The A-Z of learning

A collective word for people who teach and work in universities

• assessment

• assignment

• academics

an adjective to describe someone who is very clever academically

• brainy

• break time

• coursework

an adjective to describe education or subjects that you have to do

• compulsory

• faculty

• graduate

the American equivalent of 'primary school' in the UK

• elementary school

• ceremony

• high school

the special occasion when students formally receive their degrees from their university

• graduation ceremony

• finals

• break time

a German word used in English and meaning the same as 'nursery school'

• kindergarten

• seminar

• high school

a postgraduate qualification

• master's degree

• private school

• academics

a type of exam where you speak rather than write

• oral exam

• state school

• thesis

what you need to get a skilled job

• qualification

• thesis

• coursework

a student who has already obtained his or her first university degree

• postgraduate

• discipline

• professor