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Is it worth having an intellectual education- or is work the best university
I spent a good part of a morning last week in the FT, talking with journalists about pensions but also about the predicament the children of parents have, once they’ve graduated. It doesn’t surprise me that the paper bemoans the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts, Cambridge, Glastonbury, Graduates, John Keats, Keats, Oxford, Science, Shakespeare
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High earners aren’t taking their deferred pay seriously (Hargreaves and Oxford Uni).
The FT has this morning published a chart by Hargreaves Lansdown and Oxford University. It shows a deterioration in the replacement income for those who are on more than £87,200 (presumably a bar to earing a lot!). Give it a … Continue reading
We’re racing time – let’s ride this second wave to safety!
Taking with my son yesterday, he mentioned that for first time since the return of the Italian ski set back in March 2020, that the pandemic was impacting young middle class people in South West London. He mentioned various friends … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, coronavirus
Tagged #covid19, Astra-Zeneca, Covid-19 action group, Oxford, Vaccine
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The rotten boroughs of the Isis and the Fens – Mike Otsuka
On the implausibility of the Registrar’s denial of disproportionate Oxbridge influence In an article in the Guardian entitled ‘Universities strike blamed on vote by Oxbridge colleges’, Richard Adams reports that “the employers’ backing” of “policies resulting in the harsh cuts” … Continue reading
Oxford’s and Cambridge’s role in the demise of USS – Mike Otsuka
To be more precise: what follows is an account of the role of these two universities, and their constituent colleges, in the demise of USS as a multi-employer scheme that promises a decent, defined benefit (DB) pension to its members. … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, pensions, USS
Tagged Cambridge, Mike Otsuka, Oxbridge, Oxford, pensions, USS
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Trenton Oldfield – send the plonker home!
Trenton Oldfield is the fellow who swam in front of the Oxford and Cambridge crews in yesterday’s 158th boat race. Video here. He is Mr Chippy, an Australian intellectual so carried away by his peculiar world view that he put his … Continue reading
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Tagged Boat Race, Emily Davison, London, Oxford, River Thames, Royal Society of Arts, Thames, Tideway
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The Racket of the Lambs – 20 things you never wanted to know about Pension Rocks III’s top band
The Racket of the Lambs is the house band of the Pension Play Pen- Europe‘s fastest growing pension group (unverified). It is led by the Jackal – Simon Kew Its musical director is the Legend (that is Dick Strattan) 4. Our Drummer is … Continue reading