Key Vocabulary List. Unit 1. Learning for LifeEDUCATION Unit 1. Learning for Life Key Vocabulary List school, nursery school, infant school, primary school, secondary school, high school, modern comprehensive school, grammar school private school, fee-paying school, independent school, public school, state school, boarding school college, university, educational institution, self-governing institution Department for Education and Skills, the Department of Education and Science LEA = Local Education Authority Provincial (or Civic) Universities Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Master of Arts (M.A.), Master of Science (M.Sc.) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree (associate, bachelor's, master's, doctorate), to award degree curriculum (pl. -a) / The National Curriculum continuing education, compulsory education, voluntary education leisure learning programs distance learning, home schooling, co-education assessment and evaluation tools to enrol, enrolment in (pre-school) programs grade n (Am) / form n (Br) state regulations, district regulations to drop out v, dropout rate edutainment graduate, undergraduate, postgraduate to teach students one-to-one, to teach students in small groups to catch up on work mark (Br) / grade (Am) bursary, bursary system, to provide bursaries for able students to skip lessons / to play truant from school optional subject (electives), compulsory subject major (1. a student's main subject at college or university 2. someone who is studying a particular subject as their main subject: a political science major) tutorial, tuition / supervision freshman, sophomore, junior, senior grant / scholarship / bursary liberal arts practical bias, technical bias, vocational subjects, subsidized courses lecturer, tutor, associate professor, professor principal / headmaster sandwich course, degree course, correspondence course/ distance learning course academic year, term, semester self-study
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