Peter Rhodes: The importance of preparation
Peter Rhodes on University Challenge, "affordable" electric cars and a D-Day battle worth honouring.
IT has never been easier to get into university than it is now. It has never been easier to get a first; these once-hallowed degrees are now handed out like peppermints. But there is one area of varsity life which is as rigorous and unforgiving as ever - University Challenge (BBC2).
THIS week, in a programme almost too brutal to watch, Southampton University routed Cardiff University by a withering 280-40. Southampton won because its team was better selected, better rehearsed and far better informed than its rivals. Preparation - the ultimate lesson for life.
