Stories

“Last week, a plagiarism scandal rocked the Guggenheim Bilbao and their Basque Artist Program. The original allegations were published by Hannah Swayze, a producer who worked on the short film Blue by artist dayday. According to the claims, the Spanish artist Gala Knörr used the film as inspiration for her …

Including someone’s name in a paper to increase the chances of being published, adding someone’s name to a paper based on their seniority level, adding the names of one another on papers to increase their list of publications and adding someone’s name in return for opportunities are all examples of …

The University of Toronto is suing a tutoring service for contract cheating and copyright infringement allegations. The company at stake, owned by a former student from the University of Toronto, is claimed to target Mandarin-speaking students with tutoring packages that include course materials, digital presentations, lecture notes and assignments. For …

“In recent years, a chorus of former PhD students have broken their silence over abusive behaviour suffered at the hands of their supervisors. Their horrifying accounts variously relate being belittled and humiliated in front of colleagues, having supervisors explode with anger upon hearing of scientific setbacks, even supervisors sullying their …