It appears you have not yet registered with our community. To register please click here...

 
Go Back [M] > Madshrimps > WebNews
Web sting catches another German minister Web sting catches another German minister
FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read


Web sting catches another German minister
Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 4th May 2012, 08:47   #1
[M] Reviewer
 
Stefan Mileschin's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Romania
Posts: 148,068
Stefan Mileschin Freshly Registered
Default Web sting catches another German minister

The German government is being picked apart by an anonymous website which has been finding evidence that top ministers plagiarised their papers.

German Education and Research Minister Annette Schavan is the latest to be outed by the Schavanplag site, which claims that she plagiarised parts of her PhD dissertation which was published in 1980.

The site says Schavan copied phrasing from improperly cited sources. Her dissertation was entitled: "Person and conscience—Studies on conditions, need and requirements of today's consciences" and was a best seller at the University of Düsseldorf.

Schavan showed up at a press conference to talk about her ministry's proposal for a new law that will give German science organisations more freedom over their budgets.

Instead she found the German media less interested in budgets and instead were more excited about giving her a Chinese burn about the blog.

She said that it all happened a long time and at some point you have to just let things go.

Her exact quote was that the dissertation was written 32 years ago, and that she "will be happy to give my account to those who are looking into the work" but it is difficult to deal with anonymous allegations.

Schavan's case is the latest in a string of similar accusations against German politicians. Just over a year ago, Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg resigned after a blogger turned up evidence of extensive plagiarism in his dissertation.

The University of Bayreuth evoked zu Guttenberg's Ph.D. Title. Since then six other German politicians have had their Ph.D.s revoked because of similar offences.

http://news.techeye.net/internet/web...erman-minister
Stefan Mileschin is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
ASUS Rampage III Formula – Less Bling, Same Sting jmke WebNews 0 5th November 2010 11:08
Overclocked HD 4770 catches up with Geforce GTS 250 jmke WebNews 0 6th May 2009 16:10
DVD region code blocks British Prime Minister from enjoying Obama's gift jmke WebNews 0 20th March 2009 12:08
Wireless USB Catches Up With USB 2.0 in Transfer Speed jmke WebNews 0 24th August 2008 13:30
Console retailers plan PS3 sting jmke WebNews 0 14th April 2006 17:10
Apple MacBook Pro Connector Catches Fire jmke WebNews 0 18th March 2006 13:03

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 11:23.


Powered by vBulletin® - Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO