The social and academic environment Places Key A Halls of residence! 6 Cafeteria B Staff carpark H University Library Administration? Building | Student Union® D Arts Faculty? Building J. Sports ground E Great Hall? K School’ of Engineering F University Health Centre Arts Lecture Theatre” 2 a building where students live? the main offices > a group of similar departments * a large hall where graduation ceremonies are held 5 a building where students meet socially ® partof a University specialising in a particular subject; also department” a large hall where lectures are held People, structures and activities co Ee Professor a Senior university teacher: The Head of Department is Professor Bradley lecturer ‘a university teacher: She’ now a senior lecturer staff all the teachers in a university; also faculty AmE head of department | the most senior person in a department ‘tutor ‘a teacher who looks after one student or 2 small group: All students have a personal tutor ‘supervisor ‘a teacher with responsibility for a particular student's work; adviser AmE: a dissertation supervisor postgraduate 1a student who has completed their first degree and is studying fora second degree; student graduate student AmE research student | a postgraduate student doing research esearch assistant _| someone whois paid to do research atthe university ‘student counsellor | someone trained to give students advice about their problems Postgrad rep ‘someone who acts offically for postgraduate students; postgraduate representative lecture isa large formal class where students listen and take notes. A seminar is a smaller discussion group. A tutorial isa very small group where students discuss their work with a teacher. semester isa time when a university is open (also term Bré). A vacation is atime when itis closed {also holiday Bré}. The office hours are the hours when the university offices are open Ways of talking about academic life: American (AmE) and British English (BrE) In the UK, school is your primary or In the USA, school is often used to mean | “secondary education. University is your university. For example, you can say you = undergraduate years. Acollege isa place | go to Cornell University, or you go to that specialises in certain subjects, for school at Harvard. College refers to your ‘example an art college. When you goto undergraduate years. When you goto university, you start as a fresher in your college, you start asa freshman in your first year, then you become a second- first year. The following year you become year student and, next, atl ‘sophomore, then a junior and finally a student, etc. senior in your fourth year. ‘Academie Vocabulary in Use19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 Exercises Look atthe map in A opposite. Which building must students goto if they want to: 1 speakto a lecturerin the history department? _—_‘§_attend a graduation ceremony? 2 ind information about student clubs? 5 enquire about payment of fees? 3 visit a friend in the student accommodation? T see a doctor? 4 listen to a talk about Enj 8 borrow a book? Look at the inform: 1 Are there likely to be more people in a seminar or a tutorial? 2 Who is the academic who guides a postgraduate student through their dissertation? 3. What word is used for the holiday period between university terms or semesters? 4 What isthe difference between a personal tutor and a student counsellor? 5 What isthe difference between a postgrad rep and a research assistant? Complete the email with the missing words. HiMum, {esto in wel ere at Wanstov |e my room inthis alo" I went to my fst this moming ~t was on research methodology ~ and there were hundreds of students was very good - it was Professor Jones, our head of * iacussing what we have ta gel done by th |ineed to ty to think some more about the topic for my" ‘When thas finalised Iilbe assigned a* Tbe expected to see him or hora east once a week curing ther office *. him or her. You hear some atu stores! Daisy Write the words in the box under the correct headings. ae cafeteria counsellor sophomore lecture lecturer librarian library faculty (Ame) professor semester junior research assistant research student seminar faculty (BrE) sports centre sports grounds tutor tutorial lecture theatre J people places So British person or an 2 3 Only faculty can All postgraduates must attend went to school at eat here. the research methods module. Millintown, where | got Sa ra \ ' vi ‘ 5 5 ‘I'm a junior. My brother's ‘My dissertation adviser Did you go straight to a freshman. He’s just 2 has been really helpful. college after high school? year younger than me. . rr ese are a eae fe ea ea Make sure you can describe the main features in English ‘Academic Vocabulary in Use aT