If you don't go to Oxford or Cambridge then your Uni is crap.

I'm guessing you have pretty much zero life experience. It's certainly clear that you haven't worked for a large corporate, at least not in any meaningful capacity.

I most great British comedians

I feel so sorry for Shakespeare, nearly every single member of every great rock group that there has ever been (including Pink Floyd and Radiohead who are from Cambridge and Oxford respectively but didn't study there- one Radiohead member might have), most great British comedians (before the 1980s anyway), most well known artists.

Their 'University of Life' was so crap that nobody's ever heard of them!

Ever considered that studying at Oxford or Cambridge would have contained some of these natural talents too much for it to have been useful to them? Some play the fool but are intellectually very acute.

the world doesnt owe you a living or spoon feed you a-level revision. if your not at oxbridge your life will not be in the fast lane*.

Maybe you have worked for some beta companies where russel group non stem grads go

Pink Floyd and Radiohead (and many other artists, entertainers and important folk) seem to be good examples of the 'university effect' - cities and towns that have important, dynamic universities often seem to create a culture around them that stimulates all kinds of people and activities. The Oxbridge effect goes beyond the students who study there and the staff who work there.

But in Radiohead's case it was actually fuel to feed their anger- they hated Oxford. And if they hadn't had the talent and persistence to become great musicians they'd sadly be regarded as nobodies in Oxford where you're either student or tourist or 'others'.

There might be a university effect in the world in general though. But not Oxbridge related - relatively few bands have been based around there in comparison to the age of those places. The university effect is more likely to apply in cities with much larger centres where the larger scene allows an anonymity to hone skills in gigs at many venues rather than just a few. It's more regarded as an American thing to be absolutely tied to the institution itself.

Pink Floyd and Radiohead (and many other artists, entertainers and important folk) seem to be good examples of the 'university effect' - cities and towns that have important, dynamic universities often seem to create a culture around them that stimulates all kinds of people and activities. The Oxbridge effect goes beyond the students who study there and the staff who work there.

This last seems too much a reach,or anyway for the Oxbridge effect existing as distinct from the university effect. People have to be born and brought up somewhere and it is unsurprising that towns of this size have produced a successful band apiece over a >30 year period. We don't need an explanatory circumstance beyond city size.

The more surprising is that (I think) neither university has done so. I mean, I can't think of a major act of which it can be said that it was "formed at the university of Oxford/Cambridge" while I can think of loads for other universities, and that without my being much into music. 'Presence of a university' is very plausibly an influence on the music scene in a city. 'Presence of an ancient university' I think adds nothing useful beyond this.