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Old April 27th 14, 01:34 PM posted to uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.railway
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On Sun, 27 Apr 2014 07:25:37 +0100
Martin Edwards wrote:
On 26/04/2014 18:47, d wrote:
On Sat, 26 Apr 2014 07:33:21 +0100
Martin Edwards wrote:
It is not widely known that, while the rest of the Civil Service is
headed by people from many universities, the Treasury is almost wholly
Oxbridge.

Doesn't surprise me. Most of the chinless wonders seem to float to the
top.
I wonder if any of them actually have economics or maths degrees or its
just a swathe of useless liberal arts degrees.

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Spud

Hey! My degree was in European Studies, then again it was from UEA.

I visited UEA once. Actually seemed like a nice place to me, don't know
why
people slag it off. European studies? Oh well, someone has to I suppose.

Wasn't it one of those places that got a bad rep for attracting "radicals"

tim


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