For reasons that aren’t important I found myself looking at the web site of Michael White which says “Between 1984 and 1991 he was a science lecturer at d’Overbroeck’s College in Oxford”.

Now I spent the best part of five years in Oxford and I’ve never heard of d’Overbroeck’s College. A quick google reveals that it’s a sixth form college. But would that be your first conclusion based on the simple sentence above? Lecturer. College. Oxford. With no further qualification given, that all screams University doesn’t it?

Of course, I’ve never polished a CV, oh no, not me.

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