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![]() Tuesday, July 14, 1998 Published at 10:48 GMT 11:48 UK ![]() ![]() Education ![]() Top marks for 'Costa Scarborough' students ![]() The students relax in sunny...Scarborough ![]() Thirteen art students who faked a holiday to Spain for their end-of-year project have been awarded top marks. The group, who took dummy Mediterranean holiday snaps and cultivated fake tans, received first class honours for their project at Leeds University.
The students provoked a furore by claiming to have taken a holiday in Spain with the help of grants worth more than £1,000 which had been provided by the university students' union and local businesses. In fact, they had spent time in Scarborough, faking the snaps and lying on ultra-violet sunbeds.
"It took a lot of time, a lot of effort from us," she told BBC News 24. "We could have easily sat in the studio and painted some paintings." But although the examiners are impressed, all is not forgiven - the students' union continues to ban them from its premises. A union spokeswoman, Anna Richards, still fails to see the funny side. "It's lying, it's dishonesty ... we've got to pull them up now and say 'No, you can't do that'," she said. The students have to complete another year before obtaining their degrees in fine art. ![]() |
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