Queen Mary accused of ignoring misconduct

Article Abstract:

London University's Queen Mary College failed to take action over an allegation of scientific misconduct made in 2001 by Norman Miller, a member of the college's staff, against his junior research colleague, Gillian Cockerill. Miller claimed that Cockerill attempted to "plagiarise" his work by removing his name - without his consent or knowledge - from a list of collaborators to a major research project. Miller notes that a letter he received from the college implies that no action has been taken against Cockerill, and if this is true then the college should furnish an explanation.

Patents & copyrights, Plagiarism, Intellectual property, Cockerill, Gillian, Miller, Norman, London University. Queen Mary College

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Psychology head suspended

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De Montfort University's head of psychology, Tony Cassidy, has been suspended on charges of 'bringing the university into disrepute' after circulating strong criticism of managers to department colleagues. Professor Cassidy e-mailed staff in his department informing them that their undergraduate psychology course would lose its accreditation from the British Psychology Society and blamed Gillian Grant, faculty dean, and Dave Ward, head of the school of Applied Sciences, for failing to fund the psychology department properly.

Legal/Government Regulation, Cases, Behavior, College teachers, College faculty, Professional misconduct

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Exclusions as scam is uncovered

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Several overseas students have been excluded from Oxford Brookes University following an investigation by The Time Higher Education Supplement which revealed that fake qualifications were being used to secure places at a number of institutions in the UK. An undercover researcher found an agent for Chinese students who claimed that he had arranged places for "hundreds" of unqualified students over the past three years.

Investigations, Students, Foreign, Foreign students, Oxford Brookes University

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