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A Grace has been drafted for signatures. Integrity and the highest standards of conduct are foundational to the University’s mission. Research must be carried out honestly, rigorously and responsibly to sustain public trust, safeguard the credibility…
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The controversy surrounding Jason Arday now extends across multiple institutions and is causing significant damage to confidence in UK higher education. At a time when universities face intense financial pressures and increasing political scrutiny, public trust…
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There are now articles in the Daily Mail, The Times, the Telegraph and the Independent. The most damaging new facts are as follows. The Times Higher Education journalist Jack Grove was working on a story about…
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Andrew Gelman is Professor of Statistics and Political Science at Columbia University. He’s famous for his book (co-authored with others) on Bayesian Data Analysis. His substack has tackled the emerging scandal at Cambridge University here, comparing…
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It’s best to look at the data directly and form your own conclusions from it (as @TheResearcher has been saying). Just look at the damn data. Run some tests or do some simple visual checks. That…
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The story at Retraction Watch here is the most damaging yet. Once allegations were raised, the issue ceased to be a matter solely for the individual academic. It became a test of Cambridge’s commitment to academic…
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Sometimes a single post captures, with uncomfortable precision, the mix of emotions many of us are struggling to articulate. It reflects not only the depth of feeling across our community, but also our grief that something…
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There is now a lot of press coverage of in The Times, the Telegraph and the Mail. From a mathematician’s or programmer’s perspective, we highlight an outstanding piece of work by Alexey Titorenko, available to download…
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At Consigliere University, calamity is never a failure — it is a branding opportunity. The senior team proudly subscribes to a motto known the world over: “No Reverse Gear, We Double Down.” What begins as a…
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Cambridge University’s Professor of the Sociology of Education, Jason Arday, has become the subject of allegations of plagiarism. Dr Nathan Cofnas has highlighted a number of passages that appear to show close textual similarities between Arday’s…