Here's another delight from the British Virgin Islands, which I can't remember being discussed here before: http://www.maveuniversity.com Gotta love that "photo" of the beautiful campus, especially the name etched in stone by skilled masons (who don't know what PhotoShop is, etc. ). Jeez, even the name sucks - it just looks like a typo! In fairness to them, they do provide a telephone number (UK), which will no doubt be to their registrar's office (a.k.a. someone's appartment, a secretarial service, etc.) The accreditation, err...........*stuff* looks kinda familiar. Isn't it very similar to Earlcroft's tripe (been a while since I've seen that) or is it just me? Also, does anyone else think that they may be playing a little too close to the fire by trying to give the impression that they are a British University (we all know that the Brits don't care about what degree mills operate there provided they don't claim to be British or award UK degrees, etc.). Mmmmmm.......I'll think I'll have a Professor degree (sic) for $700 - that lobotomy can wait a few more weeks, I guess Pete Long time degreeinfo and AED (RIP) lurker
Whois search shows the domain registered to: University, Mave [email protected] Mave University Road Town, Tortola Road Town, BV 1123 Bolivia 0044 207 504364 ???
The degree of Professor? Is that higher than the degree Associate Professor? All this for $700: A degree title that does not exist from a school that does not exist for a use that does not exist. Sign me up!!!
Perhaps you should ask Martin, who is the author of the site - see http://www.irt.org/profiles/martin.htm Cheers, George
and here they all are - together as one big happy family: http://www.degreeconsulting.co.uk/english.html Cheers, George
Adding to George's information... Most of the text on MU's web site is 'borrowed' from Kristiaan De Ley's Capitol University as it was last year when Kristiaan was trying harder to portray Capitol as a British institution. Other sites related to this consortium: The accrediting agency, International Academic Accrediting Commission Academus.com, where international driver's licenses and student IDs are also for sale on the order form. The dual English/German pages at some sites, and the presence of meta keywords in German in the code for MU and Academia-Scientia seem to suggest that this may be a German enterprise operating from U.K. mail-drops.
