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  • Newspaper

    Controversy over higher education links with industry

    Germany

    Press

    Michael Gardner - University World News

    A warning by German anti-corruption organisation Transparency International that links between higher education and business are becoming increasingly obscure has sparked an open debate. "We are observing corporate interests increasingly dominating teaching and research to a large extent,” said Director of Transparency International Germany.

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    Official study slams university rankings as "useless"

    Norway

    Press

    Jan Petter Myklebust - University World News

    A government-commissioned study of the placement of Norwegian universities in global rankings – in particular compared to other Nordic institutions – has concluded that even the top rankings are so based on subjective weightings of factors and on dubious data that they are useless as a basis for information if the goal is to improve higher education.

  • Newspaper

    Oral exams may stop culture of cheating – Study

    United Arab Emirates

    Press

    Jack Grove - University World News

    Replacing written exams or coursework with oral assessment may help to stop potentially high levels of cheating by students in universities in Gulf States. While the exact number of cases of academic dishonesty in Arab countries is not known, cheating is likely to be fairly widespread thanks to deeply ingrained cultural reasons, according to a paper published in the journal Innovations in Education and Teaching International.

  • Newspaper

    Education minister resigns over research fraud scandal

    Taiwan China

    Press

    Mimi , Yojana Leung , Sharma - University News

    Taiwan's Education Minister resigned on Monday 14 July over his links to a researcher whose papers were retracted from an international scientific journal because of alleged fraud.

  • Newspaper

    Academics support plagiarism whistleblower petition

    Germany

    Press

    Michael Gardner - University World News

    More than 600 academics in Germany have signed a petition demanding that cases of plagiarism and data manipulation be settled in discourses at subject level. The campaign is critical of a move by the German Rectors' Conference to have such issues treated confidentially in university committ

  • Newspaper

    Top universities break rules on gender discrimination

    China

    Press

    Yojana Sharma - University World News

    Around two-thirds of China's top research universities still have policies that can be used to limit the proportion of women students, despite tighter government regulations issued this year against gender discrimination in universities and the workplace.

  • Newspaper

    China vs. America – Quality, plagiarism and propaganda

    China, USA

    Press

    John Richard Schrock - University World News

    In this article, Dr John Richard Schrock, who teaches at Emporia State University in Kansas, explains the vast differences between research, citation and teaching styles in Chinese and American university students, citing cultural and education gaps for instances of plagiarism.

  • Newspaper

    Balancing integrity and the "dirty" world of research

    South Africa

    Press

    Mari Elken and Jens Jungblut - University World News

    A summer school entitled "From Principles to Practice: Higher education policy and research project management" was organized in Cape Town for masters and PhD students in the field of higher education studies. Practical examples and tips were given on how to navigate the field of competitive funding applications, the so-called "dirty" world of research.

  • Newspaper

    Internationalization has corrupted higher education

    Press

    Roger Y Jr Chao - University World News

    Since the end of the Cold War, a dramatic increase in global education has led to increased commercialization, as well as an increase in corruption. Corruption in higher education should not only be seen in terms of misuse of research funds, presentation and construction of fraudulent data, or inequitable admissions practices.

  • Newspaper

    Academic found guilty of fraud on "unprecedented" scale

    Singapore

    Press

    Adele Yung and Yojana Sharma - University World News

    A former academic at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has been found guilty of fabricating more than 20 research papers published in international academic journals, the university has concluded after a major investigation lasting almost two years.

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