Beware Of Bogus Claims From This Private School

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Beware of bogus claims from Lincoln School of Management that it has links with 3 UK universities. Wonder how MOE can allow registration for such dishonest operator. Reading the pathetic reply from MOE, I wonder is this the kind of education hub our Spore gov is boasting about?


http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=405431&c=1

Singapore college claiming UK links is ordered to stop

19 February 2009
By John Gill

Coventry, Napier and Uclan say they have no ties with private business institute. John Gill reports

A private college in Singapore that claims to have links with three UK universities has been ordered to erase references to the institutions from its publicity material.

The Lincoln School of Management claimed ties with Coventry University, Napier University and the University of Central Lancashire.

When contacted by Times Higher Education, however, all three denied that the links existed. The universities have asked the college to remove the claims.

At Coventry, a spokeswoman said the university was seeking legal advice to get Lincoln, which has no links to the University of Lincoln, to remove a claim that it has been awarded accreditation and credit exemptions by Coventry. Its website says: "(Coventry) will now accept our Advanced Diploma graduates into Coventry's final-year bachelor of arts in business management."

David Pilsbury, pro vice-chancellor for international development at the university, said: "There is no link between Coventry and Lincoln School of Management. An initial conversation took place at a hotel where two Coventry faculty members were staying, at the suggestion of an individual working for one of our established partners.

"However, it was quickly concluded that there was no basis for partnership - there is no credit recognition of their programmes and no curriculum match."

Uclan was also in the dark about the claims made by the school, which is believed to recruit most of its students from China, Vietnam and Indonesia.

In a statement, Uclan says: "The university does not have, and has never had, any form of franchise arrangement or articulation agreement with the Lincoln School of Management in Singapore.

"The university has not received any applications from students holding qualifications from (it) to date and is not expecting any."

Napier said the "articulation agreement" that Lincoln claimed to have with it did not exist, and that it would be contacting the college immediately to complain about the claims.

The college, which also advertises links with universities in America and Australia, charges fees of about $19,000 (£13,300) for a two-year off-campus "transfer programme", according to the institution's brochure.

Its website says it is registered as a private education organisation with Singapore's Ministry of Education.

However, the Ministry said that registration "does not in any way represent an endorsement or accreditation of the quality of the courses offered".

In a statement, the Ministry says it "does not have a list of accredited educational institutions and there is no central authority in Singapore that assesses or grants recognition for qualifications obtained from overseas or local institutions".

Lincoln did not respond to Times Higher Education's request for a comment.
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However, the Ministry said that registration "does not in any way represent an endorsement or accreditation of the quality of the courses offered".

In a statement, the Ministry says it "does not have a list of accredited educational institutions and there is no central authority in Singapore that assesses or grants recognition for qualifications obtained from overseas or local institutions".

Lincoln did not respond to Times Higher Education's request for a comment.
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This is the typical crap from the civil servants from MOE. On the one hand, they know that they are not able to qualify the qualifications of the education institutions. In that case, register them for fuck. Might as well just ask them to register as a business with ACRA.

THese institutions get their registration from MOE and proudly furnished their registration numbers in their signboards and letterheads. Overseas students, how do they know that MOE register them like a letterbox and do nothing esle.

Typical lazy work of civil servants.

 

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Thats how our PRC KTV Meimeis come to Singapore mah, sign up as student and work in KTV at night

 

[Airlib]

This is the problem... It a case where no govt body what to take responsibilities of regulating the pte schools.
Agreed with what bro here say... might as well get pte schs to register as business with ACRA. Cos most pte schs are using the claim that they are registered with MOE as a claim to con foreigners into signing up their worthless programs.
Its high time someone get the govt to come in and regulate them man... Can always set up a committee to looking into the issue mah.