Honorary doctorates are no Muppet show

Some awards are unfortunate, but abolishing this time-honoured practice would throw out the baby with the bathwater, says Richard Willis

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February 21, 2019
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February 21, 2019
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Print headline: A case for honoris causa

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#1 Submitted by msl_csp on February 25, 2019 - 12:25pm
Despite having listened to several interesting acceptance speeches at graduations over the years, I would still do away with honorary degrees. They belong to the same category for me as the main "honours" system and any other type of patronage, having no place in a modern, allegedly meritocratic, free-market economy.

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