Oxford or Harvard..?

No, I have not been offered a scholarship to these halls of learning (you never know) but I was intrigues today at during a history tutorial when we were critiquing a recent essay from the other tutorial group. We were discussing the referencing systems used, it seems the education stream student use Harvard: quoting author, title, edition and page after the quote and as a past Arts student I use Oxford as I studied history and literature and later, law but use Harvard for my education stream subjects only. I was surprised that one student ( 2nd year) announced he had never been penalised for mis use of referencing system and only ever uses a bibliography. Myself, and several others were aghast at this. I was also shocked at the standard of writing the essay in question offered and the tutor stating it covered all aspects of the rubric for a good grade!! This despite the author using both Oxford and Harvard referencing...good trick that one.
On another aspect, I took Miss 11 to the movies with a few friends to see Nim's Island.
It is a fantastic movie but has it's flaws which are lost to many kids, some reviews of it canned it others have applauded it. There are a few too many things happening at once and a child younger than 12 would not see the parallel of JackRusoe( Ruscoe sounds like Crusoe as in Robinson Crusoe) and Alex Rover being the same actor. The whole Australian cruise ship finds the 'deserted' island ideal is a bit too rough and ready and cartoon like and the back and froing between Nim, Alex and Jack's individual hurdles and the consequences of their actions can get a bit monotonous and confusing to a younger viewer. All in all, I liked it and will probably delve into the book on a whim.