Higher Education
Research
Assessment
Education systems
Subjects
100
What is the name for a senior member of the teaching and research staff at a university?
A professor
100
A 'Q and A' session is...
a Question and Answer session
100
An assessment where you have several options to select from is called...
A multiple choice test (or a multiple guess test by some cynics!)
100
In British English we say ' go to university' and in American English they say 'go to __________ or ___________'
college, grad school
100
What are the three core subjects at New Zealand high schools when you are 15?
Maths, Science, English
200
What are some of the aspects of student life outside study that are available at universities?
clubs, o-week, capping week, student radio, student magazines, student theatre, student pranks, halls of residence
200
To find something in a library you will need to use the _________ to find a identifying features such as title, author or the dewey decimal number of the book, e-book, magazine or video you are looking for.
catalogue
200
What are two words for the results of a particular piece of assessment?
grade, mark, score
200
If your parents don't want to send you to a school, they can _____________________ you.
home school
200
Can you name two subjects that can be both arts and science?
Economics, Psychology, Geography
300
University courses are usually comprised of __________ and _________ .
lectures and tutorials/labs
300
The word for a list of books and sources that you are using for your research is..
a bibliography
300
If you have 3 assignments of that are worth a third of your course each, they have equal _______ ?
weighting
300
These days an increasing number of people are studying without leaving their house through...
distance learning or studying online
300
What is studied in ornithology?
birds
400
Name the three main kinds of degree you could leave a uiversity with...
Bachelor's, Master's and a Doctorate
400
What do we call the long pieces of research that post-graduate students undertake?
A dissertation or thesis
400
'Internal assessment' means...
Assessment marked by the teachers or the school which sets it. There is no external qualifications body like NZQA involved.
400
Years are divided up semesters are at what level of education?
Tertiary level
400

What are some of the most difficult courses to get into at university?

Medicine, Law, Maths, Statistics etc.

500

Can you name 3 universities in Hanoi?

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500
What does it mean to copy someone else's research without acknowledging it?
plagiarism
500
If you correctly pass all your assessment on your course, you will receive a _______, a ________ or a _______ .
certificate, diploma, degree
500
Roald Dahl in his autobiography of his young life 'Boy' talks about how violent and brutal ______________ were.
boarding schools (or students/bullies/systematic bullying at boarding schools)
500
Can you name a subject that is not considered part of the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Science or Business/Commerce?
Law, Education (It depends on the way the University is organised)
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