Theatre academic in legal challenge over disputed PhD thesis
Legal bills for claim could reach £120,000, says theatre director
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Legal bills for claim could reach £120,000, says theatre director
After yet another minister falls to a plagiarism scandal, observers lament that a long German tradition of doctorates has descended into academic ‘credentialism’
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