Students at the school had been revolting since 1967. They called it a "pedagogic gerontocracy", and demanded power on academic committees and changes to certain courses. But why did it all happen anyway? Surely this was a secure generation without material worries? Colin Crouch puts the whole movement down to challenges to the status quo. "We resented the exercise of authority and power without participation, and believed that we could assert that demand without fear".

"Human nature is not a given but infinitely malleable" LSE 68