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  • Newspaper

    Universities fail to tackle plagiarism

    China

    Press

    Yojana Sharma - University World News

    Universities are failing to crack down on plagiarism despite an unprecedented education ministry circular sent to them a year ago making them responsible for investigating and dealing with rampant cheating.

  • Newspaper

    Rampant cheating hurts research ambitions

    China

    Press

    Gillian Wong - Associated Press

    When professors need to author research papers to get promoted, many turn to Ghost Writers, writes Gillian Wong for Associated Press.

  • Newspaper

    Government plans to put degrees online, ease verification

    India

    Press

    Ravi , Pallavi and Sapna Krishnan, Singh, and Agarwal - The Wall Street Journal

    The government has appointed a task force to create a national database of academic qualifications to ensure confidentiality, authenticity, online verification and easy retrieval of degrees.

  • Newspaper

    Wiki-plagiarism endemic in Poland's universities

    Poland

    Press

    - Polskie Radio

    Polish university students are using Wikipedia and "crib sheet" websites as the main source for their master's thesis, a new survey reveals.

  • Newspaper

    School risks closure over fee-paying courses

    Senegal

    Press

    Jane Marshal - University World News

    The Minister for Higher Education, Universities, Regional University Centres and Scientific Research, has threatened to close the Ecole Polytechnique de Thiès if lecturers continue to ignore a government order banning them from teaching fee-paying courses during the day, according to press reports.

  • Newspaper

    Minister orders greater university transparency

    Viet Nam

    Press

    - University World News

    All universities in Vietnam must publish their financial accounts and information about educational standards on their websites by 15 April, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Training told a conference in Hanoi this month.

  • Newspaper

    Fake papers are rife at universities

    China

    Press

    - University World News

    Strong demand for ghost-written academic papers in the lead-up to university graduation and revelations that people pay to have scholarly articles published are worrying critics who fear the billion-yen industry is making it harder than ever to evaluate graduates' abilities.

  • Newspaper

    Professors who exposed fraud sacked

    Congo DR

    Press

    - University World News

    Two professors at the University of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, who alerted the law about embezzlement of funds, are facing the sack on the orders of the Minister of Higher and University Education.

  • Newspaper

    Database of diplomas launched

    Press

    - University World News

    CAMES, the 18-member African and Madagascan Council for Higher Education, has launched a database of recognised qualifications in francophone Africa. With a couple of clicks to locate a country and institution, the database gives information about diplomas, their relevant department or faculty, any available options, and how many years of higher education they require.

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