NYT - the New York Times

In the city of dreaming spires you'll find Oxford Business College (pictured), a place where 'ambition meets opportunity and education drives success'. Judging by videos on its website, this noble seat of learning is only one step removed from Brideshead Revisited. Here you'll see young students cycling along cobbled streets, walking down the steps of historic limestone buildings or rowing through the dawn mist on a tranquil River Cherwell. The reality of life at Oxford Business College is, however, somewhat different. This becomes immediately apparent when I pay a visit to the 'main campus'. According to the advertising bumf, this venue is 'situated in one of the city's many historic buildings' and will be 'buzzing with energy and activity'. Instead, I find a black entrance door, bolted shut on a tatty row of shops opposite the bus station. The firm is co-owned by its director, Padmesh Gupta (top inset), and (somewhat oddly) a dress designer named Titiksha Shah (bottom inset). They shared an annual dividend of £200,000 and, when the last accounts were filed were sitting on funds of almost £20million....read