Editing Bob Hawke (section)

==Education and early career==

Hawke was educated at West Leederville State School, [[Perth Modern School]] and the [[University of Western Australia]], graduating in 1952 with Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees. He was also president of the university's guild during the same year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201403276544/features/bob-hawke-qualifies-cheap-coffee-campus |title=Bob Hawke qualifies for cheap coffee on campus &#124; University News : The University of Western Australia |publisher=News.uwa.edu.au |date=27 March 2014 |access-date=19 May 2017 |archive-date=2 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802134730/http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201403276544/features/bob-hawke-qualifies-cheap-coffee-campus |url-status=live }}</ref> The following year, Hawke won a [[Rhodes Scholarship]] to attend [[University College, Oxford]], where he began a Bachelor of Arts course in [[philosophy, politics and economics]] (PPE).<ref>Hawke, Bob (1994), p.24</ref> He soon found he was covering much the same ground as he had in his education at the University of Western Australia, and transferred to a [[Bachelor of Letters]] course. He wrote his thesis on wage-fixing in Australia and successfully presented it in January 1956.<ref name="Hawke-1994">Hawke, Bob (1994), p. 28</ref>

In 1956, Hawke accepted a scholarship to undertake doctoral studies in the area of arbitration law in the law department at the [[Australian National University]] in [[Canberra]].<ref name="Hawke-1994"/><ref name="Hurst-1983a"/> Soon after his arrival at ANU, he became the students' representative on the University Council.<ref name="Hurst-1983a"/> A year later, he was recommended to the President of the [[ACTU]] to become a research officer, replacing Harold Souter who had become ACTU Secretary. The recommendation was made by Hawke's mentor at ANU, H. P. Brown, who for a number of years had assisted the ACTU in national wage cases. Hawke decided to abandon his doctoral studies and accept the offer, moving to [[Melbourne]] with his wife [[Hazel Hawke|Hazel]].<ref>Hurst, J., (1983), p. 26</ref>

===World record beer skol (scull)===
Hawke is well known for a "world record" allegedly achieved at Oxford University for a beer skol (scull) of a yard of ale in 11 seconds. The record is widely regarded as having been important to his career and [[ocker]] chic image.<ref name="Coventry-2023">{{Cite journal |last=Coventry |first=C. J. |date=2023-07-03 |title=Sedimentary Layers: Bob Hawke's Beer World Record and Ocker Chic |journal=Journal of Australian Studies |language=en |volume=47 |issue=3 |pages=478–496 |doi=10.1080/14443058.2023.2215790 |issn=1444-3058|doi-access=free }}</ref> A 2023 article in the ''Journal of Australian Studies'' by [[C. J. Coventry]] concluded that Hawke's achievement was "possibly fabricated" and "cultural propaganda" designed to make Hawke appealing to unionised workers and nationalistic middle-class voters.<ref>Coventry, (2023), pg.18.</ref> The article contends that "its location and time remain uncertain; there are no known witnesses; the field of competition was exclusive and with no scientific accountability; the record was first published in a beer pamphlet; and Hawke's recollections were unreliable."<ref>Coventry, (2023), pg. 1.</ref>