Grievances are 'mishandled'

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The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education has found that some universities are mishandling student complaints about academics. The ombudsman is concerned that too often institutions refuse to provide an unbiased and independent panel to hear student appeals.

Author: Shepherd, Jessica
Reports, Discipline, College teachers, College faculty

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There is nothing original in a case of purloined letters

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The accusations of plagiarism have roots in the 19th century. The author surveys opinions on plagiarism and comes across numerous cases like the works of Oscar Wilde and George Eliot wherein the phenomenon is so common as to make it an inventive instrument in literary works.

Author: Macfarlane, Robert
Analysis, Plagiarism, 19th century AD, Literary ethics

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Grumpies survey field's slag heaps

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Nottingham University lecturers Roy Bradshaw and Bob Abrahart have organised an 'impassioned rant' for the annual Royal Geographical Society (RGS) conference. The self-styled 'Grumpy Old Geographers' plan a debate on the 'pomposity' of their colleagues.

Author: Rodgers, Mark
Conferences, meetings and seminars, Learned institutions and societies, Learned societies, Royal Geographical Society

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