Famous Durham Academics

Claire, is it true that you're going to pick Durham over LSE?

Just to make it clear to people Sydney and Beatrice Webb founded LSE, they were never students there, and Sydney was a professor at LSE - Hewins also neglects to mention the significance of the Webbs in Womens history (however I know that is not his favourite subject) - Sydney was also an active member of the Independent Labour Party when it was first established

Claire, I like castles too, but I would still pick a university with a better reputation.

You just don't get it Gemma-we're not restricting our name hunt to former students, as it happens tutors often learn far more from an academy they teach at than students who just spend a year or two there, and I don't see how being a founder of LSE discounts you from association with it...in any case I don't want to go into LSE too much here-this is about Durham, I want the damn names, gimme some names, in fact I have every confidence that people will eventually come up with some to save me the trouble of having to dig them out myself...Nor do I care about the ideological slant of the relevant scholars, at least not in this context..

Save the NHS some money, become a feminist, it's cheaper than the cost of a lobotomy....

Couple of points here: LSE's stated ABB is put as a typical offer-the students who get in will often achieve more than this, especially given the competition for places, and I would expect that the average is much higher, as the overall average is pretty close to 29 points from 30-also for some economic history courses they expect A Level maths.

I'm not discounting them at all! The Webbs are important figures in history! I agree that sometimes the tutors are more important and learn more, but your thread sorta suggested Alumni.

and, btw, f**k off and get a life, just because you are anti-women, doesn't mean i should become a feminist!

Yeah!!!

Claire, go where you'll be happiest - they both have excellent reputations, and are top centres of teaching and research.

Yeah!!!

Claire, go where you'll be happiest - they both have excellent reputations, and are top centres of teaching and research.

I'm not discounting them at all! The Webbs are important figures in history! I agree that sometimes the tutors are more important and learn more, but your thread sorta suggested Alumni.

and, btw, f**k off and get a life, just because you are anti-women, doesn't mean i should become a feminist!

Now you really are talking like a feminazi...

Feminism: the ideology of the fishwife..

Oh yes, oh course I am - didn't you know i'm a feminism in denial! Oh sorry, I think I am getting confused here, maybe that is you!?!?!?!?!?!?

Can anybody name a famous or influential Durham academic?

Maybe you'd better calm down, take a tablet or get some new batteries for your vibrator or something: bluster and swearing won't get you anywhere, on the other hand it's quite funny to see you get all hot and bothered

Are you suggesting LSE only pick people who they know will achieve the best grades? If you are, in my school there were 5 people applying to do History at LSE, two (or three?) of these were rejected, one of whom had never seen a B before in her life and is so good at History it is untrue. Instead, they took me who, even though i am predicted AAA, i got ABB at AS, including a B in History. So, if you are suggesting what I think you are, you are wrong.

Well my batteries for my vibrator are fully charged, and I dont need a chill pill! I'm not getting all hot and bothered over you! Trust me you aren't worth it, just like some other guys I know! Oh are your batteries needing a change then, was that a reminder to yourself?

Ooh, temper temper...

Thats no temper darling! All I did was answer your questions/comments!

What about the effing and blinding (or maybe that's something to do with a woman's right to choose...the righteous anger of a victim who finally stands up against her hateful male oppressors)?

There's a famous American academic, Camille Paglia, who reckons she's a feminist, even though she regularly annoys the sisters with her independent comments.. She once said; 'If history had been left to women, we'd all still be living in mud huts..'

Reading your 'thoughts' I can see what she means....

Since words are the manifestations of thoughts, and these internet boards have words, one can read one's thoughts as codified here.

I didn't apply to University College actually. Anyway, if i get a place i will be accepting it because the History department has an excellent course that suits my needs perfectly, i think i'll be happiest in a traditional atmosphere and will enjoy it being predominantly undergraduate. Secondly, my boyfriend has been quite miserable at university in London and consequently, i'd rather not go there unless I absolutely have to (i.e. I don't get a place/the grades to go to Durham)