King Yao-chi, a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong who has taught at Cambridge, points out that Oxbridge colleges are fundamentally "residential communities" for students and teachers, places where they live together.
曾經客居劍橋的香港中文大學教授金耀基指出，牛劍的「學院」（College）基本上只是個「學者聚集的會社」，是師生「居息一堂」、一起生活的地方。