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- ↑ Dates of Full Terms, University of Oxford, UK.
- 1 2 3 4 Oxford University: Regulations on the number and lengths of terms Archived 2008-05-27 at the Wayback Machine , University of Oxford, UK.
- ↑ "Term Dates - Important Dates - Text Version - College Calendar, 2011-2012 : Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Ireland". Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2011.