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1. A2, n. View full entry 1999
...The second half of an A level which is divided into two discrete components. Freq. attrib., esp. in A2 level....
2. Aggie, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1871
...An agriculturalist, spec. a student at an agricultural college. Freq. (and in earliest use): a member of a sports team from such a college; (in pl.) the team...
3. Albertopolis, n. View full entry 1860
...An informal name for: the area of South Kensington in London that is home to various cultural and educational institutions including the Natural History Museum, the Royal Albert Hall, and the Royal...
4. Baker day, n. View full entry 1988
...Any of several days in the state school year set aside for INSET training (see INSET); an INSET day....
5. beer pong, n. View full entry 1972
...Any of various drinking games in which players attempt to throw or hit table tennis balls into cups of beer, which must then be drunk by an opponent....
6. big man, n. View full entry 1789
...A man of high status or importance in a social group, organization, business, etc.; a leader, a boss....
7. BTEC, n. View full entry 1982
...The Business and Technician Education Council, formed in 1983 by the British Government from a merger of the Business Education Council and the Technician Education Council to develop and regulate...
8. Clasp, n.2 View full entry 1958
...The initial letters of Consortium of Local Authorities Special Programme, used to designate the organization and its system of planning, and spec. a method pioneered by them of building schools...
9. Dalton, n.1 View full entry 1920
...Used to designate an educational plan (devised by Miss Helen Parkhurst) which consists essentially in dividing up the year's work into monthly ‘assignments’ which the pupils contract to carry through (with certain...
10. deˈtermining, adj. View full entry 1649
...That determines; esp. that decides, or leads to a decision; that fixes the course or issue....
11. educationable, adj. View full entry 1852
...Able to be educated; educable. Also: of or relating to education; educational....
12. Fulbright, n. View full entry 1951
...Designating the Fulbright Act (Public Law 584 of the 79th Congress), of 1 August 1946, which authorized agreements with foreign countries by which local currencies acquired by the American government...
13. heurism, n. View full entry 1919
...The educational principle or practice of placing a pupil, as far as possible, in the position of a discoverer....
14. home-school, adj.2 View full entry 1949
...Of, relating to, or involving home-schooling....
15. inˈstructionary, adj. View full entry 1861
...= instructional...
16. juku, n. View full entry 1931
...(in Japan) an educational system based on a European and U.S. model of progressive education, which works within the framework of private schools and provides a variety of practical and vocational skills...
17. NATFHE, n. View full entry 1976
...The National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland), a trade union founded in 1976....
18. National Society, n. View full entry 1812
...A society of the Church of England and the Church in Wales founded in 1811, originally committed to providing education for the poor and subsequently working more widely to promote...
19. novitiate, n. View full entry 1517-18
...A novice in a religious order....
20. Nuffield, n. View full entry 1940
...attrib. Designating charitable trusts and benefactions initiated and funded by Lord Nuffield. Also: designating institutions, posts, etc., supported and usually also established by the Nuffield Foundation (see quot. 1943)....
