Feb 20, 2010 18:18
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English Social Sciences Education / Pedagogy
Which term is used in British English for transcript?

Concise Oxford English Dictionary
transcript: (N. Amer.) an official record of a student's work and grades.
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Peer comment(s):

agree Jack Doughty
22 mins
agree Jennifer Levey
46 mins
agree Edith Kelly
2 hrs
agree Sheila Wilson : Strange that the OED says it's Am; then Oxford Uni use it! They really ought to communicate!
16 hrs
agree British Diana : I went there myself and I'm afraid to say that Oxford has taken a lot of this transatlantic vocabulary on board. I mean, it uses Alumni although we are actually simply "Senior Members"
18 hrs
agree Paula Vaz-Carreiro
1 day 42 mins
agree B D Finch : Transatlantic? Not really when applied to copies of university records. "A" Level certificates too always came with a "transcript" showing slightly more detail of the results. London University and most other UK universities have alumni associations.
1 day 3 hrs
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Peer comment(s):

disagree William Murphy : this is an entirely different meaning
13 mins
neutral Sheila Wilson : This can be a synonym of transcript, but only in limited contexts where some change is involved
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report (if for primary or secondary education)

Though dasein_wm is correct for university examinations, if you are talking about primary or secondary education, then that is a "school report" or just "report" in England.

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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2010-02-21 21:29:35 GMT)
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Always worth giving detail about context when posting a question!
Note from asker:
Thanks for additional information on primary/secondary education. Actually I am searching the term used by universities.
Peer comment(s):

agree Alison Sabedoria (X)
10 hrs
Thanks Wordeffect
agree Sheila Wilson : Certainly report for school, but transcript for uni even in the UK
11 hrs
Thanks Sheila. Yes, I did note that it is a transcript for uni; university students might not want reports on their progress sent to their parents! The worst bit with school reports was having to take them home unopened.
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