Oxford University is doing its best to reinforce the “class ceiling” (Editorial, 16 June; ‘Do you know Marmaduke Von Snittlebert?’, G2, 16 June). The Trinity term issue of the university magazine Oxford Today features an online networking platform, the Oxford Alumni Community. This is described as “an exclusive and secure space … geared towards improving employability”. On it, “members can find and post jobs exclusively within the alumni community”. So much for equality of access and opportunity; as a graduate of the university, I am unimpressed.
Robert Anderson
Nantwich, Cheshire
• Now that Cambridge University is to create a Lego professorship, will the redbrick universities be following suit?
Paul White
Stourbridge, West Midlands
• Apparently, Philip Larkin is to be given a place in Westminster Abbey’s Poets’ Corner (Report, theguardian.com, 17 June). They suck you up, the establishment.
Fr Alec Mitchell
Manchester
• So how many Knights of the Guitar does that make (Arise, Sir Van…, 13 June)?
Ivan Dodd
London
• Your report on the Magna Carta commemoration ceremony (800 years on, this queen marks the humbling of a king, 16 June) mentioned a four-metre bronze statue of the Queen. I thought that the significance of the document was that royalty should not be put on a pedestal.
Dr Donald Smith
Haddington, East Lothian
• Your report of the International Monetary Fund analysis (Income inequality hampers growth – IMF, 16 June) is fascinating. How long before the IMF endorses Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour party and future prime minister?
Andrew Krokou
London
• Please stop calling Jeremy Corbyn “veteran” (‘I don’t do personal’, G2, 17 June). He’s only 66. You’re being ageist.
Lyn Hally (74)
London
