Student ‘traumatised’ after library visit horror
An undergraduate who mistook his university’s library for a bar is being offered counselling to help him recover from the trauma.
Posted: Jul 23rd, 2010
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University of Life makes first appearance on University Challenge
A team representing the University of Life acquitted itself well on its first outing on University Challenge last night. With a line-up comprising Keith MacKillop, a 54-year-old pub bore from Swindon, Penny Plant, a 44-year old basket weaver from the Isle of Skye, Kyle Jessop, a 29-year-old ‘self-made’ building contractor from Shropshire and embittered 64-year-old heating engineer Terry Ince from Dublin, the team scored a respectable 125 points, narrowly losing out to Magdalen College, Oxford.
‘We didn’t have to go on the show,’ Ince insisted, ‘but we had a bit of a point to prove, didn’t we? Spoilt kids doing useless courses on pointless bloody crap…’
Posted: Nov 8th, 2009
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Harry Potter admits Lampeter University ‘a bit of a let-down’ after Hogwarts
After a school career that saw him battling with dementors, basilisks and death-eaters, boy wizard Harry Potter has confessed that he is struggling to get to grips with his undergraduate degree in Business IT at Lampeter. ‘It’s just all a bit of an anti-climax,’ said Potter, who found a place at the Welsh university through clearing after UCAS refused to acknowledge his Defence Against Dark Arts O.W.L.
Posted: Oct 15th, 2009
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Ofsted report slams School of Hard Knocks
Educational standards at The School of Hard Knocks are in steep decline according to the latest Annual Performance Assessment report from Ofsted…
Posted: Apr 16th, 2009
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