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===Teaching and degrees=== <!-- there is much more to say about research than is currently stated-->
{{Main|Degrees of the University of Oxford|List of professorships at the University of Oxford|Undergraduate education at University of Oxford}}
Undergraduate teaching is centred on the tutorial, where 1–4 students spend an hour with an academic discussing their week's work, usually an essay (humanities, most social sciences, some mathematical, physical, and life sciences) or problem sheet (most mathematical, physical, and life sciences, and some social sciences). The university itself is responsible for conducting examinations and conferring degrees. Undergraduate teaching takes place during three eight-week academic terms: [[Michaelmas term|Michaelmas]], [[Hilary term|Hilary]] and [[Trinity term|Trinity]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Regulations on the number and length of terms |work=University of Oxford Examination Regulations |date= 29 September 2006 |url=http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/examregs/03-00_REGULATIONS_ON_THE_NUMBER_AND_LENGTH_OF_TERMS.shtml |access-date=9 October 2007 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527150600/http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/examregs/03-00_REGULATIONS_ON_THE_NUMBER_AND_LENGTH_OF_TERMS.shtml |archive-date=27 May 2008 }}</ref> (These are officially known as 'Full Term': 'Term' is a lengthier period with little practical significance.) Internally, the weeks in a term begin on Sundays, and are referred to numerically, with the initial week known as "first week", the last as "eighth week" and with the numbering extended to refer to weeks before and after term (for example "noughth week" precedes term).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://staff.admin.ox.ac.uk/working-at-oxford/new-to-the-university/university-year-and-events |title=University Year and Events |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=Staff Gateway |publisher=University of Oxford |access-date=22 April 2021 |quote= |archive-date=22 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422071736/https://staff.admin.ox.ac.uk/working-at-oxford/new-to-the-university/university-year-and-events |url-status=live }}</ref> Undergraduates must be in residence from Thursday of 0th week. These teaching terms are shorter than those of most other British universities,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hepi.ac.uk/files/33TheacademicexperienceofstudentsinEnglishuniversities2007.pdf |title=The Academic Experience of Students in English Universities (2007 report) |publisher=Higher Education Policy Institute |last1=Sastry |first1=Tom |last2=Bekhradnia |first2=Bahram |date=25 September 2007 |pages=footnote 14 |access-date=4 November 2007 |quote=Even within Russell Group institutions, it is remarkable how consistently Oxford and Cambridge appear to require more effort of their students than other universities. On the other hand, they have fewer weeks in the academic year than other universities, so the extent to which this is so may be exaggerated by these results. |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709220145/http://www.hepi.ac.uk/files/33TheacademicexperienceofstudentsinEnglishuniversities2007.pdf |archive-date=9 July 2013 }}</ref> and their total duration amounts to less than half the year. However, undergraduates are also expected to do some academic work during the three holidays (known as the Christmas, Easter, and Long Vacations).