Text b Oxford International

Forty per cent of our academic staff are citizens of foreign countries. 

Our academic staff come from almost 100 different countries and territories. The largest groups of international academic staff are from the USA, Germany, Italy, China, Australia, France, Ireland, India and Canada.

Over a third of our total student body - nearly 8,000 students - are citizens of foreign countries, including 15 per cent of undergraduates and 61 per cent of graduate students.

Students come to Oxford from 140 countries and territories. The largest groups of international students come from the USA (1,549), China and Hong Kong (742), Germany (718), Canada (404), India (363), Australia (249), Italy (236), Ireland (218), France (206), and Greece (179).

Oxford has more than a dozen centres and institutes specialising in the study of specific countries and regions.

Oxford is the leading centre for the study of China in Europe and has one of the top five departments in the world in Japanese Studies.

Oxford is one of the leading centres for the study of globalisation, through the Oxford Martin School, the Programme on Global Economic Governance, the Oxford Department of International Development (which created the world’s first refugee studies programme), and our global health programmes.

Oxford’s Centre for Tropical Medicine conducts cutting edge research at its laboratories in Kenya, Vietnam and Thailand.

Oxford boasts one of the most extensive global alumni networks in the world, with more than 190 groups in over 70 countries.

Oxford University Press (OUP), publisher of the famous dictionaries and a department of the University, is the world’s largest university press. It has offices in more than 50 countries, and more than 5,000 employees worldwide.

In China alone, 14 million school children use Oxford books every year, and internationally around 16 million children use Oxford ELT materials to learn English.

The University has offices in New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

Vocabulary

Staff – штат служащих

Citizen - гражданин

International - международный

Student - студент

Refugee - беженец

Worldwide - мировой

Exercise 1. Match the beginning and the end of the sentence.

1. The largest groups of international students …

2. Oxford is one of the leading centres for the study of globalisation, … .

3. In China alone, 14 million school children use Oxford books every year, … .

4. Oxford University Press (OUP), … .

a) … through the Oxford Martin School, the Programme on Global Economic Governance, the Oxford Department of International Development (which created the world’s first refugee studies programme), and our global health programmes.

b) … and internationally around 16 million children use Oxford ELT materials to learn English.

c) … publisher of the famous dictionaries and a department of the University, is the world’s largest university press.

d) … come from the USA (1,549), China and Hong Kong (742), Germany (718), Canada (404), India (363), Australia (249), Italy (236), Ireland (218), France (206), and Greece (179).

Exercise 2. Are the statements true or false?

1. Forty per cent of our academic staff are citizens of our countries. 

2. Our academic staff come from almost 40 different countries and territories.

3. Oxford has more than a dozen centres and institutes specialising in the study of specific countries and regions.

4. Oxford’s Centre for Tropical Medicine conducts cutting edge research at its laboratories in India, China and Indonesia.

5. Oxford boasts one of the most extensive global alumni networks in the world, with more than 190 groups in over 70 countries.

Exercise 3. Complete the sentences from the text.

1. The largest groups of international academic staff are from … .

2. Over a third of our total student body … .

3. Oxford is the leading centre for the study of China in Europe and … .

4. … is the world’s largest university press.

5. The University has offices in … .

Exercise 4. Fill in the gap.

1. Students come to Oxford from … countries and territories.

2. Oxford’s Centre for … conducts cutting edge research at its laboratories in Kenya, Vietnam and Thailand.

3. Oxford boasts one of the most extensive global alumni networks in the world, with more than … groups in over … countries.

4. It has offices in more than … countries, and more than … employees worldwide.

Exercise 5. Open the brackets using the necessary tense.

1. What you (to do) when I (to come) in? 2. When I (to come) to his house, they (to tell) me that he (to leave) an hour before. 3. On checking up his answers he (to find) out that he (to make) several mistakes. 4. When I (to leave) home, the snow al­ready (to stop), but a strong wind (to blow). 5. You (to read) this book? — Yes, I (to read) it. I (to think) it (to be) very interesting. 6. What the chil­dren (to do) now? — Oh, they (to play) the new table game which I (to buy) for them the day be­fore yesterday. 7. They (to reach) the corner of the street by now and (to stand) at the bus stop. 8. After we (to walk) about two hours, we arrived at a picturesque glade covered with fresh grass. 9. We could not go out because it (to rain) hard since early morning. 10. She (to teach) at our school for twenty years now. 11. Ring me up as soon as you (to come) home. 12. He (to begin) to write his composition at three o'clock. It is already eleven, and he still (to write) it. He says he (to finish) it by twelve. 13. We (to help) our librarian to put the books in the right order for already three days, but we (to arrange) only half the books.