The Platform host Sean Plunket said a staffer at Shaw’s office confirmed to him over the phone that Shaw did not graduate.
Shaw’s university qualifications came under the spotlight this week via a series of Tweets by investigative journalist Ian Wishart.
Shaw’s LinkedIn profile said he had graduated from Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) with a B.A. degree. He did not finish the degree, but later went on to graduate MSc from the University of Bath School of Management in 2005.
Plunket described the situation as a ‘bit of a stuff up, a bit of an oversight.’ Internet sleuths also discovered Shaw’s profile at AISEC International listed him as graduating with a B.A. from VUW.
Shaw’s qualifications were one of the issues brought up by Wishart, who also accused the Greens co-leader of filing false pecuniary interest returns.
In a Tweet this evening Wishart confirmed Shaw had dropped ‘the false B.A. claim from his LinkedIn page.’
James Shaw drops false BA degree claim from his LinkedIn page pic.twitter.com/kH9ymffBko
— Ian Wishart (@investigatemag) September 6, 2023
Greens co leader James Shaw has listed a bachelor's degree from Victoria University on his LinkedIn page that he never earned, having dropped out part way through. He has admitted this previously, so why has he added a BA on LinkedIn that he doesn't have? Answer, James? pic.twitter.com/cdvHUtlf11
— Ian Wishart (@investigatemag) August 31, 2023
The burning question James Shaw: knowing you never got your BA, why on earth years later did you add it to LinkedIn? And how did you get an MSc with no bachelor's, let alone in science? pic.twitter.com/VTc0u6FBHP
— Ian Wishart (@investigatemag) August 31, 2023
No denial from James Shaw, @NZGreens , and radio silence from the media and the left wing commentariat. Meanwhile tens of thousands are taking about it. Just like the media silence on the NIWA scandal hit media credibility hard, this one is gonna hurt newsrooms too https://t.co/X2Z4HBKyfW
— Ian Wishart (@investigatemag) September 1, 2023
Very strange.
James Shaw worked for AIESEC for 4.5 years. An interview with his old employer in AIESEC Alumni dated March 2016, clearly states he has BA. Why did Shaw’s old employer think he had a BA from Victoria University?https://t.co/CH0GiiGUGg pic.twitter.com/JgQj0hzosz— Suit and tie (@Suitandtie9999) September 3, 2023
A week 2day since James Shaw was first found to have filed false pecuniary interests returns, allegedly mislead Parliament about his business background and then listed a BA degree on LinkedIn he has never earned. And despite leading a major party, not one MSM media story.
— Ian Wishart (@investigatemag) September 4, 2023
If you believe what people publishes about themselves on linked 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The more degrees you have the more brainwashed you are by the cabal.
Ian Wishart the gift that keeps on giving 😉
Who gives a hoot about some uni paper?
BA = BS
Universities are the very breeding ground for functionaries like him, who don’t know what ‘producing’ means, but have the arrogance to play ‘socialist’, distributing others’ hard earned money.
If there is any sense of mana or owning responsibility, this azzwhole should resign in the first place.
Not good enough James, now prove you have that MSc from Bath.
Also, he is fibbing about having not been on his linked in page in ages.
And honestly, what sort of a bunch of people – ADULTS – who are supposed to be running our country need reminding to BE HONEST???? FFS awe pay these IDIOTS hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and they can’t even tell the truth?
Time for a new governance system where people are accountable or they are OUT.
😡😡😡
Good work Ian Wishhart and Seam, now let’s not let this situation slide u til we have confirmation about the MSc because I WILL NOT take directions about “ckinate changr” from an uneducated LIAR. 😡😡😡
OMG DT! Can we get a bigger font for the comments? 🤣🤣🤣
I just re read my post and the spelling mistakes are appalling! I meant Wishart, Sean and Climate Change- obvs 😂😂😂
What a loser. When one has no credibility then make it up. Stand down for lying to the public. He is just another pasty white liberal.
hey hey hey, THEY come in many colours/colors/couleurs other than white 😉
And just as a juxtaposition, as how far we as society have fallen, have come away from where we should be/wanted to be/once have been,…
at least with the rainbow colours,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMi221xb2UQ
What’s the bet James doesn’t know what a women is either
He’s a bit of a fake anyway!
This is the uneducated muppet/liar lecturing us on man made climate change and the threat to mankind from farting animals. Throw a few solar panels on the roof of your garage to charge your battery utes he told the farmers on The Country farming show, trouble is there are few credible journalists challenging the BS because they are worried about loosing their cushy jobs for not following the Govt and MSM narrative.