Derek Draper in a recent Guardian profile claimed to have a MA in Clinical Psychology from Berkeley, University of California. Guido Fawkes has been doing some digging and found out that Mr Draper has not been entirely honest. It turns out that Berkeley have no record of Derek Draper and, as The Guardian report today, he actually received his degree from a private institution, the Wright Institute, which does not offer full time degrees and has no affiliation with Berkeley, merely sharing a neighbourhood. Derek Draper admits that while the Wright Institute have no academic connection with Berkeley “I did have the use of the facilities at the Berkeley campus.”, but his use of the gents at Berkeley has not prevented him from implying that he studied there on his website.
Update: In the interest of balance and fairness, Dereks’ response.
I sent DD a couple of tweets this morning about his claim to be seeking legal redress but, as yet, I’ve not received a reply. :(
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Great blog. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next!
Neither can I. I can hardly bear the anticipation!