Re: [kent-grads] Anyone remember the Michael Gunn case?

["Tim Roll-Pickering" <T.C.Roll-Pickering@xxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Brian Meadows" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> > A year ago a Kent student who had failed for heavy plagarising was 
> > reporting
> > as going to sue the University for negligence.
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/3753065.stm

> > Does anyone know if anything ever came of this?

> I can't say I'd be surprised if it had sunk without trace - his
> threat to sue sounds to me like a case of "I wonder if a bit of
> publicity will get them to give me my degree". Can't blame him
> for trying to get off the hook, I suppose.

A random Google search suggests that's been tried before - he probably just 
copied the idea off the internet. ;-) 


-
To unsubscribe, send email to list-manager@xxxxxxxxxx containing just the
text: "unsubscribe kent-grads" (without the quotes).
For further information email "help" to list-manager@xxxxxxxxxx