Higher Education for Women in Great Britain — John Shaqi
Higher Education for Women in Great BritainSheavyn, Phoebe
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Higher Education for Women in Great Britain
Sheavyn, Phoebe
Education, Higher -- Great Britain; Women -- Education (Higher) -- Great Britain; Women college students -- Great Britain
_Libraries._—The most complete collections of books are those of
the privileged libraries, the British Museum Library, the Bodleian
(Oxford), the Cambridge University Library, the Advocates' Library
(Edinburgh), the Trinity College Library (Dublin), and, more recently,
the National Library of Wales. Each of these is privileged to receive a
copy of every book published in Great Britain. Other valuable libraries
are those of the London School of Economics, and the School of Oriental
Studies (London). In Manchester a rich storehouse of early printed
books, mediaeval manuscripts, and general literature is provided by the
lavishly endowed John Rylands Library, the ancient Chetham Library, the
University (Christie) Library, and the Municipal Reference Library.
_Expenses._—University education in Great Britain is not free, as in
some countries; although in the case of a certain number of students,
Government grants or local scholarships cover the expenses more or
less completely. It is extremely difficult to give any figures as to
the cost of a University training, on account of the great difference
in the fees and the general absence of any inclusive charge. It is,
moreover, to be noted that, where the University includes several
Colleges, there are often both College fees and University fees. The
fees for residence in College, again, may or may not include also the
fees for tuition and lectures. Life at Cambridge is, for women, rather
more expensive than in other Universities; but in Oxford it is less
expensive to be a member of the Society of Home Students than to reside
in a College, and in Cambridge the small number of older students
permitted by the Colleges to be "out-students" can live more cheaply.
Again, the extreme brevity of the terms in Cambridge and Oxford entails
heavy vacation expenses for the foreign student.
At Oxford and Cambridge the cost of board, lodging and tuition for the
session, consisting of three terms of eight to nine weeks each, varies
from £135 to £150.
Next in order of expense comes London, where the fees for residence in
College, apart from tuition, are £90 to £100. In the larger University
cities of England, residence costs about £70; in the smaller places, in
Wales and in Scotland, it is lower (£40 to £50).
Where the fees for guidance or tuition in advanced work are charged
separately from those for residence, they vary from £5 to £15 in the
Faculty of Arts; in the Faculty of Science they usually depend on the
nature of the practical work involved. For the examination of these the
charge may be from £5 to £10, and for the conferment of the degree from
£5 to £20.
CAREERS FOR UNIVERSITY WOMEN.
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