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| The '''Europe Business Assembly''' (EBA) is an Oxford-based organisation selling what '']'' has called "fake awards",<ref name="thetimes1">{{cite web|first=Billy|last=Kenber |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/oxford-university-in-fake-awardsfarce-fh9876jnw |title=Oxford university in fake awards farce |publisher=Thetimes.co.uk |date= 24 July 2017 |accessdate=26 July 2017}}</ref> or what are more widely known as "]s". | |||
| EBA was founded in 2000, by Ukrainian businessman ], and he runs it out of Oxford and Ukraine, along with his son Ivan Savvov.<ref name="thetimes1"/><ref name="dailymail1">{{cite web|last=Curtis |first=Joseph |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4724826/Ukrainian-businessmen-make-millions-selling-fake-honours.html |title=Ukrainian businessmen make millions selling 'fake' honours |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date=24 July 2017 |accessdate=26 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03964500 |title=EUROPE BUSINESS ASSEMBLY LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House) |publisher=Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-07-26}}</ref> | |||
| EBA also runs the '''European Quality Award''' and the '''Socrates International Award''', and awards are presented in venues including ] and the ] in London, by EBA's director general John Netting, a former lecturer at ], with ceremonies including trumpeters, bagpipes, processions, and period costumes.<ref name="dailymail1"/> | |||
| In 2013, the ] found that companies and individuals in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia had been buying awards from EBA for many years and claiming that they were "outstanding results achieved in a prestigious competition".<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=https://www.cin.ba/en/kicenje-placenim-nagradama/ |title=Bought International Awards to Show Off at Home Turf : CIN |publisher=Cin.ba |date=29 August 2013 |accessdate=26 July 2017}}</ref> CIN reported that "winners pay for the awards and participation in the ceremonies", with fees of up to €11,000 for participation in a ceremony, and an award costing about around €7,300.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> | |||
| In July 2017, '']'' reported that:<ref name="thetimes1"/> | |||
| <blockquote>The University of Oxford’s academic reputation is being exploited by Ukrainian businessmen selling millions of pounds worth of fake awards and honours</blockquote> | |||
| The EBA also runs the '''Oxford Academic Union''', with membership costing £980, and publishes the '''Socrates Almanac'''.<ref name="dailymail1" /> | |||
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