Presentation delivered to a large number of learners by a teacher, usually 50–55 minutes of uninterrupted discourse from the teacher with no discussion, the only learner activity being listening and note-taking.

All students taking a subject attend information sessions, known as lectures, as a group. Lectures are generally one-hour long. Sometimes you may have two or more lectures consecutively.

Lessons given to large audiences whose aim is to give common information which provides a basis for smaller group discussions in tutorials or seminars. In any given module there could be up three lectures per week. You should note that in Britain lecturers tend to treat the subject broadly and expect you, the student, to conduct deeper research and study on your own using the course reading and library. Some international students are accustomed to greater and more specific direction in what to read and write.