With regard to your links to books and articles, that’s wonderful you have shown you can search on the internet to provide insubstantial evidence to attempt at proving a point. Your posting here does your excellent reputation little damage but it takes the sheen off a tad.
Which of course would be completly different to your postcode search on the internet! Unless you are personally aware of both the college and the owners of this website through something else other than the internet. Surveilance perhaps?
I would like to point out that those were links to information whcih I was already aware of, and therefore I had no need to "search on the internet" for the "evidence". I posted links because I doubted you would take my word for it, and I would not expect you to either. I thought that not many people would have at the forefront of their mind the career of an ex-FBI agent involved in tackling education fraud, but I may of course be wrong.
Any reason why you've taken my original posting so personally?
I haven't taken it personally in the slightest. I simply responded to what I believed were genuine questions that you put forward for consideration. If it was simply a rhetorical device, I apologise for misinterpreting what you posted. I have an interest in higher education generally if that makes my motives in responding a bit clearer.
Nevertheless, perhaps refraining from ad hominem arguments would be more constructive and be more likely to help you make your case.
It is unfortunate that so many people who apparently studied at BITE appear to be having problems with their applications for Tier 1 Post Study Work. This of course may simply be a UK Border Agency internal matter and their cases may be concluded with BITE's reputation intact.
Out of interest, when did you do your qualification at BITE? Was it the MBA you mentioned? Who awarded/validated the MBA you have? Did you have post graduate diploma students in your class? If so, how many were there?
You mentioned Turnitin, that is interesting. Do you think the PGDip students used that? It could certainly help them if they were ever accused of not being genuine BITE students if they had used Turnitin. If not, it is a shame that BITE did not apply the same checks to the diploma students as those doing an MBA. Especially considering both qualifications are supposed to be at level 7 in the national qualification framework.
It is strange to my mind that for a bit of extra work you got an MBA, whereas others settled for an internally awarded diploma. I would have thought that an MBA from a recognised awarding body would have much more mileage than an unrecognised diploma. That is just my opinion of course.
Perhaps as a sage on this forum Paperpusher you would be in a better position to point out any connections with this web site and grafton college.
I am unaware of any connections. Do you believe there is a connection, apart from being located in the same building? If so, why? You could send a private message to John or Vinny if you actually have any specific concerns.
All the best.
PP
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