Degree dispute - UKZN law professor quits

A report in The Witness notes that while Cowling has claimed to have an LLM (Cantab) and a M.Phil (Cantab), Cambridge records show that in fact he holds an LLB and a graduate diploma in international law. While an application to have his LLB upgraded to an LLM is under way in terms of a Cambridge rule that allows candidates who received their LLB prior to 1982 to apply for an upgrade to the LLM, Cambridge University confirmed last week that such a process does not apply in the case of moving from a graduate diploma to the M.Phil. The man who blew the whistle on Cowling, Dr Cephas Lumina, said the discovery of the discrepancy in Cowling's qualifications came as a shock to him. Lumina, based in Durban, is involved in a CCMA case against the university concerning his contention that he was unfairly overlooked for promotion to an associate professorship by a committee constituted and led by Cowling. Full report in The Witness