英语新闻丨作家蒋方舟因学术不端被撤销硕士学位

Renmin University of China announced on Monday that it has revoked the master's degree of well-known Chinese writer Jiang Fangzhou — a 2019 graduate from the university's School of Liberal Arts — following an investigation into newly emerged evidence of alleged academic misconduct in her graduation thesis.
周一中国人民大学发布通报，经核查作家蒋方舟硕士毕业论文新增学术不端相关证据，学校决定撤销其硕士学位。蒋方舟 2019 年毕业于人大文学院。

After receiving new clues online, the university immediately formed an investigative panel consisting of several renowned experts from both within and outside the institution. The panel conducted a thorough review through literature tracing, comparative analysis, formal inquiries, and hearings of the respondent's statements.
学校在网络上收到相关新线索后，第一时间组建由校内外多名权威专家组成的专项调查组。调查组通过文献溯源、文本比对、问询谈话、听取当事人陈述等方式开展全面核查。

The investigation found that Jiang's master's thesis contained nine instances of textual overlap with an overseas journal article, without proper citation or reference listing.
核查认定，蒋方舟硕士毕业论文有九处文字内容与境外期刊论文重合，且未按规范标注引用、列入参考文献。

The university decided to revoke her master's degree in accordance to relevant laws and regulations.
学校依据相关法律法规作出撤销其硕士学位的处理决定。

This latest decision comes just over a week after an earlier university statement on July 5, which had found "academic irregularities" in Jiang's thesis, but stopped short of concluding that the case constituted serious misconduct warranting degree revocation. The earlier probe, triggered by a complaint from Tsinghua University philosophy professor Xiao Ying, had identified multiple citation errors.
此次处理决定距离该校 7 月 5 日首次通报仅过去一周有余。此前校方认定蒋方舟论文存在学术不规范问题，但未判定为足以撤销学位的严重学术不端行为。此前的调查由清华大学哲学系肖鹰教授实名举报发起，当时核查出多处引用不规范问题。

The university said it will take this case as a lesson to further strengthen academic integrity, improve thesis quality management, reinforce education on academic ethics, and firmly uphold the seriousness and authority of academic norms.
校方表示，将以此案为警示，持续强化学风建设，完善毕业论文全过程质量管理，深化学术道德教育，坚决维护学术规范的严肃性与权威性。

In a post issued by Jiang on Sina Weibo on Monday, she said she accepted the university's handling of the case.
蒋方舟周一在新浪微博发文称，完全接受学校的处理结果。

She apologized to her readers who are disturbed and disappointed by the incident and to her supervisor who has received punishment because of the incident.
她向因此事感到失望、困扰的读者致歉，也向受此事牵连受到处分的导师表达歉意。

In the July 5 statement, the university said it has suspended Jiang's supervisor from graduate admissions for one year and summoned the leadership of the School of Liberal Arts and ordered the school to undertake corrective measures.
7 月 5 日校方初次通报中提到，已暂停其导师一年硕士研究生招生资格，并约谈文学院领导，责令学院全面整改。

revoke /rɪˈvəʊk/v. 撤销，收回
misconduct /ˌmɪsˈkɒndʌkt/n. 不当行为，不端行为
citation /saɪˈteɪʃn/n. 引用，引文标注
integrity /ɪnˈteɡrəti/n. 诚信，正直