This paper is wonderfully cynical about education in the UK:

> "That administration failed, because the students – rightly, in our opinion – were incensed at the conduct of their teaching and the arrangements for their study, and simply refused to do anything that wasn’t directly beneficial to themselves."

> "Another group had very much lower than average A-level scores, and had been admitted to a maths and computing course largely to boost numbers in the mathematics department: we call this group the low achievers."

Although I do begin to wonder whether the teaching of our professional skills is somewhat to blame for the lack of professionalism and ability in our industry.