No plagiarism: Ex-Labor Minister Aschbacher is allowed to keep a master’s degree

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According to FH Wiener Neustadt, the Austrian Agency for Scientific Integrity in February 2021 “requested expert support”. the commissioned the Commission for Scientific Integrity set up at the OeAWI, it goes on to say, “International expert reviewers who were selected exclusively by the OeAWI commission itself.” It is not clear from the broadcast who the expert reviewers are about.

“Defects in the standards, but no deliberate intent to deceive”

The detailed examination of the thesis did “Taking into account all the framework conditions at the time, deficiencies in compliance with the standards of good scientific practice were found”, is it[called“A conscious and targeted intention to deceive, however, has not been proven. The revocation of the academic degree is therefore not justifiable.”

No revocation of the academic degree

With the result now available, the case for the OeAWI “closed“. Ex-Minister Christine Aschbacher herself was informed about the result. “In appreciation of the opinion of the OeAWI and all available documents, the board of directors at the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt refrains from revoking the academic degree. The review process has been discontinued today.”

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