英國大學環境談 (2) – 城鎮大學 (City University)
城鎮大學,自然是位處英國大小城市中,設施散在城中各處的高等院校。它們之中有兩大類:一是創於工業革命年代的Civic大學,全都是英國精英大學組織Russell Group的成員。因多數用上當代熱門的紅磚建築而又被通稱為Red-Brick University;
城鎮大學,自然是位處英國大小城市中,設施散在城中各處的高等院校。它們之中有兩大類:一是創於工業革命年代的Civic大學,全都是英國精英大學組織Russell Group的成員。因多數用上當代熱門的紅磚建築而又被通稱為Red-Brick University;
英國的大學,可依其所在的環境佈局籠統的的分為三類。這其中的分野,可能是對你在英國大學生活中影響最大的部分,所以也是除了學術水平外最值得留心考慮的項目之一。
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香港和英國同名的街道到底有多少呢?除了名字以外,這些街道又有沒有其他相似之處呢?不出意料的,同名街道有很多,而同名的因由,有些來自同樣的字根來源,又有些只是機會使然。我和網上找了好幾條有意思的同名街道,為大家提供點「啊原來如此」的瞬間吧~
Where nostalgia for Durham meets January procrastination. Monopoly board for Durham Students, along with Chance and Community Chest!
The date was 2nd October 2012. A pretty ordinary day at first sight: cold, windy with the trademark rain that had come to characterise the English autumn. I was once again travelling on… Continue reading
英格蘭的東北部(North East England),向來不是旅遊熱點。以往,這裡是礦業為主的工業區,可是自工業式微經濟插水以後,這區的名聲一直不甚了了。 東北最著名的「出口」大概還是足球吧。因著英超聯的關係,東北的兩大城紐卡素(Newcastle) 和新特蘭 (Sunderland)在國際間也是稍有名氣。(要和人解釋我住在那裡,從來也是靠紐卡素) 若你有留意英超的話,那你應該還有聽過米杜士堡 (Middlesbrough)這支球隊:它也曾是超聯的常客,不過自數年前降班後一直到次級聯賽浮浮沉沉。不過,Middlesbrough出名的其實不只足球-歷史上,這裡還是英國工業革命的重心,最重要的冶鐵之城。米杜士堡的出品之廣,甚至在香港也有好數個例子呢。
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December 16th, 2014. It’s December already? Time does fly. It has become almost customary for me to write something after a term has ended, to recap, to refocus, to allow myself to think… Continue reading
(Durham) Freshers: it’s been a month with college food. What’s that been? There’s a good chance that your answer can be reconstructed by these words: ‘not too bad’; ‘bland’; ‘repetitive’ and most of… Continue reading