In New York, though, the action revolves around the Round Table, which runs lectures, tours, workshops, socials and happy hours.
The students were split into groups at the start of their course, and for the first 11 weeks all went to traditionally run lectures given by well-regarded and experienced teachers.
She is also the founder of Physics Without Frontiers, a Unesco-backed organisation that runs lectures, workshops and schools in war-torn nations to help kindle an interest in science and help local recovery.
"Some lecturers are open to connecting on LinkedIn, or have Twitter profiles to follow that give you a flavour of what your course will be like when you start," says Horne. "We have lecturers at Newcastle who run lecture roundups and revision Q&As through Twitter, which you can eavesdrop on to get a feel for course content".
Located beside our city's largest university, the action on Wreck Beach seems like a total freak show next to the stuffy law students running from lecture to lecture just a few yards away.
The National started running these lectures two-and-a-half years ago as a way of drawing in visitors unfamiliar with the history of art, as well as those with some experience.
At just 3.8lbs, you'll have no trouble running between lectures with this in your bag.
But the doctor advised him to substitute swimming for running and lectured him to avoid rich food.
He did not know the camera was still running while lecturing Norman Smith, the BBC's chief political correspondent, on his interpretation of developments in the Leveson inquiry.
running the lecture and LON-CAPA components of the course, and W.B. running the hands-on component.
As part of its education work, Shakespeare's Globe theatre in London runs workshops, lectures and theatre tours for schools.
