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...Oxford and Cambridge, students devote all of their academic work towards one field. According to Hurst, there are "no core requirements. If you enter a field, that's all you ever do." In fact, students are "not allowed to take courses in other fields," and very few students do double majors...
Furthermore, because students devote all of their time to one field, they find it easier to get to know their department, the fellows say. In England, "integration in the department is much higher," Hurst says...
...third year, biology students are included in professional discussions, invited to faculty events and "at 11 and 3 each day we trek off to the tea room and discuss stuff," Hurst says...
...They basically say, 'this is a reading list, go and do it if you want to," Hurst says...
...some colleges, such as Caius, you have to wear an [academic] gown to dinner," Hurst says. And Chirgwin described one of the traditions involving Clare College--the all-women's college she attended at Cambridge--and King's College. "Once a month one of their drinking clubs comes to piss on our wall, and we all gather on top and throw eggs and flour down at them...