3.B Choose the best variant (a-d) to complete sentences 1–5 below.

1. To qualify for enrollment of the Open University you must have

a) been educated up to the age of eighteen

b) been born in the United Kingdom

c) an aptitude for study

d) a successful career

2. To gain a degree from the Open University, you have to

a) study for ten months from February to November

b) select six subjects from a choice of 125

c) obtain six full credits within three years

d) choose one subject and gain six passes

3. If you decide to study at home

a) you must study an arts course

b) some of your materials will be audiovisual

c) you will have to see your tutor once a week

d) a part-time tutor will write materials for you

4. Many people have found that an Open University degree gives them

a) an increase in intelligence

b) a bettor understanding of people

c) the possibility of a better job

d) a greater respect for learning

5. If you want to study a single course,

a) ask for the Associate Student Programme Guide

b) return the reply-paid coupon

c) ask for the free Guide for Applicants

d) write to the Open University, PO Box 48

3.C Imagine you are a member of the Open University Admission Board. You have to make a speech to its potential enrollees. Prepare your oral presentation.

4.A Study the text below and speak on various types of colleges. What is a college?

Some universities consist of a number of colleges. This is only one of the meanings of college. More often a college is not part of a university, but a separate institution. Whereas a university aims at giving an academic education, and is mainly non-vocational, a college education is in most cases less academic, more practical, and usually vocational. Most colleges are state colleges, built and maintained by the local education authorities, but there are also private colleges.

1. Further Education College (College of Technology, Technical College).

The system has strong ties with commerce and industry, and co-operation with business is encouraged by the Government and its agencies. Employers are normally involved in designing courses.

Courses are run by some 550 institutions of further education, about 60% of Them classified as large (over 1000 full-time-equivalent students), many of which also offer higher education courses. state colleges, built and maintained by the local education authorities, but there are also private colleges. They go by a variety of titles, technical colleges, colleges of agriculture, colleges of art and colleges of commerce. They offer full-and part-time courses in subjects such as art and architecture, drama, languages, and English for foreign students.

Tutorial colleges, sometimes known as “crammers”, are privately run establishments offering intensive courses to prepare students for particular examinations, usually O or A levels.

2. College as Part of a University.

The university is a federation of colleges. The university arranges the courses, the lectures, and the examinations, and awards the degrees.

The college system at Oxford and Cambridge is unlike that of any other university, whether in Britain or America. In order to enter the university, a student must first apply to a college and become a member of the university through the college. The colleges are not connected with any particular study and are governed by twenty to thirty "Fellows". Fellows of a college are "tutors" (teachers, often called dons). They teach their own subject to those students in the college who are studying it, and they are responsible for their progress. Most dons give one or two lectures a week which students from any college may attend. No lectures are compulsory and tutors usually advise their students which lectures they should go to.

Each college has its own completely separate living quarters, its own dining hall and its own chapel. Cambridge and Oxford both have two women's colleges. Today most of the colleges are co-educational.