en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Dunn_(author)
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He read politics and economics at the University of East Anglia, before undertaking a PhD in international relations at the University of Cambridge.
This conflicts with Dunn’s own account. In a 2011 interview, he said he had the option to do a PhD at Cambridge but chose MI6 instead.
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This sentence appears to overstate Dunn's Cambridge connection. In a 2011 interview with Publishers Weekly, Dunn said: "Upon graduating from university, I had the option of going to Cambridge University to do a Ph.D. in political sciences. Simultaneously, MI6 tapped me on the shoulder. The latter career possibility was irresistible". That means he described Cambridge as an option he could have taken, not a PhD he actually undertook. So the article's wording — "before undertaking a PhD ... at the University of Cambridge" — contradicts Dunn's own published account. The field is also described differently: Dunn said "political sciences," not "international relations."
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- The Spy Behind the Curtain: PW Talks with Matthew Dunn
Upon graduating from university, I had the option of going to Cambridge University to do a Ph.D. in political sciences. Simultaneously, MI6 tapped me on the shoulder. The latter career possibility was irresistible.