Vocabulary on education.
- Challenging: academically difficult
- Day in, day out: full time without a break
- Wide ranging: covering a large spectrum / area of different knowledge
- Undergraduate: studying for a degree but having not yet achieved it.
- Postgraduate: having achieved a degree and now studying for a higher qualification, possibly a professions qualification
- STEM subjects: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths
- Further education: studies after leaving school
- Technical colleges: places which do not demand such high entrance qualifications as university
- Vocational studies: focus on learning or mastering a skill
- Hands on training: practical work/ learning
- To apply for a course: the process of registering for a university
- To get an (un)conditional offer: an offer which does not depend on previous exam results
- Halls of residence / student accommodation: a particular place to live for students
- Student union: an organisation for students / sometimes a physical place
- A fresher / an undergraduate / a graduate: a new student, someone studying for a Bachelors degree, a student who has finished their Degree
- A graduation ceremony: a formal occasion when Degrees are given out
- To take a gap year: a year between study and university
- To drop out of university: to leave before the course is finished
- Out of my depth: finding work / study too hard
- Seminar: smaller class of students with a Professor leading the discussion
- Lecture theatre: large building for a talk / lecture
- Extensive research: in depth work done in a particular academic field
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