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Plagiarised reports? Dodgy
PhDs? Not here, boss …
The Head Honchos at HCT have been sitting on this veritable Pandora’s Box of academic malpractice for many months now, fearing that the fireworks might explode into the public domain and effectively finish off HCT’s already extremely tarnished reputation.
Well, here we go…
Last Spring, word reached the very peak of the HCT directorate that two of its academic directors had been accused of almost entirely plagiarizing several research papers published in an Iranian academic journal. Although they were initially assured that the theft represented isolated incidents (as if that makes it less reprehensible), a research fellow from one of the main universities in Teheran later contacted HCT to drop some very bad news: it was just the tip of the iceberg.
In fact, it has recently been discovered that, over the past year, half a
dozen other Iranian researchers have reported their papers being extensively plagiarized
and republished under Emirati names in peer-reviewed journals published in academic
journals in
According to the latest informed rumors, all but one of the shameful plagiarists have confessed to their wrongdoing, admitted their plagiarism, and then gone on to retract their papers. However, clear evidence of the above is hard for an 'outsider' to find, as all names and titles have been diluted to the point of transparency. And not one of the thieves has been made to surrender their post.
Another case involving a Middle Eastern university reveals that an article
submitted by a prominent HCT director included sentences apparently lifted verbatim
from a master’s dissertation submitted by a Turkish student. The same piece of
research included some original material written in poor English, whereas other
parts featured passages written very eloquently, almost as if they were written
by a third party. The phenomenon of paying somebody else to write your academic
papers is, of course, not unique to the HCT, being rife throughout the
However, I have saved the best (possibly) for last. So, please tell me - just who is the VIP HCT employee who cribbed the main part of his Doctorate from a Pakistani research fellow’s work, added a few of his own observations, and then submitted it to another university as entirely his own work? Just who is this ruthless and disreputable specimen of humanity, who betrayed a former colleague? Do we have a name to match to this heinous academic crime? I believe that the whole of HCT Central Services know who this person is, but their fearful silence speaks volumes.
Or can somebody else fill in the missing parts of the jigsaw in the Comments Section below?