Thread: Grad Student Caught Using GhostWriter

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research, and Innovation (MHESI) has ordered all universities in the country to check on their lecturers to see if any purchased academic papers were used, following reports of ghostwriting at least two well-known universities.


The order was issued in response to a recent report about academics who renamed paid-for reports and claimed ownership, even publishing them in internationally accredited journals.


According to reports, a grad student at Chiang Mai University published an academic paper on nanomaterials that he allegedly purchased and then paid another 30,000 baht in publishing costs. He also claimed to have written essays for several other works in fields other than his own, such as farming and cryptocurrency.


The ministry stated that it would continue to assist researchers in writing papers that benefit the nation’s reputation but would focus more on scrutinizing academic journals and providing ethical oversight.


The president of Khon Kaen University, Dr. Charnchai Panthongviriyakul, responded by saying that the university has instructed its graduate school and other bodies to scrutinize student research papers and root out any suspected cases of ghostwriting or plagiarism.


According to Dr. Charnchai, an investigation is currently underway focusing on researchers and students who authored numerous works or reports in fields outside their areas of expertise.


He added that experts in relevant fields would also review research papers before publication.


According to Dr. Charnchai, some researchers may exploit a flaw in the university’s inspection mechanism that excludes certain types of journals. While these constitute less than 1% of all university research, suspect content can still harm a school’s reputation and credibility.


“This is a serious situation. Ethical violations by researchers are considered serious offenses and are punishable, “He stated.


Somchai Preechasinlapakun, a Chiang Mai University’s Faculty of Law lecturer, believes the country should reconsider how grad students are evaluated to weed out bad apples.


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Gosh, Thai academics caught cheating, whoudda thunk it.

As usual, this is now a very common occurrence around the world.

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You really are a massive bore.

Don’t be silly Cyril, you’re losing perspective. Cheating is the human condition, but here in the LoS it’s systemic as you full well know.

And how many Thai graduates of Thai institutions are accepted for study in UK institutions without first having to take a foundation year qualifying them for their proposed course. In the days of NARIC I seem to recall that only two Thai universities were given comparability status out of 300 odd further education centres.

Dont be an arse, Cyril, this ain’t the fucking Lonely Planet huggathon for Thai forum.

Rewriting Masters Thesis's can be quite profitable. Just cleaning up the English can get you about 30K, but if they just hand you some random note, the sky's the limit!

I did a few on the side, but a friend had a regular racket going. He knew a few Thai professors who would refer rich, but clueless students to him.

Whatever happened to the old-fashioned trick of just buying your qualifications?

The article hopelessly mangles two separate issues - one relatively "meh", the other a bit more serious.

The trivial one is a grad student caught using Ghostwriter.

The more problematic one (which is poorly explained) is university faculty buying authorship positions on research papers, and then getting reimbursed/rewarded by the University for the publication. This is severe academic misconduct.

There are two cases currently ongoing, one in Chiang Mai University and a second in Chulabhorn Medical Academy. More people are expected to be outted in the future.

Small fry, get an Oz jail qualification for importing smack and the sky's the limit