U.K. degrees under suspicion in Israel

5,500 suspect British degrees under police investigation

 

An aggressive article on the use of the bogus degrees. I was troubled by a statement in the last paragraph that stated that the law in 1999 made it illegal to study by correspondence. I wonder how they define correspondence -- a catch bucket for all DL? I also wonder why correspondence study would be singled out? It appears that there is a perception that all correspondence study is linked to diploma mills (assuming the reporter got the law right).

John

 

Incidentally, the University of Humberside mentioned in the article is now the University of Lincoln.

Previous thread on this wonder: http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6489

 

I noticed that as well. I had assumed that it was just poorly worded but it does emphasis how the degree mills damage public confidence in and perception of distance learning.

 

British university under police investigation in Israel

 

Actually, the printed Times (UK) article referred to the University of Lincoln cooperating with an investigation in which people were holding forged degree certificates.

 

Standards improve in UK degree courses overseas

 

And there's more . . .

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-978938,00.html

You may need a subscription to view this . . . the gist of the story is that The Times claims that Israeli businessman who has been questioned by the police is also the representative of at least three other UK universities.

Angela

 

'Fake degree man still working for British colleges'