Create PhD databases to flush out fraudsters, universities told

Lack of publicly available data on doctoral degree holders is allowing people to add fake credentials to their resumés, says research fraud expert

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October 26, 2023
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October 26, 2023
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Oxford United fan with a replica Cup Trophy to illustrate Create PhD databases to flush out fraudsters, universities told
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#1 Submitted by msl_csp on October 26, 2023 - 11:57am
Surely all UK theses are listed at the British Library EThoS service? That is where I check a UK PhD. I presume that this is Professor Bishop's: Comprehension of grammar: normal and abnormal development Bishop, Dorothy V. M.
#2 Submitted by dorothy... on November 10, 2023 - 3:30pm
(In response to previous comment: Yes, that's mine!) Here's another case that has just surfaced https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/education-guru-resigns-as-school-governor-after-lying-about-296673/

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