Editing University Challenge (section)

====Postgraduates====
Since its revival in 1994, the programme has featured a number of teams of [[postgraduate]] and [[mature students]], whose participation has been criticised.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Nicole Martin|title=University Challenge 'needs upper age limit' &#91;print version: Your starter for 10: how old are these students?&#93;|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/14/nstudents114.xml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214211352/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2007%2F12%2F14%2Fnstudents114.xml|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 December 2007|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=17 December 2007|orig-year=14 December 2007|page=14|location=London|access-date=12 October 2021}}</ref> The [[Open University]] won the 1999 series with a team with an average age of 46. In the quarter-final, they narrowly beat a slightly younger team from part-time and mature student specialist [[Birkbeck, University of London]]. Birkbeck won the competition in 2003, also with a substantially mature team. Host [[Jeremy Paxman]] said that the Open University team was "not in the spirit" of the competition.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Paxman Slams 'Quiz Professionals'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/361491.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=5 June 1999}}</ref> The team publicly replied by challenging him to specify in what way this was "contrary to the spirit of the quiz – or of the university".<ref>"How Lance Left Paxman at a Loss for Words" – Mensa Magazine, August, 1999</ref>