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  • Newspaper

    Officials examine national corruption strategy

    Cameroon

    Press

    Elizabeth Mosima - All Africa

    The National Anti-Corruption Commission launched the National Anti-corruption strategy in 2010. It is in this light that a two-day workshop on understanding and dissemination of the strategy in the Ministry of Basic Education opened in Yaounde last Thursday. The workshop brought together officials of the central and regional services from across the country.

  • Newspaper

    Dean may face data fraud charges

    Netherlands

    Press

    Jan Petter Myklebust - University World News

    A Tilburg University inquiry has recommended that details of forgery of documents and fraud committed by a leading social psychologist should be passed to the Dutch public prosecution service.

  • Newspaper

    Universities come under fire for doctoring accounting books to hike tuitions

    Korea R

    Press

    Kim Eun-jung - Yonhap News Agency

    Private and public universities in South Korea have engaged in creative accounting practices resulting in excessive hikes in tuition fees, the state audit agency said. Wrapping up an investigation into 35 randomly chosen universities, including nine public institutions, the Board of Audit and Inspection said the institutions had habitually manipulated their accounting books over the past five years to justify steep rises in tuition expenses.

  • Newspaper

    NUC Lists 51 fake universities

    Nigeria

    Press

    Martin Paul - All Africa

    The number of fake universities operating in the country has risen from 44 to 51 National Universities Commission (NUC) has alerted. According to the weekly news bulletin of NUC, eight of the universities had been taken to court, while some are currently undergoing investigations.

  • Newspaper

    Peshawar University VC found involved in plagiarism

    Pakistan

    Press

    Noor Aftab - The News

    University of Peshawar's Vice Chancellor has been found involved in plagiarism by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) that was constituted to probe into the matter.

  • Newspaper

    Leighton Andrews: University of Wales 'let Wales down'

    UK

    Press

    Ciaran Jenkins - BBC News

    An Education Minister says the University of Wales has let down higher education in Wales and brought the nation "into disrepute". His criticism comes after a watchdog's report told the university to review its worldwide college links, which include in particular a college in Bangkok said to be operating illegally.

  • Newspaper

    Anti-corruption curriculum is not the solution

    Indonesia

    Press

    Anita Lie - Jakarta Post

    Following a discussion with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the National Education Ministry announced a plan to include an anti-corruption module in the 2011 curriculum.

  • First aid kit for higher education: a know how guide for student research

    First Aid Kit for Higher Education - A Know How Guide for Student Research is a guide for student organizations, NGOs, student activists and everyone else who is interested in the problems of higher education and who seek different methods for...

    Anti-Corruption Student Network in South East Europe

    Skopje, ACSN, 2011

  • Newspaper

    Probe into university payments embarrassing

    Ireland

    Press

    John Walshe - University World News

    Unauthorized payments of allowances, bonuses and enhanced pensions for some university staff over several years have been revealed in a report from Ireland's public spending watchdog, the Comptroller and Auditor General.

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