии

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

1. Green Templeton, Linacre, Nuffield, St Antony’s, St Cross and Wolfson Colleges admit only graduate students, as does Kellogg College, … .

2. The relatively small number of students at each college allows for close and supportive personal attention to be given to the induction, …

3. All Souls is unique among Oxford colleges … .

4. St Catherine’s College, which takes both undergraduate and graduate students, … .

a) … currently has the largest number of students (788), while some of the permanent private halls have fewer than a hundred student members.

b) … academic development and welfare of individual students.

c) … because it has no junior members: all are Fellows (except the Warden).

d) … which supports the lifelong learning work of the University for adult, part-time, and professional development students.

Exercise 2. Are the statements true or false?

1. The University has 25 independent and self-governing colleges, and 4 permanent private halls.

2. Thirty colleges and five halls admit students for both graduate and undergraduate degrees.

3. Not all colleges accept both men and women.

4. The University’s youngest colleges are University College, Balliol College, and Merton College, all of which were established by the 13th century.

5. Colleges invest heavily in facilities including extensive library and IT provision, accommodation and welfare support, and sports and social facilities.

Exercise 3. Complete the sentences from the text.

1. The collegiate system is at the heart of the University’s success, giving students and academics the benefits of belonging to … .

2. The University’s oldest colleges are … .

3. Green Templeton College, …, is the University’s newest college.

4. All Souls is unique among Oxford colleges … .

5. …, and from different cultures and countries.

Exercise 4. Fill in the gap.

1. Colleges … … leading academics and students across subjects and year groups, and from different cultures and countries.

2. Colleges invest heavily in facilities including extensive … and … …, accommodation and welfare support, and sports and social facilities.

3. The University’s oldest colleges are University College, Balliol College, and Merton College, all of which were established by the … century.

4. All colleges accept … men and women.

5. The collegiate system is at the heart of the University’s success, giving students and academics the benefits of belonging to both a large, internationally renowned … and to a small, interdisciplinary academic … .