Suits you sir!

From today's Guardian:
Your local Oxfam shop may well be relieved to hear about this. If you're getting rid of an old jacket with patches on the elbows, heave it over to Lewisham College, which has stumbled on an intriguing phenomenon. Its business students appear unable to turn up to lectures on time, but youngsters pursuing construction or nails and beauty are impeccably punctual. Some shrewd old salt wondered whether the fact that the latter students are given the right kit to wear had anything to do with the difference. Suits were bought for some business students and their timekeeping has improved dramatically ever since. The college is now looking for a sponsor to kit out the rest of the business course. But why should their teachers be left out? They too perform much better in the proper uniform. So if you have an old jacket ...

http://education.guardian.co.uk/further/story/0,,1891310,00.html

Source: The Guardian, FE Diary, 10 October 2006