Can you Brits tell me what "uni" is? I thought college was the correct term and "university" is the overarching name to identify the educational institute that runs the various colleges, grad schools in it.
We generally do "college" from 16-18 and university/polytechnic (more often university these days) is 18+. It's not incorrect because it's different to another country. It just is what it is. Another difference is that we don't really differentiate "grad school". Postgraduates often study at the same university they got their undergraduate degree. And finally, "faculty" is another contentious one. I'm led to believe that Americans/Canucks use faculty to describe a body of staff. We use it to describe a subject area. I'd describe the faculty I work for as medical but that means the subjects taught are medical as opposed to the "staff" being medical, even though they are. Subtle difference but an important one to consider when trying to attract American students who may not understand how another country defines things.
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Can you Brits tell me what "uni" is? I thought college was the correct term and "university" is the overarching name to identify the educational institute that runs the various colleges, grad schools in it.
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We generally do "college" from 16-18 and university/polytechnic (more often university these days) is 18+. It's not incorrect because it's different to another country. It just is what it is. Another difference is that we don't really differentiate "grad school". Postgraduates often study at the same university they got their undergraduate degree. And finally, "faculty" is another contentious one. I'm led to believe that Americans/Canucks use faculty to describe a body of staff. We use it to describe a subject area. I'd describe the faculty I work for as medical but that means the subjects taught are medical as opposed to the "staff" being medical, even though they are. Subtle difference but an important one to consider when trying to attract American students who may not understand how another country defines things.
Uni is university, college here is what you go to when you're sixteen to eighteen