[Tagging] amenity=music_school vs amenity=college?

[Paul Allen]

On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 at 07:14, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at 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
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