A game of three terms

At the end of the day, the delights of the Northeast and the prospect of studying at one of its seats of learning may not be enough for prospective MA students from Indonesia.

So, along with the usual recruitment marketing bumph, Newcastle University has delivered 80 Newcastle United football programmes to the British Council in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta.

Apparently, this is thanks to an Indonesian PhD student who mentioned that his countrymen liked English Premiership football.