Academic / C1

SKOL-uh/ˈskɒlə/

A scholar is someone who studies a subject in depth, usually at a high academic level: a legal scholar, an independent scholar. A student is everyday and wider; an academic is often employed by a university; a pundit comments in public. Scholarly is the adjective. Do not let a title replace a declared interest in the minute.

Meaning

A person who studies a subject in depth, usually at a high academic level.

Examples

• “A scholar on the panel still has to declare the funding source in the minute.”
• “Student is everyday. Researcher is a close twin. A pundit is media. Scholarship (this batch) is the work or the grant. A biography line is not a conflict-of-interest form. Name the funder.”

Good to know

A serious academic researcher. Everyday: student (wider). Close: academic / researcher. A title does not waive a declaration.

Near in meaning

academic

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