Academic dress of Durham University habit beneath their full-dress doctoral gown and hood. The Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor were formerly directed to wear the Convocation Habit under their gold- and silver-laced gowns, "or Scarlet Habit if not holding a Doctorate". This latter usage is followed to this day, the Habit being sleeved like a cassock). Academic dress of Durham University The academic dress of Durham University has many similarities with that of other older British universities such as Oxford and Cambridge. Most colleges of Durham University insist on gowns being worn on formal occasions, including matriculation and formal halls (dinners); exceptions are Van Mildert, St
Colleges of the University of Otago to take place in their college. While the majority of the residential colleges are owned by the University, they each have their own internal management structures and College Council. Four colleges are privately owned and are governed entirely independently from the University. These are Selwyn College, Knox College, St Margaret's College, and Salmond College. A number of intercollegiate competitions are held, though often between pairs or subsets of the colleges. According to the university's prospectus, all colleges other than Toroa College have some inter-collegiate activities. Regular competitions include: An intercollegiate rowing competition was held in May 2010 which Unicol are