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adaruby



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 1:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
scot47 wrote:
Oxbridge graduates given preference for those jobs, of course. Teaching is ok for the oiks but you need the old school tie for the good jobs !


This is utter nonsense.
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scot47



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The BC is dominated by the English Cultural Elite. Fact.

Classroom teaching jobs may be accessible to the plebs but the administration is firmly in the hands of Oxbridge types

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adaruby



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Go back to sleep, scot.
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scot47



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Can you be a bit more constructive than trading insults ? Is that how you perceive this forum ?
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adaruby



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
scot47 wrote:
Can you be a bit more constructive than trading insults ? Is that how you perceive this forum ?


Let's do a deal: you back up your statements with facts and I'll stop treating you with the contempt your comments deserve.

How does that sound, champ?
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spanglish



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
scot47 wrote:
The BC is dominated by the English Cultural Elite. Fact.

Classroom teaching jobs may be accessible to the plebs but the administration is firmly in the hands of Oxbridge types


There is a bright shining line between administration/management/grant-funded work and the teaching staff.
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talentedcrayon



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Does anyone else like trees? I do.
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