Summary: book "Britain for Learners of English", James O'Driscoll



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SCE advanced Highers
The Scottish equivalent of A-level.
Degree
A qualification from a university. Other qualifications obtained after secondary education are usually called certificate or diploma.
Bachelor’s degree
The general name fora first degree, most commonly a BA (Bachelor of Arts) or BSc (Bachelor of Science. Students studying fora first degree are called undergraduates. When they have been awarded a degree, they are known as graduates. Most people get honours degrees, awarded indifferent classes. A student who is below one of these gets a pass degree.
Master’s degree
The general name fora second (postgraduate) degree, most commonly MA or MSc. At Scottish universities, however, these title are used for first degrees.
Doctorate
The highest academic qualification. This usually carries the title PhD (doctor of philosophy. The time taken to complete a doctorate varies, but it is generally expected to involve three years of more-or- less full-time study.
The growth of higher education
In 1960, there were fewer than 25 universities in the whole of Britain. By 1980, there were more than
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Chapter 16: The Media
The importance of the national press
Newspapers publication in the country is dominated by the national press, an indication of the comparative weakness of regional identity in the country. There are more than seventy local and regional daily papers. But the total circulation of them together is less than the combined circulation of the handful of national dailies. Most local papers do not appear on Sundays, soon that day the dominance of the national press is absolute. The Sunday papers are so called because that is the only day on which they appear. Some of them are sisters of a daily but employ different editors and journalists.

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