Applying the dynamic Monte Carlo renormalisation group to the Glauber kinetic Ising model, the dynamical critical exponent z is found by simulation of up to 8192 2 and 512 3 spins on the vector computer CDC Cyber 205, using the new 'Method of 2 d colours' for the Monte Carlo part (update speed 22 megaspins/s). The two-dimensional result z=2.14-or+0.02 disagrees with Domany's hypothesis (1984). For three dimensions, a systematic trend in z with increasing blocksize leads to an extrapolated value z=1.965-or+0.010, which is consistent with a theoretically expected value 2.02.
We solve the long-standing discrepancy between Monte Carlo results and the renormalization prediction for the Binder cumulant of the five-dimensional Ising model. Our conclusions are based on accurate Monte Carlo data for systems with linear sizes up to L=22. A detailed analysis of the corrections to scaling allows the extrapolation of these results to L=\infinity. Our determination of the critical point, K_c=0.1139150 (4), is more than an order of magnitude more accurate than previous estimates.