Oxbridge and I’m sure other universities too have some ‘elite’ ‘drinking societies’ which seem to have some similar characteristics…
September 30, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Oxbridge and I’m sure other universities too have some ‘elite’ ‘drinking societies’ which seem to have some similar characteristics…
I got my first twitter account banned and deleted for saying "anyone who attended public school & Oxbridge should be shot". Now I have matured and become a conservative I disavow such statements, obviously.
to anybody in the UK aghast by the news about Cornell or US fraternities, i hope you realise that expensive universities with exclusive societies and the public schools (with attached cadet forces) that feed them are just as bad, if not worse.
September 30, 2026 at 8:14 AM
I got my first twitter account banned and deleted for saying "anyone who attended public school & Oxbridge should be shot". Now I have matured and become a conservative I disavow such statements, obviously.
First 80 pages have me keen to keep reading — a pleasing combo of interesting characters, WWI-era social history, Oxbridge academia, and book nerdery.
September 30, 2026 at 8:11 AM
First 80 pages have me keen to keep reading — a pleasing combo of interesting characters, WWI-era social history, Oxbridge academia, and book nerdery.
If you're in Vancouver (or nearby in Seattle) this October, join Pembrokians at VIFF 2026! 🇨🇦
Details:
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September 30, 2026 at 7:59 AM
If you're in Vancouver (or nearby in Seattle) this October, join Pembrokians at VIFF 2026! 🇨🇦
Details:
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Day 30! WE MADE IT! For our last IDFC essay this month, I'm going with my first essay on Starfleet Academy. I talked a couple days ago about why I'm not sure my approach to S1 is working out as I'd hoped, but this post at least I'm proud of. An intro to what SFA is, and WHY it is what it is.
September 30, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Day 30! WE MADE IT! For our last IDFC essay this month, I'm going with my first essay on Starfleet Academy. I talked a couple days ago about why I'm not sure my approach to S1 is working out as I'd hoped, but this post at least I'm proud of. An intro to what SFA is, and WHY it is what it is.
But people who read humanities at Oxbridge have served the UK so well.
September 30, 2026 at 12:14 AM
But people who read humanities at Oxbridge have served the UK so well.
A good piece on Colin Kidd’s Twilight of the Dons.
Susan Pedersen · Keep off the grass: Oxbridge Attitudes
Sociology embodied everything Oxbridge most disliked: it was new; it employed strange methods and ‘barbarous’...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 29, 2026 at 9:37 PM
A good piece on Colin Kidd’s Twilight of the Dons.
I think you’re possibly overrating the quality of an Oxbridge education….
September 29, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I think you’re possibly overrating the quality of an Oxbridge education….
Edinburgh. 'High end' Russell Group civic Uni. Centuries of history. Med, vet & dent schools. In Scottish capital so De Facto 'national Uni of Scotland'. Big draw for o/seas students.
'Crisis' driven by govt policy & useless management.
If Edinburgh is wobbling, nowhere outside Oxbridge is safe.
'Crisis' driven by govt policy & useless management.
If Edinburgh is wobbling, nowhere outside Oxbridge is safe.
I'm on strike for the next five weeks with @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social because management continues to threaten mass compulsory redundancies. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Edinburgh University lecturers begin five-week strike over cuts
Members of the University and Colleges Union are walking out in part of a long-running dispute over job and course cuts.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 29, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Edinburgh. 'High end' Russell Group civic Uni. Centuries of history. Med, vet & dent schools. In Scottish capital so De Facto 'national Uni of Scotland'. Big draw for o/seas students.
'Crisis' driven by govt policy & useless management.
If Edinburgh is wobbling, nowhere outside Oxbridge is safe.
'Crisis' driven by govt policy & useless management.
If Edinburgh is wobbling, nowhere outside Oxbridge is safe.
The "prestigious" in their argument is rather worrying and shortsighted. See how many utter incompetent idiots Oxbridge have delivered and how much damage they have done...
Good education, yes.
Good education, yes.
September 29, 2026 at 8:53 AM
The "prestigious" in their argument is rather worrying and shortsighted. See how many utter incompetent idiots Oxbridge have delivered and how much damage they have done...
Good education, yes.
Good education, yes.
Tbf with or without these fellowships, there are just so many people that never leave Oxbridge—either stay at one forever or alternate between Oxford and Cambridge for a bit of variety. Though I guess my degrees are all from one uni so maybe I shouldn’t mock (but not Oxbridge & I did take time out!)
September 29, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Tbf with or without these fellowships, there are just so many people that never leave Oxbridge—either stay at one forever or alternate between Oxford and Cambridge for a bit of variety. Though I guess my degrees are all from one uni so maybe I shouldn’t mock (but not Oxbridge & I did take time out!)
funding is good! But (as someone who didn‘t go back into academia for a decade post-BA) I can‘t help wondering what it actually does for you as a person to have that funding PLUS absurd oxbridge cushioning, through such formative years. Are you happy? How is the rest of your life going to pan out
September 29, 2026 at 8:24 AM
funding is good! But (as someone who didn‘t go back into academia for a decade post-BA) I can‘t help wondering what it actually does for you as a person to have that funding PLUS absurd oxbridge cushioning, through such formative years. Are you happy? How is the rest of your life going to pan out
These Oxbridge educated commentators are speaking a language that most people dont know. If you make it to 70-75 then you'll have paid for a pension that's going to be worth next to nothing and you'll probably need to keep working full time until you die. Why not have someone explain it like this?
September 29, 2026 at 8:23 AM
These Oxbridge educated commentators are speaking a language that most people dont know. If you make it to 70-75 then you'll have paid for a pension that's going to be worth next to nothing and you'll probably need to keep working full time until you die. Why not have someone explain it like this?
‘In New York, no one cares that you’re an Ivy League professor; you’re just another resident of a crumbling and glorious city. This is a great check on self-regard, and I found it unimaginably freeing.’
Susan Pedersen on the culture of elite universities.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Susan Pedersen on the culture of elite universities.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Susan Pedersen · Keep off the grass: Oxbridge Attitudes
Sociology embodied everything Oxbridge most disliked: it was new; it employed strange methods and ‘barbarous’...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 29, 2026 at 7:30 AM
‘In New York, no one cares that you’re an Ivy League professor; you’re just another resident of a crumbling and glorious city. This is a great check on self-regard, and I found it unimaginably freeing.’
Susan Pedersen on the culture of elite universities.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Susan Pedersen on the culture of elite universities.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @stcatharines.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk
Catz is another example of spelling differences within Oxbridge: Cambridge's is with an A, Oxford's is with an E
If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost – it helps to spread the word!
Catz is another example of spelling differences within Oxbridge: Cambridge's is with an A, Oxford's is with an E
If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost – it helps to spread the word!
September 29, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @stcatharines.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk
Catz is another example of spelling differences within Oxbridge: Cambridge's is with an A, Oxford's is with an E
If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost – it helps to spread the word!
Catz is another example of spelling differences within Oxbridge: Cambridge's is with an A, Oxford's is with an E
If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost – it helps to spread the word!
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @stcatharines.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk
Catz is another example of spelling differences within Oxbridge: Cambridge's is with an A, Oxford's is with an E
If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost – it helps to spread the word!
Catz is another example of spelling differences within Oxbridge: Cambridge's is with an A, Oxford's is with an E
If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost – it helps to spread the word!
September 29, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @stcatharines.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk
Catz is another example of spelling differences within Oxbridge: Cambridge's is with an A, Oxford's is with an E
If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost – it helps to spread the word!
Catz is another example of spelling differences within Oxbridge: Cambridge's is with an A, Oxford's is with an E
If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost – it helps to spread the word!
Deport Tommy Robinson.
Use Your Power Against The Rioting Farage Led Cult That Wants You Dead.
This Isn’t Oxbridge Uni Politics, This Isn’t The Thick Of It.
That Was The 90’s.
This Is Peaky Blinders.
Soon It’s Going To Be Dunkirk.
Use Your Power Against The Rioting Farage Led Cult That Wants You Dead.
This Isn’t Oxbridge Uni Politics, This Isn’t The Thick Of It.
That Was The 90’s.
This Is Peaky Blinders.
Soon It’s Going To Be Dunkirk.
September 29, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Deport Tommy Robinson.
Use Your Power Against The Rioting Farage Led Cult That Wants You Dead.
This Isn’t Oxbridge Uni Politics, This Isn’t The Thick Of It.
That Was The 90’s.
This Is Peaky Blinders.
Soon It’s Going To Be Dunkirk.
Use Your Power Against The Rioting Farage Led Cult That Wants You Dead.
This Isn’t Oxbridge Uni Politics, This Isn’t The Thick Of It.
That Was The 90’s.
This Is Peaky Blinders.
Soon It’s Going To Be Dunkirk.
Is there a new ‘Age of Stupid’ Ai ‘human’
being hot-house bred at ‘Oxbridge’?🔥
Last night teams on ‘University Challenge’ struggled to identify
an oak tree leaf!🌳
If we don’t know our tree kin, we don’t know diddly
and that’s deadly⌛️
hot House Eaarth 🌍
StarterFor10
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
being hot-house bred at ‘Oxbridge’?🔥
Last night teams on ‘University Challenge’ struggled to identify
an oak tree leaf!🌳
If we don’t know our tree kin, we don’t know diddly
and that’s deadly⌛️
hot House Eaarth 🌍
StarterFor10
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
September 29, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Is there a new ‘Age of Stupid’ Ai ‘human’
being hot-house bred at ‘Oxbridge’?🔥
Last night teams on ‘University Challenge’ struggled to identify
an oak tree leaf!🌳
If we don’t know our tree kin, we don’t know diddly
and that’s deadly⌛️
hot House Eaarth 🌍
StarterFor10
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
being hot-house bred at ‘Oxbridge’?🔥
Last night teams on ‘University Challenge’ struggled to identify
an oak tree leaf!🌳
If we don’t know our tree kin, we don’t know diddly
and that’s deadly⌛️
hot House Eaarth 🌍
StarterFor10
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
what else is an elite oxbridge PPE education for? how else are we to dispel the obvious solutions to the problems of observable, material reality unless we create an environment in which the only Grown Up solutions are the ones that we know don't work because we've been doing them for 50 years?
September 28, 2026 at 11:35 PM
what else is an elite oxbridge PPE education for? how else are we to dispel the obvious solutions to the problems of observable, material reality unless we create an environment in which the only Grown Up solutions are the ones that we know don't work because we've been doing them for 50 years?
Harman is so fake. Her accent was formulated to make her sound more “common”. She went to St Paul’s School for girls, one of the best schools in the country which feeds into oxbridge, and did law at some conversion college in York having sat politics at York
September 28, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Harman is so fake. Her accent was formulated to make her sound more “common”. She went to St Paul’s School for girls, one of the best schools in the country which feeds into oxbridge, and did law at some conversion college in York having sat politics at York
Did the Romans have Oxbridge accents?
September 28, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Did the Romans have Oxbridge accents?
How the fuk did this lot get into oxbridge? Oh yeah daddy money #UniversityChallenge
September 28, 2026 at 7:49 PM
How the fuk did this lot get into oxbridge? Oh yeah daddy money #UniversityChallenge
I looked up and expected to find private schools and Oxbridge but it was state schools and Oxbridge, so she is not just a misogynist, she is also a traitor to her class.
September 28, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I looked up and expected to find private schools and Oxbridge but it was state schools and Oxbridge, so she is not just a misogynist, she is also a traitor to her class.
Public school and Oxbridge gives you the ability to bullshit the gullible public. Fuck them.
September 28, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Public school and Oxbridge gives you the ability to bullshit the gullible public. Fuck them.
In my career in the law in the City, some of the smartest and some of the dumbest people I dealt with were from Oxbridge. An Oxbridge education is no indication of intelligence. Look at Rees Mogg - a known idiot.
September 28, 2026 at 4:32 PM
In my career in the law in the City, some of the smartest and some of the dumbest people I dealt with were from Oxbridge. An Oxbridge education is no indication of intelligence. Look at Rees Mogg - a known idiot.