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= Terms of the University of Oxford
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Each term has 8 weeks, and the week number is often used to denote the time at which something happens.

Week 0 is also often used to denote the week before classes officially start. This is especially important in the first term of the year (<Michaelmas term>) where people are coming back to school and meeting old and new friends.

At the end of the year, after <Trinity term>, students have exams. These basically account for all of the grades. In certain courses such as the <Physics course of the University of Oxford>, there is only new material on <Michaelmas term> and <Hilary term>, <Trinity term> being revision-only. So you can imagine that during <Trinity term>, students are going to be on edge.

Bibliography:
* https://cherwell.org/2023/11/10/oxfords-term-structure-needs-to-change-heres-why-it-wont/ some criticism of the term organization on <Cherwell (newspaper)> because the terms are too short which increases student pressure to learn fast


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