Showing posts with label rules. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rules. Show all posts

Wednesday, 30 April 2014

The rules I use to decide which University Challenge team to support

In order of least to greatest support:

  • King's College, Cambridge over other Cambridge colleges *
  • Cambridge over Oxford
  • London over Oxbridge
  • Anywhere else over London
  • Northern over Southern
  • Less "posh" over "posh" (e.g. Glasgow over Durham, but Manchester over St. Andrews)
  • New university over old (Sheffield Hallam over Sheffield)
  • Mature students over youngsters
  • The team with the most ethnic minority members over the other
  • The team with more women over the team with fewer
  • Distance learning over traditional university
  • Open University over all
It boils down to women > men, new > old, poor > rich, age > beauty. 

* Actually, I would probably support one of the women's colleges or newer, more obscure ones -- e.g. Churchill, Girton, Homerton -- over King's.