college
United Kingdom
British usage of the word "college" remains the loosest, encompassing a range of institutions:
[edit] Primary and Secondary Schools
* Certain private schools, known as "Public" schools in England, for children such as Eton College and Malvern College.[1]
* In Cambridgeshire, there are certain secondary schools called Village Colleges, which aim to be a centre for the community as well as for their students.
* Some Highly Achieving Secondary Schools, such as Wright Robinson College in the UK, may carry the term College in order to show that they have current specialist status.
[edit] Further Education
In general use, a college is an institution between secondary school and university, either a sixth form college or a college of further education and adult education which were usually called technical colleges. Recently, however, with the phasing out of polytechnical colleges, the term has become less clear-cut.
* Colleges of further education and mature education.
* "Sixth form colleges", such as Xaverian College and Loreto College, where students study for A Levels
[edit] Higher Education
In relation to universities, the term college normally refers to a part of the university which does not have degree-awarding powers in itself. Degrees are always awarded by universities whereas colleges are institutions or organisations which prepare students for the degree.
In some cases, colleges prepare students for the degree of a university of which the college is a part (e.g. colleges of the University of London, University of Cambridge, etc.) In other cases, colleges are independent institutions which prepare students to sit as external candidates at other universities or have authority to run courses that lead to the degrees of those universities (e.g. many higher education colleges and university colleges).
* The constituent parts of collegiate universities, especially referring to the independent colleges that make up the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London.
* The constituent parts of collegiate universities which provide accommodation and pastoral services at St Andrews and Durham.
* The constituent parts of collegiate universities, such as Lancaster and York and Kent.
* Some universities, such as Imperial College London, which is a university in its own right. Also University College London and King's College London, which are federal colleges of the University of London but are also de facto universities in their own right as they can award their own degrees.
* A name given to large groupings of faculties or departments, notably in the University of Edinburgh, and in the future, under restructuring plans, the University of Birmingham.
* University colleges — independent higher education institutions that have the power to award degrees, but are not actually universities.
British usage of the word "college" remains the loosest, encompassing a range of institutions:
[edit] Primary and Secondary Schools
* Certain private schools, known as "Public" schools in England, for children such as Eton College and Malvern College.[1]
* In Cambridgeshire, there are certain secondary schools called Village Colleges, which aim to be a centre for the community as well as for their students.
* Some Highly Achieving Secondary Schools, such as Wright Robinson College in the UK, may carry the term College in order to show that they have current specialist status.
[edit] Further Education
In general use, a college is an institution between secondary school and university, either a sixth form college or a college of further education and adult education which were usually called technical colleges. Recently, however, with the phasing out of polytechnical colleges, the term has become less clear-cut.
* Colleges of further education and mature education.
* "Sixth form colleges", such as Xaverian College and Loreto College, where students study for A Levels
[edit] Higher Education
In relation to universities, the term college normally refers to a part of the university which does not have degree-awarding powers in itself. Degrees are always awarded by universities whereas colleges are institutions or organisations which prepare students for the degree.
In some cases, colleges prepare students for the degree of a university of which the college is a part (e.g. colleges of the University of London, University of Cambridge, etc.) In other cases, colleges are independent institutions which prepare students to sit as external candidates at other universities or have authority to run courses that lead to the degrees of those universities (e.g. many higher education colleges and university colleges).
* The constituent parts of collegiate universities, especially referring to the independent colleges that make up the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London.
* The constituent parts of collegiate universities which provide accommodation and pastoral services at St Andrews and Durham.
* The constituent parts of collegiate universities, such as Lancaster and York and Kent.
* Some universities, such as Imperial College London, which is a university in its own right. Also University College London and King's College London, which are federal colleges of the University of London but are also de facto universities in their own right as they can award their own degrees.
* A name given to large groupings of faculties or departments, notably in the University of Edinburgh, and in the future, under restructuring plans, the University of Birmingham.
* University colleges — independent higher education institutions that have the power to award degrees, but are not actually universities.
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