According to a recent survey by luxury student accommodation provider VitaStudent.com, most undergraduates would turn their Uni’s faculty lounge into a star-studded green room!
The survey, which polled over 500 young people, aimed to find out which celebrity they would replace their lecturers with.
There were some predictable results, such as the majority of students wanting Carol Vorderman to teach Maths and Nigella Lawson to be a Home Economics professor. Unsurprisingly Victoria Beckham was chosen to teach fashion while her husband David was picked for the slightly obscure topic of Gender Studies.
Mayor of London, Boris Johnson was voted as the ideal Politics tutor while rapper Professor Green was the preferred music lecturer. Alan Sugar was singled out to teach business and economics and Top Gear presenters James May Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson were the favourites to teach geography, engineering and modern European studies respectively.
One student who took part in the survey commented: “Every undergrad would love a celebrity professor. Just imagine having Nigella teach you cookery – you would never want to eat hall food ever again.”
Another student who answered the poll said: “I found it really amusing that Jimmy Carr was the favourite among students to teach Accountancy.
“Most undergraduates now have to adhere to a tight budget, so I am sure a little advice from Jimmy about how to squeeze every penny would not go amiss.
“Likewise the choice of Lindsay Lohan to teach law inspired. Yes she may be lacking some of the necessary academic qualifications, but you couldn’t put a price on all that real life experience she has had.”
A spokesperson from VitaStudent.com commented: “It is really interesting to see which celebrities students would most like to be taught by.
“At first sight some of the suggestions sound odd, but on closer reflection they make sense. For example, the choice of Gordon Ramsay to teach English language may initially sound perverse but his verbiage is remarkably similar to poets like Philip Larkin.
“Although why a majority of students thought that Paris Hilton would be qualified to teach French – other than her name – is beyond us.”
Who would you like to see in front of your classes at college or uni? Let us know in the comments section below!
