On 5 Feb 01, at 14:34, K Fearon wrote:
> > I agree with Kriss and would be very interested in any
suggestions for
> > strategies to deal with this. Our material has clearly been
abused by this
> > site.
> I'm not sure where we stand legally anyway.
I think that a body passing itself off as a UK University with powers
to award degrees is committing an offence under s. 214(1) of the
Education Reform Act 1988. The Act is enforced, bizarrely, by
local weights and measures authorities.
Simon
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The University of Birmingham
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