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Health Minister Ingvild Kjerkol stepped down after university reviewed her thesis.

Norway’s health minister resigned Friday, the second Norwegian government member to step down this year amid allegations they plagiarized academic works. Ingvild Kjerkol resigned a day after a probe by Nord University in Bodoe in northern Norway, where Kjerkol, handed in her master thesis in 2021, concluded that “there is a not insignificant amount of plagiarism in her master’s thesis."

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An academic probe says that Norway’s Health Minister Ingvild Kjerkol plagiarized parts of her masters’ degree thesis three years ago. It's the second such case this year in the Norwegian government and the latest allegation of unethical behavior to rock the center-left government. The investigation by Nord University in Bodoe, northern Norway, found Kjerkol’s 2021 thesis contained “far more serious errors than sloppiness,” Norwegian broadcaster NRK reported. Th...

A government minister who took students to court for 'plagiarising' their own work has resigned after it emerged she plagiarised parts of her master's thesis. Sandra Borch, Norway’s minister for research and higher education, left government immediately following the revelations.

Norwegian ministers Sandra Borch and Ingvild Kjerkol face plagiarism accusations, sparking resignations and investigations, raising concerns over academic integrity. Continue reading for more details.

A Norwegian research and higher education minister resigned last week after being engulfed in a plagiarism scandal over her thesis from a decade ago, according to reports.

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Before the scandal came to light, Sandra Borch sought to punish students for copying others’ work.