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18 STUDY SKILLS FOR PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS<br />
Oxbridge<br />
Oxford and Cambridge have a slightly different structure for achieving these<br />
functions, with a much greater emphasis on the colleges for providing pastoral<br />
support and accommodation, library, IT, and social and sporting facilities.<br />
Colleges also have a greater responsibility for tutorial-based (or supervisionbased)<br />
teaching, progress monitoring and disciplinary procedures. However,<br />
there is also a departmental structure that provides the bulk of the teaching, and a<br />
central administration that serves a similar function as in other universities.<br />
Scottish universities<br />
The Scottish university system differs from the English one in three very important<br />
ways.<br />
1 An undergraduate degree is normally four years (not including a sandwich<br />
year).<br />
2 Fee arrangements for Scotland are different. (1) There are normally no tuition fees<br />
for Scottish students. English students planning to study in Scotland should<br />
consult http://www.saas.gov.uk/student_support/scottish_inside/index.htm<br />
for up-to-date information.<br />
3 You may not be able to register initially for a degree in psychology because<br />
there is often a filter controlling entry to later years of the more popular degree<br />
courses, following a more general course involving several other academic<br />
disciplines to begin with.<br />
Research<br />
As well as teaching undergraduates, many university staff will be spending a<br />
significant part of their time running research, often with postgraduate research<br />
students and research assistants. This will be partly funded by earmarked funds<br />
that the university receives for research, and partly by outside funds from industry<br />
and the research councils. Departments with a very strong research emphasis,<br />
particularly those in the Russell Group, will have a rather different atmosphere<br />
from other institutions. Their resources, particularly for experimental work,<br />
may be better and their teaching will perhaps be nearer the cutting edge of the<br />
discipline. However, their teaching will probably be less intense and more<br />
dependent on the input from postgraduate students in supervising practicals and<br />
tutorials, and they may expect more in the way of independent learning from<br />
(1) They are also different in Wales and the Republic of Ireland.
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