Spanish university head accused of copy-paste plagiarism
The
chancellor of a Spanish university where students were told their work would be
monitored for plagiarism has himself been accused of plagiarising.
Fernando Suarez, who heads the King Juan
Carlos University in Madrid, is accused of repeatedly copying other people's
work without giving credit.
On Thursday, he was removed from his
chairmanship on a national education commission.
Mr Suarez has said he is the victim of
defamation and harassment.
The permanent commission of the conference of
Spanish university chancellors said on Thursday that Mr Suarez was leaving due
to "information published about presumed plagiarism".
He has been accused of copying other
historians' work and that of his students, over a period of up to 10 years.
'Indignant'
One article published under his name was said
to consist of 70% copied-and-pasted words from another person's book.
The French historian Bernard Vincent told the
AFP news agency Mr Suarez had borrowed paragraphs from his work, describing it
as "scandalous".
He said: "I'm absolutely
indignant."
Last month, the university Mr Suarez heads
had informed students that the campus had installed a system called Unplag to
monitor submitted assignments for plagiarism.
An email sent to 40,000 students stated that
the new programme would help uphold standards of integrity, academic honesty
and independent thinking.
Students have set up at least nine separate
petitions calling for Mr Suarez to resign from the top job at the university.
Together they have collected tens of thousands of signatures.
One pointed out: "Plagiarism is grounds
for any student to be suspended immediately."
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