Sherwood University looks like a retread...

Sherwood University (http://www.sherwoodu.org.uk/)

Here is information about a new "university" which resembles Parkhurst, and other offspring of the University Degree Program-like enterprises.

Sherwood University's site is http://www.sherwoodu.org.uk/ with Nov. 26, 2003 as the date of last modification to the entry page.

Google doesn't know about it, so it doesn't have much of a web presence.

Where is the web site actually housed?

www.sherwoodu.org.uk has IP address 69.36.7.130.

WHOIS lists seven domains with this IP adress:

www.Asherwade.com
www.Belevechad.org
www.Digitalpicworld.com
www.Dns-redirect.com
www.Esrvc.net
www.Shtrudel.org
www.Siddurchovos.com

It's odd that Sherwood isn't listed in the WHOIS list. The "school" may be trying to hide its internet identity.

An aside: take a look at the site http://www.asherwade.com/. This is the legitimate site for "Rabbi Asher Wade." You have seen this layout before! Compare it with the National Board of Education site http://www.nationalboardedu.com/!! The site design comes from http://www.webuilder.co.il/ apparently.

Here's the domain registration info for www.sherwoodu.org.uk:
Registrant:
Bob Woods
Registrant's Address:
48 College Lane
East Barnett
London
England
London
England
N20 8HJ
GB
Registrant's Agent:
Fasthosts Internet Limited [Tag = FASTHOSTS]
URL: http://www.fasthosts.co.uk
Relevant Dates:
Registered on: 20-May-2003
Renewal Date: 20-May-2005
Last updated: 10-Dec-2003
Registration Status:
Registered until renewal date.
Name servers listed in order:
ns1.sherwoodu.org.uk 69.36.7.146
ns2.dnns2.sherwoodu.org.uk 69.36.7.147

Here's the information for the internet service provider for this domain (that tells us where the computer is probably located):

OrgName: JTL Networks Inc.
OrgID: JTLNE
Address: 200 East Campus View Bvld
Address: Suite 200
City: Columbus
StateProv: OH
PostalCode: 43235
Country: US

NetRange: 69.36.0.0 - 69.36.15.255
CIDR: 69.36.0.0/20
NetName: JTL-CMH-1
NetHandle: NET-69-36-0-0-1
Parent: NET-69-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS.JTLNET.COM
NameServer: NS3.JTLNET.COM
Comment:
RegDate: 2003-04-02
Updated: 2003-04-02

OrgTechHandle: JTLNE-ARIN
OrgTechName: JTLNET Engineering
OrgTechPhone: +1-614-847-9790
OrgTechEmail: [email protected]

ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2003-12-16 19:15

So the computer is in the US, probably in the state of Ohio. (Columbus is about 1000 km west of New York City.)

Look over the Sherwood site now.

It looks very much like one of the descendants of a University Degree Program product. The "study options" page even lists "cardiopulmonary sciences." Compare the study options list at http://www.sherwoodu.org.uk/opportunities.html with the (real) University of Central Florida page http://www.ucf.edu/catalog/current/UCF_Degree_Programs/. You will find the UCF subject "Actuarial Science" (which used to be named "Actuarial Science, Statistics Track," I believe) present in the Sherwood page as "Statistics - Actuarial Science Track."

Compare the "Student Services" page at http://www.sherwoodu.org.uk/services.html with the Parkhurst University page http://www.parkhurstuniversity.org/services.html. You can find more information about parkhurst here: http://www.osac.state.or.us/oda/oregon_north_dakota/index_or.html#parkhurst.

G

 

They're contact address is 200 Holloway Road, London.

Now, this is what I found on London Metropolitan University's website:


http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/accommodation/international-students/international.cfm
Contact Details for the Internatinal Accommodation Officer
Helen Weighell
Accommodation Office
London North Campus
London Metropolitan University
166-200 Holloway Road <----- Do I see 200 Holloway Rd? Yup.
London N7 8DB


http://www.sherwoodu.org.uk/contact_us.html

I wonder what the deal is with that?