The last of the quarter final rounds, we have the only two non-Oxbridge teams (i.e. the rest of the country) fight for a place in the semi-final: Liverpool University against University of Durham. Original air date 23.3.2015
Not surprised by the outcome at all. Congrats to the winning team but they will surely lose in the semi-finals. The other three teams in the semi-finals are the class of the field.
Of course they lost. They are Durham, after all; the worst semi finalists in the history of this year. EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *for the love of god, do not take this comment seriously. It's satire, that's how it works.*
yaorito1 The way you phrased your intro: non-Oxbridge (i.e. the rest of the country)... Nice to know the University system in the United Kingdom is all about classlessness and equality... :-)
JosephP Karl As much as that is true, graduates of non-Oxbridge, although they compose the large,large,large majority of university graduates, are less visible on public (e.g. BBC newscasters). In some way, distinction is more pronounced than in US or other European country.
JosephP Karl UK ranks by far the lowest in income equality in western Europe; and the US is even lower than that. 30% of MPs are Oxbridge graduates, while there are over 100 institutes of higher learning in the UK. The percentage of the Cabinet who went to Oxbridge often shoots up to much higher than 30%.
***** I'm from New Zealand, so I don't have expert insight into this by any means, but it strikes me that the Oxbridge universities have been around for longer than - well - just about as long as many countries, and as such have been the goto institution for anybody who wants to get ahead for a long, long time. This fact alone means it seems natural to me that people like MPs, judges, businessmen all come from there, because they've been pumping out these kinds of people for a long, long time. On a side note, I believe this current parliament is much less Oxbridge centered...
Joseph Karl I was not talking about historically. I was referring to the current or recent terms. I just looked at some reports quickly before I wrote the previous message. I wasn't criticising your comments. I am just saying Oxbridge graduates are still dominating many fields in the UK.
