Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Like marries like

On the back of news of the royal wedding St Andrews is claiming the title of top matchmaking university in Britain. A study of 5000 graduates showed that almost 10% of former St Andrews students were married to each other, claims the principal.

Tut, tut.

Does it enhance a university’s academic reputation to make claims on such flimsy & inadequate evidence.

What, pray, are the rates for alumni of other British universities?

I will wager that Oxford, Cambridge & most certainly London (if we are allowed to count it as just one) will show rates equally high.