Haha, yes, that does sound more usual for art education these days.

I like my art to speak for itself....grades don't really mean anything.

My mum is actually french Canadian, lol. Her parents were both english though but she spoke only French up until 6 years old when they moved back over here but she grew up down south and so doesn't have the normal Yorkshire accent. She has still been influenced by our accent though over the years that she has been up here. Although she sounds posh to the likes of me, I do hear her say a few things that have that Yorkshire twang, haha.
My dad is a pure Yorkshire bloke and speaks like one. His parents were born and grew up in the same area that I still live in now. My friends at school and much of our family spoke broad so I do too.