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  • Newspaper

    Students charged illegal fees, union finds

    France

    Press

    Jane Marshall - University World News

    A third of French universities are "illegally" charging students for services that should be covered by statutory fees, claims Unef, France's biggest student union.

  • Newspaper

    Universities prepare to fight against plagiarism

    France

    Press

    Marie-Estelle Pech - Le Figaro

    According to teacher estimates, 20% of assignments are copied and pasted from other sources. Anti-plagiarism charters should be systematically signed by both universities and students, but nothing can beat the eagle eye of the lecturer.

  • Le Plagiat étudiant

    Les médias traitent souvent du plagiat chez les écrivains, les musiciens ou les universitaires. Cette pratique concerne aussi les étudiants dont 34,5% auraient déjà recopié tout ou partie d'un texte pour le présenter comme personnel dans le cadre d...

    Guibert, Pascal, Michaut, Christophe

    2011

  • Pourquoi les étudiants trichent-ils?

    Fréquemment dénoncée, fortement médiatisée, la tricherie scolaire semble avoir connu un tournant majeur avec les "fuites" au baccalauréat S en 2011. Alors même que les sanctions "officielles", celles qui sont prononcées par les conseils ou les...

    Guibert, Pascal, Michaut, Christophe

    2011

  • Newspaper

    Why is plagiarism poisoning universities?

    France

    Press

    Philippe Jacqué - Le Monde

    Students, lecturers: who are the plagiarists? Has the Internet revolutionized cheating? How can we combat this phenomenon, which over the last five years has taken on exponential dimensions.

  • Newspaper

    70% of pupils cheat during their schooling

    France

    Press

    Marie-Estelle Pech - Le Figaro

    Some 70.5% of French pupils admit to having cheated in school, according to a study on exam fraud conducted among 1,815 students in French multidisciplinary universities.

  • Newspaper

    Chinese Students Buy Degrees: French universities concerned

    France

    Press

    - AFP

    The alleged peddling of diplomas to Chinese students has puzzled the universities implicated, which are now concerned over the effect of aspersions on the international renown of French tertiary training. Two inquiries – one judicial and one administrative – were opened up following complaints alleging that deals were done in which Chinese students were awarded diplomas in exchange for large amounts of money.

  • Newspaper

    Large-Scale Trafficking of Degrees Uncovered at University

    France

    Press

    Yves Bordenave - Le Monde

    Several hundred Chinese students enrolled at the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) at Toulon University, are thought to have bought their degrees. The preliminary inquiry begun on 26 March into "bribery, bribe-taking, and fraud" is investigating practices thought to have started four years ago.

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