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At Oxford and Cambridge
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
 colleges - and other, similarly traditional, academic institutions - the High Table is a table for the use of fellow
Fellow

A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. Historically, the term fellow was also used to describe a man, particularly by those in the upper social classes....
s (members of the Senior Common Room) and their guests. The table is normally on a raised platform and at the end of the dining hall, although not always. On more formal evening occasions, dinner jackets are worn. It is also normal to wear academic gowns
Academic dress

Academic dress or academical dress is a traditional form of clothing for academia settings, primarily Tertiary education and sometimes Secondary schools education, worn mainly by those that have been admitted to a university degree or hold a status that entitles them to assume them ....
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At Oxford and Cambridge
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
 colleges - and other, similarly traditional, academic institutions - the High Table is a table for the use of fellow
Fellow

A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. Historically, the term fellow was also used to describe a man, particularly by those in the upper social classes....
s (members of the Senior Common Room) and their guests. The table is normally on a raised platform and at the end of the dining hall, although not always. On more formal evening occasions, dinner jackets are worn. It is also normal to wear academic gowns
Academic dress

Academic dress or academical dress is a traditional form of clothing for academia settings, primarily Tertiary education and sometimes Secondary schools education, worn mainly by those that have been admitted to a university degree or hold a status that entitles them to assume them ....
.

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  • Formal Hall


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  • at Churchill College, Cambridge
    Churchill College, Cambridge

    Churchill College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge and was founded in 1958 as the national and Commonwealth of Nations memorial to Winston Churchill....
  • at Princeton University
    Princeton University

    Princeton University is a private university university located in Princeton, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League and has the largest per-student Financial endowment in the world....