Some executives in industry seeking to hire statisticians say academic departments are doing a good job teaching statistical tools but could do better atteaching ways to apply those tools.
"I've been studying languages at UEA for the last four years and LLT has given me great teaching and really good facilities, " said student Gemma Cross.
But inspectors warned that GCSE teaching focused on achieving good exam results and that this did not always prepare pupils for study at a more advanced level.
In short, Mr Prodi, often portrayed as a crumpled-looking professor more at home teaching economics in his native Bologna than playing politics in Rome, has been a good deal tougher and cannier than he looked.