More Festive Higher Ed Fun

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Except, possibly, in higher education. Such are the financial challenges that every university is facing it does seem likely that very few hard copy Christmas cards will commissioned, signed and posted by university leaders this year. E-cards maybe.

A few years back, in a desperate attempt to combine topicality and a misguided enthusiasm for picture-based quizzes, we presented the first Great Big Wonkhe Uni Christmas Cards Quiz.

As it turns out it was the first and last of its kind. 

Anyway, the level of fun is undiminished by the passage of time and the challenge remains the same – all you need to do is guess which university has produced which card.

Just a few tips before you get stuck in like a reindeer scoffing a mince pie, the selection of cards is not sector representative, rather it is just ones I could find which weren’t either generic or so obvious it would have been silly. Secondly, they span quite a few years so not all are bang up to festive date and a couple are a bit ropey in terms of picture quality. With that said it should be a breeze (albeit a chilly one) if you have a vague working knowledge of UK university campuses.

Anyway, do dive in and enjoy. Number 10 is a classic of the genre which you will get without breaking sweat. A link to all the answers can be found here.

Yet more uni card joy

To add to the fun here are a few more Christmas cards from some other universities in other countries:

Some of them are perhaps rather wordy. All of them are pretty forgettable.

But this is possibly my favourite set of cards. From the Dean and Associate Deans at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School.

It doesn’t get more festive than this.

Happy holidays everyone!