Exeat

The word exeat is most commonly used to describe a period of absence from a centre of learning. [ [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Exeat Exeat - definition of Exeat by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia ] ] Exeat is used in Britain to describe weekend leave from a boarding school. [ [http://www.boardingschools.hobsons.com/advice.jsp?id=advice_overseas_getting_ready_guardians UK guardians - for international parents - UK Boarding Schools - Private, Public and Boarding Schools ] ] It is also used at certain colleges to define a required note to take absence from school either for entire days, or parts of a day for appointments, interviews, open days and other fixtures. [ [http://www.charterhouse.org.uk/Boarding/leave_request.asp Exeat & Leave Weekend Requests ] ] Students at Oxford University [http://www.spc.ox.ac.uk/uploads/regs_jnr_members_aug05.pdf An example of the need for an exeat at an Oxford College] and Cambridge University and other British Universities must also obtain permission to leave college. [ [http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/queens/Misc/jargon/CUjargon-all.html Cambridge University Jargon ] ]

A similar method of exeat notifications is used in many Commonwealth schools. [ [http://www.newingtoncollege.nsw.edu.au/policies/HLD_School_Rules.pdf 04S1HLD.p65 ] ] It is common for Australian schools to call the long weekends of leave enjoyed by boarders an exeat weekend. This results in the boarding house closing for the weekend. This typically involves an extra day of leave associated with a public holiday to create a long weekend. [http://www.det.wa.gov.au/countryboarding/docs/Parent_Handbook_Broome.pdf] In New Zealand an exeat may refer to a period of day leave from a school. This is used as a way to record the coming and going of students from the campus. [ [http://www.wentworthcollege.school.nz/prospectus/contact_procedures.html Wentworth College - Prospectus - Contact Procedures ] ]

ee also

*List of Latin phrases (A–E)

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