Talk:David Latchman

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Hi, I'm a total newbie here, so please forgive any errors in formatting or conduct. I've tried my best to follow the information I could find... On to my discussion point: Would it be possible to get the following information updated? In early 2017 it was announced he was facing investigation for research misconduct.[10] In 2018, the Daily Telegraph reported that the enquiry launched in 2017 had found two scientists at the Institute guilty of misconduct by manipulating images in seven published research papers in which Latchman was also listed as an author.[11] On 1 July 2019 it was reported by the Guardian and Buzzfeed news that a research misconduct claim against Latchman had been upheld[12][13] and that he had been "reckless" in his running of the lab and co-authoring on the research. In February 2020 Professor John Hardy, a fellow of the Royal Society had said that "He [Latchman] should be fired from UCL and Birkbeck", and that Professor Gudrun Moore, a geneticist at UCL, said "I was surprised that he [Latchman] did not resign".[14] To date 6 papers have been retracted and 2 papers have been corrected.[15]

It's currently out of date and incomplete, because the professor was fully acquitted formally.

Suggested change to the information below, with new addition in italics.

In early 2017 it was announced he was facing investigation for research misconduct.[10] In 2018, the Daily Telegraph reported that the enquiry launched in 2017 had found two scientists at the Institute guilty of misconduct by manipulating images in seven published research papers in which Latchman was also listed as an author[11]. On 1 July 2019 it was reported by the Guardian and Buzzfeed news that a research misconduct claim against Latchman had been upheld[12][13] and that he had been "reckless" in his running of the lab and co-authoring on the research. In February 2020 Professor John Hardy, a fellow of the Royal Society had said that "He [Latchman] should be fired from UCL and Birkbeck", and that Professor Gudrun Moore, a geneticist at UCL, said "I was surprised that he [Latchman] did not resign".[14] ''The outcome of a final UCL hearing came to a close after two investigations into the publications from the research group at UCL, finding that Professor Latchman’s management of his UCL research programme was not at fault and that he “had no knowledge of, or involvement in, the image manipulation identified”. On 9th February, Birkbeck University as an independent institution within the University of London, showed their support publicly by announcing in a letter to the Guardian and on the official university website, that following the hearing and investigations, it found Professor to be “a successful master of Birkbeck” with whom they “have full confidence in his integrity and competence”.'' To date 6 papers have been retracted and 2 papers have been corrected.

Citation link here: https://www.bbk.ac.uk/news/professor-david-latchman-fully-exonerated-says-letter-authored-by-birkbecks-chair-of-governors-and-president-1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ilay at Birkbeck (talk • contribs) 12:36, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Ilay at Birkbeck (talk) 11:29, 11 May 2022 (UTC)


 * A further suggested edit for this page:
 * David Latchman's title is actually now 'Vice-Chancellor' at Birkbeck, rather than Master.
 * Source here: https://www.bbk.ac.uk/about-us/governance/vice-chancellor/
 * Ilay at Birkbeck (talk) 11:32, 11 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Ilay at Birkbeck, citations need to come from a reliable source that is independent of the subject. Not from Birkbeck or UCL. Evuantum (talk) 03:12, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
 * To add to this, this source doesn't say anything that isn't in the article, the 2018 hearing and its findings that Latchman was not liable, are already discussed. Hemiauchenia (talk) 08:44, 11 July 2023 (UTC)