Technische Universität München – Deutschland, Technical University of Munich – Germany
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Entry Number 02241
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creator: germany2
date: 2014-08-20T13:49:39Z
subject: TU Munich
description: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 20 AUGUST 2014, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “Research Prize for Plagiarized Work” – 8 That kind of passing reference, in place of clear citation of a source, has been called a “pawn sacrifice” (as in chess) by plagiarism experts. In his standard work on […]
encoded: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 20 AUGUST 2014, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “Research Prize for Plagiarized Work” – 8 That kind of passing reference, in place of clear citation of a source, has been called a “pawn sacrifice” (as in chess) by plagiarism experts. In his standard work on academic plagiarism, Munich law professor Volker Rieble describes it as a “deliberate technique” for making the most inconspicuous use possible of other people’s work. This kind of “pawn sacrifice,” though, is much more serious than a simple oversight. (To be continued) Source: Hermann Horstkotte, “Forschungspreis für ein Plagiat,“ ZeitOnline, 13.12.2013. *According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2013-2014, (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking) the Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an “elite university,” is ranked 87 overall among the world’s universities. At its current ranking, the Technical University of Munich is not so very far behind many universities in, for example, East Asia. It is now only thirty-seven places behind China’s Tsinghua University (ranked 50 in the world), only thirty places behind the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (ranked 57 in the world), only forty-two places behind Peking University (ranked 45 in the world), only sixty-one places behind the National University of Singapore (ranked 26 in the world), only twenty-seven places behind Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology (ranked 60 in the world), and, for another comparison, only eighty-two places behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ranked 5 in the world). (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking) “While the traditional study-abroad sites for Americans, Britain, Italy, Spain and France, still attract more students…

Entry Number 02240
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creator: germany2
date: 2014-08-15T10:59:56Z
subject: TU Munich
description: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 15 AUGUST 2014, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “Research Prize for Plagiarized Work” – 7 Why did the jury nevertheless, in spite of everything, award the prize to Bellmann? Robert Juette, Stuttgart history professor and member of the jury, said that in the instances of […]
encoded: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 15 AUGUST 2014, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “Research Prize for Plagiarized Work” – 7 Why did the jury nevertheless, in spite of everything, award the prize to Bellmann? Robert Juette, Stuttgart history professor and member of the jury, said that in the instances of copying he saw nothing more than an “annoying, embarrassing, but completely forgivable citation error that can be traced back to an accidental oversight.” One indication of that, he said, was the fact that Bellmann referred to Schwoch’s preliminary work in a footnote to her general remarks on the profiles she had used. (To be continued) Source: Hermann Horstkotte, “Forschungspreis für ein Plagiat,“ ZeitOnline, 13.12.2013. *According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2012-2013, (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking) the Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an “elite university,” is ranked 87 overall among the world’s universities. At its current ranking, the Technical University of Munich is not so very far behind many universities in, for example, East Asia. It is now only thirty-seven places behind China’s Tsinghua University (ranked 50 in the world), only thirty places behind the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (ranked 57 in the world), only forty-two places behind Peking University (ranked 45 in the world), only sixty-one places behind the National University of Singapore (ranked 26 in the world), only twenty-seven places behind Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology (ranked 60 in the world), and, for another comparison, only eighty-two places behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ranked 5 in the world). (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking) “While the traditional study-abroad s…

Entry Number 02239
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creator: germany2
date: 2014-08-05T15:55:10Z
subject: TU Munich
description: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 5 AUGUST 2014, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “Research Prize for Plagiarized Work” – 6 The publishers of the two-volume work say they regret they did not notice the errors. In a statement to this newspaper, they added that they did have every portion of […]
encoded: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 5 AUGUST 2014, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “Research Prize for Plagiarized Work” – 6 The publishers of the two-volume work say they regret they did not notice the errors. In a statement to this newspaper, they added that they did have every portion of the work “expertly examined,” but the “technical errors” of the author were not detected. Nothing prevented them from applying for an award for the book. They felt that by apologizing “in a perfectly exemplary fashion” Bellmann had recognized her impropriety. “Because of the decision of the experts who decided on the recipient of the prize,” they said, “we believe those experts share our assessment of the situation.” (To be continued) Source: Hermann Horstkotte, “Forschungspreis für ein Plagiat,“ ZeitOnline, 13.12.2013. *According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2012-2013, (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking) the Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an “elite university,” is ranked 87 overall among the world’s universities. At its current ranking, the Technical University of Munich is not so very far behind many universities in, for example, East Asia. It is now only thirty-seven places behind China’s Tsinghua University (ranked 50 in the world), only thirty places behind the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (ranked 57 in the world), only forty-two places behind Peking University (ranked 45 in the world), only sixty-one places behind the National University of Singapore (ranked 26 in the world), only twenty-seven places behind Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology (ranked 60 in the world), and, for another comparison, only eighty-two places behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ranked 5 in the world). (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/w…

Entry Number 02238
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creator: germany2
date: 2014-07-29T13:19:16Z
subject: TU Munich
description: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 30 JULY 2014, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “Research Prize for Plagiarized Work” – 5 In her defense, Julia Bellmann mentions time pressure and the instructions of her project director, who passed away recently. According to the law, it is clear that every “portion of […]
encoded: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 30 JULY 2014, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “Research Prize for Plagiarized Work” – 5 In her defense, Julia Bellmann mentions time pressure and the instructions of her project director, who passed away recently. According to the law, it is clear that every “portion of text or meaning adopted from passages of another author’s work without sufficient attribution is a violation of academic principles.” So why did the jury award Bellmann a prize anyway? (To be continued) Source: Hermann Horstkotte, “Forschungspreis für ein Plagiat,“ ZeitOnline, 13.12.2013. *According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2012-2013, (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking) the Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an “elite university,” is ranked 87 overall among the world’s universities. At its current ranking, the Technical University of Munich is not so very far behind many universities in, for example, East Asia. It is now only thirty-seven places behind China’s Tsinghua University (ranked 50 in the world), only thirty places behind the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (ranked 57 in the world), only forty-two places behind Peking University (ranked 45 in the world), only sixty-one places behind the National University of Singapore (ranked 26 in the world), only twenty-seven places behind Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology (ranked 60 in the world), and, for another comparison, only eighty-two places behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ranked 5 in the world). (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking) “While the traditional study-abroad sites for Americans, Britain, Italy, Spain and France, still attract more students from the United States, the report found that China is…

Entry Number 02237
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creator: germany2
date: 2014-07-22T17:39:55Z
subject: TU Munich
description: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 22 JULY 2014, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “Research Prize for Plagiarized Work” – 4 Experts in the history of medicine and in medical ethics were outraged. Udo Schagen, a specialist in Berlin, said, “In the end, the purpose of an award is to honor […]
encoded: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 22 JULY 2014, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “Research Prize for Plagiarized Work” – 4 Experts in the history of medicine and in medical ethics were outraged. Udo Schagen, a specialist in Berlin, said, “In the end, the purpose of an award is to honor someone who can be a role model for future generations of academics. One hopes that we have not reached the point that a plagiarized work can play a part in that.” That kind of sensibility in scientific and historical research is what he misses where Julia Bellmann is concerned. (To be continued) Source: Hermann Horstkotte, “Forschungspreis für ein Plagiat,“ ZeitOnline, 13.12.2013. *According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2012-2013, (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking) the Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an “elite university,” is ranked 87 overall among the world’s universities. At its current ranking, the Technical University of Munich is not so very far behind many universities in, for example, East Asia. It is now only thirty-seven places behind China’s Tsinghua University (ranked 50 in the world), only thirty places behind the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (ranked 57 in the world), only forty-two places behind Peking University (ranked 45 in the world), only sixty-one places behind the National University of Singapore (ranked 26 in the world), only twenty-seven places behind Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology (ranked 60 in the world), and, for another comparison, only eighty-two places behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ranked 5 in the world). (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking) “While the traditional study-abroad sites for Americans, Britain, Italy, Spain and France, still at…

Entry Number 02236
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creator: germany2
date: 2014-07-08T14:49:08Z
subject: TU Munich
description: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 8 JULY 2014, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “Research Prize for Plagiarized Work” – 3 At the same time, it became known that the young historian responsible for the work, Julia Bellmann, had belatedly declared, a year earlier, that around a third of the two […]
encoded: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 8 JULY 2014, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “Research Prize for Plagiarized Work” – 3 At the same time, it became known that the young historian responsible for the work, Julia Bellmann, had belatedly declared, a year earlier, that around a third of the two hundred forty-one short biographies in her book had been based “essentially on information” contained in a book published two years before that by her colleague Rebecca Schwoch. Bellmann had taken portions of some of the texts word for word from Schwoch’s book without citing any source – an instance of plagiarism. (To be continued) Source: Hermann Horstkotte, “Forschungspreis für ein Plagiat,“ ZeitOnline, 13.12.2013. *According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2012-2013, (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking) the Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an “elite university,” is ranked 87 overall among the world’s universities. At its current ranking, the Technical University of Munich is not so very far behind many universities in, for example, East Asia. It is now only thirty-seven places behind China’s Tsinghua University (ranked 50 in the world), only thirty places behind the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (ranked 57 in the world), only forty-two places behind Peking University (ranked 45 in the world), only sixty-one places behind the National University of Singapore (ranked 26 in the world), only twenty-seven places behind Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology (ranked 60 in the world), and, for another comparison, only eighty-two places behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ranked 5 in the world). (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking) “While the traditional study-abroad sites for Americans,…

Entry Number 02235
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creator: germany2
date: 2014-07-01T12:28:40Z
subject: TU Munich
description: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 1 JULY 2014, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “Research Prize for Plagiarized Work” – 2 Another sense of outrage connected to the Nazi period in Germany has become widespread with the appearance of a report on Jewish doctors specializing in urology during the Nazi regime. […]
encoded: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 1 JULY 2014, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “Research Prize for Plagiarized Work” – 2 Another sense of outrage connected to the Nazi period in Germany has become widespread with the appearance of a report on Jewish doctors specializing in urology during the Nazi regime. The outrage, though, has nothing to do with Hitler. Some time ago, a two-volume work “Urologists under National Socialism” was awarded a research prize by then Health Minister Daniel Bahr, the German Medical Association and the Regional Associations of SHI-Accredited Physicians. The Jury emphasized “the mixture of biographical details with summaries of exemplary lives.” (To be continued) Source: Hermann Horstkotte, “Forschungspreis für ein Plagiat,“ ZeitOnline, 13.12.2013. *According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2012-2013, (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking) the Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an “elite university,” is ranked 87 overall among the world’s universities. At its current ranking, the Technical University of Munich is not so very far behind many universities in, for example, East Asia. It is now only thirty-seven places behind China’s Tsinghua University (ranked 50 in the world), only thirty places behind the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (ranked 57 in the world), only forty-two places behind Peking University (ranked 45 in the world), only sixty-one places behind the National University of Singapore (ranked 26 in the world), only twenty-seven places behind Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology (ranked 60 in the world), and, for another comparison, only eighty-two places behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ranked 5 in the world). (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/w…

Entry Number 02234
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creator: germany2
date: 2014-06-26T14:22:42Z
subject: TU Munich
description: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 26 JUNE 2014, THURSDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “Research Prize for Plagiarized Work” – 1 The German Ministry of Health and German physicians’ associations have awarded a prize to a partly plagiarized book. The jury knew about the bogus work. Why did they award the […]
encoded: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 26 JUNE 2014, THURSDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “Research Prize for Plagiarized Work” – 1 The German Ministry of Health and German physicians’ associations have awarded a prize to a partly plagiarized book. The jury knew about the bogus work. Why did they award the prize anyway? (To be continued) Source: Hermann Horstkotte, “Forschungspreis für ein Plagiat,“ ZeitOnline, 13.12.2013. *According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2012-2013, (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking) the Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an “elite university,” is ranked 87 overall among the world’s universities. At its current ranking, the Technical University of Munich is not so very far behind many universities in, for example, East Asia. It is now only thirty-seven places behind China’s Tsinghua University (ranked 50 in the world), only thirty places behind the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (ranked 57 in the world), only forty-two places behind Peking University (ranked 45 in the world), only sixty-one places behind the National University of Singapore (ranked 26 in the world), only twenty-seven places behind Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology (ranked 60 in the world), and, for another comparison, only eighty-two places behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ranked 5 in the world). (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking) “While the traditional study-abroad sites for Americans, Britain, Italy, Spain and France, still attract more students from the United States, the report found that China is now the fifth-most-popular destination.” – The New York Times And what about Germany? Novel: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/revision —————————————– 26 JUNI 2014, DONNERSTAG, DÜSSEL…

Entry Number 02233
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creator: germany2
date: 2014-06-17T13:44:31Z
subject: TU Munich
description: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 17 JUNE 2014, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “German Universities: More Students Mean Worse Support from Instructors and Professors“ – 6 The German Association of Student Services Organizations (das Deutsche Studentenwerk [DSW]) has asked the German federal government and states not only to invest in […]
encoded: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 17 JUNE 2014, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “German Universities: More Students Mean Worse Support from Instructors and Professors“ – 6 The German Association of Student Services Organizations (das Deutsche Studentenwerk [DSW]) has asked the German federal government and states not only to invest in additional university places for students but also to improve the social infrastructure at German universities. “Students need an affordable roof over their heads, access to meals in a cafeteria, and competent faculty advisors,” says DSW President Dieter Timmermann. Source: Gero Breloer, “Hochschulen: Mehr Studenten, schlechtere Betreuung“, Die Zeit Online, 12 May 2012 *According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2012-2013, (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking) the Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an “elite university,” is ranked 87 overall among the world’s universities. At its current ranking, the Technical University of Munich is not so very far behind many universities in, for example, East Asia. It is now only thirty-seven places behind China’s Tsinghua University (ranked 50 in the world), only thirty places behind the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (ranked 57 in the world), only forty-two places behind Peking University (ranked 45 in the world), only sixty-one places behind the National University of Singapore (ranked 26 in the world), only twenty-seven places behind Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology (ranked 60 in the world), and, for another comparison, only eighty-two places behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ranked 5 in the world). (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking) “While the traditional study-abroad sites for Americans, Brit…

Entry Number 02232
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creator: germany2
date: 2014-06-11T13:18:03Z
subject: TU Munich
description: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 11 JUNE 2014, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “German Universities: More Students Mean Worse Support from Instructors and Professors“ – 5 At the same time, the universities and university hospitals have hired many more staff members in recent years: in the year 2011 there were […]
encoded: (Eine deutsche Version steht weiter unten.) 11 JUNE 2014, WEDNESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* – “German Universities: More Students Mean Worse Support from Instructors and Professors“ – 5 At the same time, the universities and university hospitals have hired many more staff members in recent years: in the year 2011 there were approximately 337,100 individuals engaged in the arts and sciences. That figure was fifty percent higher than ten years before. (To be continued) Source: Gero Breloer, “Hochschulen: Mehr Studenten, schlechtere Betreuung“, Die Zeit Online, 12 May 2012 *According to The Times of London, in its Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2012-2013, (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking) the Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an “elite university,” is ranked 87 overall among the world’s universities. At its current ranking, the Technical University of Munich is not so very far behind many universities in, for example, East Asia. It is now only thirty-seven places behind China’s Tsinghua University (ranked 50 in the world), only thirty places behind the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (ranked 57 in the world), only forty-two places behind Peking University (ranked 45 in the world), only sixty-one places behind the National University of Singapore (ranked 26 in the world), only twenty-seven places behind Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology (ranked 60 in the world), and, for another comparison, only eighty-two places behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (ranked 5 in the world). (http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking) “While the traditional study-abroad sites for Americans, Britain, Italy, Spain and France, still attract more students from the United States, the report found that China is now the fifth-most-popular dest…