Frankie Boyle jokes about University of Plymouth on Never Mind the Buzzcocks

"Getting a degree from the University of Plymouth is like being given a cake by someone who has visible eczema." Frankie Boyle (2010)

Muse were nominated for the doctorate by Lou Ramsay, entertainments manager at the Students Union and Joff Cooke, general manager of the Students Union.

David Coslett, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Plymouth, said: "Muse are recognised as being not only one of the most exciting live bands in the world, but also a band which pushes musical boundaries and they have won many awards reflecting this, including five MTV Europe Music Awards, four Q Awards, four NME Awards and two Brit awards.

"The University of Plymouth is delighted to be able to give its public recognition of their achievements by awarding them honorary degrees."

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[castratedcat]

Funny, and true (fyi I'm an ex student)

[SystemsFunking]

@castratedcat What was your degree certificate like? Mine was printed on recycled cardboard packaging.

[Grooverfc]

Simon Amstell did this joke a couple of years ago...

[ellbo2]

@MrHulksmash1992 Mark?

[KajsSwedishMeatBalls]

Goldie? Hahahaha...

[randomdave30]

@randomdave30 I maintain that in the conflict-orientated culture of healthcare (that's why we have a union) the faculty's loyalty was to me - not to some recalcitrant and incompetent placement provider that never agreed to have me on placement in the first place. The University defrauded £10k out of the NHS in my name, strung me along stressed me out and ultimately elected to write me off as an embarrassment and a liability and I FUCKING HATE THEM..

[randomdave30]

@evian558 It's a very long story but I was a student nurse there - and my experiences only serve to epitomise the views of certain of the lecturers - that student nurses on placement are 'vulnerable' with male students being 'particularly vulnerabe' and that those of us with expeirence of care homes should 'forget everything we think we know about nursing'. Instead, they put me on a placement in a care home which had never agreed to have me on placement, and one thing led to another.

[evian558]

@randomdave30 hope you don't mind me asking but how were you betrayed by its faculty of health and social work? (I'm not asking to make a point or anything annoying like that, just interested)

[lottielovelife]

@llamasrule4ever22 still a shit hole though mate

[MrHulksmash1992]

I'm at the University of Plymouth now, but I have to say even I managed to laugh at that joke haha.

[SirBlacknoiseIII]

@NORMANGODS nah piss off mate

[CowLunch]

@NORMANGODS Wow that is the most pathetic comment I've ever seen on the internet.

[Furubatsu]

@CowLunch more like his dark humour