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They're basically a different thing in the UK, I think. At the risk of stereotyping, they're where you go to get vocational qualifications (further, as opposed
by bencollier49 5y ago
They're basically a different thing in the UK, I think. At the risk of stereotyping, they're where you go to get vocational qualifications (further, as opposed to higher, education).
- jna_sh 5y agoNot necessarily, vocational qualifications in the U.K. (the NVQ) are often available at sixth-form colleges, but they will also teach the non-vocational A-level qualifications too. I don’t think there’s any consistency to what mix of vocational vs non-vocational certificate you can expect at an institution based on use of the word college.
- raesene9 5y agoThere is a slight naming clash though, for some institutions such as Cambridge and Oxford, where Cambridge university (for example) is made up of a number of colleges https://map.cam.ac.uk/colleges/ https://map.cam.ac.uk/colleges/ This is not the same as an independent institution which is a college (for example Cambridge regional college https://www.camre.ac.uk/ https://www.camre.ac.uk/)
- bencollier49 5y agoGood point. The collegiate universities are a different matter.