7 Of The Best April Fools Jokes From British Universities

7 Of The Best April Fools Jokes From British Universities
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The first of April or better known as April fools day, is the time to expect the unexpected. So the fact that universities and education media outlets got in on the act was no surprise.

Here are seven of the best..

April fools day 2015 the best education pranks
Cambridge getting in on the action 'voice recognition door' (01 of08)
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(credit:University of Cambridge )
University of Leicester to change name to 'King Richard University' (02 of08)
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(credit:University of Leicester )
Oxford are also at it ' self driving punts' (03 of08)
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(credit:University of Oxford )
The University of Newcastle fool students claiming that Zayn Malik formerly of One Direction is to join doing a course in Countryside Management (04 of08)
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(credit:University of Newcastle Student's Union )
Plenty of goings on at Oxford today as Jeremy Clarkson finds himself a new job (05 of08)
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(credit:Cherwell Online )
Space is apparently a big issue at the University of Bristol (06 of08)
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(credit:The Epigram)
Some extravagant building work is to take place at Kings College Cambridge (07 of08)
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(credit:Kings College Cambridge )
A New Harry Potter movie is to be filmed in Belfast (08 of08)
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(credit:Queens University Belfast )