[Tagging] amenity=music_school vs amenity=college?

[Warin]

On 05/09/19 17:55, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:
> 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.

https://usic.sheffield.ac.uk/blog/categories/study-experience/the-difference-between-university-and-college-in-the-uk


>
> On 9/5/19, Paul Allen <pla16021 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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