Comments on: Jerome Armstrong http://timworstall.com/2008/03/27/jerome-armstrong/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:45:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bob B http://timworstall.com/2008/03/27/jerome-armstrong/comment-page-1/#comment-9754 Bob B Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:43:41 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/03/27/jerome-armstrong/#comment-9754 C'mon. The reformed PPE degree structure is very flexible. It can comprise almost all economics, almost all philosophy or almost all politics, or various combinations of the three subjects. Reportedly, more undergraduates at Oxford read for PPE than for any other degree course and there's a low acceptance rate of applications for admission to read for the degree, something like 22 per cent, as I recall. Btw I'm not an Oxbridge graduate although I'm a graduate of one of the Russell universities, albeit from a very long time ago. I've therefore no personal vested interest in defending PPE to the last ditch, except that my son is a PPE graduate from the mid 1990s. C’mon. The reformed PPE degree structure is very flexible. It can comprise almost all economics, almost all philosophy or almost all politics, or various combinations of the three subjects.

Reportedly, more undergraduates at Oxford read for PPE than for any other degree course and there’s a low acceptance rate of applications for admission to read for the degree, something like 22 per cent, as I recall.

Btw I’m not an Oxbridge graduate although I’m a graduate of one of the Russell universities, albeit from a very long time ago. I’ve therefore no personal vested interest in defending PPE to the last ditch, except that my son is a PPE graduate from the mid 1990s.

]]> By: dearieme http://timworstall.com/2008/03/27/jerome-armstrong/comment-page-1/#comment-9752 dearieme Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:20:03 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/03/27/jerome-armstrong/#comment-9752 Ah, PPE - a whole term of economics, then? Ah, PPE – a whole term of economics, then?

]]> By: Bob B http://timworstall.com/2008/03/27/jerome-armstrong/comment-page-1/#comment-9746 Bob B Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:27:40 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/03/27/jerome-armstrong/#comment-9746 Whatever else, Brian Paddick is an alumnus of one of our cluster of outstanding local grammar schools, of Oxford University (PPE) and of Warwick University for his MBA. Academically, he is the best qualified of the candidates for London mayor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Paddick Whatever else, Brian Paddick is an alumnus of one of our cluster of outstanding local grammar schools, of Oxford University (PPE) and of Warwick University for his MBA. Academically, he is the best qualified of the candidates for London mayor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Paddick

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