Exercise 6. Find the English equivalent to the Russian verb

1) Отмечать

2) Учреждать

3) Основывать

4) Включать в себя

5) Быть ответственным за что-либо

6) Назначать

7) Одобрять

8) Продолжать

9) Представлять

10) Становиться

UNIT 14. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

One of the most exciting things about Cambridge is that you are taught by people who are experts in their fields. But it isn’t just a case of sitting and listening to them in huge lecture halls: the Cambridge teaching system and the College way of life mean that you come into contact with these ‘world-class authorities’ on a regular and informal basis: at the coffee break, over lunch and in supervisions. Your Director of Studies, a senior member of your College, is there to arrange this small-group teaching which enables you to explore your subject with experts, in depth.

Because of its high academic reputation, admission to the University is highly competitive. Only about a third of applicants are admitted, and most overseas students already have a good degree from a university in their own country. Almost all students are required to study a complete Cambridge degree course lasting two, three or more years, during which they must live in Cambridge for specified periods totalling twenty-five weeks each year. Students are not usually admitted for part-time study, or to follow only part of a course, or to spend a period as an occasional student to gain credits as part of their work at another university. Some part-time degree courses and sessions of short courses are provided by the University's Board of Continuing Education (now Institute of Continuing Education).

At Cambridge you have the advantage of world-class teaching in two forms: you attend lectures, seminars and practicals alongside students from other Colleges, while also enjoying more personal tuition organised by your College.

Lectures provide you with the basics, on which your own research and reading will build. As many of your lecturers will be working at the forefront of their fields, lectures enable you to acquire the very latest information.

Seminars and classes, where lecturers explore a particular topic with medium-sized groups of students, are less formal than lectures. You are expected to contribute actively to the discussions.

Practicals are an important part of many courses. The laboratory and workshop facilities for practical work at Cambridge are exceptional, and are being improved all the time.

Dissertations – or long essays – and research projects are also a significant part of our courses – and many students think they are one of the best bits! These give you the chance to do original research, test out your theories and advance your own ideas. Your work might even get published while you are still an undergraduate.

Supervisions are one of the unique advantages of teaching at Cambridge. Supervisions are teaching sessions for pairs or small groups of students with a senior member of the University (your supervisor), often from your College, who is certainly a specialist and possibly one of the country’s leading authorities in the subject you are studying.

Work experience plays an important part in some of our courses. For instance, you may work abroad as part of your Modern Languages or Oriental Studies course, or be employed on a specific research project with a company if you are studying Engineering or the sciences. Sometimes these placements may lead to a job after you graduate.

The skills and talents you develop during your degree course will help you in employment after you graduate. If as a student you want to be sure you’re making the most of the opportunities on offer at Cambridge, there’s a specially designed interactive guide on our website that identifies the skills you need, and the resources available to you to develop them. Cambridge graduates of all disciplines are faced with numerous opportunities after completing their studies. In fact, Cambridge has one of the highest proportions of graduates entering graduate-level employment or further study in the country!

To tell the truth, Cambridge graduates are highly employable and sought after by employers: large and small, local and international, conventional and unconventional. In 2005, for example, over 96 per cent of graduates found jobs within six months. The Careers Service promotes more vacancies each year than there are Cambridge graduates seeking employment. Opportunities after Cambridge are wide and numerous – around a third of first degree graduates continue with some form of postgraduate study or vocational qualification either in this country or abroad.

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