Buxton University
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- Not to be confused with the University of Derby's Buxton campus.
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Buxton University located in 145-157 St John Street London, offers correspondence courses and online education. It claims accreditation by the World Online Education Accrediting Commission, as well as the Board of Online Universities Accreditation (BOUA), but neither accrediting agency is recognized by the United States Department of Education.
As such, Buxton University is said not to be duly or suitably accredited by any accreditation body recognized by the United States Department of Education, and its students from the United States are not eligible for Federal financial aid. Despite having an address in the United Kingdom, an institution can only call itself a university in the UK if holds a Royal Charter, the relevant current legislation being the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, and "Buxton University" holds no such charter. However the institution does not advertise itself as a University in the UK, save for using a UK commercial (as oppose to academic) internet domain name.
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[edit] Criticism and controversy
There has been much controversy in relation to Buxton University.
In 2004, a Texas television station investigated Buxton University by having an employee order a degree. The station reported that the employee received a master's degree, summa cum laude, by mail within a few days after submitting an order. [1]
Also in 2004, The Washington Post reported that a hypnotist, William R. Runnells Jr., had called himself "Doctor", and whose degree was from the American Institute of Hypnotherapy and Buxton University.[2] In that article, the Post wrote, "...repeated Web searches and several calls to overseas operators did not turn up a listing for a Buxton University."[2]
