'Law is not on our side, but honour is. We won't give in'

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Just over ten years ago the rare 16th-century book, De Humani Corporis Fabrica by Flemish anatomist Andreas Vesalius, was stolen from the Christ Church College, Oxford, library. The book, one of 74 stolen over a 3-year period, was discovered at Nippon Dental University in Japan but the university refuses to return it and under Japanese law is not obliged to.

Police Protection, Theft, Company legal issue, Investigations, Crimes against, Books

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Welcome to the strangers among us?

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A Briton's experience of teaching in Japan makes him wonder why British universities do not provide support for the foreign students who find the U.K.'s education system and culture puzzling as well as for the teachers who often know very little about the backgrounds of the students they teach.

Government domestic functions, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, Education, Curricula, Comparative analysis, Students, Foreign, Foreign students, Education policy, Viewpoint essay

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Vague policies derail effort to rein in student cheats

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Ambiguous anti-plagiarism policies and procedures are hampering the efforts of most universities to combat cheating among students. Concerns about inconsistency between universities in the handling of plagiarism cases are leading to proposed updated and rewritten policies.

Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Management dynamics, Legal/Government Regulation, Management, Laws, regulations and rules, Prevention, Plagiarism, Company business management, Cheating (Education), Student ethics

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