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A turning point for universities?
Finally, something seems to be changing at Greeces universities as esteemed and capable academics, who respect the institutions they serve and the students under their wings, have thrown their hats into the election race for the top administrative positions in the tertiary education sector.
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Big week ahead for tertiary education
The coming week will be crucial for the countrys universities as a number of key issues are expected to be settled ahead of elections for rectors in July.
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Erdoğan’s attack on private universities
A bitter fact about Turkey has become painfully obvious in the past couple of years, especially the past couple of months: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan wants to control and transform almost every aspect of the state and society.
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Serbian Universities to Probe Stefanovic Thesis
The Senate of Belgrade University is to ask the Conference of Universities of Serbia, comprised of both state and private universities, to form a commission to review claims that the Interior Minister plagiarised his PhD thesis.
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The youngest Doctor of Science to leave Serbia
State’s message to Aleksandar Novakovic: See for yourself The youngest Doctor of Science to leave Serbia
If I get no offer, I shall have to leave. In my job changes happen every day. One has to learn and create every day. That is the future of the science.
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Ensure transparency of media funding sources
BELGRADE - Transparency Serbia Executive Director Nemanja Nenadic stated on Wednesday that transparency of media funding sources should be ensured regardless of the ownership structure so that readers and viewers would know about the potential influences on the editorial policy.
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Faculties demand commission to examine Stefanovic's thesis
BELGRADE - Ten Faculties of the state-owned University of Belgrade (UB), gathered in the Academic Council of Social and Humanistic Sciences, will request setting up of a commission to examine the doctoral thesis of Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic, Council member and Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy Prof. Milos Arsenijevic told Tanjug on Tuesday.
Verbic: Jovanovic actually confirms ministry's statements
BELGRADE - Education Minister Srdjan Verbic has said on Monday that the new public presentation of former Megatrend rector Mica Jovanovic's PhD from another university just confirms the ministry's previous statements.
Ex-rector "confirmed" ministry's claims - minister
Ex-rector "confirmed" ministry's claims - minister
BELGRADE -- Former Megatrend rector Mića Jovanović's public presentation of his "PhD from another university" only confirms the Education Ministry's previous statements.
This is according to Education Minister Srđan Verbić, who spoke on Monday.
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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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