Yeh, you're right (on the first point) it is pretty crap and needs some work.   

 ==Heraldry== 
 And another thing... the hippocampus (or whatever it's called) on the coat of arms is from the ancient arms of the Trevelyan family, for God's sake.  ==That== is why it's included, issues of overcoming adversity are neither here nor there. Certainly not general knowledge but you'd think someone from the actual college might actually be aware of that.