Lil Wayne, Shakira and the biggest boffins in pop

As a section of the nation's youth prepares to decamp to university, we celebrate the monsters of college rockChris MartinAlma mater: University College London.Degree: Ancient world studies (first-class honours in Greek and Latin), 1998.Martin's university years saw little evidence of him blowing his grant on booze and leaping around to Come On Eileen. Instead he captained the hockey second team, considered forming an 'N Sync-style boyband called Pectoral and founded Coldplay. Leaving with first...

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