Two top lecturers have dodgy degrees

A SENIOR UCD academic and a lecturer in the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) both obtained PhDs from the same unaccredited institution as disgraced Government science adviser Barry McSweeney.

Mr McSweeney was forced to step aside last week amid controversy surrounding a doctorate he received from California-based Pacific Western University (PWU) - a body considered by FBI experts and the US Government as no more than a one-room degree mill.

Subsequently, senior business figure Dr Con Power was also found to have obtained a PhD from the same place.