> (In the more prestigious English universities, lecturers are still called 'Readers', and students say that they're 'reading' History or Computer Science rathe

> (In the more prestigious English universities, lecturers are still called 'Readers', and students say that they're 'reading' History or Computer Science rather than 'studying' it.) Both of these are getting pretty outdated. Most of the top English unis have renamed senior lecturers/readers 'associate professors' because the North American naming conventions are becoming standard. I also haven't heard the "I'm reading X" way of putting it in at least a decade. It would be more common to say "I do X".