centro universitario

English translation: institute of higher education, higher education centre, educational unit, faculty, school, institute.... depending on specific context

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Spanish term or phrase:centro universitario
English translation:institute of higher education, higher education centre, educational unit, faculty, school, institute.... depending on specific context
Entered by: Comunican

17:06 Nov 29, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / University quality
Spanish term or phrase: centro universitario
"La acreditación institucional pretende dar un paso más hacia el fortalecimiento de la autonomía de las instituciones universitarias poniendo de manifiesto que el centro universitario cumple con su responsabilidad legal de asegurar la calidad de su oferta académica"

"university centre" doesn't feel right to me, so I'm thinking "university location" or "university site", but would like to see what others think please.

UK English, please.

Many thanks!
Comunican
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:47
alternative third-level colleges and institutions (e.g. F.E.colleges)
Explanation:
I am referring to the definition in the reference given by Peter in the Dbox re institutions that have their degrees awarded by other universities. See here for the UK

https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/conten...

...publicly funded higher education providers or alternative provider

"Many colleges and other institutions, such as further education colleges, do not have degree awarding powers, but provide complete courses leading to recognised UK degrees. Courses at these institutions are validated by institutions that have degree awarding powers under a formal recognition arrangement. These other providers of higher education programmes may use other institutional titles such as ‘college’. The use of such titles is not regulated by law.

Higher education provision in further education institutions may either receive direct public funding, or be funded via a franchise arrangement. A franchise arrangement, which can cover all or part of a programme, means that a student is registered at a higher education institution, which receives the funding and is responsible for quality assurance. The HEI then passes a proportion of the funding to the further education college providing the teaching.

In cases where 55% of the students at such an institution or college are studying courses of higher education, it may transfer to the higher education sector, becoming a higher education corporation (HEC). The institution will then become eligible to receive direct public funding from the academic year 2019-20 onwards, which it must apply for through registering with the Office for Students (OfS) and meeting its initial and ongoing conditions of registration.

Until 31 March 2019, decisions on applications from institutions wishing to transfer into the higher education sector and be eligible for public funding rested with the Secretary of State, in line with guidance from the Department for Education (DfE).

Alternative providers ..."

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https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centro_Universitario

Centro Universitario es el término utilizado en España para referirse a un centro docente independiente que imparte titulaciones universitarias oficiales en nombre de una universidad, como centro adscrito a esa universidad, pero sin formar parte de ella.

Un ejemplo puede ser un Centro Universitario que imparta la carrera de Derecho adscrito a una universidad oficial. En este caso, el estudiante cursaría las asignaturas en el Centro Universitario, siguiendo el Plan de Estudios de la Universidad Oficial

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Yes, I actually started with "F.E. College" as the heading and meant to put a slash or "OR" when adding the alternative. I'd probably use "third-level colleges/institutions" myself as not all courses in FE colleges lead to the awarding of diplomas or degrees. BUT they certainly do exist and what IS meant here IMHO.
When I was doing my first BA I could have simultaneously taken an LL.B in another institution, to be awarded by my university. (Wish I'd done so but I was a rather lazy 19-year-old!)
So legal, accountancy, MBE, teacher-training etc. courses are often studied in other institutions with degrees, diplomas awarded by affiliated universities.

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third-level colleges/institutions OR Further Education colleges

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BTW I have never seen this as "university centre"

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Note added at 4 days (2020-12-04 11:35:10 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped.
I see you are using a variety of terms but I think third-level/Higher Education colleges/institutions basically act as umbrella terms. And yes, affiliated to the degree-awarding university.
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 07:47
Grading comment
Thanks everyone for your help. Much appreciated. In the end, this answer helped guide me the most. In the end, after much thought and checking, I opted for: institute of higher education, higher education centre, educational unit, faculty, school, institute.... depending on the specific context.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3the University
Steven Huddleston
4 +1university centre
MPGS
4community college
Barbara Cochran, MFA
4they
philgoddard
4... the Institute ... (or "IT")
Christian [email protected]
4alternative third-level colleges and institutions (e.g. F.E.colleges)
Yvonne Gallagher
3universitary coordinating body
David Hollywood
3Seat of learning
ormiston


Discussion entries: 11





  

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university centre


Explanation:
https://www.google.com/search?q=university center&oq=univers...

:-)

MPGS
Local time: 08:47
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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agree  neilmac: The other links posted bear this out (Y)
2 hrs
  -> thank you neilmac. Best! :-)
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community college


Explanation:
I see that they have community colleges in the UK, too. In the US, students go to them for the first two years of their college career, and then transfer to 4-year institutions to complete their undergraduate degree.

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Scroll all the way to the bottom of this link, and you'll find your term translated as "community college": https://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/search?source=spanis...

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In the UK, if you check Wikipedia, community colleges seem to be geared towards objectives like adult education, etc.

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There is some controversy regarding whether community colleges offer a quality education.

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Re: their quality: https://www.communitycollegereview.com/blog/fact-or-fiction-...

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 03:47
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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the University


Explanation:
In English, it is common to say "the University" or simply "University" in the same context that in Spanish we say "centro universitario".

Steven Huddleston
Mexico
Local time: 01:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: But not in this sentence, where they've already said university. And although they've used the singular, they mean all universities.
20 mins
  -> Hopefully, the final translation will not be that literal.

agree  neilmac: If we call "instituciones universitarias" academic instituions, that fixes the redundancy issue...
57 mins
  -> Thank you, Neilmac!

agree  Jessica Noyes
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Jessica!

agree  Helen Unger Clark (X)
19 days
  -> ¡Gracias Helen!
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they


Explanation:
I think it's just a rather clumsy attempt to find a synonym for "universities".

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Here's a suggested translation for the whole sentence:

Institutional accreditation seeks to give universities greater autonomy by showing that they are meeting their legal responsibility to provide a high-quality academic environment.

philgoddard
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universitary coordinating body


Explanation:
maybe

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or just "universities"

David Hollywood
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Seat of learning


Explanation:
Plenty suggestions but this could cover it too I think:
Collins
seat of learning (seats of learning plural )People sometimes refer to a university or a similar institution as a seat of learning.

ormiston
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... the Institute ... (or "IT")


Explanation:
Meaning whichever university they are talking about.

Christian [email protected]
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Local time: 03:47
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alternative third-level colleges and institutions (e.g. F.E.colleges)


Explanation:
I am referring to the definition in the reference given by Peter in the Dbox re institutions that have their degrees awarded by other universities. See here for the UK

https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/conten...

...publicly funded higher education providers or alternative provider

"Many colleges and other institutions, such as further education colleges, do not have degree awarding powers, but provide complete courses leading to recognised UK degrees. Courses at these institutions are validated by institutions that have degree awarding powers under a formal recognition arrangement. These other providers of higher education programmes may use other institutional titles such as ‘college’. The use of such titles is not regulated by law.

Higher education provision in further education institutions may either receive direct public funding, or be funded via a franchise arrangement. A franchise arrangement, which can cover all or part of a programme, means that a student is registered at a higher education institution, which receives the funding and is responsible for quality assurance. The HEI then passes a proportion of the funding to the further education college providing the teaching.

In cases where 55% of the students at such an institution or college are studying courses of higher education, it may transfer to the higher education sector, becoming a higher education corporation (HEC). The institution will then become eligible to receive direct public funding from the academic year 2019-20 onwards, which it must apply for through registering with the Office for Students (OfS) and meeting its initial and ongoing conditions of registration.

Until 31 March 2019, decisions on applications from institutions wishing to transfer into the higher education sector and be eligible for public funding rested with the Secretary of State, in line with guidance from the Department for Education (DfE).

Alternative providers ..."

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Note added at 9 hrs (2020-11-30 02:13:33 GMT)
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https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centro_Universitario

Centro Universitario es el término utilizado en España para referirse a un centro docente independiente que imparte titulaciones universitarias oficiales en nombre de una universidad, como centro adscrito a esa universidad, pero sin formar parte de ella.

Un ejemplo puede ser un Centro Universitario que imparta la carrera de Derecho adscrito a una universidad oficial. En este caso, el estudiante cursaría las asignaturas en el Centro Universitario, siguiendo el Plan de Estudios de la Universidad Oficial

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Note added at 17 hrs (2020-11-30 10:32:06 GMT)
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Yes, I actually started with "F.E. College" as the heading and meant to put a slash or "OR" when adding the alternative. I'd probably use "third-level colleges/institutions" myself as not all courses in FE colleges lead to the awarding of diplomas or degrees. BUT they certainly do exist and what IS meant here IMHO.
When I was doing my first BA I could have simultaneously taken an LL.B in another institution, to be awarded by my university. (Wish I'd done so but I was a rather lazy 19-year-old!)
So legal, accountancy, MBE, teacher-training etc. courses are often studied in other institutions with degrees, diplomas awarded by affiliated universities.

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Note added at 17 hrs (2020-11-30 10:33:48 GMT)
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third-level colleges/institutions OR Further Education colleges

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Note added at 17 hrs (2020-11-30 10:35:13 GMT)
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BTW I have never seen this as "university centre"

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Note added at 4 days (2020-12-04 11:35:10 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped.
I see you are using a variety of terms but I think third-level/Higher Education colleges/institutions basically act as umbrella terms. And yes, affiliated to the degree-awarding university.


Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 07:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 110
Grading comment
Thanks everyone for your help. Much appreciated. In the end, this answer helped guide me the most. In the end, after much thought and checking, I opted for: institute of higher education, higher education centre, educational unit, faculty, school, institute.... depending on the specific context.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, you've helpfully highlighted that the "centros" may not actually be part of the awarding university but instead affiliated to it. This has also become my understanding as I've got further into the text. I'm not so convinced by the long, rather descriptive translation you've offered and wonder whether you think "further education institution" is broad, yet specific enough? Thank you

Asker: Thanks. I don't think "third level" works so well and the distinction between FE and HE is clear from the link that I posted in the comments a few days ago. University-related education is HE and "institute of higher education" is a very good umbrella term. However in some cases, mainly due to the context/content of the rest of the sentence, other options are better - hence why I included them in the Kudoz entry. Good to have nailed this term and I hope it will help others! Thanks again.

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