Ms Kovalenko, who is also has an international career in motorcycle road racing, is the second SDE member in as many days to be accused of plagiarism; on Wednesday, sitting MP Rainer Vakra was accused of plagiarism in his bachelor's thesis by investigative weekly Eesti Ekspress.Daily Eesti Päevaleht (EPL) has now headed its own investigation into Ms Kovalenko's own thesis, or rather theses, in respect of master's degrees she has from the University of Tartu, the first on money laundering, from 2015, and the second on the rights of small shareholders, from two years later.Three sourcesData analyst Priit Pärnapuu carried out an examination of Ms Kovalenko's work, and found three examples, in the money laundering thesis.The first of these, EPL says, is over ten consecutive pages from "Rethinking Money Laundering & Financing of Terrorism in International Law" by University of Oxford researcher Roberto Durrieu, reproduced without acknowledgment. The text is verbatim identical … [Read more...] about SDE candidate Anastassia Kovalenko latest plagiarism suspect
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UN council to push for free elections in Guinea-Bissau visit
UN Security Council ambassadors will travel to Guinea-Bissau this month to press for peaceful elections that could pave the way to a lifting of international sanctions, the council president said Friday. The West African country has been under UN sanctions since 2012 when military officers staged a coup just two weeks before elections, the latest in a string of army takeovers in the former Portuguese colony. The council's visit comes as the country prepares to hold long-delayed legislative elections on March 10 to be followed by a presidential vote expected in the following months. Equatorial Guinea Ambassador Anatolio Ndong Mba, who holds the council presidency in February, said the visit is to "encourage the political leadership in Guinea-Bissau to ensure peaceful, transparent and inclusive elections." "That will hopefully draw a line under the chronic instability of institutions in Guinea-Bissau," Mba told a news conference. Successful elections could lead to a lifting of sanctions … [Read more...] about UN council to push for free elections in Guinea-Bissau visit
Adopted Londoners tell how Brexit has already changed their lives
If every European Union national walked out of London overnight, the city would be decimated by dawn. They make up more than a 10th of the city’s population, according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, although the number may have dropped since the referendum. The common waking nightmare is that they won’t have a choice about leaving. The drawn out issue of “settled status” — the right of EU citizens to remain in the UK — should have begun to be resolved last Monday. The Home Office launched an app to offer some certainty to EU citizens about their post-Brexit future in the United Kingdom. But it was botched — the app only worked on Android phones, precluding those with iPhones or older models from using it. This follows more bungles. Until a recent government U-turn, applicants were going to have to pay £65 a head to apply for settled status. It’s all added up to three years of stress, distress and … [Read more...] about Adopted Londoners tell how Brexit has already changed their lives
Ranked: the 50 most powerful people in Plymouth
It turns out 1990s German popsters Snap! were wrong when they proclaimed “I got the power.” But who does have it? Plymouth Live has had a long hard think and come up with a list of 50 city figures that we think wield the most power. The list includes politicians, business bosses – and, in this social media driven age, influencers. Power has, after all, been defined as the ability to direct or influence others. So that is why you will find Instagram and Facebook powerbrokers on the list. But, of course, real might, whether political or economic, still remains in the hands of the traditional political institutions and big businesses, and their leaders, those crown wearers whose heads lie uneasy, dominate here. We have counted them down from 50 to 1, purely on the heft we think each possesses. But what do you think? Let us know if there is someone we have missed, or someone who should be higher up the list. But though power may sometimes stem, as Mao famously put it, … [Read more...] about Ranked: the 50 most powerful people in Plymouth
FT Global MBA ranking 2019
It pays to be on top in the business education market. Despite a torrid year for US schools, in which even the elite institutions suffered declines in applications, the same names make up the top 10 of the FT’s 2019 Global MBA ranking as last year.There have been notable shifts in their positions within the top 10, however. Shanghai-based Ceibs (China Europe International Business School) rises to fifth, up from eighth in 2018, making it the highest placed Chinese school to date.Harvard Business School rose to second place after dropping to fifth last year but could not unseat Stanford Graduate School of Business from the top spot, an accolade the California-based school gained for only the second time in the ranking’s history last year.More significant changes in position occur further down the ranking. It is these movements that seem to reflect some of the key changes in business education occurring around the globe.Find out which business schools are in the top 100 in … [Read more...] about FT Global MBA ranking 2019