Plagiarism allegations against another Norwegian minister
Another Norwegian minister is accused of plagiarism in his master's thesis. According to VG, Minister of Health Ingvild Kjerkol's essay contains several paragraphs that are verbatim identical to other academic essays, without reference to the source.
In an email to VG, the minister defends himself by saying that the passages in question are not presented as his own findings or conclusions, and that it is not strange if method descriptions are similar in different essays. Law professor Tarjei Bekkedal does not buy that explanation.
- It appears to be systematic and cannot be explained away as coincidence. There are many advanced formulations with the same word order and the same spelling mistakes.
The revelation comes a day after Research and Higher Education Minister Sandra Borch hastily announced her resignation after E24 revealed she plagiarized passages in her master's thesis.
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Støre urges ministers: Check your essays
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre calls on his ministers to go through their university essays and look for possible cheating, TT writes.
- I can assume that what is written in the CV and assignment corresponds to reality. We need to be able to trust that what they say they have delivered and the ratings they have received are valid.
The call was made at a press conference the day after Sandra Borch, minister for research and higher education, hastily resigned after it was discovered that she had plagiarized passages in her master's thesis.
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Expert: Could lead to her having her degree revoked
On Friday, Sandra Borch, Norway's minister of research and higher education, resigned hastily after Norway's E24 revealed that she had plagiarized passages in her master's thesis.
Now she risks having her essay declared invalid and her master's degree revoked, and in addition a suspension from the university, says law professor Terje Einarsen to VG.
- Legal punishments are not handed out in these situations, it is the suspension itself that is the penalty. But it is probably experienced as a personal punishment.
Katherine Tveiterås, vice chancellor at the University of Tromsø where Borch graduated ten years ago, says the case should be investigated.
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