One would-be Romanian president is a plagiarist. But will voters care? Victor Ponta quit as prime minister amid scandals including a renounced doctorate. Should he be allowed to run for president, asks Ararat Osipian Ararat Osipian 2月 28日
University autonomy is the key to tackling academic corruption University leaders are likely to be more concerned about the reputational risks of misconduct than state bureaucracies are, says Ararat Osipian Ararat Osipian 4月 22日
Will Ukrainian internationalisation be another victim of the war? The disruption and destruction, on top of concerns about quality, could turn off the international student tap, says Ararat Osipian Ararat Osipian 2月 27日
Why are Russian universities pushing African students to fight in Ukraine? While students are exempt from Russia’s mobilisation, African students’ financial precarity leaves them open to pressure, says Ararat Osipian Ararat Osipian 12月 12日
The war must prompt Ukrainian academia to clean up its act The latest bribery scandal is a reminder that even as the country fights for its survival, bad habits persist, says Ararat Osipian Ararat Osipian 9月 12日
Mass-sanctioning Russia will not solve Ukrainian academia’s problems Barring collaboration with 236 Russian universities raises more questions than it answers, says Ararat Osipian Ararat Osipian 6月 17日
Is the World Bank’s intervention in Ukrainian HE too little, too late? The attempt to improve the country’s universities was stuttering even before the war broke out, says Ararat Osipian Ararat Osipian 3月 9日
Sexual harassment in Ukrainian universities must be tackled Free of Communist-era secretiveness, the new president might be willing to tackle abuses of power on campus, says Ararat Osipian Ararat Osipian 9月 16日
Should plagiarism be a bar to presidency? Joe Biden’s first presidential run was derailed by a scandal over a college law paper. Should he be allowed a second chance, asks Ararat Osipian Ararat Osipian 1月 31日
Euromaidan is unlikely to prompt any marriage of teaching and research in Ukraine The former Soviet state’s National Academy of Sciences is too focused on its own survival to improve its research performance, says Ararat Osipian Ararat Osipian 2月 8日
Russian students will not be manning the anti-Putin barricades Presidential elections are looming, but government pressure on universities should ensure that students pose no threat to the ruling regime, says Ararat Osipian Ararat Osipian 1月 18日
