Tag: University

• Arday’s Plight

  

  Forget the alleged plagiarism and the fantasist guff floating about Jason Arday. You’d be hard pressed to find an academic who hasn’t recycled someone else’s work and at some stage bigged up their CV. Academia is cut-throat, with dons getting canned if they haven’t churned out fifty papers a year. And this geezer ain’t playing.…

  Max Frances

  Aug 10, 2026

  Education

  Cambridge, Education, Frank Farian, Milli Vanilli, Plagiarism, Post-Fact, Post-Truth, Social Justice Warriors, Sociology, University

• First-Degree Burns

  

  ‘I am pleased to announce that I have graduated from High Street University with a first-class honours degree in [insert any lamentable toss here]…… Such announcements are popping up all over the shop on social media. LinkedIn degree-result fanfaronade appears to be today’s must-have accessory for the me-me-me gang. ‘I’m so grateful to my lecturers…

  Max Frances

  Jul 29, 2020

  Education, Schools, Society

  Coronavirus, COVID-19, Debt, Economy, Education, Fraud, Linkedin, Post-Fact, Post-Truth, Social Media, Society, Tuition Fees, University