With regard to lucky_p's comments,

In the 70's & even the 80's - attending University in Australia meant that one had a social life and mixed with the other faculties. It's true that some graduated with 'Refec Honours', but you got and Education in Life, and Social behaviour, as well as some 'book larnin'.

Nowadays the students have too high a study workload to waste time talking socially to other students, and the faculties don;t mix as much, cause they have their own special 'social places'. That's when they aren't working a job or two to pay for fees and books and food and rent and clothes, and...