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The University of Oxford has a long tradition of academic dress, which continues to the present day. [1] [2] An Oxford degree ceremony – the pro-vice-chancellor in MA gown and hood, proctor in official dress and new Doctors of Philosophy in scarlet full dress. Behind them, a bedel, another Doctor and Bachelors of Arts and Medicine.
Academic dress of King's College London in different colours, designed and presented by fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. Academic dress is a traditional form of clothing for academic settings, mainly tertiary (and sometimes secondary) education, worn mainly by those who have obtained a university degree (or similar), or hold a status that entitles them to assume them (e.g., undergraduate ...
The Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, wearing his official academic dress as the university chancellor A Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge wearing the cope (cappa clausa), led by an Esquire Bedell. Officers of the universities generally wear distinctive and more elaborate dress.
Shepherd & Woodward are a traditional clothing outfitters in High Street, Oxford, England. In particular, they provide academic gowns and other clothing for the University of Oxford. The shop's origins date back to 1845. The company also runs Walters of Oxford in Turl Street and the Varsity Shop, Castells & Son, in Broad Street.
At the University of Oxford, caps are mandatory dress for matriculation events and for all examinations. It is a commonly repeated myth at Oxford that the cap must be held and may not be worn at all except at the student's graduation; however, there is no rule in the university to this effect, and undergraduates wearing formal academic dress ...
Some colleges/halls have elaborate traditions, while others are more relaxed. Grace may be said before the meal, in some places in Latin.A dress code of academic gowns at formals is compulsory at some colleges and halls; in other cases formal wear (for example a lounge suit for men or equivalent for women) is required in addition to, or instead of, the gown.
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Charles Sturt University town and gown academic procession in Wagga Wagga, Australia. Town and gown are two distinct communities of a university town; 'town' being the non-academic population and 'gown' metonymically being the university community, especially in ancient seats of learning such as Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, and St Andrews, although the term is also used to describe modern ...