The key answer of exercise 2

a)

• You can’t take a degree or any kind or formal assessment.
• The students are all over fifty-five.
• There are branches all over the world.

c)

Student A

1. 3,000
2. They find out what people want to learn and bring them together.
3. It keeps their brain active. / It’s their first chance to do something which interests them. / It's social activity.
4. They made a return visit to South Africa.
5. They go to lectures with the regular university students.

Student B

1. 200,000
2. Philosophy / Mandarin Chinese / Latin
3. It keeps their brain active. / It’s their first chance to do something which interests them. / It's social activity.
4. They went to a twenty-one day study tour of Central Europe.
5. They do community work, such as teaching English.

d)

1. courses, academic, subjects
2. formal, assessment, exam
3. lecture, seminar
4. distance learning
5. degree, subject