Jeremy Corbyn and Sadiq Khan both went to London Met, does uni prestige matter?

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Reply 1

KeirCKF

Should have moved to Educational Debates section instead.

Reply 2

JMR2021_

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I thought Jeremy Corbyn didn't go to university?

Reply 3

StevetheIcecube

London Met didn't exist when either of them went to university, afaik. They both went to the university that preceded London Met and Sadiq Khan also went to the University of Law.

However, it does bring to attention a pretty good point, but on the other hand Jeremy Corbyn isn't a 'traditional' politician.

Reply 4

tylerthegooatt

It does. If you're using the world of politics as an example, you should know both of them are very non-traditional and ultimately its Oxford and it's deep rooted connections to westminster that will give you the best chance of breaking in.

At the end of the day, employers are hiring you not your degree. However going to top unis mean making better connections to industry + alumni and just better opportunities in general.

Reply 5

Rakas21

It's an advantage to do the usual PPE at Oxford but not required.. I'll just leave this here (never went to uni at all)..

Reply 6

username3750700

Original post by Rakas21

It's an advantage to do the usual PPE at Oxford but not required.. I'll just leave this here (never went to uni at all)..

Oh please. This is the classist equivalent of taking a picture with a black person and saying you're not racist. No, you're probably racist.

Also he went to a grammar school.

Reply 7

nulli tertius

Original post by tylerthegoat

Also he went to a grammar school.

He went to grammar school at a time when over 25% of all secondary age children in England attended local authority grammar schools and thousands more attended direct grant grammar schools.

(edited 6 years ago)

Reply 8

Anagogic

It all comes down to the individual. While going to oxbridge or something of that stature defiantly makes life easier where doors will be presented to you right from the offset in the working world results are all that matter. Whether you go to london met or oxford as long as you can produce results no one will care...

(edited 6 years ago)

Reply 9

username3672344

Original post by Rakas21

It's an advantage to do the usual PPE at Oxford but not required.. I'll just leave this here (never went to uni at all)..

Shame that much of your party despises him now.

Reply 10

username3025040

@AryanGh you're jezza and i'm khan

Reply 11

the bear

Jezza found the pressure at the University of North London too intense and dropped out after a year.

Reply 12

Rakas21

Original post by DeBruyne18

Shame that much of your party despises him now.

He polls pretty well and i know many Tories that like him. It's only a small subset who continue to hate him.

Reply 13

username3672344

Original post by Rakas21

He polls pretty well and i know many Tories that like him. It's only a small subset who continue to hate him.

A big chunk of Brexiteers despise him.
He should have played a more frontal role in the EU referendum. Even Labour voters find it hard to dislike him.