Investigation
By Nigel Morris
BBC London Investigations Producer

An international education scam that targets foreign students who come to study in the capital has been exposed by a BBC London investigation.

The bogus Irish International University (IIU), which offers sub-standard and worthless degrees, has been allowed to flourish in the UK - virtually unchecked by the government - for the last seven years. Although the organisation is unaccredited, hundreds of students have been given educational visas to enter Britain and take its exams at private colleges in London.

The IIU, which has 5,000 students worldwide and thousands of graduates, maintains the illusion of a valid education through its elaborate but highly misleading website.
This illusion is enhanced by the university’s continued use of Oxford and Cambridge facilities to stage its award ceremonies.

After each event photographs appear on the IIU website showing happy students receiving awards at the UK’s best seats of learning.

Our investigation took us from London to Dublin, Oxford and finally Monte Carlo in search of those behind the IIU.

A BBC journalist and an actor posing as fake academic were invited to the IIU’s award ceremony which, surprisingly, was held at the Divinity School, next to the Bodleian Library, in the very heart of Oxford University.

The ceremony was due to go ahead at Cambridge, but after BBC London alerted the university authorities the event was cancelled. That did not stop the IIU switching venues to Oxford at the last minute……[BBC]

True. A lot of these universities are interested in ripping money from International students. To claim there’s is no scam in UK is a naive approach probably the ‘person’ uttering this nonsense has never been abroad.The recent case of Rupert Murdoch has exposed the country is run by scammers.

Exactly. I know many people who studied abroad but came back to Pakistan and are doing much better than those struggling in foreign lands. I plan to go back too after my studies. I’ve been to a lot of countries but somehow can’t imagine living anywhere else but Pakistan. It’s not just because of some emotional reason, our country has so much potential and resources only a loser mentality would think of leaving this land.

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WHAT MAKES THEM FUNNY
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They look great hanging on the wall in your office
They are legal