Paul Allen, if you know how the tag amenity=college is used in the UK, please update the wiki page with more information. Right now it's not entirely clear if the "sixth form" colleges should be amenity-college.
On 9/5/19, Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 at 07:14, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > That's a good point. I was thinking of "music schools" for adults, >> which are often associated with universities or an alternative to >> college, >> > > You've just highlighted a difference between US and British English. In > British English, > college is not a synonym for university. Both are establishments for > further education, > that is optional education above and beyond that provided statutorily. > Universities offer > bachelor and higher degrees; colleges offer certificates/diplomas. > > Complication 1: universities may also offer certificates/diplomas. > > Complication 2: some colleges offer degree-level courses in partnership > with > universities. > > Complication 3: Statutory education in the UK ends at 16, with optional > education > available for free to those who want it, from 16-18. In the past, those > from 11-18 were > taught at a secondary school (high school in the US), but these days > establishments > that deal with only 16-18 years old (traditionally referred to as "sixth > form") called > "sixth form colleges." Colleges because they handle further education > beyond > the statutory education. > > Complication 4: Oxford and Cambridge universities have a collegiate > system. Each > college is an autonomous, self-governing corporation within the university, > being both > a house of residence (equivalent to a US fraternity) but also perform some > teaching. > The University of London is comprised of several colleges, too. These > situations > arose from the respective universities being formed by amalgamation. > > For the main differences between colleges and universities, see > https://usic.sheffield.ac.uk/blog/categories/study-experience/the-difference-between-university-and-college-in-the-uk > > -- > Paul > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
