Can anybody tell me about The Warnborough University in UK? Is it a government recognised or accredited U? What about the DBA program there? Is there anybody having the experience with it?
Here is what I found posted on another thread regarding Warnborough: > I am sorry but Warnborough University is a degree mill to be avoided at all costs. A simple search of usenet AED using "Warnborough University" yields all the information needed including the following article from Oxford University newspaper. > > (©1996 Oxford Student > Publications Limited). > > Michaelmas 1996 Issue 4: News: > College? What college? > by Suzanne Pritikin > > A private college in Oxford that was rocked with scandal last year for > giving the impression that it was a degree-awarding part of Oxford > University has vanished without a trace. It has unquantified debts, > including some owing to a real Oxford colleges > > Staff of Warnborough College, including its founder, Dr Brenden > Tempest-Mogg, are already facing the loss of US financial grants and a > lawsuit by 15 American students. They have now vanished, shutting down the > college and leaving a £6000 debt to Hertford College. > > "We think they owe money all over the city," said Peter Baker, Bursar of > Hertford College. According to Baker, the money owed to Hertford was for > 21 rooms in Hertford that Warnborough rented for two weeks over the > summer. > > The rooms were used, Baker said, "for a language programme for some Japanese > students, and sponsored by a Japanese company." > > While Hertford is taking legal action against Dr Tempest-Mogg and > Warnborough College, problems have arisen since solicitors are unable > trace any of the people involved. > > Hertford College is not the only plaintiff trying to find Tempest-Mogg and > his deputy Selma Gebali. The college is in heavy legal trouble in the > United States, both from the US Education Department and American former > students. > > According to a court ruling in the US last year, Warnborough had misled > the Education department when in 1994 it re-applied for financial grants. > The college stated that it issued degrees in graduate, Bachelor and > associated degree programs. > > In reality, Warnborough College is not recognised as a degree-awarding > institution in the UK. American students made up the bulk of Warnborough's > 65 students, and along with financial help from the US government, paid > $20,000 US per year. > > The college was already faced with the loss of income from abroad, when 15 > American students abandoned the programme after less than a month in > September 1995 . The students said that they had been misled by the > prospectus into believing that Warnborough was affiliated to Oxford > University. > > In June 1996 financial problems caused Warnborough to move out of their > 19th century country house in Boars Hill to two rooms at New road Baptist > Church, Oxford. In August the college disappeared. > > For now, the only trace of Warnborough College or Dr Tempest-Mogg is a > post office box number, which was given as a forwarding address. > > According to Mr Baker, Hertford is optimistic about getting its money > back. "We are extremely angry that Warnborough College should have > exploited us in this manner, and for all the others who got caught in > their web of debt," he said. > > There are numerous legitmate doctoral programs out there at low cost including Univ of South Africa. Others here would be better to consult on which is best in your situation. > > Best Regards, > Dave Hayden > > "Computers allow people to make mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exception of alchol and guns." > > > __________________ > Best Regards, > Dave Hayden > << > > > >> > Warnborough is unaccredited, unrecognized, and generally a waste. Our own John Bear describes their....ahem..."offices" in this article: http://chronicle.merit.edu/jobs/2000/10/2000101301c.htm > > > Bruce > << I e-mailed the above to Warnborough, following is the response I received: If you check out our websites www.warnborough.edu www.warnborough.ac.uk and www.ccbt.co.uk you will get a full picture of Warnborough, our facilities and programmes. The article is misleading. Warnborough did not close down, nor did it owe money, nor did the President vanish, etc. You will see our official responses to this article and to the misinformation being promoted by this newsgroup if you check their website. A degree mill sells degrees, and there is no evidence of this ever with Warnborough. Can anyone produce this evidence? Our degree programmes take as long as any other UK university and all thesis/dissertations are externally examined by examiners at British Universities. You will see our list of mentors on our website. We also prepare students for official examinations in the UK. Julian NG ======================================================== WARNBOROUGH UNIVERSITY Warnborough House, 8 Vernon Place, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3WH, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1227 762 107 Fax: +44 (0) 1227 762 108 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.warnborough.edu ======================================================== WHAT TO MAKE OF IT?
Caveat emptor. Incidentally, when I googled Warnborough I came across the etymology of the name. It seems that the name derives from "Weargebuman," from the Saxon for "felon stream" -- i.e. "the stream where felons are drowned."
Oooooooh !!!! you people are right. Warnborough University does not vanish, it is still advertising in newsapaper in my country soliciting business.
The graduate mentors have doctorates from well-respected schools -- some from US like Union and George Washington U. The UK doctorates are from univs that are on many lists of legitimate international univs that offer distance learning. Is this for real or not?
Warnborough is NOT part of the UK tertiary education system. It's a for-profit organization incorporated in Ireland (but NOT part of the Irish education system) and based in England. Is it a degree mill operation, or is it a business akin to Corinthian Colleges in the US? I don't know, but I surely wouldn't advise anyone to get a degree through them under any circumstances. Incidentally, I was interested to see the capitalization in Julian NG's name. I had seen this before and assumed it was a typo. But apparently this is indeed the way he writes it.
Thank every body who has given me so much information about Warnborough University. I have decided not to waste even a single cent!
