Megatrend University
Jovanovic denies accusations, shows PhD thesis
BELGRADE - Mica Jovanovic, former rector of private Megatrend University, has publicly presented his doctoral thesis defended in late '80s before the British Council for National Academic Awards.
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RTS: Mica Jovanovic resigns
BELGRADE - The rector and owner of Belgrade's Megatrend University Mica Jovanovic said for state-run Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) on Friday that he was resigning from all his posts and that he was currently staying in London.
RTS said on its website Jovanovic was in the British capital seeking his “lost” doctorate.
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Serbian Academics Urged to Unite Over Thesis Row
Professor Srbijanka Turajlic said the only way to resolve the row over whether the Interior Minister plagiarised his university dissertation was for the academic to "wake up and press the authorities" about it, she told BIRN.
Instead, the academic community seems intent on pushing the issue of Nebojsa Stefanovic's PhD thesis under the carpet, the retired professor added.
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PM "not surprised" by rector's fake credentials
PM "not surprised" by rector's fake credentials
BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić on Friday reacted to revelations that Megatred University Rector Mića Jovanović falsely claimed to have earned a doctoral title.
The daily Blic is reporting that Vučić said he was "not surprised" by the findings of the Ministry of Education.
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Minister says Jovanovic must give explanation or resign
BELGRADE - The rector of the private Megatrend university Mica Jovanovic has received a doctor's degree from the Faculty of Organisational Sciences in Kranj, Slovenia, but holds no doctor's degree from the University of London, Serbian Minister of Education Srdjan Verbic has said, calling on Jovanovic to respond to these claims or resign.
Owner and Rector of Megatrend lies to have got PhD title in London
Owner and Rector of Megatrend lies to have got PhD title in London
Mica Jovanovic, the owner and Rector of the Megatrend lied to have got the PhD title in London. Serbian Minister of Education Srdjan Verbic announced this at yesterday’s urgently held conference.
Megatrend rector urged to "respond, or step down"
Megatrend rector urged to "respond, or step down"
BELGRADE -- The London School of Economics has no record of a doctoral thesis authored by the rector of the private Belgrade-based Megatrend University, Mića Jovanović.
This was announced on Thursday by Serbian Education Minister Srđan Verbić.
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Inspection procedure for controversial PhD thesis launched
BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Culture, Science and Technologic Development has implemented steps in order to establish the facts in connection to the disturbing allegations in the public which call into question the credibility of PhD title of Megatrend University Rector Mica Jovanovic, the Ministry released on Thursday.
Minister "won't comment again" on plagiarism claims
Minister "won't comment again" on plagiarism claims
BELGRADE -- Interior Minister Nebojša Stefanović has denied that he plagiarized his doctoral thesis, adding that "this was the first and last time" he spoke on the subject.
Stefanović also told the Nedeljnik magazine that the accusations were "false, and politically motivated."
Scientists want independent commission for doctorates
BELGRADE - University professors, assistant professors, researchers, holders of doctoral degrees and doctoral students have launched a petition requesting that the Serbian minister of education immediately form an independent academic commission that would analyse the doctoral thesis of Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic, Wednesday's issue of Politika reports.