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Bron:  The Local Europe
Datum: 11 oktober 2015
URL:   
https://www.thelocal.de/20151011/german-defense-minister-defends-claims-on-cv


German defence minister defends claims on CV
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German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen has defended claims on her 
CV of stints at Stanford University, after a report that the prestigious 
US institution called them into question.

Von der Leyen, who is caught in a storm over allegations she plagiarized 
parts of her doctoral thesis, issued a statement after the Welt am 
Sonntag newspaper quoted a Stanford spokeswoman saying she might have 
misused the university's name.

The defence minister states on her CV published online that she was an 
'auditing guest at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business' in 
1993.

Her CV also specifies a residence in 1995 at Stanford Health Services 
Hospital Administration.

Quoting a spokeswoman, the newspaper said however that von der Leyen was 
never registered in any university program officially that could be 
proven with some form of certificate.

'Those who include the university in their CV without such certificates 
would be misusing the name of Stanford,' reported the newspaper, quoting 
the spokeswoman.

Von der Leyen however refuted the report, saying 'the information in my 
official CV is correct.'

As proof of her stint at Stanford Health Services Hospital 
Administration, she included a copy of a letter signed by an assistant 
hospital director. As for the other claim, she said she qualified as an 
auditing guest 'according to the definition on Wikipedia.'

Meanwhile, the Hanover medical school where von der Leyen had obtained 
her doctorate in the 1990s was examining the allegations of plagiarism 
reported by Der Spiegel weekly in late September.

The magazine claims that more than 40% of her dissertation contained 
plagiarised text - an assertion the minister has firmly denied.

A lot of value and prestige is placed on academic titles in Germany, and 
3 senior German politicians have stepped down from their jobs since 2011 
after being caught in plagiarism scandals.

Then education minister Annette Schavan quit in 2013 to fight charges 
from her former university that she plagiarized her thesis over 3 
decades ago.

In 2011 then defence minister and rising political star Karl-Theodor zu 
Guttenberg resigned after his doctorate was rescinded for plagiarism, 
earning the aristocrat the nickname 'Baron Cut-and-Paste.'

Later in 2011, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, a German member of the European 
parliament, was stripped of her doctorate after an enquiry found that 
'substantial parts' of her 2000 doctoral thesis were copied from others.

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Bron:  The Local Europe
Datum: 10 maart 2016
URL:   
https://www.thelocal.de/20160310/med-school-top-minister-plagiarized-her-thesis
Ref:   
https://www.nature.com/news/german-minister-accused-of-plagiarism-in-medical-dissertation-1.18451
Ref:   https://vroniplag.wikia.org/de/wiki/Ugv/Befunde


Med school: top minister plagiarized her thesis
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Hanover Medical School on Wednesday said Defence Minister Ursula von der 
Leyen plagiarized parts of her thesis, but allowed her to keep her 
doctorate because there was no 'deliberate deception'.

Von der Leyen had been caught in a political storm over media reports 
that she plagiarized portions of her doctoral thesis, a charge that had 
previously brought down other high-level German politicians.

In a bid to clear her name, she had asked the Hanover Medical School, 
where she obtained her doctorate in the 1990s, to reevaluate the paper.

After months of examination, however, the medical school's president 
Christopher Baum said Wednesday: 'The Senate decided... with a majority 
of seven to one votes to not strip the (doctorate) title.'

Although von der Leyen was found to have plagiarized some portions, the 
committee found this to be an 'error but not misconduct'.

'It's an error in the form of plagiarism in which paragraphs of text 
were used without correct identification of the authors,' said Baum, 
adding however that 'the pattern of plagiarism does not point to 
deliberate deception.'

The school's president also added these errors did not compromise the 
'scientific value' of the thesis.

Von der Leyen welcomed the result saying: 'I am glad that the university 
has concluded after a thorough examination that my experiments for 
medical research were relevant and fulfilled the requirements of 
scientific work.'

However, she also acknowledged that 'parts of my former work do not meet 
the standards I set for myself'.

Von der Leyen was also in the hot seat last year over accusations that 
she exaggerated her CV.

Three senior German politicians have stepped down from their jobs since 
2011 after being caught in plagiarism scandals.

They included Karl-Theodor von Guttenberg, who was defence minister and 
a rising political star in 2011 but who was forced to resign after his 
doctorate was rescinded for plagiarism, earning the aristocrat the 
nickname 'Baron Cut-and-Paste'.

A lot of value and prestige is placed on academic titles in Germany, 
with the label of doctor being systematically included when identifying 
oneself.

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