Ecky Thump!

University students can learn about coal-mining, rugby league and brass bands as part of a new degree course in northern life.



"It is thought to be the first time an English university has offered a course dedicated to Northernness." No shit, Sherlock!

So what next? A doctorate in Coronation Street? A PhD in Last of the Summer Wine? Grim.

That's the silliest story I have heard since I found out about the (apparently legitimate) degree in Klingon!

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