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@JeffGrigg@mastodon.social @matthewcroughan@social.defenestrate.it @joomy@functional.cafe My dad had a colleague who bought (and expensed) a PhD from a dodgy Caribbean “university” in the early 2000s. Their employer needed them to go somewhere to work for their local subsidiary doing local dealer training. The visa they needed was open to people with “unique product knowledge” (I.e. no local would have the knowledge, a foreigner is the only option for the role). Due to local cultural norms, this meant being a Dr. Even if your Doctorate cost you £1500 off the internet… (the colleague was an MEng or MSc to start with anyway).