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    Schools or Universities/Colleges?

    Quote Originally Posted by khelenak:
    My boyfriend is a student and he takes MTR to school.
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    He's 23...
    So he was going to a University, not a school perhaps?

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    Nobody in the UK would ever call a University a "School". College maybe, but never, ever "school". That's a word exclusively reserved for a place with little kids in it. I realise that "school" is a common word for university in North America, but not sure it's common anywhere else. I think Australia/NZ follow UK for example.

    It is one of those easy ways to confuse someone!
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    Quote Originally Posted by HK_Katherine:
    Nobody in the UK would ever call a University a "School". College maybe, but never, ever "school".
    London "School" of Economics

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    No-one who went to the London School of Economics says that they went to school in the London School of Economics

    That was clearly where they went to university.

    They went to school in Bognor Regis High School.

    Well actually they probably didn't, but that is a different story.


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    Quote Originally Posted by GentleGeorge:
    No-one who went to the London School of Economics says that they went to school in the London School of Economics

    That was clearly where they went to university.

    They went to school in Bognor Regis High School.

    Well actually they probably didn't, but that is a different story.
    Agreed. The only time "school" is used in the UK is as a faculty of a university such as the Business School.

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    Some business, dental and law schools are independent professional schools not attached to any universities. Let's not quibble and try to help Khelanak instead.


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    Yes the LSE, but they would still say they went to University at the London School of Economics.

    For once though I agree with mlew.

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    Not wrong. Did they say they went to school? Or to the London School of Economics? The latter is its name. It is totally unimportant but take it from the Brits here that we go to university not school in the same way we walk on pavements and wear trousers.

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    It was relevant to this particular discussion though. A 16 yr old going through this far different from a 20 yr old.

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    There are degree-conferring post-secondary schools like VTC, which are not "universities". So may be our friend is such a student. The traditional university institution is transforming and he may loosely be considered a university student. Who is to quibble other than employers?


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