Apparently the entrance criteria for this college is 3 A levels, 1 above a D. That is *way* below the average requirements for a UK University, which will more typically ask for 2 As at grade A and one at B. So forget any fig leaf that this is for gifted children. Then there is the question of, for instance, Dawkin's role. There is a clear conflict of interest between his role at Oxford and this new one. Will he resign (or be asked to leave) his Oxford job? If not, is he actually at the new college or merely lending his name in exchange for dosh? Too many questions and one bad smell, I fear.