Programme of activities/ Academic integrity and plagiarism/ -- Academic integrity and plagiarism [icon-twitter-rounded.png] [icon-facebook-rounded.png] -- -- Protecting, developing and enhancing academic integrity in general is the second theme for action, with a particular focus to the issue of plagiarism. Higher education has indeed its own particularities and potential -- -- Another activity under this priority line would be the organisation of a specific seminar on plagiarism, which could be held in 2016. One possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes -- possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes towards plagiarism coexist in Europe and that approaches differ from one Member State to another. -- -- 2. Drafting of guidelines together with measurement indexes; 3. Promotion of capacity building in higher education institutions to evaluate plagiarism. -- -- + Programme of activities o Ethical behaviour of all actors in education o Academic integrity and plagiarism o Recognition of qualifications o Other activities #RSS 2.0 Thomas Lancaster » Feed Thomas Lancaster » Comments Feed Thomas Lancaster » Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 Comments Feed Contract Cheating – A Decade (Plus One) Of Contract Cheating Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 1 – Academic Integrity and Contract -- -- ____________________ Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 -- -- use a third party to have work completed for them. Sessions at the 2017 international conference on Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond ended up heavily focused on contract cheating. Having been part of contact cheating research since the term first formed part -- -- I’ve already shared my conference presentation on contract cheating in examinations and provided general collected thoughts about Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. -- -- 05 Emerging Issues In Contract Cheating Wider challenges surrounding educational integrity also influence how contract cheating practice could develop. These include traditional areas of student plagiarism, the use of translation and essay spinning software, as well as the risks posed by students using smart drugs. -- -- these posts are compiled, runs to nearly 8,000 words, so that just shows how much value there was in the presentations and discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. ← Next post Previous post → -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Please browse around the blog and the links, and feel free to leave your thoughts. -- -- Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: brno, conference, contract cheating, essay mills, plagiarism across europe and beyond, research Read 127 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:14 am […] This is Part 1 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 2 – Inside The Contract Cheating Industry | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:30 am […] This is Part 2 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 3 – Contract Cheating by Academics | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:31 am […] This is Part 3 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 4 – Detecting Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:43 am […] This is Part 4 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 5 – Emerging Issues in Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:54 am […] This is Part 5 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 6 – Which Students Are Contract Cheating And What Does This Mean For -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:18 pm […] This is Part 6 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 7 – Understanding Contract Cheating From The Student Viewpoint | Thomas -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:28 pm […] This is Part 7 (the final part) of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 | ContractCheating.com says: October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm -- -- October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm […] This blog post provides lots of details about contract cheating from discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. […] Leave a Reply Cancel reply -- -- Recent Posts * Student Plagiarism And How To Stop An International Problem – With A Focus On Kosovo -- A Focus On Kosovo * Emerging Issues In Plagiarism Prevention And Detection – My View From 2004 * Beyond Contract Cheating – Towards Academic Integrity -- -- Recommendations To Address Essay Mill Use – Video * Cutting The Costs Of Open Access Research * Plagiarism and Assessment * Examining The State of Academic Integrity in Europe – Recommendations From SEEPPAI this work is produced, it is a concern. Since contract cheating produces original work, this is unlikely to be picked up using standard text matching plagiarism detection services such as Turnitin. Some of the more interesting findings across our research have related -- -- Beyond this, there are parallels with the research into the anti-plagiarism fields, in particular looking at the policies, processes and penalties surrounding contract cheating, and how to write assignments to prevent contract cheating. The research I’ve been -- -- Feel free to contact me regarding contract cheating. I often deliver keynote talks, research seminars and training related to plagiarism and contract cheating. I’m happy to discuss the issues further, to assist with staff development and to support requests from the media. -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Much more information about what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. -- -- what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: contract cheating, plagiarism, robert clarke, thomas lancaster Read 8 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- March 28, 2017 at 7:03 am Dear professor My research subject is plagiarism. Since you coined the term contract cheating in 2006, would you mind clarifying how a “contarct cheater” is different from a “ghost writer”? #Plagiarism.org RSS Feed IFRAME: https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NST4MH8 -- -- (BUTTON) Toggle navigation [p-dot-org-logo-1512156951.png] * Understanding Plagiarism * Preventing Plagiarism * Teaching about Plagiarism * Plagiarism Checking * Plagiarism Research * Plagiarism Policy ____________________ -- -- ____________________ European Responses to Student Plagiarism in Higher Education Irene Glendinning -- -- A significant amount of research has been undertaken in response to the recent flood of student plagiarism now being detected in higher education institutions (HEI). Based on deeper understanding of the underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for -- -- underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for strategies and systems for detection, penalties and mitigation of student plagiarism. So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from -- -- So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from English speaking countries, particularly the UK, North America and Australia. Their work has included research into plagiarism from students from other countries, including Sweden, Germany, Lithuania, Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of -- -- Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of countries in Europe is not well understood and there has not yet been a comparative study of plagiarism in HEIs across Europe. -- The IPPHEAE project (Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), -- Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), aims to plug the identified gap by focusing on plagiarism in European HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and -- -- HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and deterring plagiarism. Surveys are being conducted in HEIs at three levels: students, teaching staff and senior managers, to determine how well any procedures are understood, to what extent they are operating -- -- Where possible representatives from national quality agencies are being interviewed in order to gain overarching national perspectives on issues such as national policies and how plagiarism impacts on quality and standards. This dimension also provides a means of highlighting the importance of the research to people who can influence educational -- -- IPPHEAE project including an overview of in-depth institutional studies and interventions for reducing the number of incidences of student plagiarism. -- This paper was submitted to the International Integrity & Plagiarism Conference which ran between 2004-2014. The paper was peer reviewed by an independent editorial board and features in the conference (GO) GO UK leads Europe in the fight against plagiarism Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study -- -- integrity among students, a study has found. The analysis looked at factors such as universities’ use of plagiarism software, consistency of sanctions, transparency, training, efficacy of prevention policies and efforts to address the issue at a national -- -- countries, in most aspects,” said Irene Glendinning, academic manager for student experience at Coventry University and principal investigator on the Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe project. -- -- Ms Glendinning said that unlike in the UK, where efforts to prevent and detect plagiarism have been growing since 2001, in Spain students reported that tools to detect plagiarism were rarely used, and only one-third said there were policies for dealing with the problem. -- -- Ms Glendinning also acknowledged that the survey looked at policies and their implementation rather than the prevalence of plagiarism because, she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that -- she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of plagiarism around … but there are no statistics anywhere,” she said. Consistent recording would mean “we can have a handle on whether what we’re doing is actually having an effect”. -- -- and Cyprus. Among suggestions for the UK will be that the Quality Assurance Agency should, as part of existing audits, require institutions to explain their plagiarism policies and demonstrate their effectiveness and consistency. (GO) GO Plagiarism software can be beaten by simple tech tricks IT scholar says PDF tweaks allow students' copied work to evade -- -- Technological loopholes allow savvy students to beat academic plagiarism software, an IT expert has warned. -- -- James Heather, senior lecturer in computing at the University of Surrey, has revealed that plagiarism detection systems such as Turnitin that are routinely used by universities are open to simple cheats allowing students to evade detection when submitting copied material. -- -- But in a new paper, "Turnitoff: identifying and fixing a hole in current plagiarism detection software", Dr Heather reveals that beating the system is simple. -- -- "In their current incarnation, one can easily create a document that passes the plagiarism check regardless of how much copied material it contains. When there are loopholes that can be exploited, they give the operator a false assurance that a submission is original." -- -- The study, which appears in the journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, demonstrates ways in which students can modify plagiarised work to avoid detection. "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the -- -- "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the document, without affecting how the document looks and prints, then the software will not be able to identify any plagiarised material," Dr Heather writes. -- -- Students aware of this loophole could get around the system by converting a plagiarised essay to PDF format, he says, and then altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually -- -- altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually unaltered, extracts tested by the plagiarism software would be garbled, and so matches would not be detected. -- -- themselves. "If there is no text, then the plagiarism detection cannot function," the paper notes. -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests Read more -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests August 15, 2016 Universities seem to be struggling to catch up. The big concern is that bespoke essays, written to order, without being plagiarised themselves, are difficult if not impossible to detect. -- -- are difficult if not impossible to detect. Almost all universities use anti-plagiarism software, called Turnitin, which checks a submitted essay against published sources, looking for copied phrases. But this software will not raise suspicions about an -- -- * More oral presentations, sometimes called a viva * More exams * Almost all UK universities use anti-plagiarism software such as Turnitin. But software has little success in detecting a genuine bespoke essay -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism Officer Sarah Allen, at the UEA Business School, recently investigated a post-graduate student who submitted an excellent piece of work which stood out to the marker simply because it contained one Home Viewpoint: The spectre of plagiarism haunting Europe By Debora Weber-Wulff Professor of Media and Computing, University of -- -- A spectre is haunting Europe, and this time it is the spectre of plagiarism and scientific misconduct. Some high-profile politicians have had to resign in the last 18 months - but the revelations are also shaking respected European universities. -- -- Many European countries, especially Germany, have long considered it unnecessary to give plagiarism more than a cursory look. One trusts in the self-cleansing powers of science, end of story. -- -- Last February, a reviewer of German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's doctoral dissertation discovered and documented some plagiarised passages. When the papers pounced on this, zu Guttenberg denied any wrongdoing, -- -- That was not the end of it. Soon it was suspected that a major ex-politician's daughter was guilty of plagiarism in her dissertation, and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite -- and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite soon plagiarism was discovered in yet another dissertation, and it has not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. -- -- not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised... Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education -- -- Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education minister lasted just a week in office before having to step down, accused of plagiarising academic papers. Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the -- -- Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the Romanian prime minister of plagiarising part of his PhD. He denies wrongdoing and has been backed by a Research Ethics Council, but the accusations have now been upheld by two academic panels in Romania, -- -- The Hungarian president has already lost his doctorate and resigned on account of plagiarism, and the Russian Minister of Culture is facing accusations that 16 passages of his doctoral dissertation were copied from other sources. He denies the allegations. -- -- let them have their fun." However, it seems that the plague of plagiarism has also reached the level of the professorships in Germany. Those who are supposed to be teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last -- -- teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last month it was revealed that more than a third of a new book for law students on how to write papers properly was plagiarised, including liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. -- -- liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised. And just to show how contagious the disease is, the authors also cite zu Guttenberg's dissertation - albeit incorrectly. -- -- to the VroniPlag Wiki.) Image caption VroniPlag wiki uses coloured bands to show distribution of plagiarised content In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics -- -- In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics councils and there is a wide discussion of ethical practices. There are procedures in place for dealing with plagiarism. In Germany, though, professors wanting to address plagiarism are pretty much left to their own devices. They don't have much in the way of tools or formal procedures. -- -- procedures. There is so-called plagiarism detection software available that does find some plagiarism, especially word-for-word copies. These programmes do not find everything by a long shot, but German universities are currently rushing to purchase them. -- -- been officially declared to suffer only from "technical weaknesses". But people are speaking up, and plagiarism is being discussed in every university, even if many are unsure what to do. -- -- university, even if many are unsure what to do. Better education about plagiarism and good scientific practice is essential. -- -- years needs to be reviewed in order to identify weak points. However, there is currently no funding for such measures, so it's unclear whether German universities will really get serious about plagiarism, or keep muddling on. Entertainment & Arts Burt Bacharach calls for change in music plagiarism law * 3 August 2017 -- -- Veteran songwriter Burt Bacharach has called for a change in the law over music plagiarism. He said recent court cases - like the ones involving Blurred Lines and browse all sections close Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- consumers. Photograph: Wavebreak Media/Alamy Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- Every now and then there is an outburst of concern about the curse of plagiarism in higher education. The Department for Education has indicated it is considering cracking down by not only fining, but also handing out criminal records, to students submitting commercially -- -- The targets of this mini crusade are essay mill websites, which market “original” professionally produced essays that allow students to circumvent their university’s plagiarism detection system. These paid-for essays allow students to buy a degree. -- -- But this is only a small part of the culture of cheating in higher education. A long time before the commercialisation of plagiarism, cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief -- cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief examiner for my department, I was shocked by the amount of plagiarised coursework brought to my attention. When I consulted colleagues at other universities it became evident that the problem was not confined -- -- rather than rich kids, was identified as the source of the problem. Academic discussions on plagiarism sometimes sought to deflect the problem by claiming that overseas students were disproportionately involved in copying. Some suggested they had come from different -- -- external to university life is driven by the institutional imperative to minimise the significance of this practice. All universities have policies on this problem; most have made plagiarism detection software available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the -- -- available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the problem – which is that plagiarism is not a technical issue but one that raises questions about the working of academic culture. -- -- that raises questions about the working of academic culture. Plagiarism is a mortal sin and last taboo – or is it? Read more -- -- them to embark on a quest for knowledge. But if higher education continues to treat students according to a business model it is only a matter of time before plagiarism loses its stigma. Topics -- -- Topics * Plagiarism * Higher education -- -- * Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers -- -- cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers Published: 9 Oct 2017 Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown * -- -- Now a degree is a commodity, no wonder more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * UK News * › Education * › Plagiarism * UK -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Plagiarism%2CEducation%2CHigh er+education%2CExams%2CTuition+fees%2CStudents] A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- headlines. With examples like these, what's so wrong with a bit of plagiarism? Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian -- -- Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian University and who had his book, Succeeding with Your Masters Dissertation, plagiarised by another lecturer on the web. -- "A lot of students think it is acceptable to copy or plagiarise somebody else's work because there's this idea that everyone is doing it anyway," he says. "It seems like it's not really a serious issue, -- -- but it is. If it's a minor case, you could end up losing marks on a dissertation or having to resit a module. If it's widespread and a student has been found to have plagiarised often, then the most extreme punishment they could face would be expulsion." -- -- easier to adopt someone else's work as your own. According to Biggam, the definition of plagiarism within an academic context is: "Where a student copies text verbatim without providing sufficient acknowledgement of the source, thereby giving the impression -- -- permanent record." Cole was lucky to get off relatively lightly. For others, plagiarising can spell the end of your degree – even if you are unwittingly involved. -- -- and the only marks it did give me were much lower than I'd anticipated. Then when I got home, there was a letter from the university saying that I was suspected of colluding with another student in plagiarism. I completely freaked out." -- -- behind my back was simply unbelievable. " If you are caught in serious and deliberate plagiarism, it could end up on your final academic transcript. If a potential employer asks to see your transcript as part of the selection process, you can probably say -- -- "It certainly wouldn't look good to a future employer if they knew you had engaged in plagiarism," Biggam says. -- But how can you avoid plagiarism, when part of the university learning process is to absorb expert theories and demonstrate your grasp of them by reproducing them in written work? -- -- At Glasgow Caledonian University, Biggam is testing the use of plagiarism detection software, called Turnitin, which monitors work for any copied phrases. "Often, it might be a genuine mistake – a student might simply forget to reference a quote or a source. In which case, a It was, says Hiscock, "the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across." He was so angry he wrote to Mail Online's editor, Martin Clarke, and to -- -- "sexually abused" by a magician during her eighth birthday party.' It is the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across and if it happens again I will take steps to ensure I am adequately compensated for the theft of my interview." -- -- * Greenslade * Plagiarism * Daily Mail * Martin Clarke Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- This article is 1 year old Republicans scrambled to prevent a plagiarism scandal from overshadowing the coronation of Donald Trump on Tuesday after his wife Melania borrowed large chunks of her opening night speech from Michelle -- -- As delegates prepared to formally offer Donald Trump the party’s presidential nomination on Tuesday evening, the plagiarism controversy reopened internal wounds and undermined his campaign’s attempts to present a more polished appearance ahead of November’s general -- -- election. A campaign source said responsibility for the plagiarism incident lay with a longtime aide to top Trump strategist Paul Manafort. The source said the aide had signed off on the speech and edited it. -- -- Online critics also highlighted a lighter hearted instance of apparent plagiarism, noting that Melania Trump’s claim that her husband “will never ever give up, and most importantly, he will never ever let you down,” echoed Rick Astley’s 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up – a song cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- Gill, five miles south-west of Newcastle, a narrow man with a curly mess of dark red hair. He’d just made a routine visit to the Facebook group Plagiarism Alerts. There, a woman named Kathy Figueroa had posted something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet -- something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet laureates has plagiarised a poem by Maya Angelou.” Lightman clicked the link. It led to a Canadian government webpage -- -- Rise. Incredible. But could it really be plagiarism? How likely was it that a poet laureate would steal anything at all, let alone a keystone work by a modern legend? How could he think he’d get away with that? Then -- -- uncomfortable and distressing experiences of my life”, admitting, “I have made several stupid mistakes during my time as a poet and there is simply no excuse for plagiarism.” But he also pushed back: “I have been bullied, victimised and abused by a number of ‘poets’ who thought it necessary to act like a lynch mob.” -- -- Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’m absolutely furious’: plagiarised poet Joan Johnston. Photograph: Gary Calton for the Guardian -- -- copy of A Particular Blue, so he could see for himself. “He returned both poems to me, having highlighted the changes Sheree had made, saying, ‘I don’t think it’s plagiarism. I think she’s taken your poem and made something new out of it.’ At which point, I went for another walk.” -- -- considerable distress.” Croft explained that he planned to pulp the remaining copies of Laventille and reprint a corrected version. “I do not believe that your accusations of plagiarism regarding Laventille are justified. But I am not prepared to have this beautiful and important book dirtied by the grubby little fingers of Pooterish -- -- broke/and threatening light/brought into the long night.” How close would two poems have to be for it to be plagiarism, I ask Croft. -- -- their name at the bottom, I’d say, why are you doing that?” And would it be plagiarism? “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying -- -- “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying my name is Will Storr. No, it’s not! You’d say that was stupid. You wouldn’t say I was plagiarising you.” *** -- -- Meanwhile, what of the Canadian mystery? Could former laureate DesRuisseaux really have blatantly plagiarised all those canonical poets? It seemed too mad to be true. When Lightman got hold of DesRuisseaux’s book Tranches De Vie, he found even more apparent -- -- findings to Éditions du Noiroît, who appeared to accept his verdict; in emails Lightman showed me, DesRuisseaux’s editor wrote that it was his first experience of plagiarism, and expressed regret at having to tell the poet’s family that he would have to remove the title from circulation. -- -- * Poetry * Plagiarism * Maya Angelou * features -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Poetry%2CPlagiarism%2CBooks%2 CMaya+Angelou] Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- The organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have unveiled a new official logo, seven months after being forced to scrap the previous design amid accusations of plagiarism. Selecting an emblem they hope will be simple, effective and most of all -- -- the Théâtre de Liège in Belgium. Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo scrapped after allegations of plagiarism Read more -- -- Japanese officials initially rejected accusations that Sano had plagiarised the image, which was based around a stylised capital T with a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied -- -- a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied plagiarism. But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings -- -- But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings to block Tokyo 2020 from using the image. Further allegations of plagiarism also emerged against Sano, including claims that his initial submission resembled a work by the late German typographer Jan Tschichold. -- -- + Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video Published: 15 Jan 2016 -- Published: 15 Jan 2016 Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video + Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Some four years ago I wrote about the strange case of a Canadian columnist accused of plagiarism. The Toronto-based Globe & Mail had found it necessary to add “clarifications” to articles written by Margaret Wente after complaints about her work. -- -- same structure, analogies, and phrasing in numerous instances.” In addition, the Canadaland news website, accused Wente of plagiarising “at least four times from three different publications... in addition -- “at least four times from three different publications... in addition to the two cases of plagiarism outlined in BuzzFeed Canada.” The first two instances, by Wainio and BuzzFeed, were addressed by the -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Media%2CPlagiarism%2CCanada%2 CNewspapers%2CAmericas] The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- Fresh evidence of Independent journalist Johann Hari's habit of alleged plagiarism has emerged from a lengthy interview with Afghan women's rights activist Malalai Joya in July 2009. -- -- * Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row Interviewer and columnist has been suspended for two months pending outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss -- -- outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss Published: 12 Jul 2011 Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row * -- -- Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Independent editor-in-chief defends columnist involved in 'politically motivated' plagiarism furore. By Josh Halliday Published: 29 Jun 2011 Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- The Orwell prize committee has accused Independent columnist Johann Hari of plagiarism over an article that won him the prestigious award in 2008. -- -- of contrition for the errors I made elsewhere, in my interviews." Hari apologised for plagiarising the work of others to improve interviews and for editing the Wikipedia entries of people he had clashed with, using the pseudonym David Rose, "in ways that were Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- [ ] Johann Hari has been writing for the Independent since 2002 but faced allegations of plagiarism last year. Photograph: Nick Harvey/WireImage -- -- Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- Johann Hari, the journalist at the Independent who was suspended for plagiarism, has announced that he will not return to the newspaper. Hari had been undergoing retraining in the United States and was -- -- Independent editor Andreas Whittam Smith. The findings of the inquiry were not made public but the newspaper reported in September 2011 that Hari admitted the plagiarism allegations and would attend a journalism training course before returning to the paper. -- -- Blackhurst was asked several questions about Hari when he gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry into journalistic ethics earlier this month. "On the plagiarism, Johann genuinely believed he was doing nothing wrong. The fact that nobody complained, Johann did not believe he was doing anything wrong. His reputation has been very, very severely damaged; Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism Raj Persaud -- -- Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism David Batty -- -- * (BUTTON) Close Britain's best-known psychiatrist today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and several articles he wrote for newspapers and medical journals. -- -- Raj Persaud, famous for his appearances alongside Richard and Judy on the This Morning sofa, also admitted to a General Medical Council (GMC) disciplinary hearing that his plagiarism was inappropriate and misleading. -- -- The psychiatrist, who used to present BBC Radio 4's All In The Mind programme, admitted plagiarising four articles for his book From The Edge Of The Couch published in 2003. -- -- He also admitted that four articles he wrote in 2005 contained passages plagiarised from an article and book by Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. -- -- University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. He also admitted using material plagiarised from an article by Professor Stephen Kant in a piece he wrote for the Independent in the same year. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. His book -- -- He said Persaud blamed subeditors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Blass complained about the article and was told, in an email -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." At the time the allegations of plagiarism first emerged two years ago, Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, a position he still holds. -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- In Britain it is left to individual institutions to develop their own plagiarism policies. But the QAA said it wanted a consistent approach among higher education providers to tackle the problem. It called on universities and colleges to record incidents of this and other kinds -- -- fix.” A Universities UK spokesperson said: “Universities take plagiarism and cheating extremely seriously. Submitting work written by someone else is cheating and devalues the efforts of students who work hard to -- -- * Higher education * Plagiarism * Jo Johnson * news -- -- Now a degree is a commodity, no wonder more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi Efforts to prevent student cheating have always been about -- -- of the problem Published: 27 Feb 2017 Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Higher+education%2CPlagiarism %2CEducation%2CUK+news%2CJo+Johnson%2CPolitics] Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students -- -- Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students -- -- In the past few days, however, it is said that the master has become the pupil, as Dylan has been accused of plagiarism. Writer Ben Greenman was the first to blog about how he couldn’t find a quotation that Dylan had cited in Moby-Dick: “Some men who receive injuries are led to God, -- -- While universities habitually run students’ work through plagiarism-detection software such as TurnItIn, there is no such equivalent for Nobel prize speeches, assumed to be the moment at which an eminent economist, physician, writer or peace-maker has earned a few -- -- text, preferring that you “check your comprehension” against their interpretation. The company does, however, have advice on its website for avoiding plagiarism: “By citing words and ideas that came from our site or books (to see instructions on how to do that, see How to Cite This SparkNote within each study guide), or by putting your own spin on -- -- * Nobel prize in literature * Awards and prizes * Plagiarism * features -- -- [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Bob+Dylan%2CMusic%2CNobel+pri ze+in+literature%2CAwards+and+prizes%2CBooks%2CPlagiarism] * Education University students could be fined or handed criminal records for plagiarised essays, new proposals suggest -- -- University students who buy essays online face fines and a criminal record under plans to punish plagiarism being considered by the government. -- -- more than 100 online essay services are now in operation. Whilst universities already use complex anti-plagiarism software to detect the copying of academic texts, the process of contract cheating - students submitting paid-for essays as their own original work - -- -- Speaking to The Telegraph, Lord Storey, who is leading efforts to make the practice illegal, said that the consequences of plagiarism must be made clear, adding that many “rich students” are now effectively “paying their way” to a top honours degree. -- -- Leading academics are also in favour of a ban, with Professor Phil Newton and Michael Draper, leading experts on essay plagiarism, calling on the Government to tighten up the legal loopholes being exploited by professional writing services. 3. Education News £1,700 for a dissertation, but what's the real cost of plagiarism? As one ghost writing service sees an 80 per cent increase in sales in one -- -- It’s a heavy sum to pay for something that the majority of people - not to mention universities - would class as plagiarism. Yet Nemet is quick to separate his company from this accusation. -- -- Whether or not this is an easy way of passing responsibility on to the client, ghost writing – along with other forms of plagiarism – remains an issue at universities across Britain. -- -- declined by 60 per cent since 2005 While 2013 figures from plagiarism detection service, Turnitin, reveal that the number of serious cases has declined by 60 per cent since 2005, Phil Newton, superintendent of assessment at Swansea University, -- -- topic I had set. It really opened my eyes to the issue. “We regard [ghost writing] as plagiarism, pure and simple. It’s is a form of dishonesty, it’s a form of cheating, and where students are found guilty of it, there will be serious academic repercussions.” -- -- passing off work as their own. For students that are caught, there can be serious consequences, from the deduction of marks on an essay, to expulsion from the university. Even if the plagiarism is unintended, there may still be penalties. -- -- “The University also employs a series of sophisticated software applications to detect plagiarism in submitted examination work, both in terms of copying and collusion,” the spokesman adds. -- -- “It regularly monitors online essay banks, essay-writing services, and other potential sources of material. Anyone who submits plagiarised material as part of their course can expect to be dealt with severely.” -- -- ongoing advancements in technology – incorporating more sophisticated methods of detection – will continue to play a role in combating plagiarism; however, educating students should also help prevent the initial interest. -- -- where they are in their course. If they are in their final year, we regard that as much more serious, if they do it in their first year, they probably just need some advice on how to avoid plagiarism and what constitutes plagiarism. “I don’t condone it, but I can understand why a student who is 4. Health News 'Hero' GP suspended for plagiarising fellow doctor's work A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent -- -- A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent patients has been suspended for six months for plagiarising another doctor’s work. -- -- The General Medical Council heard that Dr Margaret Staley initially came under suspicion herself after computer anti-plagiarism software picked out striking similarities between a case study she had written and Dr Kumar's coursework. -- -- Dr Staley endured weeks of uncertainty before eventually being completely exonerated when it became clear she was the victim rather than the perpetrator of the plagiarism. Public school-educated Dr Kumar was hailed as a hero in 2009 after Johnson called it an “unacceptable and pernicious” practice, while universities will generally expel anybody they catch – though given the essays aren’t plagiarised, identifying a paid-for piece of work isn’t easy. Using an essay mill, on the other hand, very much is. * News Canadian poet laureate revealed to have plagiarised Maya Angelou, Tupac and others -- -- [tupac_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jp g?imwidth=450] The Canadian poet Pierre DesRuisseaux, who has been found to have plagiarised numerous poets, including Tupac Shakur * Telegraph Reporters -- -- Pierre DesRuisseaux, who died last year, served as the parliamentary poet laureate between 2009 and 2011, and has now been accused of plagiarising the work of up to 20 poets, among them world-famous names and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. -- -- and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- DesRuisseaux The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux Credit: Wayne Miller/Magnum/BBC -- -- The duplicity was unearthed by poet and literary sleuth Ira Lightman, a member of a Facebook group called Plagiarism Alerts, whose mission involves tracking down plagiarism in the poetry world. Lightman was tipped off by a Canadian poet named Kathy Figueroa, who -- -- But still, like dust, I'll rise." The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- by DesRuisseaux The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- -- Figueroa told Canada's CBC News that DesRuisseaux's widespread plagiarism came as a shock: "It was just mind-boggling, the audacity of someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." -- -- someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." Upon the discovery of the plagiarism, DesRuisseaux's Montreal-based publishers Éditions du Noroît pulled the book from shelves, while claiming that only between 50 and 100 copies of the book had actually show ad Last-ditch attack on Neil Gorsuch amid claims Supreme Court pick plagiarized academic papers in his book -- -- The White House punched back hard, and assembled its own team of experts to debunk claims that the writing constituted plagiarism. 'This false attack has been strongly refuted by highly-regarded -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' HARD FEELINGS: Democrats are furious that the Senate never scheduled a hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court -- -- hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court seat PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- “Each of the individual incidents constitutes a violation of academic ethics. I've never seen a college plagiarism code that this would not be in violation of,” said Syracuse University professor Rebecca Moore Howard. -- -- Howard. 'I would certainly call it plagiarism,” she added. At this late date, the information is likely to have little effect on show ad Tokyo 2020 gets new logo proposals after plagiarism scandal By Afp -- -- Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers said Tuesday they have received more than 14,500 suggestions for a new logo after the original choice was withdrawn because of a plagiarism scandal. The organising committee in August dropped the emblem put forward by -- -- The Tokyo committee has insisted the move to drop the original logo was not in response to the legal action. It said Sano, who denies plagiarism, asked that his design be withdrawn to avoid harming the Tokyo Games. show ad Monica Crowley out of Trump White House team after plagiarism revealed * Crowley is a syndicated talk show host who was set to takeover as -- -- administration after all. More than 50 charges of plagiarism, based on discoveries made by CNN's KFile division, led publisher HarperCollins to pull her 2012 book from its shelves last week. -- -- currently unavailable for purchase on Amazon. Crowley appears to have plagiarized large sections of the book, according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than -- according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than 50 examples of apparent plagiarism. Politico separately charged that her 2000 dissertation wasn't properly -- -- decision to suspend sales of her book. Crowley also faced plagiarism allegations in 1999 after a piece she wrote on the 25th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's resignation ran in The Wall Street Journal. -- -- article.' Crowley also plagiarized several sections of her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University, Politico Magazine said. The publication found more than a dozen instances in which Crowley appeared to lift from -- -- developer!' DID MONICA CROWLEY PLAGIARIZE THESE PASSAGES? Crowley's book -- -- Source: CNN Read more: * Trump pick Monica Crowley plagiarized multiple sources in 2012 book - CNNMoney -- - CNNMoney * Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation - POLITICO Magazine * Monica Crowley to forgo post in Trump White House - Washington 'Dishonest' TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud suspended after admitting plagiarism By Daily Mail Reporter -- -- 'The Panel has determined that a three-month period of suspension is sufficient to send out a signal to you, the profession and the public that plagiarism is unacceptable behaviour.' The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the -- -- The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, is now in tatters after he admitted plagiarism. Before the ruling, GMC members heard from some of Dr Persaud's -- -- proceedings.' He added: 'The panel has determined that your actions, in plagiarising the work of others, were liable to bring the profession into disrepute.' -- -- the doctor's book. He also said he had uncovered more examples of plagiarism in Dr Persaud's book after comparing passages in it with material on the internet. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- DEJA VU Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago -- -- Republicans candidate Fillon was still in the presidential race when he delivered the speech two weeks ago France election candidate Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarising speech The incident is bizarrely reminiscent of Melania Trump's July 2016 -- -- state. And the sight of her having to plagiarise a discredited rival’s words will come as a blow to her electoral ambitions. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- Under the bed bugs Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? -- -- Beedle The Bard. Why has Chris Riddell accused John Lewis of plagiarism? Chris Riddell believes there are many similarities between the two * Health News Fears of plagiarism crisis as probe finds foreign university students ‘cheats’ -- -- Updated: 6th April 2016, 8:55 am FOREIGN students are claimed to be fuelling a surge in plagiarism at British universities amid fears of a cheating crisis. / Sean Gallup/Getty Images Findings come months after The Times exposes 'plagiarism epidemic' among Britain's institutions -- -- Half of the nation’s university students are losing marks for not referencing their work correctly, according to a new survey into attitudes towards plagiarism. Citation tool RefME - which polled just under 2,900 of the country’s -- -- almost 80 per cent are worried about referencing correctly, while a majority of 71 per cent expressed concern about facing disciplinary actions for plagiarism. [GettyImages-170380536.jpg] Read more -- -- Read more Universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students cheat RefMe said: “This widespread concern over facing disciplinary actions -- -- ‘ghostwriter’ to complete their work for them constitutes academic misconduct, more than 20 per cent were unable to identify this as plagiarism. The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times -- -- The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed there to be a “plagiarism epidemic” among Britain’s universities with almost 50,000 students being caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- However, RefME said that, although its study unearthed some “concerning” statistics around plagiarism in academia, students are increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using -- -- increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using plagiarism tools prior to submitting. Tom Hatton, CEO and founder of RefME, described how, as a university -- -- “The hope is that we can look back at these numbers in a couple of years and see evidence that the sentiment towards plagiarism has changed.” * More about: -- -- * More about: * RefMe * plagiarism * University of Kent * University of Westminster 1. INDYSTUDENT UK universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students caught cheating over last 3 years -- -- The Independent Online Britain’s universities are said to be in the midst of a “plagiarism epidemic” after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed how almost 50,000 students were caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- of the student population, requests from 70 universities showed. 75 per cent of postgraduates found plagiarising at Queen Mary University of London were from abroad, including a third from China. -- -- One professor from the University of Buckingham told The Times “type-1 plagiarism,” copying and pasting, is decreasing because it’s “so easy to detect.” 1. INDYPULSE TV doctor Raj Persaud admits plagiarism * PA -- -- Indy/Life TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and articles he wrote. -- -- The doctor, who is famed for his regular appearances on daytime TV shows such as This Morning, admitted plagiarising four articles for his 2003 book 'From The Edge Of The Couch'. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. -- -- He said Dr Persaud blamed sub-editors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, USA, complained -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." The GMC panel heard that allegations of plagiarism against Dr Persaud were first made in a Sunday Times article published in April 2006. -- -- The article alleged that sections of Dr Persaud's book, published three years earlier, were plagiarised from academic articles. At the time Dr Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Mr Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Plan to prosecute firms who offer paid-for essays to students While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address ‘essay mills’ -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 -- -- The move is a response to mounting concern over the practice which allows students to circumvent their college’s plagiarism detection systems. The use of these services is not easily detected as software used by universities only detects where students have copied from -- -- Paid-for essays While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address the issue of so-called contact cheating or the use of paid-for essays. -- -- The QQI’s guidelines advise colleges that they “should have effective policies and procedures in place to prevent, detect, combat and deter plagiarism at all levels”. * Tackling teacher supply is complex - but we are making progress * Revenues crest €4m at top boys’ private school Glenstal Abbey -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, according to figures compiled by The Irish Times last year. -- -- Of those that did, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). The scale of detected issues is likely to be bigger at IT Tallaght as it has extensive detection policies. -- -- Online source The company insists it does not condone plagiarism, and says all “clients are expected to use and reference it as they would any other online source”. -- -- growing and it was typically completing roughly 350 projects a year. Mr Bruton’s spokesman said: “Plagiarism is currently subject to institutional disciplinary sanctions up to and including exclusion from the programme. -- -- offering the ‘service’ will not disclose it, those buying it will not, and there is no system-wide recording of detected instances of this or any other form of plagiarism”. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Essays for sale: a new wave of plagiarism Students who use online essay-writing services face sanction if caught. As -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Rigorous testing Would this essay be red-flagged for plagiarism? Colleges nowadays have access to a range of computer programmes, such as Turnitin and Safeassign, that test whether articles have been copied from other -- -- However, these programmes only work if they detect parts of the essay that exist elsewhere; they might not flag plagiarised content if they are custom-written pieces. -- -- To test the essay, we put it through Safeassign and it came back clean. But it’s not just the plagiarism-detection programmes: it has to get past the beady eye of a lecturer. We presented the essay to a number of lecturers in communications and media without telling them about its -- -- It’s difficult to say how commonly these services are being used, but colleges are increasingly aware of plagiarism on campus. There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being -- -- There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, and the numbers are on the rise (see panel). -- -- In the UK, some academics have warned that essay-writing services are behind an “epidemic” of plagiarism. Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected -- -- Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected plagiarism tends to involve students simply cutting and pasting in a section and putting inverted commas around it. -- -- section and putting inverted commas around it. “Students don’t realise that this is plagiarism, but these [essay-writing] services are blatant plagiarism,” he says. Trinity College Dublin’s education officer, Molly Kenny, said these -- -- reference it as they would any other online source,” she says. In the terms and conditions of the website they state they do not condone plagiarism. Foley says the site and demands for their services continue to grow. -- -- Glynn says this could be an option in Ireland: “I would endorse it if it came in here – enforcing it is the challenge – anything to discourage student plagiarism.” Students should be aware that using these services can be risky, -- -- the paper it’s written on. PLAGIARISM: A GROWING PROBLEM Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases -- Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases of students disciplined for plagiarism across the Irish higher-education sector. -- -- Of the colleges that supplied figures, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). -- -- Institute of Technology Tallaght has one of the most extensive approaches to dealing with plagiarism, involving a sliding case of penalties, ranging from written warnings to potential disqualification from the institution. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Plagiarism Sat, Mar 5, 2011, 00:00 -- -- Plagiarism: from Latin “plagiarius” (“kidnapper”), use pioneered by Roman poet Martial who complained that another poet had “kidnapped his verses”.– (Wikipedia) -- -- charismatic and aristocratic defence minister, key ally to Chancellor Angela Merkel, a shooting star brought down this week by claims that he had engaged in plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. The website GuttenPlag Wiki says it has detected plagiaristic “lifts” -- -- Coincidentally, a new anti-Gadafy front has opened up in the London School of Economics where the doctoral thesis written by his son Seif al-Islam is also being checked for plagiarism following complaints by online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, -- online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, plagiarism is claiming high-profile political casualties. Academics in Ireland worry at what they see as a serious cultural -- -- at the threat to the country’s ’s reputation as a source of quality research, the Royal Irish Academy in September urged new procedures to protect against falsification and plagiarism. -- A recent US survey in Education Week, cited by plagiarism.org, reports 54 per cent of student respondents admitting to plagiarising from the internet; 74 per cent, to “serious” cheating at least once in the past year; while half believed teachers sometimes chose to ignore cheating. -- -- And then, of course, there’s that truly scandalous hardy annual – claims of plagiarism in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year Denmark’s A Friend In Londonis accused. The melody of their New Tomorrowis apparently similar to Face 2 Faceby Future Trance United. was to be written in 4 weeks. All of the four websites guaranteed a money back scheme if the work does not achieve the grade and if the paper was accused of plagiarism then the customer would receive their money back. -- -- Latest figures from the BBC article reveal that half of Welsh universities have seen an increase in the number of plagiarism cases With students being targeted on social media through 'sponsored -- -- https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/essay-mills-university-co urse-work-to-order/2007934.article MORE:higher educationplagiarismcollege essaysessaysacademiawalescustom essays Credit Where It's Due - Why Are Half of UK Students Losing Marks for Plagiarism? * -- -- Photo by CollegeDegrees360 under a CC license We are in the grips of a 'plagiarism epidemic' according to The Times. An investigation conducted by the paper earlier this year revealed that 50,000 university students have been caught over the last three years, -- -- Further research published this month by RefME, a digital reference management tool for students, has found that 50% of students surveyed say they have lost marks due to plagiarism arising from inaccurate citations. -- -- citations. But plagiarism falls on a spectrum and shouldn't be confused with cheating. -- -- conventions and were unaware of resources available to help them. But regardless of whether plagiarism is deliberate (and often it is not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in -- not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in their adoption of plagiarism detection, with software such as Turnitin now used by the majority. Facing the risk of a damaged reputation, suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of -- -- suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of the students surveyed say that they worry about committing accidental plagiarism. While a minor infringement is more likely to result in lost marks than -- -- person's ideas begin and another's end. In the Twittersphere, for instance, ideas are endlessly retweeted and recycled. But digital tools also exist to prevent plagiarism. Using RefME, referencing can be as simple as scanning a barcode or -- -- student support, embedding academic writing skills more deeply into the curriculum and communicating expectations from the outset. But certainly, the majority of students do not intend to commit plagiarism. On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. -- On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. MORE:plagiarismuniversitiesstudentshigher education SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW YOUNG VOICES Universities use expensive software designed to detect students who cheat, but Turnitin can only detect plagiarised work, not original work that has not been penned by the student. Thus, it is nigh on impossible to detect students who use professional essay-writing services. And, -- -- I would like to see action taken to stop degree ghost-writers in their tracks. Perhaps the industry should be regulated, forcing any ghost-written essay to be submitted by the seller to plagiarism detection sites so that should the student try to pass it off as their own, they will be caught. This won't stop the rogue sites, but at least -- -- ghost-write student essays. After all, I could end up having to mark my own essay one day. MORE:universitystudentscheatingplagiarismUniversitiescheating at examsghost-writing THE BLOG The Problem With Political Speeches Isn't Plagiarism, It's Platitudes * -- -- the road" and you've won political cliché bingo. As for plagiarism, how many different ways can you express those basic concepts in simple, accessible language to describe another person? Not many. It begins with "he/she believes..." and ends in simple -- -- Ms. Obama. Trump just had a lousy proofreader who failed to spot the direct similarities. If the nouns had been replaced by synonyms, verbs exchanged, the sequence of clauses varied... who would cry plagiarism? Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the -- -- Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the news media pounce on the plagiarism as opposed to criticising the fact Melania Trump avoided saying anything interesting about the man who would be king. -- -- Trump handles that issue, unlike the speeches, will be interesting to watch. MORE:Melania TrumpDonald TrumpplagiarismRepublican convention SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW POLITICS Home»Today's Stories Chair of institute has plagiarism ruling overturned Saturday, May 04, 2013 -- -- An external investigation has found that Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) chairman Flan Garvey committed unintentional plagiarism in a 2008 master’s thesis but this has been overturned on a technical appeal. -- -- The three academics appointed in December to probe a complaint by 26 ITT academics found plagiarism in two chapters of the thesis about his Co Clare parish. -- -- It has upheld the appeal on grounds relating to the understanding of the nature of plagiarism, in a report finalised this week and also seen by the Irish Examiner. -- -- by the Irish Examiner. It found that college rules around plagiarism were not clearly formulated or clearly communicated to postgraduate students. On that basis, it said, a finding of an award being unjustified would be unfair -- -- However, a source told the Irish Examiner that staff are baffled at the outcome and many believe it places a question mark over any previous cases of students sanctioned for plagiarism. -- Plagiarism finding After word-for-word comparisons with texts cited by the complainants, -- -- interspersed with occasional references to another. One section complained of in chapter 4 was found not to be plagiarism after the investigators were made aware of Mr Garvey’s contribution to the authorship of a local history pamphlet. more serious (getting someone else to do coursework). Plagiarism is the most widespread form, with 6% disclosing that they had passed off information copied from other sources as their own work, while 5% admitting that they have carried on writing once an 29 July 2013 Parasite journalism: is aggregation as bad as plagiarism? When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing -- -- When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing work, we call it plagiarism. But news organisations do the same, and call it aggregation. Sign up for our weekly email * -- -- any better. In my opinion, it happens all the time, it's just that people don't get caught very often. Johann Hari is the classic example - the only absolutely rock solid piece of plagiarism that could be pinned on him was a piece from a German newspaper article that he'd translated. -- -- copy of being free. In my opinion, some of this stuff is just as bad as plagiarism. Aggregators are parasites, only slightly more benign than plagiarists - and sooner or later, parasites kill the host. Someone has to actually Share on Reddit HomeOxford studentsAcademic mattersStudy guidanceStudy skills and trainingPlagiarism -- Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether -- -- full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or -- unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or reckless plagiarism is a disciplinary offence. Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been -- -- Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been developed to provide a useful overview of the issues surrounding plagiarism and practical ways to avoid it. The necessity to acknowledge others’ work or ideas applies not only to -- -- text, data, or other resources downloaded from websites. The best way of avoiding plagiarism is to learn and employ the principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your -- principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your university career. Avoiding plagiarism is not simply a matter of making sure your references are all correct, or changing enough words so the examiner will not notice your paraphrase; it is about deploying your -- -- academic skills to make your work as good as it can be. Forms of plagiarism Verbatim (word for word) quotation without clear acknowledgement -- -- Paraphrasing the work of others by altering a few words and changing their order, or by closely following the structure of their argument, is plagiarism if you do not give due acknowledgement to the author whose work you are using. -- -- doing so, than to paraphrase particular sections of his or her writing. This will ensure you have a genuine grasp of the argument and will avoid the difficulty of paraphrasing without plagiarising. You must also properly attribute all material you derive from lectures. -- -- University or elsewhere. Auto-plagiarism You must not submit work for assessment that you have already submitted (partially or in full), either for your current course or for another -- -- Where earlier work by you is citable, ie. it has already been published, you must reference it clearly. Identical pieces of work submitted concurrently will also be considered to be auto-plagiarism. -- Why does plagiarism matter? -- Plagiarism is a breach of academic integrity. It is a principle of intellectual honesty that all members of the academic community should acknowledge their debt to the originators of the ideas, words, and data -- -- which form the basis for their own work. Passing off another’s work as your own is not only poor scholarship, but also means that you have failed to complete the learning process. Plagiarism is unethical and can have serious consequences for your future career; it also undermines the standards of your institution and of the degrees it -- -- issues. Why should you avoid plagiarism? -- There are many reasons to avoid plagiarism. You have come to university to learn to know and speak your own mind, not merely to reproduce the opinions of others - at least not without attribution. At first it may -- -- independent one - by learning to assess critically the work of others, weigh up differing arguments and draw your own conclusions. Students who plagiarise undermine the ethos of academic scholarship while avoiding an essential part of the learning process. -- -- avoiding an essential part of the learning process. You should avoid plagiarism because you aspire to produce work of the highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear -- -- highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear of plagiarism. Moreover, you will reap the additional benefits of improvements to both the lucidity and quality of your writing. It is important to appreciate that mastery of the techniques of academic -- -- commitment to the principle of intellectual honesty in scholarship. What happens if you are thought to have plagiarised? -- The University regards plagiarism in examinations as a serious matter. Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of -- -- Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of the occurrence. Even if plagiarism is inadvertent, it can result in a penalty. The forms of plagiarism listed above are all potentially disciplinary offences in the context of formal assessment requirements. -- -- award’. Additionally, this includes the transfer and confirmation of status exercises undertaken by graduate students. Cases of suspected plagiarism in assessed work are investigated under the disciplinary regulations concerning conduct in examinations. Intentional plagiarism in this context means that you understood that you were breaching the regulations and did so intending to gain advantage in the examination. -- -- expected to have understood (even if you did not specifically consider it) that your work might breach the regulations, but you took no action to avoid doing so. Intentional or reckless plagiarism may incur severe penalties, including failure of your degree or expulsion from the university. -- -- university. If plagiarism is suspected in a piece of work submitted for assessment in an examination, the matter will be referred to the Proctors. They will thoroughly investigate the claim and call the student concerned -- -- refer the case to the Student Disciplinary Panel. If you are suspected of plagiarism your College Secretary/Academic Administrator and subject tutor will support you through the process and arrange for a member of Congregation to accompany you to all -- -- involve the use and discussion of material written by others, and, with due acknowledgement and proper referencing, this is clearly distinguishable from plagiarism. The knowledge in your discipline has developed cumulatively as a result of years of research, innovation and debate. You need to give credit to the authors of the ideas and -- -- Does this only matter in exams? Although plagiarism in weekly essays does not constitute a University disciplinary offence, it may well lead to College disciplinary measures. Persistent academic under-performance can even result in your -- -- Borrowing essays from other students to adapt and submit as your own is plagiarism, and will develop none of these necessary skills, holding back your academic development. Students who lend essays for this purpose are doing their peers no favours. -- -- purpose are doing their peers no favours. Unintentional plagiarism -- Not all cases of plagiarism arise from a deliberate intention to cheat. Sometimes students may omit to take down citation details when taking notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. -- -- notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. However, these excuses offer no sure protection against a charge of plagiarism. Even in cases where the plagiarism is found to have been neither intentional nor reckless, there may still be an academic penalty for poor practice. -- -- It is your responsibility to find out the prevailing referencing conventions in your discipline, to take adequate notes, and to avoid close paraphrasing. If you are offered induction sessions on plagiarism and study skills, you should attend. Together with the advice contained in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common -- -- in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common errors. If you are undertaking a project or dissertation you should ensure that you have information on plagiarism and collusion. If ever in doubt about referencing, paraphrasing or plagiarism, you have only to ask your tutor. -- -- to ask your tutor. Examples of plagiarism -- There are some helpful examples of plagiarism-by-paraphrase and you will also find extensive advice on the referencing and library skills pages. -- -- London Hanged, p. 213.] Plagiarised 1. Although they did not question the inegalitarian hierarchy of their -- -- of a submissive workforce. (This is a mixture of verbatim copying and acceptable paraphrase. Although only one phrase has been copied from the source, this would still count as plagiarism. The idea expressed in the first sentence has not been attributed at all, and the reference to ‘some historians’ in the second is insufficient. -- -- original.) Non-plagiarised 1. Peter Linebaugh argues that although highwaymen posed no overt -- -- Student conduct Related websites Online plagiarism course Policy on the use of third party proof-readers Related documents * Turnitin UK Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Turnitin FAQs * Plagiarism * Turnitin UK -- -- + Turnitin FAQs + Turnitin information for Faculties and Departments * What is plagiarism? * Information for staff * Resources and support -- -- Participation in a course at Cambridge is deemed as acceptance of the University's right to apply specialist software (like Turnitin) to your work for the purposes of plagiarism education and detection; the University's Statement on Plagiarism includes this consent. However, you do have the right to request that your work is not retained in the Turnitin UK database after it has been submitted. For -- -- be used as source material for future submissions; this will help to maximise the effectiveness of the software and to protect your work from future attempts to plagiarise it. However, you have the right to request that your work is removed from the database. This can only be done on an individual basis for each piece of work, and in some cases -- -- Q. I have been asked to attend an investigative meeting because Turnitin highlighted matched text, but I know I didn't plagiarise; what do I do? Firstly, don't panic; the meeting will be investigative, not -- -- Turnitin reports will be reviewed in detail in order to make an academic judgement on whether the matched text may be a result of plagiarism, or whether it may reflect commonly-used phrases or correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the -- -- correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the University's Definition of Plagiarism, plagiarism is the submission of someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to -- someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to deceive; this means that you have plagiarised even if you did it accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine -- accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine that the matches are the result of plagiarism, they then judge whether this is minor, or more serious/extensive. If it is minor, they may adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor -- -- adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor scholarship, so you will receive a lower mark than you otherwise would have, if you had referenced appropriately. If the plagiarism is more serious or extensive, they may deem that it merits disciplinary action. -- -- Turnitin UK, the University’s use of the software complies with this requirement. The University has identified ‘providers of anti-plagiarism software’ in its information to students as organisations with whom data may be shared. For more information about data protection and the way the University uses your data, see the -- -- Q. What support is available? If you have any queries about plagiarism or good academic practice, you should contact your Tutor or Director of Studies in the first instance. Our Resources and support pages may also be of help; these contain a * Home * What is plagiarism? -- Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- The University's definition of plagiarism -- * Plagiarism -- * What is plagiarism? + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Turnitin UK University-wide Statement on Plagiarism The General Board, with the agreement of the Board of Examinations and -- -- Departments. Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. It is both poor -- -- scholarship and a breach of academic integrity. Examples of plagiarism include copying (using another person's language and/or ideas as if they are a candidate's own), by: * quoting verbatim another person's work without due acknowledgement -- -- to a joint project. Plagiarism might also arise from colluding with another person, including another candidate, other than as permitted for joint project work (i.e. where collaboration is concealed or has been forbidden). A -- -- piece of written work. Plagiarism can occur in respect to all types of sources and media: * text, illustrations, musical quotations, mathematical derivations, computer code, etc; -- -- not referencing sources) in examinations or assessed work may affect the mark given to the candidate's work. In addition, suspected cases of the use of unfair means (of which plagiarism is one form) will be investigated and may be brought to one of the University's Courts. The Courts have wide powers to discipline those found guilty of using -- -- The University makes use of text-matching software for the purpose of plagiarism education and detection, and reserves the right to submit a candidate’s work to such a service. For this purpose, candidates consent to the submission of their papers to the service and for the -- -- No candidate shall make use of unfair means in any University examination. Unfair means shall include plagiarism* and, unless such possession is specifically authorized, the possession of any book, paper or other material relevant to the examination. No member of the -- -- (Statutes and Ordinances 2016, p. 191). * Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. -- -- known as Discipline Regulation 6. Proctorial Notice on plagiarism The Proctorial Notice for 2016 can be viewed on the Proctors' website. * Information for staff Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Forms of plagiarism and collusion -- * Plagiarism * Information for staff -- -- * Information for staff + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * What is plagiarism? * Resources and support * Turnitin UK -- -- * Turnitin UK This page outlines some common forms of plagiarism and collusion, and suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. -- -- suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. * Plagiarism in invigilated examinations * Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework * Collusion in dissertations and other assessed coursework __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in invigilated examinations Collusion (perhaps by candidates exchanging notes) is extremely rare in -- -- invigilated examinations; this is clearly an offence which would be reported immediately to the Proctors. The most common forms of plagiarism in invigilated exams are: Reproducing material committed to memory -- -- heart. Those brought up with rote learning often don't realise that reproducing such material in a written examination constitutes plagiarism if it is reproduced without attribution. In technical subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as -- -- subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as plagiarism. * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it -- * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it clear that plagiarism can occur in written examinations and explain how candidates should acknowledge sources in such examinations. Examiners are strongly advised to include an appropriate rubric on -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework There are numerous forms of assessed work which are not produced under -- -- strict examination conditions, including: dissertations, assessed essays, practical work, seminar-style presentations, and musical compositions. Cases of both plagiarism and collusion are regularly reported in these forms of assessment and some are taken to the Court of Discipline. -- -- of Discipline. 'Classic' plagiarism -- * Overview: plagiarism most commonly involves copying from the Internet, published works, lecture handouts or private communications. Work copied from the Internet can be detected by -- -- the requirements and explain that serious penalties can be imposed. In cases of supervised work, Supervisors are expected to play a role: the Proctors may ask why the plagiarism wasn’t detected before the work reached the Examiners. -- -- before the work reached the Examiners. Third-party plagiarism -- * Overview: a more troublesome form of plagiarism is the use of work commissioned from a third party. These may be purchased from organisations which supply dissertations and essays on a -- -- candidate normally submits. Review-section plagiarism -- * Overview: a common form of plagiarism, which is usually more or less innocent, occurs in review sections. A final-year dissertation may legitimately build on the work described in a dissertation -- -- permitted and what is not. Guidance on proofreading is available on the collusion pages of this website. * Treatment of cases: unlike cases of plagiarism, work produced by unauthorised collusion cannot be made good by proper attribution. The Board of Examinations has agreed that it is inappropriate to -- -- A copies from B without B's knowledge Strictly, this is plagiarism rather than collusion but plagiarism that cannot be made good by any form of attribution. It may be necessary to interview both A and B at an investigative meeting. If it is clear that -- -- This example is much like the former except that B may now be in trouble too. It should perhaps be regarded as a case of collusion rather than plagiarism. Again A should not be awarded any marks for the copied elements of the University of Birmingham Intranet > Academic Services > Student Services > Student Conduct > Plagiarism > Guidance for students -- Guidance on plagiarism for students -- In 'Plagiarism' -- * Plagiarism * Plagiarism awareness starting points * Guidance for students -- * Guidance for students * Plagiarism Information for staff * Interactive plagiarism course Back to 'Student Conduct' -- -- Back to 'Student Conduct' * Defining plagiarism * A student's responsibilities -- * A student's responsibilities * 'Accidental' plagiarism * Plagiarism-detecting software * How Schools deal with plagiarism * The Learning Agreement and plagiarism * Plagiarism and postgraduate study * Student background and plagiarism * Referral to College Misconduct Committee * Appealing the decision -- -- * Confidentiality Defining plagiarism -- Plagiarism is a form of cheating and is a serious academic offence. It arises where work submitted by a student is not their own and has been taken from another source. The original material is then hidden from -- -- or by not mentioning it at all. The most common forms of plagiarism are: * copying -- * copying * self-plagiarism (also called auto-plagiarism) * collusion * fabrication or misrepresentation -- -- * unacceptable proof-reading Plagiarism may occur in a number of other forms, as well as in conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the -- conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the plagiarism may arise from the misuse of sources outside the University. The key is proper attribution of source material. None of the -- -- activities listed above is, of itself, necessarily wrong. Plagiarism is a serious matter for the University. If not dealt with, it will ultimately devalue all University degrees to the detriment of both students and the University. It also introduces a fundamental and -- -- It should be clear from a consideration of these two key requirements why plagiarism is unacceptable. By definition, a piece of work that has been plagiarised will never be able to meet either of the above criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely -- -- criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely to be a problem with plagiarism. It is ironic that students sometimes seem to go to great lengths to -- -- in jeopardy. 'Accidental' plagiarism The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the -- -- The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the severe penalties that may be applied in cases of serious plagiarism, will be anxious to avoid inadvertently submitting plagiarised work. It is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography -- is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography and still commit plagiarism by then incorporating a significant amount of un-attributed material taken directly or indirectly (through paraphrasing) from that source into the body of the assignment. -- -- Above all, the student body is not a single grouping and the University is aware of the need for a sympathetic approach to plagiarism, particularly in the first year of undergraduate studies and where there is no conscious attempt by the student to deceive. However, this is not -- -- ensure that you have clear guidance on what is expected of you in terms of the referencing of source material. If you are worried about committing plagiarism, always seek help and advice from your tutor, supervisor or other academic advisor within your School. Members of staff are experienced in dealing with questions about proper -- -- * Endnote information and training Plagiarism-detecting software Schools are making use of software systems, in addition to the existing -- -- You should be assured that academic judgement is always brought into play when analysing the results. A School will not take action against you for plagiarism as a result of the findings of Turnitin unless it has looked very carefully at the report obtained from the software and assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will -- -- assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will be able to see the relevant report and to challenge the School's case if you are accused of plagiarism following a software-based analysis of your work. -- -- However, the University reserves the right to protect the academic integrity of its degree awards by whatever means available to it. This will benefit those students who did not plagiarise. -- How Schools deal with plagiarism This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: -- -- This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: * If an Academic Integrity Officer suspects that plagiarism may have occurred they will undertake an investigation which would normally involve considering any evidence. This may include a report -- -- the marker or invigilator; * If, following the investigation, the Academic Integrity Officer has a reasonable suspicion that plagiarism has occurred, they will invite you to respond to the allegation and you will be invited to a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); -- -- a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); * Following on from the meeting, the principal academic unit will determine the level of plagiarism (if any) that it believes has arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, -- arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, moderate plagiarism and serious plagiarism. -- The consequences of a finding that plagiarism has occurred in any of these above ways can be found under Section 6 of the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. -- -- on Academic Integrity. In cases where serious plagiarism is found, the matter will be dealt with under University Regulation Section 8 Student Conduct. -- -- You should consult the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. This provides detailed definitive information on how plagiarism is dealt with. -- -- with. The Learning Agreement and plagiarism This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for -- -- This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for your part, will not submit plagiarised work and that your School, for its part, will help and support you to avoid plagiarism. It is seen by the University as a helpful expression of good faith and intentions by both sides of the academic partnership involving you and the -- -- University. Plagiarism and postgraduate study Given that you are likely to hold a First Degree already, there is an -- -- You should be assured that your School will not, provided it is satisfied that there has not been a deliberate attempt to deceive, treat any instance of plagiarism in the early stage of your postgraduate career as a matter normally requiring the imposition of a penalty. However, you must quickly come to terms with the University's -- -- dissertation element of the programme. Student background and plagiarism The educational background of students may make unintentional -- -- The educational background of students may make unintentional plagiarism more likely. Given the diversity of student background in the University, previous experience of formal education in the UK cannot be assumed. The expectations of learning and the learning styles -- -- and circumstance, as well as by individual preferences. Student work that stays close to the original source and is therefore at risk of an allegation of plagiarism may, in some cases, be the result of: * past experience of what has proven to be successful in other academic contexts but which is now a liability to the student; -- -- The University accepts that one (or more) of the above factors may play a role in a case of alleged plagiarism. Each case will therefore be treated on its individual merits and taking account of all relevant circumstances. #University of Derby Blog » Feed University of Derby Blog » Comments Feed University of Derby Blog » How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? Comments Feed alternate alternate [tr?id=263182877367236&ev=PageView&noscript=1] -- -- + Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Home > Blog > How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? James Elander -- -- Student Life How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? -- Be it in music or writing, plagiarism – “stealing other’s ideas” – is a complicated and yet serious offence. So how can universities help students improve their writing and avoid it? Professor James Elander, Head of -- -- Psychological Research, gives his top tips. Plagiarism happens so quickly and easily in these days of ‘cut and paste’, multiple deadlines and pressure to produce excellent work. -- -- Universities, therefore, need active strategies to help students learn not to plagiarise, and one approach focuses on improving their ‘authorial identity’ – a concept I have developed with Derby PhD student Kevin Cheung, which centres on how writers see themselves as -- -- students to understand the values of integrity and transparency associated with academic writing and to write assignments without plagiarising. My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction -- -- My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction session about plagiarism. I asked myself, what is the opposite of plagiarism? Surely the answer to that is authorship and, if authorship is the desired outcome, what are the behavioural or psychological characteristics needed for students to achieve that? -- -- To qualify genuinely as the authors of their written work, students must understand the role of an author, and must be able to identify with that role. This protects them from accidental plagiarism, which often happens when students produce written work without being really in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for -- -- in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for several projects with different groups of colleagues to help students not to plagiarise. Supervised by myself and Ed Stupple in the Department of Psychology at -- -- with lecturers were used to get insights into what university lecturers think about authorial identity, and how we can get them more involved in helping students write better and avoid plagiarism. These showed that changing identity, or how one sees oneself, is -- -- When students were asked afterwards about these workshops, 86% agreed they helped them understand how to avoid plagiarism and 66% agreed they helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, -- -- helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, understanding of authorship and knowledge to avoid plagiarism. The changes were greatest for year one students, supporting the common -- -- It’s important that universities spend time speaking to their students about what plagiarism means and the impact it can have. However, rather than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like -- than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like we did, and discussing how to write assignments without plagiarising, is of much better value. -- -- We hope this research will help to guide future efforts to help students improve their writing and avoid plagiarism, and also give us a simple tool to measure how students’ change through taking part in those efforts. -- -- those efforts. Top tips to avoid plagiarism Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental -- -- Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental plagiarism. Some of these are related to the early stages of work on a written assignment: * Think about what your own position (opinion) is before you start -- -- * Put yourself in the role of the author. How to use quotations without plagiarising * Think about what point you are making with the quote; -- -- * #Derby * #higher education * #plagiarism * #Press * #psychology You are here: Home / Offices / Student and Academic Services / Exams and Assessment / Plagiarism and Collusion Info -- -- Info Plagiarism and Collusion -- * Plagiarism: Plagiarism is used as a general term to describe taking and using another’s thoughts and writings as one’s own. Plagiarism can occur not only in essays and dissertations, but also in scientific experimentation, diagrams, maps, fieldwork, computer -- -- the application of very severe penalties. Avoiding plagiarism and/or collusion -- Learning Development runs a workshop on avoiding plagiarism and has study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on -- study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on avoiding plagiarism. Your student handbook is also a useful resource for plagiarism avoidance and will set out your department's policy about identifying plagiarism. Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of -- -- Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of plagiarism and/or collusion Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Senate Regulation 11: Regulations governing -- -- Departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion: Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations -- -- Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations governing student discipline when investigating and considering allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in work that is not assessed by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of -- by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of the case by the department's Plagiarism Officer. -- Departmental level consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion may be followed by a hearing of a Student Discipline Panel if the severity of the offence or the complexity of the case deems it -- -- * See regulation 11.60 to 11.70 for full details of the University's procedures for departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in assessed work (excluding written examinations) -- -- assessed work (excluding written examinations) Departmental penalties for plagiarism/collusion: The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student -- -- The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student if he/she is found to have committed plagiarism/collusion are also defined in the regulations. A disciplinary panel has the power to impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. -- -- impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. * See regulation 11.71 to 11.75 for full details of departmental penalties for plagiarism and/or collusion (extract of regulations) Cheating in written examinations -- -- staff in your department (e.g. your Programme Director or Head of Department) without any delay if you are still unsure about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. Don't risk a penalty. * For departments: -- * For departments: Contact your Plagiarism Officer or the Secretary to the Senate Student Discipline Committee (qualoffice@le.ac.uk | x2605), for advice on the operation of Senate Regulation 11. -- -- o Undergraduate Progression and Award o Taught Postgraduate Progression and Award o Plagiarism and Collusion # Penalties o Student Results You are here Home » General Regulations » Plagiarism Sitemap -- -- + University Calendar + Academic credit system (ECTS) + Plagiarism * Course Documentation + Course handbooks -- -- * Sitemap Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is interpreted by the University as the act of presenting the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. -- -- the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. Plagiarism is considered as academically fraudulent, and an offence against University discipline. The University considers plagiarism to be a major offence, and subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- University. Visit http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism -- -- Template for Plagiarism Summary Procedure -- Calendar Statement on Plagiarism for Undergraduates - Part II, 82-91 -- Plagiarism 82 General -- -- and explicit manner, and with due acknowledgement. Plagiarism is the act of presenting the work or ideas of others as one's own, without due acknowledgement. -- one's own, without due acknowledgement. Plagiarism can arise from deliberate actions and also through careless thinking and/or methodology. The offence lies not in the attitude or intention of the perpetrator, but in the action and in its -- -- It is the responsibility of the author of any work to ensure that he/she does not commit plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered to be academically fraudulent, and an offence against academic integrity that is subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- procedures of the University. 83 Examples of Plagiarism Plagiarism can arise from actions such as: (a) copying another student's work; (b) enlisting another person or persons to complete an assignment on -- -- All the above serve only as examples and are not exhaustive. 84 Plagiarism in the context of group work Students should normally submit work done in co-operation with other students only when it is done with the full knowledge and permission of -- -- the lecturer concerned. Without this, submitting work which is the product of collusion with other students may be considered to be plagiarism. When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is -- -- When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is possible, that no work submitted by the group is plagiarised. -- 85 Self plagiarism student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one -- -- student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one assessment for credit is normally considered self-plagiarism. -- 86 Avoiding plagiarism Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice -- Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice from their lecturers, tutor or supervisor on avoiding plagiarism. All schools and departments must include, in their handbooks or other literature given to students, guidelines on the appropriate methodology -- -- for the kind of work that students will be expected to undertake. In addition, a general set of guidelines for students on avoiding plagiarism is available on http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism. -- 87 If plagiarism as referred to in §82 above is suspected, in the first instance, the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or their designate, will write to the student, and the student’s tutor -- -- 88 If the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or designate, forms the view that plagiarism has taken place, he/she must decide if the offence can be dealt with under the summary procedure set out below. In order for this summary procedure to be followed, all -- -- (a) Level 1: Student receives an informal verbal warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will be assessed and marked without penalty; -- -- (b) Level 2: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissable. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped -- not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped mark depending on the seriousness/extent of plagiarism; (c) Level 3: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. There is no opportunity for #RSS 2.0 RSS .92 Atom 0.3 Ninth Level Ireland » Plagiarism Comments Feed alternate alternate alternate -- -- Plagiarism -- Of plagiarism, little new can be written (Schwartz, The culture of the copy (1998), p. 311) -- -- “Plagiarism” is defined in various ways. The core meaning seems to be inappropriate copying of another’s ideas or expressions. An important analytical distinction is between: -- -- behaviour, whether acknowledged or not. There is no legal definition of plagiarism, though it forms part of many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often -- -- many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often described as “self-plagiarism”; and two students who hand in identical essays may both find themselves accused of plagiarism, even though the essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of -- essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of them. Many examples of plagiarism will also be examples of breach of intellectual property rights, such as copyright or droit moral / droit à la paternité. -- -- à la paternité. Objections to plagiarism are numerous, so much so that it may be doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much -- doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much that used to be called “cheating” is now labelled “plagiarism”, often confusingly. The attitude of the person whose work is copied is sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as -- -- sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as your own is objectionable whether or not the true author objects.) There is a modern tendency to define “plagiarism” quite broadly, in some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme -- -- some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme hostility to plagiarism (such as stating, inaccurately, that it is a form of theft) it can sound as if large portions of the student community are being accused of crime. -- -- community are being accused of crime. Many argue that there is now a crisis of plagiarism, even a war against plagiarism. Of course, it has always been the case that some students look for illegitimate short cuts to achieving their qualifications. Various factors are blamed for the modern “crisis”: the growth of IT -- -- for intellectual development, not an occasion for open warfare between students and their teachers; the crisis, if there is one, is not so much a “crisis of plagiarism” as a crisis of how to test core competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. -- -- competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. The very difficulties experienced in trying to define plagiarism are evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how -- evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how it is to be established; further, those who condemn “plagiarism” the loudest often seem to have a quite unrealistic idea of the level of originality that can be expected at student level. -- -- originality that can be expected at student level. Plagiarism by academics is not so much discussed, though there is a general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. -- -- general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. “Persaud’s plagiarism was dishonesty, rules medical council”). It may, as in Raj Persaud’s case, come to the attention of a relevant professional body; or it might be a matter of university internal -- -- It is in this academic context that there are complaints of self-plagiarism, that academics are accused of reproducing their own work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether -- work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether “self-plagiarism” is really the right term may be doubted. Artificially padding one’s c.v. by submitting the same article to more than one journal is certainly reprehensible, and may in some circumstances even -- -- publications. Plagiarism by students, by contrast, has become a major preoccupation of universities. The rise of IT and access to online information, which has coincided with a greater emphasis on marked coursework rather than -- -- that the material could quite properly be included in a legitimate piece of writing, if referenced in the appropriate way. Any detailed university policy on plagiarism must necessarily distinguish between disciplines, as each discipline has its own nuanced attitude to materials that may be cited and how they may be used in argument. But -- -- equally, a failure to abide by a discipline’s rules is only culpable if those rules are understood – which leads many to suspect that rampant plagiarism really represents a teaching failure, such that the rules have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. -- -- have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. Many say, then, that plagiarism is to a certain extent a cultural problem. Does this mean that it is particularly a difficulty with students whose native language is not English? Some argue precisely -- -- of suspicion that is not applied to home students. There is little incentive for non-English speakers to improve their grasp of the language if they are met with “S/He must have plagiarised, s/he doesn’t speak English that well!”. If the local attitude to plagiarism is not well understood by foreign students, then presumably at least some of the blame lies with their teachers, and so a harsh response is not -- -- If there is a cultural problem, then, it is equally to do with domestic students. Academic horror at plagiarism reflects a set of value-judgments that students do not necessarily share, and the academics’ version of what their students are supposed to be doing -- -- achieve any level of expressive freedom. Constrained by an overwhelming consensus over the ‘facts’ and established modes of knowing, students may almost be forced to plagiarise. To devise a way to operate within a disciplinary context, without plagiarising, may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – -- may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – meaning, plagiarism and power, 2006) -- (See also Bill Marsh, Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education, 2007.) -- -- make no sense to be told that a failure to paraphrase counts as dishonesty. For discussion see “It’s culture, not morality”; “Using assessment on the front-line in the battle against plagiarism”. Academic conventions in these matters are framed on an assumption that -- -- dealing with intellectual problems is to find someone who has solved the problem before and to copy their work. (Without this skill, indeed, most university plagiarism policies would never have seen the light of day.) There are indeed other skills which university degrees must teach, and there are also behaviours which must be identified as -- -- required. As it is, plagiarism is increasingly being seen as a disciplinary matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an -- -- matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an unfortunate tendency both to define plagiarism broadly (as including any failure to follow established citation conventions, even if there is no attempt to claim originality for the cited material), coupled -- -- cheats off hook”; “‘Plagiarist’ to sue university”. Much attention has been focussed on plagiarism detection software (notably TURNITIN (website¦wikipedia)), which can take some of the drudgery out of identifying copied passages, and can be a useful -- -- o Irish Law Blogs o Overpayments o Plagiarism o Quality assurance o Tenure o Sample Dissertation o Sample Dissertation Proposal Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- + Referencing + Help Guides + Plagiarism Checker + Exam Revision Guides + -- -- o PhD Help Guides o Guide to Writing an Essay Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- * Call us What plagiarism is and how to avoid it One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of -- -- One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of study is that you must not plagiarise. If this is told to you early in your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there -- -- your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there are many different definitions of plagiarism. -- Plagiarism is stealing! -- This is the simplest way to explain plagiarism, it is stealing. What's more, it's stealing of the worst kind because it's taking another's idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. -- -- idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. Schools, colleges, and universities levy severe punishments on any student caught plagiarising and, in professional life, you would be prosecuted for it - plagiarism is illegal! -- The Internet and plagiarism: The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much -- -- The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much easier to plagiarise, but it has also made it easier to detect since most schools, colleges, and universities automatically scan work against millions of other sources to try and discover whether or not a -- -- teachers - they were students once themselves and during their careers have probably encountered every trick in the book! Therefore, make no mistake about it, if you deliberately plagiarise, you will be caught. -- Accidental plagiarism: -- Usually, however, a student is not guilty of direct plagiarism but plagiarising by accident. Unfortunately, it is too easy to do this when you are carrying out extensive research. Writing notes will, undoubtedly, incorporate the ideas of others alongside your own as this -- -- over an extended period of time (as with a thesis or dissertation), then it is easy to forget where your ideas end and another's begin. This is where accidental plagiarism can easily occur. -- How to avoid plagiarism: -- A very good way to avoid accidental plagiarism is to carefully record every single reference you make in your notes and put them into a list at the end of each referencing session that you carry out. It is also -- -- it) in the referencing style required by your school, college, or university. Not only will this help you to avoid an accusation of plagiarism, it will also enable you to grow accustomed to the required referencing style of your academic institution. This way of working will also allow your reference list and/or bibliography to evolve over -- -- footnote/bibliography style (employed by referencing styles such as Oxford). 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Another frustrating form of accidental plagiarism can occur when you genuinely thought an idea was your own but later find that it is replicated in a book, journal, or other resource. The only way to avoid -- -- work such like a Masters or doctoral theses. Plagiarise and you're the one who suffers: -- Remember that plagiarism is a crime and that, like all forms of cheating, it ultimately harms no-one more than it does you. The best way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. -- -- way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. Does buying an essay count as plagiarism? If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this -- -- If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this constitute as plagiarism? The act of buying the essay is perfectly legitimate. You're allowed to -- -- answer or journal article you're given to look at. If you copy the essay word for word, reorganise sections or hand it in as your own, you'll be conducting plagiarism. 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Even if a plagiarist takes the words of someone else who had written and passes -- -- creation, the fruit of the writer's hard work. As we know when we enter a word "plagiarism" in Internet we find almost 100,000 links to know the purpose of plagiarism, is a severe issue for writers, lawyers, authors, publishers, teachers, and students. Why should students think about? So what happens if a student downloads a -- -- piece of writing and hands it inside the same as his or her own. What is plagiarism? -- The word plagiarism must be important because it can change ones future and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good -- -- and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good intentions of doing it and not plagiarizing, but at times they get so besieged with the assignment leads to plagiarize. -- Defining plagiarism Definitions may be different but the central theme is copying from -- -- act of lying, cheating, and stealing." At UNC, plagiarism is "the deliberate or reckless representation of another's word, thoughts, or ideas as one's own without attribution about submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise." -- -- (Instrument of Student Judicial Governance,) Because it is considered a form of cheating, the Office of the Dean of Students can punish students who plagiarize with course failure and suspension. -- The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the act of plagiarism as:"To steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". -- steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". Plagiarism is "a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work." -- -- 2. Results or findings Cost of plagiarism The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of -- -- The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of intellectual creation of mind is illegal according to the intellectual property law. The plagiarism laws are there to protect the intellectual ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught -- ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught in plagiarizing, not only you will be removed from course and institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students -- institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students in the UK were expelled in 2007 for plagiarism offences". (2) -- Forms of plagiarism -- On purpose plagiarism: it states that using of someone's work for time since his/her own work -- -- If once tutor started reading the task and ends that you have just copied from a book which I have already read it earlier. This type of plagiarism can be done on purpose and it will not work. Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we -- -- Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we read more books and form points and patch them together could be easily detectable, unfair and can be Accomplice by online plagiarism Bluffing: Reading texts, picking few phrases and writing them different -- -- Stitching sources: when complete task is mentioned correctly and cited even then student needs to develop analytical skills because they need to produce work truly as their own. So this is still plagiarism due to inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of -- inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of plagiarism. -- All these types of plagiarism should be avoided at all cost lesser or greater. -- -- Methods of awareness: Why student committed to plagiarism: Many of the students are committed plagiarism because of improper time management or fear about the language and writing skills, poor knowledge regarding the subject. Some of us having thrill about breaking the rules and unawareness towards -- -- the assignments and most of them causes by laziness. Educate you self about plagiarism: Copying a text from the Internet or online or e database will have the important text and type of cite that we are using for academic research papers that are estimated. If you -- -- leads to a high standard than the conclusion and introduction, because the introduction and conclusion are frequently written by a student. Improper citation is also Leads to plagiarism because of some students copy the text from Internet and shows the matter into quotations by giving wrong references. -- -- Before to start working with assignments first find the appropriate source for referencing and arrange the matter according to the way that you studied. Other method is to detect the plagiarism by some software's that are available to detect. -- -- location where you copied. How to avoid plagiarism: -- Plagiarism is avoided by the following four methods. They are, Effective note taking habits, before you start doing assignment write -- -- 4. Conclusion and recommendation As stated that plagiarism is a rising problem in schools, colleges and universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. -- universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. "It is true plagiarism is sometimes ignored by academic institutions because students mean money and in the current financial climate, -- because students mean money and in the current financial climate, no-one wants to lose students". This doesn't mean that plagiarism is okay even your academic body doesn't understand it. Plagiarism finally states never fool yourself. -- -- states never fool yourself. The fear of plagiarism is that need to understand the difference among discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. It is -- discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. It is possible to avoid plagiarism by using resources effectively like use of tutor's, presentations, reading essays and textbooks and Internet. -- -- Cheating is not crime However, you should be conscious when caught in plagiarizing ultimately, no-one gains from it because it would be worthless of the belief in academic institution. -- -- Click Here! 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The Human Rights Act 1998 is also available to ensure that the student -- -- Higher Education Law Solicitors Links * Academic Dishonesty and fitness to practice * Plagiarism * University Grievance Procedure including Breach of Contract Claims * Lawyers who are experts in Academic Appeals and the OIA #LRB blog RSS Feed LRB blog Atom Feed LRB blog » On Being Plagiarised Comments Feed First Person Singular Hochwasser in Passau alternate alternate -- -- « Previous | Home | Next » On Being Plagiarised Charles Hartman 6 June 2013 -- -- Charles Hartman 6 June 2013 Tags: plagiarism | poetry On 17 May I received an email from a stranger in Qatar, telling me that -- -- On 17 May I received an email from a stranger in Qatar, telling me that someone in England had plagiarised one of my poems. Patty Paine, who teaches at the campus I did not know Virginia Commonwealth University has in Doha, and edits Diode, an online poetry magazine, pointed me to -- -- Mortification was expressed at every turn. The editors of targeted publications are in some ways more obviously victims than the poets plagiarised. My first reaction was: what a dim thing to do these days. The tracking -- -- learn such a thing than to find out whether a particular poem has been published under more than one author’s name. It took me slightly longer to see why this response felt so off the mark. But of course plagiarism isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve -- isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve watched someone else go through. Defining plagiarism is trickier than you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other -- you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other kinds of copying (allusion, quotation) fairly easily: it’s plagiarism if the copyist hopes no one will notice. -- -- before he had the pleasure of pointing it out to me. This is probably relatively common, conscious or not. Still, I can’t bring myself to really care. Plagiarism has always seemed to me more pathetic than criminal. Log in to Reply -- -- 2. Timothy Rogers says: 13 June 2013 at 6:53 pm There’s a humorous side to plagiarized poetry, especially when it can be tied into the follies (or impostures) of youth. Here’s an illustrative story. When I was in the ninth grade in 1963 our #UK Human Rights Blog » Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Comments Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste Comments Feed Bipolar patient has capacity to decide to terminate pregnancy Right to Blog, Lord Chancellor’s Legacy and -- -- May 26, 2013 by David Hart QC Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste CutandPaste Crinion v. IG Markets [2013] EWCA (Civ) 587 read judgment -- -- Mr Mustafa, the Masters student at QMC in the second case, did rather less well; he tried to get a finding of plagiarism reversed by the Independent Adjudicator. Males J, after commencing his judgment on a judicial review from this refusal thus: -- -- The Harvard academic and songwriter Tom Lehrer recommended plagiarism as the route to academic success, wealth and fame, but his tongue was firmly in his cheek, -- -- proceeded to decide that (a) most questions of plagiarism involved some degree of academic judgment; -- -- Crimes – The Human Rights Roundup → 6 thoughts on “Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste” 1. A100plus | May 26, 2013 at 1:07 pm -- -- another 3 or 4 years … 2. Lofthouse Jnr. | May 26, 2013 at 3:46 pm Allegations of academic plagiarism tend to involve lecturers running essays through SEO tools like -- running essays through SEO tools like http://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ but these rely on other content being posted on the internet (like the ‘dodgy dossier’ was) #Sunfish » Feed Sunfish » Comments Feed Sunfish » Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Comments Feed 99 Outrageously Simple Openings For Emails Your Reader Will Be Powerless To Resist 12 steps to saying sorry -- -- * Contact us Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook -- -- Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook Plagiarism. For us writers, it’s an ugly word. -- -- joy, obviously. But is it really plagiarism? And what is plagiarism anyway? -- Plagiarism is an ethical offence, not a legal one -- I defer, as usual to the OED, which defines plagiarism thus: To take, use and/or pass off the thoughts, writings, inventions etc of -- -- Notice that it doesn’t say ‘copy’. Nor is the offence reserved exclusively for taking writing. You can plagiarise someone else’s ideas. -- -- ideas. Plagiarism is also an ethical offence, not a legal one. There is no legal remedy. -- -- I found myself in this unwelcome situation recently (of the plagiarised, I mean). I clicked a link in a fellow copywriter’s tweet to a blog post whose -- -- content, style, tone and, in some cases, entire phrases, of my post. So, it passed the first part of the plagiarism test. It took my ideas and writings. -- -- In this particular case I didn’t feel my reputation or commercial fortunes were damaged by the plagiarism. I had very little to gain for seeking any sort of remedy. And, to be -- -- But what about if it happens to you? What then? 15 steps you should take if you think you’ve been plagiarised Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a -- -- Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a potential act of plagiarism. First, get answers to these seven questions: -- -- To what extent? 6 Are you being damaged in any way by the plagiarism (other than wounded pride)? -- -- The more times you answer yes, the more likely the act is to be plagiarism. Let’s say you feel you have a case to make. Here are the eight steps -- -- Post Comment 1. Good advice. I once plagiarised an article without realising it. I published a press release, which I assumed to be public domain. It turned out that the PR person who had written the press release #RSS Feed Plagiarism Checker | WriteCheck by Turnitin * Features -- -- Get Started Now! Plagiarism in the UK In the United Kingdom, the Channel 4 news program Dispatches aired a -- -- Though much of the segment focused on cheating on standardized tests, the network used Freedom of Information requests to also gain access to statistics on plagiarism at universities in the country. According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been -- -- According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been accused of plagiarism in the past four years, of which some 40,000 were disciplined. Of those disciplined, 400 were expelled (excluded) and another 12,000 had a deduction in their grades. -- -- Those statistics are interesting for a variety of reasons. First is that, while the majority of plagiarism cases did result in disciplinary action, a full third did not. How many of these cases were because of the student being exonerated versus a decision that it didn’t warrant -- -- Still, this means that, in the UK at least, punishment for an alleged plagiarism infraction is far from automatic, resulting in a punishment rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of -- rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of plagiarism, they are more favorable than those faced by those accused of actual crimes. District attorneys in the United States, for example, routinely see conviction rates well above 90%. -- -- It’s also worth noting that only one fifth of the students accused of plagiarism suffered a reduction in their grades and only .6% of all students accused of plagiarism were expelled. This means that, in the UK, an allegation of plagiarism does not automatically mean a grade reduction, much less an expulsion. Those are actually very unlikely outcomes. -- -- However, perhaps most interesting is that the number of students accused of plagiarism is significantly smaller than the number who likely actually do it. A recent survey of college students in the U.S. showed that 38% of undergraduates and 25% of graduates admitted to -- -- While the United States is a different country, even if the UK rate of plagiarism is just 20% that means the vast majority of students who plagiarized never even faced an accusation. This is because there are approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means -- approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means approximately 2.6% were accused of plagiarism. That number, 2.6%, feels both extraordinarily high and extraordinarily -- -- low at the same time. On one hand, it’s stunning to think that, on average, in every class of 38 students, one will face allegations of plagiarism. On the other hand, given the high rate of admitted plagiarism, it means that the amount detected truly is just the tip of the iceberg. -- -- More than anything, the Channel 4 report shows just how complex the problem of plagiarism in universities is and. more importantly, how deep the issue runs. -- -- Fortunately, while there are no easy solutions to this problem, universities in the UK have made great strides in the fight. Not only have they adopted plagiarism policies and the use of plagiarism-detection software nationwide, but they’ve nearly cut in half the number of papers with high similarity rates turned in over the first 10 years of the program. -- -- first 10 years of the program. Still, as these statistics show, the battle against plagiarism is not a sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but -- -- sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but all areas of plagiarism policy. Further, it requires regular analysis to ensure that it’s working as designed so that adjustments can be made as time goes on. -- -- Fortunately, that is what the UK is doing and that’s why we have such powerful statistics from it. That data, in the end, is powerful and, as shown above, indicates the UK is turning the tide against plagiarism, even if there is still much work to be done. -- -- The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today, and do not reflect the opinions of WriteCheck. -- WriteCheck. 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Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, -- -- activities. Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, there is also evidence that a generation brought up using the Internet has very different views on what constitutes ‘plagiarism’. -- Plagiarism is usually seen as being ‘wrong’, ‘immoral’ or at least undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the -- -- undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the learning process. Furthermore, ‘plagiarism’ should not be confused with ‘copyright’, as what may be plagiarism is not necessarily copyright infringement. Thus while plagiarism is often ‘unlawful’ it may not always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute -- always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute ‘plagiarism’, such as the improper referencing of sources in student essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for -- -- essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for plagiarism, and the academic and professional penalties that can be imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. -- -- imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. SECTION ONE – TYPES OF PLAGIARISM Definitions -- -- Definitions The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines ‘plagiarism’ as ‘to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: to use (another's production) without crediting the source: to commit literary -- -- The word ‘plagiarist’ is derived from the Latin word ‘plagiarus’, meaning, ‘kidnapper’^3. Yet as we shall see, plagiarism does not need to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans -- to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans points out: ‘Everyone seems to know [plagiarism] is wrong... but few know how to completely define it’^4. -- -- know how to completely define it’^4. Oxford University states that plagiarism is ‘the copying or paraphrasing of other people’s work or ideas into your own work without full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. -- -- full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. It also includes ‘collusion’, i.e. the unauthorised working with others. The university states that students may be guilty of plagiarism even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This -- even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This suggests that ‘plagiarism’ is an all-embracing term that covers a huge variety of activities. -- -- variety of activities. Types of plagiarism The Harvard Guide to Using Sources^7 provides useful examples of -- -- unacceptable conduct. Many of these involve the practice of ‘cutting and pasting’ from electronic sources such as the Internet^8. The Guide divides plagiarisms into several different types. -- The first is ‘Verbatim plagiarism’. This is word for word copying from another source without placing the copied text in quotation marks and providing a clear citation, i.e. an acknowledgement of where the -- -- material came from. Another category is ‘Mosaic plagiarism’^9. This involves copying parts of another’s material but changing a few words here and there without placing the material in quotes or providing a citation. The Guide -- -- An example can be found in How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, an unpublished novel Kaavya Viswanathan, which was found to contain numerous instances of plagiarism, notably from two previously published books by author Megan McCafferty^10. -- -- first in a long string of boyfriends got on.’^12 Here, mosaic plagiarism can be seen in the way certain words are changed while others are left unaltered. The result is very close to the original in its expression. -- -- the original in its expression. ‘Inadequate paraphrasing’ is a similar type of plagiarism where the student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a -- -- student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a citation, this is not enough to prevent plagiarism. The new passage must instead restate the original work using completely new words. The Guide suggests that students should make accurate notes of the original -- -- citation immediately afterwards^15. Other types of plagiarism can include providing inaccurate information about the sources in citations and using too many sources without enough interconnecting original material, with the result that the -- -- paper contains almost no original work^16. Another type of plagiarism is ‘self-plagiarism’. This is a practice mainly found among academics where the author recycles their own work, ‘dressing up’ old research to make it appear original and new^17, and -- -- Problems with definitions However, though examples of plagiarism are numerous, there is much disagreement about when the rules should apply. -- -- topics which a first year undergraduate may be ignorant of. Similarly, arts students tend to cite things differently than science students^19. This undermines any solid definitions of plagiarism. -- Another problem when defining plagiarism is that educational institutions’ plagiarism policies tend to give students more leeway in examinations. For instance, Yale College’s plagiarism guide states that for its purposes the term ‘plagiarism’ will be usually confined to coursework only^20. -- -- Administrators (an advisory body for institutions providing writing programs) takes the view that institutions should treat intentional and unintentional plagiarism differently^21. They state that if a student tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be -- -- tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be classed as ‘plagiarism’^22. In fact, they regard it as part of the natural learning process for students. They also state that using ‘common knowledge’ is acceptable. However this again does not address -- -- acknowledgment^24. This definition appears self-contradictory, as it recognizes that some institutions and even academic programmes define ‘plagiarism’ differently. What use then is the definition? Such definitions are unhelpful and serve only to confuse the issue. -- -- is part of the learning process, where students assimilate phrases, terminology and ideas to gain understanding of a particular subject. However she states that this is still plagiarism, regardless of whether the student acknowledges their sources^26. -- -- If that wasn’t enough for the student to contend with, there is evidence to suggest that the present generation of students views ‘plagiarism’ differently from previous generations. In American colleges 68% of all students admit cutting and pasting from the Internet without giving acknowledgments^27. Blum suggests that this -- -- forms part of a cultural pattern. McCabe and Trevino also note that this ‘may be due to a changing definition among students of what constitutes plagiarism’, particularly when it comes it paraphrasing^28. Blum says: ‘Contemporary students are swimming in a sea of texts’^29. -- -- Contrasted to this, the academic world has strict rules on referencing even when direct quotations are not used. This may explain the rise in the amount of plagiarism seen in colleges and universities recently. Conclusion -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. It can encompass a wide variety of activities, not all of which involve professional ‘cheating’. Unintentional plagiarism can also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as -- -- also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as ‘plagiarism’. A problem for students is that some disciplines and forms of assessment are more stringent than others. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot -- -- some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot when they are plagiarizing another’s work. -- Copyright symbol SECTION TWO – Plagiarism v Copyright UK law -- -- to exploit a work^30. The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) governs UK copyright law. One of the main differences between copyright and plagiarism is that copyright generally does not protect ideas, only the expression of those ideas. However this distinction is not as clear cut as it sounds. -- -- What is copyright? Plagiarism covers a variety of material. It includes academic papers, professional publications, works of fiction and even scientific formulae. In short, where there is any potential for the use of -- -- recorded in some permanent form, such as in writing^42. Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright is that copyright only lasts for a fixed period. For original works this is seventy years from the death of the author^43, while for sound -- -- arrangements last for twenty-five years^45. If a work’s copyright expires it becomes ‘public domain’ and can be used freely without a licence. By contrast, plagiarism is not concerned with whether a source is public domain or not, but whether it has been adequately referenced. -- -- Infringement Plagiarism policies and copyright law both cover a wide variety of activities. However copyright law is more rigid, in that it sets out what activities may constitute copyright infringement. -- -- work to the public, adapting the work or authorizing any of these acts to be done without a licence There is no need to show any intention on the part of the infringer. Therefore, as with plagiarism, infringement may be unintentional. -- -- author^46, or joint authors if there are more than one^47, of by the author’s employer if the work was created during the course of their employment^48. This is unlike plagiarism, where it does not matter whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone -- whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone else to produce a piece of work may be plagiarism in itself^49. How much can be copied? -- -- How much can be copied? Plagiarism policies allow for some copying provided that any text lifted from the original is surrounded in quotation marks and referenced properly^50. Similarly, you can legally copy material from a -- -- that the work must originate from its creator and not be copied from somewhere else^54. One of the consequences of this is that facts cannot generally be protected. This contrasts with plagiarism, which suggests that it is the failure to say where the facts came from that incurs a penalty^55. -- -- Sufficient acknowledgment Plagiarism is concerned with originality of work. For instance, plagiarists who recycle old ideas are criticized for undermining the pursuit of original knowledge and enriching themselves, sometimes at -- -- Publication: does it matter? Plagiarism does not require anything to be made public. However, except for ‘copying’, copyright infringement must involve the work being made available to the public^59. Bainbridge notes that the approach courts -- -- Ideas v Expression Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, -- is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, not the ideas behind it. Plagiarism however, can be committed by stealing ideas as well as by copying text. -- -- Saunders states that this means that an academic can copy ideas from someone else’s work, as long as he presents them in an original way. Such behaviour may be plagiarism, but it is not copyright infringement^63. -- -- copyright infringement^74. Therefore if you reproduce a section of an original work without crediting the author, you may also violate this right as well as commit plagiarism. Under s.80(1) CDPA 1988, an author or director also has a right to -- -- Conclusion Therefore copyright infringement in the UK differs from plagiarism in that only certain works are protected for a limited duration. Infringement also requires that the amount used from the copyright work -- -- family^87. This is all very different from the position regarding plagiarism, where it does not matter if the work is public domain or not. -- -- Moral Rights in the US are much more limited than in the UK, and are of little assistance to the copyright owner in preventing plagiarism. Authors in the US have rights of paternity and integrity similar to -- -- unscripted portions of the film are written down verbatim. Such use may well not infringe copyright. This is, of course, different to plagiarism, which includes non-literal copying from any source. There must also be ‘substantial similarity’ between the infringing copy -- -- to reproducing or exhibiting work, communicating work to public, and falsely attributing work to the author. This covers all possible forms of plagiarism and may be an alternative remedy to infringement for plagiarized authors. However these rights are more limited than in English law. The rights -- -- i) ‘ILLEGAL’ v ‘UNLAWFUL’ Plagiarism may be unlawful, but it is not necessarily illegal. Although these two terms are often used interchangeably, they do have different technical meanings. “Illegal” has been defined as an act’ which the law -- -- Therefore to infringe copyright is to violate law and commit an ‘illegal’ act. However while plagiarism is considered unethical, it is not ‘illegal’ unless it also infringes copyright or some other rule of law. -- -- law. In fact, some plagiarisms may not even be unlawful, as even plagiarized work is capable of subsisting in copyright. A plagiarized essay still qualifies as a literary work under the CDPA 1988 even if it has not been created to academic standards. The plagiarist would still be able -- -- students. For purely academic work, the UK law does not require that source material be acknowledged. However this will not protect students from allegations of plagiarism. Someone writing an essay or journal article may claim they are writing -- -- Conclusion Plagiarism is therefore be illegal only if it infringes copyright or some other law. Even infringement may be lawful if it amounts to ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. The UK law provides little certainty on the -- -- This makes cases hard to predict in the UK and the US. SECTION SIX – CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES -- -- i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES If plagiarism involves a violation of copyright law, the infringer may commit criminal offences. -- -- dishonestly make a representation with a view to causing gain or loss to anyone^176, for instance, if an academic secures a publishing advance for an original article but delivers a plagiarized version. Australia -- -- where the origins of a work have been deliberately disguised, such as by removing copyright notices or modifying it so it cannot be recognized^187. This may apply to plagiarized written work. Australia -- -- Even if a plagiarist escapes civil or criminal sanctions, they may still face serious consequences. Plagiarism can result in the cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have -- -- cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have plagiarized several works, including those by Megan McCafferty and Salman Rushdie , the publishers cancelled her publishing contract ^198. The publisher may also ban the author in the future and withdraw copies -- -- author to provide a warranty that their work is original^200 Plagiarism can cause severe embarrassment and damage the copier’s career and good standing in the academic community. The publisher may complain to the academic’s departmental head, resulting in internal -- -- governed by the Human Rights Act 1998, which enshrines the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law^206. University Disciplinary Committees decide what penalties to impose on students for plagiarism. These are distinct from Examination Boards, which grade students based on their academic performance. Disciplinary Committees are subject to -- -- In one recent case, a student accused his university of negligence for failing to bring plagiarism to his notice. Michael Gunn sued the University of Kent for failing him for plagiarism days before he was due to graduate, having said nothing about this while he carried on his studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation -- -- studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation for changing a student’s grade after they have graduated on grounds of plagiarism^212. -- Plagiarism policies may discriminate against students from overseas. The JISC recognizes that for some students, such as those who are home-schooled, reproducing large amounts of text is a way of showing -- -- under the Human Rights Act 1998. Many academic institutions also utilize plagiarism detection sites and software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and -- software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and plagiarismchecker.net. In the USA, their use has already sparked a court case. In AV v iParadigms LLC^217, high school students in Virginia and Arizona sued Turnitin.com’s owners, iParadigms. The -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright -- process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright infringement and plagiarism are not the same thing, and one may be a plagiarist without infringing copyright, and vice versa. While there are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are -- -- are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are generally less well protected in the US and Australia. Also, moral rights are much weaker in these two countries. Plagiarism is not always illegal, thanks to defences such as ‘fair use’. However what is ‘fair’ can be very hard to pin down, and the potential infringer would be well -- -- advised to always err on the side of caution. There are severe criminal and civil penalties for commercial copyright infringement, and plagiarism can also have damaging academic and professional consequences. However, in a culture that is becoming increasingly reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next -- -- reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next generation of scholars may well have very different ideas about what is ‘plagiarism’. One answer would be to change the way university courses are taught, placing less reliance on traditional essay-writing, which encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly -- -- encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly different form. Instead universities appear to be resorting to technology themselves to stamp out plagiarism. Whether these methods are legal themselves remains to be seen. -- -- Blum, S, My Word! 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Plagiarism and College Culture, Cornell University Press, New York, 2009, p.1. -- -- de=402598>. 57 J Saunders, ‘Plagiarism and the law: a guide to plagiarism and the law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, -- law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, , p.2. 58 [2007] EWCA Civ 247. -- -- 86 Ibid. 87 R King, Understanding Copyright Law, Fair Use, Plagiarism and Public Domain, King & Associates, Arizona, 2012 (e-book). -- -- Features * Plagiarism detection * Plagiarism checker reviews * Types of plagiarism * Is plagiarism illegal? * Plagiarism articles * Ask the Doctor -- * Ask the Doctor * Plagiarism pictures * Plagiarism scanner (BETA) Guides -- -- * Referencing guides * Lesson plans * NEW: Free plagiarism workbook (PDF) About -- -- About PlagiarismChecker.net is the free website for plagiarism software, reviews, articles, lesson plans and commentary on detection methods. -- -- XML | TXT | HTML | ROR | Images © Copyright 2015 by PlagiarismChecker.net. 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Investigation process -- -- Investigation process In all suspected cases of Plagiarism and/ or Collusion, the centre is required to notify the awarding organisation within 10 working days. -- -- City & Guilds ILM: Plagiarism, Collusion and Cheating Policy OCR: Joint Council for Qualifications Suspected Malpractice in -- -- + Information, advice and guidance statement of service + Learner charter + Plagiarism and Collusion Your questions * What is academic integrity? * What is plagiarism? * How do I avoid plagiarism? * What is referencing? * Why should I reference? -- -- Students working together where this is not permitted, with the intention of gaining an unfair advantage or cheating in the preparation of coursework. A form of plagiarism. See also collaboration. Common knowledge -- -- * exam techniques (eg preparation, timing, etc). Plagiarism In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas -- -- In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas or writings as your own without acknowledgement. In an academic context (see page What is is plagiarism?). This includes taking another person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of -- -- person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of plagiarism in the General Regulations Appendix A: * reproducing in any work submitted for assessment or review(for example, examination answers, essays, project reports, -- -- Turnitin In full this refers to the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software supplied under license from Turnitin UK . Submitted work is matched against a database of previously submitted work from every institution -- -- which subscribes to Turnitin, (including international institutions); current and archived internet pages and databases of journals and periodicals (Gale and Emerald). Turnitin does not detect plagiarism: it is a text-matching software which provides a report on whether a student's work is original (no matching text) or unoriginal. All * PlagiarismDetection.org * plans & pricing -- -- * login Reliable plagiarism detector -- Fast and accurate plagiarism checker for teachers, students, publishers, bloggers. Since 2008. -- -- bloggers. Since 2008. Plagiarism prevention in Europe -- Plagiarism is a controversial issue in institutions of higher learning across Europe. Various views have been raised concerning this topic vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different -- -- vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different European countries. It is prudent to understand what each country perceives regarding plagiarism for the sake of students who wish to study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the -- study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the plagiarism policy means in countries such as Poland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought -- -- Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought about the definition of plagiarism, different answers were gathered. This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various -- This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various attitudes towards plagiarism. According to the respondents, students from Czech Republic highlighted that plagiarism simply meant “copying without referencing the original author”. British students simply stated that it had something to do with “taking another person’s work -- -- simply meant “copying”. Polish answers were a bit long making reference to intellectual property rights, illegal, copying and cheating. Plagiarism policy in Europe has had different opinions. This may be attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to -- attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to measures taken by institutions to control and prevent plagiarism. As much as the situation may look similar in most countries, a few scenarios differ. A clear similarity is apparent between Cyprus and the -- -- academic writing. Most universities and colleges in the US and UK report high cases of plagiarism despite plagiarism checkers put in place to avoid it. A number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students -- number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students and lecturers concerning plagiarism. Despite having these guidelines, originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding -- originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding what really constitutes plagiarism. In some instances, poor academic discipline may qualify as plagiarism as opposed to the actual misconduct. This has been labeled as a demeaning factor in achieving consistency among institutions of higher learning. -- -- In 2012 an anonymous survey of 617 students conducted at the University of Graz in Austria showed that about one-third students reported that they had already plagiarized at least once. Reasons for plagiarism were comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 -- comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 percent), unintended plagiarism (34 percent) and uncertainty about the source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that -- source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that "comfort", which primary reason for students to plagiarize is indeed lack of a plagiarism checker being used by teachers to control works submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and -- -- submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and the UK have adopted plagiarism detectors. In the UK, much emphasis has been relayed on penalties on students who plagiarize. Universities in the US are quite strict on matters of plagiarism hence prompting students to pay attention to details when attributing works. In contrast with Europe, university students in the US are constantly -- -- reference list and parenthesis on materials cited in the text. To some extent, these attribution systems have managed to streamline issues of plagiarism as well as bring consistency in the US. Institutions of higher learning in both countries have equally faced challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public -- -- challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public domain. In the current era of information explosion, more knowledge is becoming common hence presenting the challenge on what is plagiarized or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, -- or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, plagiarism checkers think otherwise. On the contrary, it is easier to assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and -- assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and does not require citing. In the overall, plagiarism is still an issue to solve in many countries given the fact that knowledge is dynamic. -- -- all articles * Academic plagiarism * Checker supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish languages. -- -- * Twitter+ © 2008-2018 PlagiarismDetection.org ____________________ Student Circus Blog Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments -- -- Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? 14 Nov,2016 -- -- 14 Nov,2016 Plagiarism is a foreign word for most of the international students coming to the UK. Plagiarism means copying someone else’s ideas or work and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are -- -- and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are found to be plagiarising your content, you could fail the exam or assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian -- -- assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian countries, plagiarism is not strictly enforced or frowned upon, which leads to complacency and lack of knowledge of plagiarism when students go to west for further education. Plagiarism can be of various types such as*: a.Copying or paraphrasing text from websites, articles, research -- -- c.Duplicating your work, for instance by submitting almost the same work for two different tasks. So, how to avoid plagiarism? The answer is referencing, paraphrasing and citing the sources. The most common citation styles are as follows: -- -- marks. *Avoiding plagiarism: A guide for international students. (n.d.). Retrieved from -- Retrieved from http://www.educationuk.org/india/articles/avoiding-plagiarism-guide-for -international-students/ Disclaimer: www.studentcircus.com (Student Circus UK ) is not #Teaching Matters blog » Feed Teaching Matters blog » Comments Feed Teaching Matters blog » Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? Comments Feed Exploring research-led teaching at Senate Training and support for postgraduate students who teach (PGWT) alternate -- -- 27th July 20175th September 2017IAD user Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? PhD nightmare crop Poor academic practice and academic misconduct cases -- -- occur and the consequences are potentially catastrophic and extremely distressing for all concerned. Cases we are aware of have involved the external examiner identifying plagiarised material with an almost forensic level of rigor – exactly what we expect of any external examiners doing their job. It has struck us that there is currently an -- -- Our pilot of this approach has already proved valuable by identifying patterns of poor scholarship including plagiarism among year 1 progression papers; issues we have identified would definitely land students in trouble if they had submitted work for UG or taught PG -- -- of Turnitin. Undetected problems could persist within a final submitted thesis and this could be catastrophic; in 2013 the Education Minister for Germany had their PhD rescinded because of plagiarised content. PhD theses are still a special case and the nature of similarity needs Written on May 23 2013. Misconception 15: Turnitin employs legions of writing experts to read and evaluate papers for plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin receives over 200,000 papers daily, and no human reads the papers at Turnitin. All papers are processed by our -- -- Reality: Turnitin matches text similarity and does not grade papers for the instructors. It is up to the instructor and/or student to determine whether the assignment exhibits plagiarism. Misconception 13: Turnitin has expertise in plagiarism and can render judgment on specific cases. 
Reality: There is no "threshold" Similarity Index that is either -- -- at the Originality Report. Misconception 3: The "Similarity Index" shows the percentage of paper that is plagiarized.
 Reality: The Similarity Index is just a percentage of material in the paper that matches sources in the Turnitin databases. Text that is -- -- Instructors can decide to let their students see their reports, do re-submissions, get revised reports -- or not. Misconception 1: Turnitin detects plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin matches to text in our databases and leaves the judgment up to the instructor. As mentioned above, instructors MUST Blog Is Recycling Your Own Work Plagiarism? Written on July 20 2016. -- -- Written on July 20 2016. [self-plagiarism-blog-image.png] This post is excerpted from an article originally published on -- -- Writers often claim that because they are the authors, they can reuse their work, either in full or in excerpts, over and over again. How can republishing one’s own work be defined as plagiarism if the author has only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the -- only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the definition of self-plagiarism, how it crosses into copyright laws and ethical issues, and the different ways an author can avoid this increasingly controversial act of scholarly misconduct. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ What is Self-plagiarism? Let's look at one scenario: Leslie is an assistant professor going -- -- number of publications for tenure, but from the same work. Doing so, Leslie might commit what Scanlon (2007) calls “academic fraud,” a form of selfplagiarism (pg. 57). -- Self-plagiarism is defined as a type of plagiarism in which the writer republishes a work in its entirety or reuses portions of a previously written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that -- -- written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that because they are the authors, they can use the work again as they wish; they can’t really plagiarize themselves because they are not taking any words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on -- words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on whether self-plagiarism is possible, the ethical issue of self-plagiarism is significant, especially because self-plagiarism can infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of -- infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of plagiarism do not account for self-plagiarism, so writers may be unaware of the ethics and laws involved in reusing or repurposing texts. -- -- texts. The American Psychological Association (2010) explains how plagiarism differs from self-plagiarism: “Whereas plagiarism refers to the practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of -- practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of others, self-plagiarism refers to the practice of presenting one’s own previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). -- -- previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). As Roig (2006) suggests, self-plagiarism occurs “when authors reuse their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared -- -- their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared elsewhere” (pg. 16). Roig identifies a few types of self-plagiarism: * Republishing the same paper that is published elsewhere without notifying the reader nor publisher of the journal -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Definitions of Plagiarism -- The question of whether self-plagiarism exists or not—is it possible to plagiarize oneself?—is rooted in the definition of plagiarism. Plagiarism is typically defined as stealing the work of another and presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary -- presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary (2011) defines plagiarism as taking the work of another as “literary theft.” The verb to “plagiarize” is defined as: * “To take and use as one's own (the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another person);” -- -- According to the OED definition, in the strict sense recycling papers would not be plagiarism. -- However, Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2011) defines to “plagiarize” similarly with the addition description in the second definition below: * To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: -- -- So, in the Webster definition, recycling one’s own papers would fall under “to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source” and is, therefore, considered plagiarism. But what is more important than the definition of plagiarism, and whether it is possible to “self-plagiarize,” is the ethics behind self-plagiarism. __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Ethical Issues of Self-plagiarism -- Publications manuals have a set standard regarding self-plagiarism. When an author publishes in a journal, the author often signs over rights to the publisher; thus, copyright infringement is possible if an -- -- Biomedical journals in particular have had significant problems with copyright due to self-plagiarism and many have taken a stance against the practice in publication. Some have gone so far as to request the author’s previous manuscripts to ensure that the work is original (Roig -- -- It seems that even the American Psychological Association (APA) has taken a recent position against the practice by addressing self-plagiarism in the 2010 sixth edition of the publication manual, a discussion, which is absent from previous editions. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Avoiding Self-plagiarism Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for -- -- Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for avoiding plagiarism, four of which deal specifically with self-plagiarism, as follows: * Guideline 10: Authors who submit a manuscript for publication containing data, reviews, conclusions, etc., that have already been -- -- that is subsequently presented as a new study is an equally serious ethical breach. * Guideline 12: Because some instances of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and even some writing practices that might otherwise be acceptable (e.g., extensive paraphrasing or quoting of key elements of a book) can constitute copyright infringement, -- -- Technology like iThenticate by Turnitin is another way to avoid self-plagiarism. By comparing written work against the largest database of scholarly, full-text content, authors and researchers can screen their work prior to publication submission and organizations can -- -- Conclusion The issue of self-plagiarism is becoming more and more prevalent, and some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, -- some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, have seen a rising trend in self-plagiarism. The APA publication manual has no discussion of self-plagiarism in its fifth edition, but addresses it twice in the sixth edition, perhaps to prevent such practices. Organizations and individual authors and researchers can -- -- take preventative measures in their writing practices and editing processes, including the use of technology that helps detect potential self-plagiarism before submitting their work for publication. References -- -- Style Chicago. 16th Edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. * “Plagiarize.” (2011). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com. -- http://www.merriam-webster.com. * “Plagiarism, n.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed.). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * “Plagiarize, v.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed. ). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * Roig, Miguel. (2006). Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. -- other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. Retrieved from http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/plagiarism.doc * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in -- -- * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification, 57-66. * Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright. (2010). Copyright. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Copyright Office. Retrived from Programme of activities/ Academic integrity and plagiarism/ -- Academic integrity and plagiarism [icon-twitter-rounded.png] [icon-facebook-rounded.png] -- -- Protecting, developing and enhancing academic integrity in general is the second theme for action, with a particular focus to the issue of plagiarism. Higher education has indeed its own particularities and potential -- -- Another activity under this priority line would be the organisation of a specific seminar on plagiarism, which could be held in 2016. One possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes -- possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes towards plagiarism coexist in Europe and that approaches differ from one Member State to another. -- -- 2. Drafting of guidelines together with measurement indexes; 3. Promotion of capacity building in higher education institutions to evaluate plagiarism. -- -- + Programme of activities o Ethical behaviour of all actors in education o Academic integrity and plagiarism o Recognition of qualifications o Other activities #RSS 2.0 Thomas Lancaster » Feed Thomas Lancaster » Comments Feed Thomas Lancaster » Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 Comments Feed Contract Cheating – A Decade (Plus One) Of Contract Cheating Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 1 – Academic Integrity and Contract -- -- ____________________ Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 -- -- use a third party to have work completed for them. Sessions at the 2017 international conference on Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond ended up heavily focused on contract cheating. Having been part of contact cheating research since the term first formed part -- -- I’ve already shared my conference presentation on contract cheating in examinations and provided general collected thoughts about Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. -- -- 05 Emerging Issues In Contract Cheating Wider challenges surrounding educational integrity also influence how contract cheating practice could develop. These include traditional areas of student plagiarism, the use of translation and essay spinning software, as well as the risks posed by students using smart drugs. -- -- these posts are compiled, runs to nearly 8,000 words, so that just shows how much value there was in the presentations and discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. ← Next post Previous post → -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Please browse around the blog and the links, and feel free to leave your thoughts. -- -- Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: brno, conference, contract cheating, essay mills, plagiarism across europe and beyond, research Read 127 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:14 am […] This is Part 1 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 2 – Inside The Contract Cheating Industry | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:30 am […] This is Part 2 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 3 – Contract Cheating by Academics | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:31 am […] This is Part 3 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 4 – Detecting Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:43 am […] This is Part 4 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 5 – Emerging Issues in Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:54 am […] This is Part 5 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 6 – Which Students Are Contract Cheating And What Does This Mean For -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:18 pm […] This is Part 6 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 7 – Understanding Contract Cheating From The Student Viewpoint | Thomas -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:28 pm […] This is Part 7 (the final part) of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 | ContractCheating.com says: October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm -- -- October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm […] This blog post provides lots of details about contract cheating from discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. […] Leave a Reply Cancel reply -- -- Recent Posts * Student Plagiarism And How To Stop An International Problem – With A Focus On Kosovo -- A Focus On Kosovo * Emerging Issues In Plagiarism Prevention And Detection – My View From 2004 * Beyond Contract Cheating – Towards Academic Integrity -- -- Recommendations To Address Essay Mill Use – Video * Cutting The Costs Of Open Access Research * Plagiarism and Assessment * Examining The State of Academic Integrity in Europe – Recommendations From SEEPPAI this work is produced, it is a concern. Since contract cheating produces original work, this is unlikely to be picked up using standard text matching plagiarism detection services such as Turnitin. Some of the more interesting findings across our research have related -- -- Beyond this, there are parallels with the research into the anti-plagiarism fields, in particular looking at the policies, processes and penalties surrounding contract cheating, and how to write assignments to prevent contract cheating. The research I’ve been -- -- Feel free to contact me regarding contract cheating. I often deliver keynote talks, research seminars and training related to plagiarism and contract cheating. I’m happy to discuss the issues further, to assist with staff development and to support requests from the media. -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Much more information about what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. -- -- what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: contract cheating, plagiarism, robert clarke, thomas lancaster Read 8 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- March 28, 2017 at 7:03 am Dear professor My research subject is plagiarism. Since you coined the term contract cheating in 2006, would you mind clarifying how a “contarct cheater” is different from a “ghost writer”? #Plagiarism.org RSS Feed IFRAME: https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NST4MH8 -- -- (BUTTON) Toggle navigation [p-dot-org-logo-1512156951.png] * Understanding Plagiarism * Preventing Plagiarism * Teaching about Plagiarism * Plagiarism Checking * Plagiarism Research * Plagiarism Policy ____________________ -- -- ____________________ European Responses to Student Plagiarism in Higher Education Irene Glendinning -- -- A significant amount of research has been undertaken in response to the recent flood of student plagiarism now being detected in higher education institutions (HEI). Based on deeper understanding of the underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for -- -- underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for strategies and systems for detection, penalties and mitigation of student plagiarism. So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from -- -- So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from English speaking countries, particularly the UK, North America and Australia. Their work has included research into plagiarism from students from other countries, including Sweden, Germany, Lithuania, Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of -- -- Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of countries in Europe is not well understood and there has not yet been a comparative study of plagiarism in HEIs across Europe. -- The IPPHEAE project (Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), -- Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), aims to plug the identified gap by focusing on plagiarism in European HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and -- -- HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and deterring plagiarism. Surveys are being conducted in HEIs at three levels: students, teaching staff and senior managers, to determine how well any procedures are understood, to what extent they are operating -- -- Where possible representatives from national quality agencies are being interviewed in order to gain overarching national perspectives on issues such as national policies and how plagiarism impacts on quality and standards. This dimension also provides a means of highlighting the importance of the research to people who can influence educational -- -- IPPHEAE project including an overview of in-depth institutional studies and interventions for reducing the number of incidences of student plagiarism. -- This paper was submitted to the International Integrity & Plagiarism Conference which ran between 2004-2014. The paper was peer reviewed by an independent editorial board and features in the conference (GO) GO UK leads Europe in the fight against plagiarism Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study -- -- integrity among students, a study has found. The analysis looked at factors such as universities’ use of plagiarism software, consistency of sanctions, transparency, training, efficacy of prevention policies and efforts to address the issue at a national -- -- countries, in most aspects,” said Irene Glendinning, academic manager for student experience at Coventry University and principal investigator on the Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe project. -- -- Ms Glendinning said that unlike in the UK, where efforts to prevent and detect plagiarism have been growing since 2001, in Spain students reported that tools to detect plagiarism were rarely used, and only one-third said there were policies for dealing with the problem. -- -- Ms Glendinning also acknowledged that the survey looked at policies and their implementation rather than the prevalence of plagiarism because, she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that -- she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of plagiarism around … but there are no statistics anywhere,” she said. Consistent recording would mean “we can have a handle on whether what we’re doing is actually having an effect”. -- -- and Cyprus. Among suggestions for the UK will be that the Quality Assurance Agency should, as part of existing audits, require institutions to explain their plagiarism policies and demonstrate their effectiveness and consistency. (GO) GO Plagiarism software can be beaten by simple tech tricks IT scholar says PDF tweaks allow students' copied work to evade -- -- Technological loopholes allow savvy students to beat academic plagiarism software, an IT expert has warned. -- -- James Heather, senior lecturer in computing at the University of Surrey, has revealed that plagiarism detection systems such as Turnitin that are routinely used by universities are open to simple cheats allowing students to evade detection when submitting copied material. -- -- But in a new paper, "Turnitoff: identifying and fixing a hole in current plagiarism detection software", Dr Heather reveals that beating the system is simple. -- -- "In their current incarnation, one can easily create a document that passes the plagiarism check regardless of how much copied material it contains. When there are loopholes that can be exploited, they give the operator a false assurance that a submission is original." -- -- The study, which appears in the journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, demonstrates ways in which students can modify plagiarised work to avoid detection. "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the -- -- "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the document, without affecting how the document looks and prints, then the software will not be able to identify any plagiarised material," Dr Heather writes. -- -- Students aware of this loophole could get around the system by converting a plagiarised essay to PDF format, he says, and then altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually -- -- altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually unaltered, extracts tested by the plagiarism software would be garbled, and so matches would not be detected. -- -- themselves. "If there is no text, then the plagiarism detection cannot function," the paper notes. -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests Read more -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests August 15, 2016 Universities seem to be struggling to catch up. The big concern is that bespoke essays, written to order, without being plagiarised themselves, are difficult if not impossible to detect. -- -- are difficult if not impossible to detect. Almost all universities use anti-plagiarism software, called Turnitin, which checks a submitted essay against published sources, looking for copied phrases. But this software will not raise suspicions about an -- -- * More oral presentations, sometimes called a viva * More exams * Almost all UK universities use anti-plagiarism software such as Turnitin. But software has little success in detecting a genuine bespoke essay -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism Officer Sarah Allen, at the UEA Business School, recently investigated a post-graduate student who submitted an excellent piece of work which stood out to the marker simply because it contained one Home Viewpoint: The spectre of plagiarism haunting Europe By Debora Weber-Wulff Professor of Media and Computing, University of -- -- A spectre is haunting Europe, and this time it is the spectre of plagiarism and scientific misconduct. Some high-profile politicians have had to resign in the last 18 months - but the revelations are also shaking respected European universities. -- -- Many European countries, especially Germany, have long considered it unnecessary to give plagiarism more than a cursory look. One trusts in the self-cleansing powers of science, end of story. -- -- Last February, a reviewer of German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's doctoral dissertation discovered and documented some plagiarised passages. When the papers pounced on this, zu Guttenberg denied any wrongdoing, -- -- That was not the end of it. Soon it was suspected that a major ex-politician's daughter was guilty of plagiarism in her dissertation, and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite -- and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite soon plagiarism was discovered in yet another dissertation, and it has not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. -- -- not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised... Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education -- -- Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education minister lasted just a week in office before having to step down, accused of plagiarising academic papers. Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the -- -- Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the Romanian prime minister of plagiarising part of his PhD. He denies wrongdoing and has been backed by a Research Ethics Council, but the accusations have now been upheld by two academic panels in Romania, -- -- The Hungarian president has already lost his doctorate and resigned on account of plagiarism, and the Russian Minister of Culture is facing accusations that 16 passages of his doctoral dissertation were copied from other sources. He denies the allegations. -- -- let them have their fun." However, it seems that the plague of plagiarism has also reached the level of the professorships in Germany. Those who are supposed to be teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last -- -- teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last month it was revealed that more than a third of a new book for law students on how to write papers properly was plagiarised, including liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. -- -- liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised. And just to show how contagious the disease is, the authors also cite zu Guttenberg's dissertation - albeit incorrectly. -- -- to the VroniPlag Wiki.) Image caption VroniPlag wiki uses coloured bands to show distribution of plagiarised content In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics -- -- In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics councils and there is a wide discussion of ethical practices. There are procedures in place for dealing with plagiarism. In Germany, though, professors wanting to address plagiarism are pretty much left to their own devices. They don't have much in the way of tools or formal procedures. -- -- procedures. There is so-called plagiarism detection software available that does find some plagiarism, especially word-for-word copies. These programmes do not find everything by a long shot, but German universities are currently rushing to purchase them. -- -- been officially declared to suffer only from "technical weaknesses". But people are speaking up, and plagiarism is being discussed in every university, even if many are unsure what to do. -- -- university, even if many are unsure what to do. Better education about plagiarism and good scientific practice is essential. -- -- years needs to be reviewed in order to identify weak points. However, there is currently no funding for such measures, so it's unclear whether German universities will really get serious about plagiarism, or keep muddling on. Entertainment & Arts Burt Bacharach calls for change in music plagiarism law * 3 August 2017 -- -- Veteran songwriter Burt Bacharach has called for a change in the law over music plagiarism. He said recent court cases - like the ones involving Blurred Lines and (BUTTON) More Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- consumers. Photograph: Wavebreak Media/Alamy Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- Every now and then there is an outburst of concern about the curse of plagiarism in higher education. The Department for Education has indicated it is considering cracking down by not only fining, but also handing out criminal records, to students submitting commercially -- -- The targets of this mini crusade are essay mill websites, which market “original” professionally produced essays that allow students to circumvent their university’s plagiarism detection system. These paid-for essays allow students to buy a degree. -- -- But this is only a small part of the culture of cheating in higher education. A long time before the commercialisation of plagiarism, cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief -- cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief examiner for my department, I was shocked by the amount of plagiarised coursework brought to my attention. When I consulted colleagues at other universities it became evident that the problem was not confined -- -- rather than rich kids, was identified as the source of the problem. Academic discussions on plagiarism sometimes sought to deflect the problem by claiming that overseas students were disproportionately involved in copying. Some suggested they had come from different -- -- external to university life is driven by the institutional imperative to minimise the significance of this practice. All universities have policies on this problem; most have made plagiarism detection software available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the -- -- available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the problem – which is that plagiarism is not a technical issue but one that raises questions about the working of academic culture. -- -- that raises questions about the working of academic culture. Plagiarism is a mortal sin and last taboo – or is it? Read more -- -- them to embark on a quest for knowledge. But if higher education continues to treat students according to a business model it is only a matter of time before plagiarism loses its stigma. Topics -- -- Topics * Plagiarism * Higher education -- -- * Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers -- -- cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers Published: 9 Oct 2017 Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown * -- -- Now a degree is a commodity, no wonder more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Plagiarism%2CEducation%2CHigh er+education%2CExams%2CTuition+fees%2CStudents] A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- headlines. With examples like these, what's so wrong with a bit of plagiarism? Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian -- -- Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian University and who had his book, Succeeding with Your Masters Dissertation, plagiarised by another lecturer on the web. -- "A lot of students think it is acceptable to copy or plagiarise somebody else's work because there's this idea that everyone is doing it anyway," he says. "It seems like it's not really a serious issue, -- -- but it is. If it's a minor case, you could end up losing marks on a dissertation or having to resit a module. If it's widespread and a student has been found to have plagiarised often, then the most extreme punishment they could face would be expulsion." -- -- easier to adopt someone else's work as your own. According to Biggam, the definition of plagiarism within an academic context is: "Where a student copies text verbatim without providing sufficient acknowledgement of the source, thereby giving the impression -- -- permanent record." Cole was lucky to get off relatively lightly. For others, plagiarising can spell the end of your degree – even if you are unwittingly involved. -- -- and the only marks it did give me were much lower than I'd anticipated. Then when I got home, there was a letter from the university saying that I was suspected of colluding with another student in plagiarism. I completely freaked out." -- -- behind my back was simply unbelievable. " If you are caught in serious and deliberate plagiarism, it could end up on your final academic transcript. If a potential employer asks to see your transcript as part of the selection process, you can probably say -- -- "It certainly wouldn't look good to a future employer if they knew you had engaged in plagiarism," Biggam says. -- But how can you avoid plagiarism, when part of the university learning process is to absorb expert theories and demonstrate your grasp of them by reproducing them in written work? -- -- At Glasgow Caledonian University, Biggam is testing the use of plagiarism detection software, called Turnitin, which monitors work for any copied phrases. "Often, it might be a genuine mistake – a student might simply forget to reference a quote or a source. In which case, a It was, says Hiscock, "the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across." He was so angry he wrote to Mail Online's editor, Martin Clarke, and to -- -- "sexually abused" by a magician during her eighth birthday party.' It is the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across and if it happens again I will take steps to ensure I am adequately compensated for the theft of my interview." -- -- * Greenslade * Plagiarism * Daily Mail * Martin Clarke Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- This article is 1 year old Republicans scrambled to prevent a plagiarism scandal from overshadowing the coronation of Donald Trump on Tuesday after his wife Melania borrowed large chunks of her opening night speech from Michelle -- -- As delegates prepared to formally offer Donald Trump the party’s presidential nomination on Tuesday evening, the plagiarism controversy reopened internal wounds and undermined his campaign’s attempts to present a more polished appearance ahead of November’s general -- -- election. A campaign source said responsibility for the plagiarism incident lay with a longtime aide to top Trump strategist Paul Manafort. The source said the aide had signed off on the speech and edited it. -- -- Online critics also highlighted a lighter hearted instance of apparent plagiarism, noting that Melania Trump’s claim that her husband “will never ever give up, and most importantly, he will never ever let you down,” echoed Rick Astley’s 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up – a song cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- Gill, five miles south-west of Newcastle, a narrow man with a curly mess of dark red hair. He’d just made a routine visit to the Facebook group Plagiarism Alerts. There, a woman named Kathy Figueroa had posted something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet -- something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet laureates has plagiarised a poem by Maya Angelou.” Lightman clicked the link. It led to a Canadian government webpage -- -- Rise. Incredible. But could it really be plagiarism? How likely was it that a poet laureate would steal anything at all, let alone a keystone work by a modern legend? How could he think he’d get away with that? Then -- -- uncomfortable and distressing experiences of my life”, admitting, “I have made several stupid mistakes during my time as a poet and there is simply no excuse for plagiarism.” But he also pushed back: “I have been bullied, victimised and abused by a number of ‘poets’ who thought it necessary to act like a lynch mob.” -- -- Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’m absolutely furious’: plagiarised poet Joan Johnston. Photograph: Gary Calton for the Guardian -- -- copy of A Particular Blue, so he could see for himself. “He returned both poems to me, having highlighted the changes Sheree had made, saying, ‘I don’t think it’s plagiarism. I think she’s taken your poem and made something new out of it.’ At which point, I went for another walk.” -- -- considerable distress.” Croft explained that he planned to pulp the remaining copies of Laventille and reprint a corrected version. “I do not believe that your accusations of plagiarism regarding Laventille are justified. But I am not prepared to have this beautiful and important book dirtied by the grubby little fingers of Pooterish -- -- broke/and threatening light/brought into the long night.” How close would two poems have to be for it to be plagiarism, I ask Croft. -- -- their name at the bottom, I’d say, why are you doing that?” And would it be plagiarism? “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying -- -- “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying my name is Will Storr. No, it’s not! You’d say that was stupid. You wouldn’t say I was plagiarising you.” *** -- -- Meanwhile, what of the Canadian mystery? Could former laureate DesRuisseaux really have blatantly plagiarised all those canonical poets? It seemed too mad to be true. When Lightman got hold of DesRuisseaux’s book Tranches De Vie, he found even more apparent -- -- findings to Éditions du Noiroît, who appeared to accept his verdict; in emails Lightman showed me, DesRuisseaux’s editor wrote that it was his first experience of plagiarism, and expressed regret at having to tell the poet’s family that he would have to remove the title from circulation. -- -- * Poetry * Plagiarism * Maya Angelou * features -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Poetry%2CPlagiarism%2CBooks%2 CMaya+Angelou] Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- The organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have unveiled a new official logo, seven months after being forced to scrap the previous design amid accusations of plagiarism. Selecting an emblem they hope will be simple, effective and most of all -- -- the Théâtre de Liège in Belgium. Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo scrapped after allegations of plagiarism Read more -- -- Japanese officials initially rejected accusations that Sano had plagiarised the image, which was based around a stylised capital T with a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied -- -- a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied plagiarism. But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings -- -- But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings to block Tokyo 2020 from using the image. Further allegations of plagiarism also emerged against Sano, including claims that his initial submission resembled a work by the late German typographer Jan Tschichold. -- -- + Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video Published: 15 Jan 2016 -- Published: 15 Jan 2016 Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video + Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Some four years ago I wrote about the strange case of a Canadian columnist accused of plagiarism. The Toronto-based Globe & Mail had found it necessary to add “clarifications” to articles written by Margaret Wente after complaints about her work. -- -- same structure, analogies, and phrasing in numerous instances.” In addition, the Canadaland news website, accused Wente of plagiarising “at least four times from three different publications... in addition -- “at least four times from three different publications... in addition to the two cases of plagiarism outlined in BuzzFeed Canada.” The first two instances, by Wainio and BuzzFeed, were addressed by the -- -- * UK News * › Media * › Plagiarism * World -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Media%2CPlagiarism%2CCanada%2 CNewspapers%2CAmericas] The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- Fresh evidence of Independent journalist Johann Hari's habit of alleged plagiarism has emerged from a lengthy interview with Afghan women's rights activist Malalai Joya in July 2009. -- -- * Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row Interviewer and columnist has been suspended for two months pending outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss -- -- outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss Published: 12 Jul 2011 Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row * -- -- Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Independent editor-in-chief defends columnist involved in 'politically motivated' plagiarism furore. By Josh Halliday Published: 29 Jun 2011 Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- The Orwell prize committee has accused Independent columnist Johann Hari of plagiarism over an article that won him the prestigious award in 2008. -- -- of contrition for the errors I made elsewhere, in my interviews." Hari apologised for plagiarising the work of others to improve interviews and for editing the Wikipedia entries of people he had clashed with, using the pseudonym David Rose, "in ways that were Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- [ ] Johann Hari has been writing for the Independent since 2002 but faced allegations of plagiarism last year. Photograph: Nick Harvey/WireImage -- -- Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- Johann Hari, the journalist at the Independent who was suspended for plagiarism, has announced that he will not return to the newspaper. Hari had been undergoing retraining in the United States and was -- -- Independent editor Andreas Whittam Smith. The findings of the inquiry were not made public but the newspaper reported in September 2011 that Hari admitted the plagiarism allegations and would attend a journalism training course before returning to the paper. -- -- Blackhurst was asked several questions about Hari when he gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry into journalistic ethics earlier this month. "On the plagiarism, Johann genuinely believed he was doing nothing wrong. The fact that nobody complained, Johann did not believe he was doing anything wrong. His reputation has been very, very severely damaged; Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism Raj Persaud -- -- Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism David Batty -- -- * (BUTTON) Close Britain's best-known psychiatrist today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and several articles he wrote for newspapers and medical journals. -- -- Raj Persaud, famous for his appearances alongside Richard and Judy on the This Morning sofa, also admitted to a General Medical Council (GMC) disciplinary hearing that his plagiarism was inappropriate and misleading. -- -- The psychiatrist, who used to present BBC Radio 4's All In The Mind programme, admitted plagiarising four articles for his book From The Edge Of The Couch published in 2003. -- -- He also admitted that four articles he wrote in 2005 contained passages plagiarised from an article and book by Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. -- -- University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. He also admitted using material plagiarised from an article by Professor Stephen Kant in a piece he wrote for the Independent in the same year. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. His book -- -- He said Persaud blamed subeditors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Blass complained about the article and was told, in an email -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." At the time the allegations of plagiarism first emerged two years ago, Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, a position he still holds. -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- In Britain it is left to individual institutions to develop their own plagiarism policies. But the QAA said it wanted a consistent approach among higher education providers to tackle the problem. It called on universities and colleges to record incidents of this and other kinds -- -- fix.” A Universities UK spokesperson said: “Universities take plagiarism and cheating extremely seriously. Submitting work written by someone else is cheating and devalues the efforts of students who work hard to -- -- * Higher education * Plagiarism * Jo Johnson * news -- -- Now a degree is a commodity, no wonder more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi Efforts to prevent student cheating have always been about -- -- of the problem Published: 27 Feb 2017 Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Higher+education%2CPlagiarism %2CEducation%2CUK+news%2CJo+Johnson%2CPolitics] Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students -- -- Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students -- -- In the past few days, however, it is said that the master has become the pupil, as Dylan has been accused of plagiarism. Writer Ben Greenman was the first to blog about how he couldn’t find a quotation that Dylan had cited in Moby-Dick: “Some men who receive injuries are led to God, -- -- While universities habitually run students’ work through plagiarism-detection software such as TurnItIn, there is no such equivalent for Nobel prize speeches, assumed to be the moment at which an eminent economist, physician, writer or peace-maker has earned a few -- -- text, preferring that you “check your comprehension” against their interpretation. The company does, however, have advice on its website for avoiding plagiarism: “By citing words and ideas that came from our site or books (to see instructions on how to do that, see How to Cite This SparkNote within each study guide), or by putting your own spin on -- -- * Nobel prize in literature * Awards and prizes * Plagiarism * features -- -- [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Bob+Dylan%2CMusic%2CNobel+pri ze+in+literature%2CAwards+and+prizes%2CBooks%2CPlagiarism] * Education University students could be fined or handed criminal records for plagiarised essays, new proposals suggest -- -- University students who buy essays online face fines and a criminal record under plans to punish plagiarism being considered by the government. -- -- more than 100 online essay services are now in operation. Whilst universities already use complex anti-plagiarism software to detect the copying of academic texts, the process of contract cheating - students submitting paid-for essays as their own original work - -- -- Speaking to The Telegraph, Lord Storey, who is leading efforts to make the practice illegal, said that the consequences of plagiarism must be made clear, adding that many “rich students” are now effectively “paying their way” to a top honours degree. -- -- Leading academics are also in favour of a ban, with Professor Phil Newton and Michael Draper, leading experts on essay plagiarism, calling on the Government to tighten up the legal loopholes being exploited by professional writing services. 3. Education News £1,700 for a dissertation, but what's the real cost of plagiarism? As one ghost writing service sees an 80 per cent increase in sales in one -- -- It’s a heavy sum to pay for something that the majority of people - not to mention universities - would class as plagiarism. Yet Nemet is quick to separate his company from this accusation. -- -- Whether or not this is an easy way of passing responsibility on to the client, ghost writing – along with other forms of plagiarism – remains an issue at universities across Britain. -- -- declined by 60 per cent since 2005 While 2013 figures from plagiarism detection service, Turnitin, reveal that the number of serious cases has declined by 60 per cent since 2005, Phil Newton, superintendent of assessment at Swansea University, -- -- topic I had set. It really opened my eyes to the issue. “We regard [ghost writing] as plagiarism, pure and simple. It’s is a form of dishonesty, it’s a form of cheating, and where students are found guilty of it, there will be serious academic repercussions.” -- -- passing off work as their own. For students that are caught, there can be serious consequences, from the deduction of marks on an essay, to expulsion from the university. Even if the plagiarism is unintended, there may still be penalties. -- -- “The University also employs a series of sophisticated software applications to detect plagiarism in submitted examination work, both in terms of copying and collusion,” the spokesman adds. -- -- “It regularly monitors online essay banks, essay-writing services, and other potential sources of material. Anyone who submits plagiarised material as part of their course can expect to be dealt with severely.” -- -- ongoing advancements in technology – incorporating more sophisticated methods of detection – will continue to play a role in combating plagiarism; however, educating students should also help prevent the initial interest. -- -- where they are in their course. If they are in their final year, we regard that as much more serious, if they do it in their first year, they probably just need some advice on how to avoid plagiarism and what constitutes plagiarism. “I don’t condone it, but I can understand why a student who is 4. Health News 'Hero' GP suspended for plagiarising fellow doctor's work A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent -- -- A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent patients has been suspended for six months for plagiarising another doctor’s work. -- -- The General Medical Council heard that Dr Margaret Staley initially came under suspicion herself after computer anti-plagiarism software picked out striking similarities between a case study she had written and Dr Kumar's coursework. -- -- Dr Staley endured weeks of uncertainty before eventually being completely exonerated when it became clear she was the victim rather than the perpetrator of the plagiarism. Public school-educated Dr Kumar was hailed as a hero in 2009 after Johnson called it an “unacceptable and pernicious” practice, while universities will generally expel anybody they catch – though given the essays aren’t plagiarised, identifying a paid-for piece of work isn’t easy. Using an essay mill, on the other hand, very much is. * News Canadian poet laureate revealed to have plagiarised Maya Angelou, Tupac and others -- -- [tupac_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jp g?imwidth=450] The Canadian poet Pierre DesRuisseaux, who has been found to have plagiarised numerous poets, including Tupac Shakur * Telegraph Reporters -- -- Pierre DesRuisseaux, who died last year, served as the parliamentary poet laureate between 2009 and 2011, and has now been accused of plagiarising the work of up to 20 poets, among them world-famous names and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. -- -- and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- DesRuisseaux The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux Credit: Wayne Miller/Magnum/BBC -- -- The duplicity was unearthed by poet and literary sleuth Ira Lightman, a member of a Facebook group called Plagiarism Alerts, whose mission involves tracking down plagiarism in the poetry world. Lightman was tipped off by a Canadian poet named Kathy Figueroa, who -- -- But still, like dust, I'll rise." The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- by DesRuisseaux The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- -- Figueroa told Canada's CBC News that DesRuisseaux's widespread plagiarism came as a shock: "It was just mind-boggling, the audacity of someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." -- -- someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." Upon the discovery of the plagiarism, DesRuisseaux's Montreal-based publishers Éditions du Noroît pulled the book from shelves, while claiming that only between 50 and 100 copies of the book had actually show ad Last-ditch attack on Neil Gorsuch amid claims Supreme Court pick plagiarized academic papers in his book -- -- The White House punched back hard, and assembled its own team of experts to debunk claims that the writing constituted plagiarism. 'This false attack has been strongly refuted by highly-regarded -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' HARD FEELINGS: Democrats are furious that the Senate never scheduled a hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court -- -- hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court seat PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- “Each of the individual incidents constitutes a violation of academic ethics. I've never seen a college plagiarism code that this would not be in violation of,” said Syracuse University professor Rebecca Moore Howard. -- -- Howard. 'I would certainly call it plagiarism,” she added. At this late date, the information is likely to have little effect on show ad Tokyo 2020 gets new logo proposals after plagiarism scandal By Afp -- -- Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers said Tuesday they have received more than 14,500 suggestions for a new logo after the original choice was withdrawn because of a plagiarism scandal. The organising committee in August dropped the emblem put forward by -- -- The Tokyo committee has insisted the move to drop the original logo was not in response to the legal action. It said Sano, who denies plagiarism, asked that his design be withdrawn to avoid harming the Tokyo Games. show ad Monica Crowley out of Trump White House team after plagiarism revealed * Crowley is a syndicated talk show host who was set to takeover as -- -- administration after all. More than 50 charges of plagiarism, based on discoveries made by CNN's KFile division, led publisher HarperCollins to pull her 2012 book from its shelves last week. -- -- currently unavailable for purchase on Amazon. Crowley appears to have plagiarized large sections of the book, according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than -- according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than 50 examples of apparent plagiarism. Politico separately charged that her 2000 dissertation wasn't properly -- -- decision to suspend sales of her book. Crowley also faced plagiarism allegations in 1999 after a piece she wrote on the 25th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's resignation ran in The Wall Street Journal. -- -- article.' Crowley also plagiarized several sections of her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University, Politico Magazine said. The publication found more than a dozen instances in which Crowley appeared to lift from -- -- developer!' DID MONICA CROWLEY PLAGIARIZE THESE PASSAGES? Crowley's book -- -- Source: CNN Read more: * Trump pick Monica Crowley plagiarized multiple sources in 2012 book - CNNMoney -- - CNNMoney * Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation - POLITICO Magazine * Monica Crowley to forgo post in Trump White House - Washington 'Dishonest' TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud suspended after admitting plagiarism By Daily Mail Reporter -- -- 'The Panel has determined that a three-month period of suspension is sufficient to send out a signal to you, the profession and the public that plagiarism is unacceptable behaviour.' The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the -- -- The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, is now in tatters after he admitted plagiarism. Before the ruling, GMC members heard from some of Dr Persaud's -- -- proceedings.' He added: 'The panel has determined that your actions, in plagiarising the work of others, were liable to bring the profession into disrepute.' -- -- the doctor's book. He also said he had uncovered more examples of plagiarism in Dr Persaud's book after comparing passages in it with material on the internet. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- DEJA VU Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago -- -- Republicans candidate Fillon was still in the presidential race when he delivered the speech two weeks ago France election candidate Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarising speech The incident is bizarrely reminiscent of Melania Trump's July 2016 -- -- state. And the sight of her having to plagiarise a discredited rival’s words will come as a blow to her electoral ambitions. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- Under the bed bugs Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? -- -- Beedle The Bard. Why has Chris Riddell accused John Lewis of plagiarism? Chris Riddell believes there are many similarities between the two * Health News Fears of plagiarism crisis as probe finds foreign university students ‘cheats’ -- -- Updated: 6th April 2016, 8:55 am FOREIGN students are claimed to be fuelling a surge in plagiarism at British universities amid fears of a cheating crisis. / Sean Gallup/Getty Images Findings come months after The Times exposes 'plagiarism epidemic' among Britain's institutions -- -- Half of the nation’s university students are losing marks for not referencing their work correctly, according to a new survey into attitudes towards plagiarism. Citation tool RefME - which polled just under 2,900 of the country’s -- -- almost 80 per cent are worried about referencing correctly, while a majority of 71 per cent expressed concern about facing disciplinary actions for plagiarism. [GettyImages-170380536.jpg] Read more -- -- Read more Universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students cheat RefMe said: “This widespread concern over facing disciplinary actions -- -- ‘ghostwriter’ to complete their work for them constitutes academic misconduct, more than 20 per cent were unable to identify this as plagiarism. The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times -- -- The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed there to be a “plagiarism epidemic” among Britain’s universities with almost 50,000 students being caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- However, RefME said that, although its study unearthed some “concerning” statistics around plagiarism in academia, students are increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using -- -- increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using plagiarism tools prior to submitting. Tom Hatton, CEO and founder of RefME, described how, as a university -- -- “The hope is that we can look back at these numbers in a couple of years and see evidence that the sentiment towards plagiarism has changed.” * More about: -- -- * More about: * RefMe * plagiarism * University of Kent * University of Westminster 1. INDYSTUDENT UK universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students caught cheating over last 3 years -- -- The Independent Online Britain’s universities are said to be in the midst of a “plagiarism epidemic” after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed how almost 50,000 students were caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- of the student population, requests from 70 universities showed. 75 per cent of postgraduates found plagiarising at Queen Mary University of London were from abroad, including a third from China. -- -- One professor from the University of Buckingham told The Times “type-1 plagiarism,” copying and pasting, is decreasing because it’s “so easy to detect.” 1. INDYPULSE TV doctor Raj Persaud admits plagiarism * PA -- -- Indy/Life TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and articles he wrote. -- -- The doctor, who is famed for his regular appearances on daytime TV shows such as This Morning, admitted plagiarising four articles for his 2003 book 'From The Edge Of The Couch'. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. -- -- He said Dr Persaud blamed sub-editors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, USA, complained -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." The GMC panel heard that allegations of plagiarism against Dr Persaud were first made in a Sunday Times article published in April 2006. -- -- The article alleged that sections of Dr Persaud's book, published three years earlier, were plagiarised from academic articles. At the time Dr Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Mr Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Plan to prosecute firms who offer paid-for essays to students While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address ‘essay mills’ -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 -- -- The move is a response to mounting concern over the practice which allows students to circumvent their college’s plagiarism detection systems. The use of these services is not easily detected as software used by universities only detects where students have copied from -- -- Paid-for essays While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address the issue of so-called contact cheating or the use of paid-for essays. -- -- The QQI’s guidelines advise colleges that they “should have effective policies and procedures in place to prevent, detect, combat and deter plagiarism at all levels”. * Tackling teacher supply is complex - but we are making progress * Revenues crest €4m at top boys’ private school Glenstal Abbey -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, according to figures compiled by The Irish Times last year. -- -- Of those that did, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). The scale of detected issues is likely to be bigger at IT Tallaght as it has extensive detection policies. -- -- Online source The company insists it does not condone plagiarism, and says all “clients are expected to use and reference it as they would any other online source”. -- -- growing and it was typically completing roughly 350 projects a year. Mr Bruton’s spokesman said: “Plagiarism is currently subject to institutional disciplinary sanctions up to and including exclusion from the programme. -- -- offering the ‘service’ will not disclose it, those buying it will not, and there is no system-wide recording of detected instances of this or any other form of plagiarism”. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Essays for sale: a new wave of plagiarism Students who use online essay-writing services face sanction if caught. As -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Rigorous testing Would this essay be red-flagged for plagiarism? Colleges nowadays have access to a range of computer programmes, such as Turnitin and Safeassign, that test whether articles have been copied from other -- -- However, these programmes only work if they detect parts of the essay that exist elsewhere; they might not flag plagiarised content if they are custom-written pieces. -- -- To test the essay, we put it through Safeassign and it came back clean. But it’s not just the plagiarism-detection programmes: it has to get past the beady eye of a lecturer. We presented the essay to a number of lecturers in communications and media without telling them about its -- -- It’s difficult to say how commonly these services are being used, but colleges are increasingly aware of plagiarism on campus. There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being -- -- There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, and the numbers are on the rise (see panel). -- -- In the UK, some academics have warned that essay-writing services are behind an “epidemic” of plagiarism. Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected -- -- Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected plagiarism tends to involve students simply cutting and pasting in a section and putting inverted commas around it. -- -- section and putting inverted commas around it. “Students don’t realise that this is plagiarism, but these [essay-writing] services are blatant plagiarism,” he says. Trinity College Dublin’s education officer, Molly Kenny, said these -- -- reference it as they would any other online source,” she says. In the terms and conditions of the website they state they do not condone plagiarism. Foley says the site and demands for their services continue to grow. -- -- Glynn says this could be an option in Ireland: “I would endorse it if it came in here – enforcing it is the challenge – anything to discourage student plagiarism.” Students should be aware that using these services can be risky, -- -- the paper it’s written on. PLAGIARISM: A GROWING PROBLEM Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases -- Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases of students disciplined for plagiarism across the Irish higher-education sector. -- -- Of the colleges that supplied figures, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). -- -- Institute of Technology Tallaght has one of the most extensive approaches to dealing with plagiarism, involving a sliding case of penalties, ranging from written warnings to potential disqualification from the institution. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Plagiarism Sat, Mar 5, 2011, 00:00 -- -- Plagiarism: from Latin “plagiarius” (“kidnapper”), use pioneered by Roman poet Martial who complained that another poet had “kidnapped his verses”.– (Wikipedia) -- -- charismatic and aristocratic defence minister, key ally to Chancellor Angela Merkel, a shooting star brought down this week by claims that he had engaged in plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. The website GuttenPlag Wiki says it has detected plagiaristic “lifts” -- -- Coincidentally, a new anti-Gadafy front has opened up in the London School of Economics where the doctoral thesis written by his son Seif al-Islam is also being checked for plagiarism following complaints by online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, -- online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, plagiarism is claiming high-profile political casualties. Academics in Ireland worry at what they see as a serious cultural -- -- at the threat to the country’s ’s reputation as a source of quality research, the Royal Irish Academy in September urged new procedures to protect against falsification and plagiarism. -- A recent US survey in Education Week, cited by plagiarism.org, reports 54 per cent of student respondents admitting to plagiarising from the internet; 74 per cent, to “serious” cheating at least once in the past year; while half believed teachers sometimes chose to ignore cheating. -- -- And then, of course, there’s that truly scandalous hardy annual – claims of plagiarism in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year Denmark’s A Friend In Londonis accused. The melody of their New Tomorrowis apparently similar to Face 2 Faceby Future Trance United. was to be written in 4 weeks. All of the four websites guaranteed a money back scheme if the work does not achieve the grade and if the paper was accused of plagiarism then the customer would receive their money back. -- -- Latest figures from the BBC article reveal that half of Welsh universities have seen an increase in the number of plagiarism cases With students being targeted on social media through 'sponsored -- -- https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/essay-mills-university-co urse-work-to-order/2007934.article MORE:higher educationplagiarismcollege essaysessaysacademiawalescustom essays Credit Where It's Due - Why Are Half of UK Students Losing Marks for Plagiarism? * -- -- Photo by CollegeDegrees360 under a CC license We are in the grips of a 'plagiarism epidemic' according to The Times. An investigation conducted by the paper earlier this year revealed that 50,000 university students have been caught over the last three years, -- -- Further research published this month by RefME, a digital reference management tool for students, has found that 50% of students surveyed say they have lost marks due to plagiarism arising from inaccurate citations. -- -- citations. But plagiarism falls on a spectrum and shouldn't be confused with cheating. -- -- conventions and were unaware of resources available to help them. But regardless of whether plagiarism is deliberate (and often it is not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in -- not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in their adoption of plagiarism detection, with software such as Turnitin now used by the majority. Facing the risk of a damaged reputation, suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of -- -- suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of the students surveyed say that they worry about committing accidental plagiarism. While a minor infringement is more likely to result in lost marks than -- -- person's ideas begin and another's end. In the Twittersphere, for instance, ideas are endlessly retweeted and recycled. But digital tools also exist to prevent plagiarism. Using RefME, referencing can be as simple as scanning a barcode or -- -- student support, embedding academic writing skills more deeply into the curriculum and communicating expectations from the outset. But certainly, the majority of students do not intend to commit plagiarism. On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. -- On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. MORE:plagiarismuniversitiesstudentshigher education SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW YOUNG VOICES Universities use expensive software designed to detect students who cheat, but Turnitin can only detect plagiarised work, not original work that has not been penned by the student. Thus, it is nigh on impossible to detect students who use professional essay-writing services. And, -- -- I would like to see action taken to stop degree ghost-writers in their tracks. Perhaps the industry should be regulated, forcing any ghost-written essay to be submitted by the seller to plagiarism detection sites so that should the student try to pass it off as their own, they will be caught. This won't stop the rogue sites, but at least -- -- ghost-write student essays. After all, I could end up having to mark my own essay one day. MORE:universitystudentscheatingplagiarismUniversitiescheating at examsghost-writing THE BLOG The Problem With Political Speeches Isn't Plagiarism, It's Platitudes * -- -- the road" and you've won political cliché bingo. As for plagiarism, how many different ways can you express those basic concepts in simple, accessible language to describe another person? Not many. It begins with "he/she believes..." and ends in simple -- -- Ms. Obama. Trump just had a lousy proofreader who failed to spot the direct similarities. If the nouns had been replaced by synonyms, verbs exchanged, the sequence of clauses varied... who would cry plagiarism? Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the -- -- Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the news media pounce on the plagiarism as opposed to criticising the fact Melania Trump avoided saying anything interesting about the man who would be king. -- -- Trump handles that issue, unlike the speeches, will be interesting to watch. MORE:Melania TrumpDonald TrumpplagiarismRepublican convention SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW POLITICS Home»Today's Stories Chair of institute has plagiarism ruling overturned Saturday, May 04, 2013 -- -- An external investigation has found that Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) chairman Flan Garvey committed unintentional plagiarism in a 2008 master’s thesis but this has been overturned on a technical appeal. -- -- The three academics appointed in December to probe a complaint by 26 ITT academics found plagiarism in two chapters of the thesis about his Co Clare parish. -- -- It has upheld the appeal on grounds relating to the understanding of the nature of plagiarism, in a report finalised this week and also seen by the Irish Examiner. -- -- by the Irish Examiner. It found that college rules around plagiarism were not clearly formulated or clearly communicated to postgraduate students. On that basis, it said, a finding of an award being unjustified would be unfair -- -- However, a source told the Irish Examiner that staff are baffled at the outcome and many believe it places a question mark over any previous cases of students sanctioned for plagiarism. -- Plagiarism finding After word-for-word comparisons with texts cited by the complainants, -- -- interspersed with occasional references to another. One section complained of in chapter 4 was found not to be plagiarism after the investigators were made aware of Mr Garvey’s contribution to the authorship of a local history pamphlet. more serious (getting someone else to do coursework). Plagiarism is the most widespread form, with 6% disclosing that they had passed off information copied from other sources as their own work, while 5% admitting that they have carried on writing once an 29 July 2013 Parasite journalism: is aggregation as bad as plagiarism? When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing -- -- When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing work, we call it plagiarism. But news organisations do the same, and call it aggregation. Sign up for our weekly email * -- -- any better. In my opinion, it happens all the time, it's just that people don't get caught very often. Johann Hari is the classic example - the only absolutely rock solid piece of plagiarism that could be pinned on him was a piece from a German newspaper article that he'd translated. -- -- copy of being free. In my opinion, some of this stuff is just as bad as plagiarism. Aggregators are parasites, only slightly more benign than plagiarists - and sooner or later, parasites kill the host. Someone has to actually Share on Reddit HomeOxford studentsAcademic mattersStudy guidanceStudy skills and trainingPlagiarism -- Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether -- -- full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or -- unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or reckless plagiarism is a disciplinary offence. Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been -- -- Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been developed to provide a useful overview of the issues surrounding plagiarism and practical ways to avoid it. The necessity to acknowledge others’ work or ideas applies not only to -- -- text, data, or other resources downloaded from websites. The best way of avoiding plagiarism is to learn and employ the principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your -- principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your university career. Avoiding plagiarism is not simply a matter of making sure your references are all correct, or changing enough words so the examiner will not notice your paraphrase; it is about deploying your -- -- academic skills to make your work as good as it can be. Forms of plagiarism Verbatim (word for word) quotation without clear acknowledgement -- -- Paraphrasing the work of others by altering a few words and changing their order, or by closely following the structure of their argument, is plagiarism if you do not give due acknowledgement to the author whose work you are using. -- -- doing so, than to paraphrase particular sections of his or her writing. This will ensure you have a genuine grasp of the argument and will avoid the difficulty of paraphrasing without plagiarising. You must also properly attribute all material you derive from lectures. -- -- University or elsewhere. Auto-plagiarism You must not submit work for assessment that you have already submitted (partially or in full), either for your current course or for another -- -- Where earlier work by you is citable, ie. it has already been published, you must reference it clearly. Identical pieces of work submitted concurrently will also be considered to be auto-plagiarism. -- Why does plagiarism matter? -- Plagiarism is a breach of academic integrity. It is a principle of intellectual honesty that all members of the academic community should acknowledge their debt to the originators of the ideas, words, and data -- -- which form the basis for their own work. Passing off another’s work as your own is not only poor scholarship, but also means that you have failed to complete the learning process. Plagiarism is unethical and can have serious consequences for your future career; it also undermines the standards of your institution and of the degrees it -- -- issues. Why should you avoid plagiarism? -- There are many reasons to avoid plagiarism. You have come to university to learn to know and speak your own mind, not merely to reproduce the opinions of others - at least not without attribution. At first it may -- -- independent one - by learning to assess critically the work of others, weigh up differing arguments and draw your own conclusions. Students who plagiarise undermine the ethos of academic scholarship while avoiding an essential part of the learning process. -- -- avoiding an essential part of the learning process. You should avoid plagiarism because you aspire to produce work of the highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear -- -- highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear of plagiarism. Moreover, you will reap the additional benefits of improvements to both the lucidity and quality of your writing. It is important to appreciate that mastery of the techniques of academic -- -- commitment to the principle of intellectual honesty in scholarship. What happens if you are thought to have plagiarised? -- The University regards plagiarism in examinations as a serious matter. Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of -- -- Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of the occurrence. Even if plagiarism is inadvertent, it can result in a penalty. The forms of plagiarism listed above are all potentially disciplinary offences in the context of formal assessment requirements. -- -- award’. Additionally, this includes the transfer and confirmation of status exercises undertaken by graduate students. Cases of suspected plagiarism in assessed work are investigated under the disciplinary regulations concerning conduct in examinations. Intentional plagiarism in this context means that you understood that you were breaching the regulations and did so intending to gain advantage in the examination. -- -- expected to have understood (even if you did not specifically consider it) that your work might breach the regulations, but you took no action to avoid doing so. Intentional or reckless plagiarism may incur severe penalties, including failure of your degree or expulsion from the university. -- -- university. If plagiarism is suspected in a piece of work submitted for assessment in an examination, the matter will be referred to the Proctors. They will thoroughly investigate the claim and call the student concerned -- -- refer the case to the Student Disciplinary Panel. If you are suspected of plagiarism your College Secretary/Academic Administrator and subject tutor will support you through the process and arrange for a member of Congregation to accompany you to all -- -- involve the use and discussion of material written by others, and, with due acknowledgement and proper referencing, this is clearly distinguishable from plagiarism. The knowledge in your discipline has developed cumulatively as a result of years of research, innovation and debate. You need to give credit to the authors of the ideas and -- -- Does this only matter in exams? Although plagiarism in weekly essays does not constitute a University disciplinary offence, it may well lead to College disciplinary measures. Persistent academic under-performance can even result in your -- -- Borrowing essays from other students to adapt and submit as your own is plagiarism, and will develop none of these necessary skills, holding back your academic development. Students who lend essays for this purpose are doing their peers no favours. -- -- purpose are doing their peers no favours. Unintentional plagiarism -- Not all cases of plagiarism arise from a deliberate intention to cheat. Sometimes students may omit to take down citation details when taking notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. -- -- notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. However, these excuses offer no sure protection against a charge of plagiarism. Even in cases where the plagiarism is found to have been neither intentional nor reckless, there may still be an academic penalty for poor practice. -- -- It is your responsibility to find out the prevailing referencing conventions in your discipline, to take adequate notes, and to avoid close paraphrasing. If you are offered induction sessions on plagiarism and study skills, you should attend. Together with the advice contained in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common -- -- in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common errors. If you are undertaking a project or dissertation you should ensure that you have information on plagiarism and collusion. If ever in doubt about referencing, paraphrasing or plagiarism, you have only to ask your tutor. -- -- to ask your tutor. Examples of plagiarism -- There are some helpful examples of plagiarism-by-paraphrase and you will also find extensive advice on the referencing and library skills pages. -- -- London Hanged, p. 213.] Plagiarised 1. Although they did not question the inegalitarian hierarchy of their -- -- of a submissive workforce. (This is a mixture of verbatim copying and acceptable paraphrase. Although only one phrase has been copied from the source, this would still count as plagiarism. The idea expressed in the first sentence has not been attributed at all, and the reference to ‘some historians’ in the second is insufficient. -- -- original.) Non-plagiarised 1. Peter Linebaugh argues that although highwaymen posed no overt -- -- Student conduct Related websites Online plagiarism course Policy on the use of third party proof-readers Related documents * Turnitin UK Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Turnitin FAQs * Plagiarism * Turnitin UK -- -- + Turnitin FAQs + Turnitin information for Faculties and Departments * What is plagiarism? * Information for staff * Resources and support -- -- Participation in a course at Cambridge is deemed as acceptance of the University's right to apply specialist software (like Turnitin) to your work for the purposes of plagiarism education and detection; the University's Statement on Plagiarism includes this consent. However, you do have the right to request that your work is not retained in the Turnitin UK database after it has been submitted. For -- -- be used as source material for future submissions; this will help to maximise the effectiveness of the software and to protect your work from future attempts to plagiarise it. However, you have the right to request that your work is removed from the database. This can only be done on an individual basis for each piece of work, and in some cases -- -- Q. I have been asked to attend an investigative meeting because Turnitin highlighted matched text, but I know I didn't plagiarise; what do I do? Firstly, don't panic; the meeting will be investigative, not -- -- Turnitin reports will be reviewed in detail in order to make an academic judgement on whether the matched text may be a result of plagiarism, or whether it may reflect commonly-used phrases or correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the -- -- correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the University's Definition of Plagiarism, plagiarism is the submission of someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to -- someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to deceive; this means that you have plagiarised even if you did it accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine -- accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine that the matches are the result of plagiarism, they then judge whether this is minor, or more serious/extensive. If it is minor, they may adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor -- -- adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor scholarship, so you will receive a lower mark than you otherwise would have, if you had referenced appropriately. If the plagiarism is more serious or extensive, they may deem that it merits disciplinary action. -- -- Turnitin UK, the University’s use of the software complies with this requirement. The University has identified ‘providers of anti-plagiarism software’ in its information to students as organisations with whom data may be shared. For more information about data protection and the way the University uses your data, see the -- -- Q. What support is available? If you have any queries about plagiarism or good academic practice, you should contact your Tutor or Director of Studies in the first instance. Our Resources and support pages may also be of help; these contain a * Home * What is plagiarism? -- Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- The University's definition of plagiarism -- * Plagiarism -- * What is plagiarism? + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Turnitin UK University-wide Statement on Plagiarism The General Board, with the agreement of the Board of Examinations and -- -- Departments. Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. It is both poor -- -- scholarship and a breach of academic integrity. Examples of plagiarism include copying (using another person's language and/or ideas as if they are a candidate's own), by: * quoting verbatim another person's work without due acknowledgement -- -- to a joint project. Plagiarism might also arise from colluding with another person, including another candidate, other than as permitted for joint project work (i.e. where collaboration is concealed or has been forbidden). A -- -- piece of written work. Plagiarism can occur in respect to all types of sources and media: * text, illustrations, musical quotations, mathematical derivations, computer code, etc; -- -- not referencing sources) in examinations or assessed work may affect the mark given to the candidate's work. In addition, suspected cases of the use of unfair means (of which plagiarism is one form) will be investigated and may be brought to one of the University's Courts. The Courts have wide powers to discipline those found guilty of using -- -- The University makes use of text-matching software for the purpose of plagiarism education and detection, and reserves the right to submit a candidate’s work to such a service. For this purpose, candidates consent to the submission of their papers to the service and for the -- -- No candidate shall make use of unfair means in any University examination. Unfair means shall include plagiarism* and, unless such possession is specifically authorized, the possession of any book, paper or other material relevant to the examination. No member of the -- -- (Statutes and Ordinances 2016, p. 191). * Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. -- -- known as Discipline Regulation 6. Proctorial Notice on plagiarism The Proctorial Notice for 2016 can be viewed on the Proctors' website. * Information for staff Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Forms of plagiarism and collusion -- * Plagiarism * Information for staff -- -- * Information for staff + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * What is plagiarism? * Resources and support * Turnitin UK -- -- * Turnitin UK This page outlines some common forms of plagiarism and collusion, and suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. -- -- suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. * Plagiarism in invigilated examinations * Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework * Collusion in dissertations and other assessed coursework __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in invigilated examinations Collusion (perhaps by candidates exchanging notes) is extremely rare in -- -- invigilated examinations; this is clearly an offence which would be reported immediately to the Proctors. The most common forms of plagiarism in invigilated exams are: Reproducing material committed to memory -- -- heart. Those brought up with rote learning often don't realise that reproducing such material in a written examination constitutes plagiarism if it is reproduced without attribution. In technical subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as -- -- subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as plagiarism. * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it -- * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it clear that plagiarism can occur in written examinations and explain how candidates should acknowledge sources in such examinations. Examiners are strongly advised to include an appropriate rubric on -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework There are numerous forms of assessed work which are not produced under -- -- strict examination conditions, including: dissertations, assessed essays, practical work, seminar-style presentations, and musical compositions. Cases of both plagiarism and collusion are regularly reported in these forms of assessment and some are taken to the Court of Discipline. -- -- of Discipline. 'Classic' plagiarism -- * Overview: plagiarism most commonly involves copying from the Internet, published works, lecture handouts or private communications. Work copied from the Internet can be detected by -- -- the requirements and explain that serious penalties can be imposed. In cases of supervised work, Supervisors are expected to play a role: the Proctors may ask why the plagiarism wasn’t detected before the work reached the Examiners. -- -- before the work reached the Examiners. Third-party plagiarism -- * Overview: a more troublesome form of plagiarism is the use of work commissioned from a third party. These may be purchased from organisations which supply dissertations and essays on a -- -- candidate normally submits. Review-section plagiarism -- * Overview: a common form of plagiarism, which is usually more or less innocent, occurs in review sections. A final-year dissertation may legitimately build on the work described in a dissertation -- -- permitted and what is not. Guidance on proofreading is available on the collusion pages of this website. * Treatment of cases: unlike cases of plagiarism, work produced by unauthorised collusion cannot be made good by proper attribution. The Board of Examinations has agreed that it is inappropriate to -- -- A copies from B without B's knowledge Strictly, this is plagiarism rather than collusion but plagiarism that cannot be made good by any form of attribution. It may be necessary to interview both A and B at an investigative meeting. If it is clear that -- -- This example is much like the former except that B may now be in trouble too. It should perhaps be regarded as a case of collusion rather than plagiarism. Again A should not be awarded any marks for the copied elements of the University of Birmingham Intranet > Academic Services > Student Services > Student Conduct > Plagiarism > Guidance for students -- Guidance on plagiarism for students -- In 'Plagiarism' -- * Plagiarism * Plagiarism awareness starting points * Guidance for students -- * Guidance for students * Plagiarism Information for staff * Interactive plagiarism course Back to 'Student Conduct' -- -- Back to 'Student Conduct' * Defining plagiarism * A student's responsibilities -- * A student's responsibilities * 'Accidental' plagiarism * Plagiarism-detecting software * How Schools deal with plagiarism * The Learning Agreement and plagiarism * Plagiarism and postgraduate study * Student background and plagiarism * Referral to College Misconduct Committee * Appealing the decision -- -- * Confidentiality Defining plagiarism -- Plagiarism is a form of cheating and is a serious academic offence. It arises where work submitted by a student is not their own and has been taken from another source. The original material is then hidden from -- -- or by not mentioning it at all. The most common forms of plagiarism are: * copying -- * copying * self-plagiarism (also called auto-plagiarism) * collusion * fabrication or misrepresentation -- -- * unacceptable proof-reading Plagiarism may occur in a number of other forms, as well as in conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the -- conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the plagiarism may arise from the misuse of sources outside the University. The key is proper attribution of source material. None of the -- -- activities listed above is, of itself, necessarily wrong. Plagiarism is a serious matter for the University. If not dealt with, it will ultimately devalue all University degrees to the detriment of both students and the University. It also introduces a fundamental and -- -- It should be clear from a consideration of these two key requirements why plagiarism is unacceptable. By definition, a piece of work that has been plagiarised will never be able to meet either of the above criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely -- -- criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely to be a problem with plagiarism. It is ironic that students sometimes seem to go to great lengths to -- -- in jeopardy. 'Accidental' plagiarism The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the -- -- The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the severe penalties that may be applied in cases of serious plagiarism, will be anxious to avoid inadvertently submitting plagiarised work. It is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography -- is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography and still commit plagiarism by then incorporating a significant amount of un-attributed material taken directly or indirectly (through paraphrasing) from that source into the body of the assignment. -- -- Above all, the student body is not a single grouping and the University is aware of the need for a sympathetic approach to plagiarism, particularly in the first year of undergraduate studies and where there is no conscious attempt by the student to deceive. However, this is not -- -- ensure that you have clear guidance on what is expected of you in terms of the referencing of source material. If you are worried about committing plagiarism, always seek help and advice from your tutor, supervisor or other academic advisor within your School. Members of staff are experienced in dealing with questions about proper -- -- * Endnote information and training Plagiarism-detecting software Schools are making use of software systems, in addition to the existing -- -- You should be assured that academic judgement is always brought into play when analysing the results. A School will not take action against you for plagiarism as a result of the findings of Turnitin unless it has looked very carefully at the report obtained from the software and assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will -- -- assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will be able to see the relevant report and to challenge the School's case if you are accused of plagiarism following a software-based analysis of your work. -- -- However, the University reserves the right to protect the academic integrity of its degree awards by whatever means available to it. This will benefit those students who did not plagiarise. -- How Schools deal with plagiarism This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: -- -- This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: * If an Academic Integrity Officer suspects that plagiarism may have occurred they will undertake an investigation which would normally involve considering any evidence. This may include a report -- -- the marker or invigilator; * If, following the investigation, the Academic Integrity Officer has a reasonable suspicion that plagiarism has occurred, they will invite you to respond to the allegation and you will be invited to a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); -- -- a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); * Following on from the meeting, the principal academic unit will determine the level of plagiarism (if any) that it believes has arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, -- arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, moderate plagiarism and serious plagiarism. -- The consequences of a finding that plagiarism has occurred in any of these above ways can be found under Section 6 of the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. -- -- on Academic Integrity. In cases where serious plagiarism is found, the matter will be dealt with under University Regulation Section 8 Student Conduct. -- -- You should consult the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. This provides detailed definitive information on how plagiarism is dealt with. -- -- with. The Learning Agreement and plagiarism This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for -- -- This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for your part, will not submit plagiarised work and that your School, for its part, will help and support you to avoid plagiarism. It is seen by the University as a helpful expression of good faith and intentions by both sides of the academic partnership involving you and the -- -- University. Plagiarism and postgraduate study Given that you are likely to hold a First Degree already, there is an -- -- You should be assured that your School will not, provided it is satisfied that there has not been a deliberate attempt to deceive, treat any instance of plagiarism in the early stage of your postgraduate career as a matter normally requiring the imposition of a penalty. However, you must quickly come to terms with the University's -- -- dissertation element of the programme. Student background and plagiarism The educational background of students may make unintentional -- -- The educational background of students may make unintentional plagiarism more likely. Given the diversity of student background in the University, previous experience of formal education in the UK cannot be assumed. The expectations of learning and the learning styles -- -- and circumstance, as well as by individual preferences. Student work that stays close to the original source and is therefore at risk of an allegation of plagiarism may, in some cases, be the result of: * past experience of what has proven to be successful in other academic contexts but which is now a liability to the student; -- -- The University accepts that one (or more) of the above factors may play a role in a case of alleged plagiarism. Each case will therefore be treated on its individual merits and taking account of all relevant circumstances. #University of Derby Blog » Feed University of Derby Blog » Comments Feed University of Derby Blog » How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? Comments Feed alternate alternate [tr?id=263182877367236&ev=PageView&noscript=1] -- -- + Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Home > Blog > How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? James Elander -- -- Student Life How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? -- Be it in music or writing, plagiarism – “stealing other’s ideas” – is a complicated and yet serious offence. So how can universities help students improve their writing and avoid it? Professor James Elander, Head of -- -- Psychological Research, gives his top tips. Plagiarism happens so quickly and easily in these days of ‘cut and paste’, multiple deadlines and pressure to produce excellent work. -- -- Universities, therefore, need active strategies to help students learn not to plagiarise, and one approach focuses on improving their ‘authorial identity’ – a concept I have developed with Derby PhD student Kevin Cheung, which centres on how writers see themselves as -- -- students to understand the values of integrity and transparency associated with academic writing and to write assignments without plagiarising. My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction -- -- My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction session about plagiarism. I asked myself, what is the opposite of plagiarism? Surely the answer to that is authorship and, if authorship is the desired outcome, what are the behavioural or psychological characteristics needed for students to achieve that? -- -- To qualify genuinely as the authors of their written work, students must understand the role of an author, and must be able to identify with that role. This protects them from accidental plagiarism, which often happens when students produce written work without being really in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for -- -- in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for several projects with different groups of colleagues to help students not to plagiarise. Supervised by myself and Ed Stupple in the Department of Psychology at -- -- with lecturers were used to get insights into what university lecturers think about authorial identity, and how we can get them more involved in helping students write better and avoid plagiarism. These showed that changing identity, or how one sees oneself, is -- -- When students were asked afterwards about these workshops, 86% agreed they helped them understand how to avoid plagiarism and 66% agreed they helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, -- -- helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, understanding of authorship and knowledge to avoid plagiarism. The changes were greatest for year one students, supporting the common -- -- It’s important that universities spend time speaking to their students about what plagiarism means and the impact it can have. However, rather than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like -- than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like we did, and discussing how to write assignments without plagiarising, is of much better value. -- -- We hope this research will help to guide future efforts to help students improve their writing and avoid plagiarism, and also give us a simple tool to measure how students’ change through taking part in those efforts. -- -- those efforts. Top tips to avoid plagiarism Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental -- -- Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental plagiarism. Some of these are related to the early stages of work on a written assignment: * Think about what your own position (opinion) is before you start -- -- * Put yourself in the role of the author. How to use quotations without plagiarising * Think about what point you are making with the quote; -- -- * #Derby * #higher education * #plagiarism * #Press * #psychology You are here: Home / Offices / Student and Academic Services / Exams and Assessment / Plagiarism and Collusion Info -- -- Info Plagiarism and Collusion -- * Plagiarism: Plagiarism is used as a general term to describe taking and using another’s thoughts and writings as one’s own. Plagiarism can occur not only in essays and dissertations, but also in scientific experimentation, diagrams, maps, fieldwork, computer -- -- the application of very severe penalties. Avoiding plagiarism and/or collusion -- Learning Development runs a workshop on avoiding plagiarism and has study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on -- study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on avoiding plagiarism. Your student handbook is also a useful resource for plagiarism avoidance and will set out your department's policy about identifying plagiarism. Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of -- -- Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of plagiarism and/or collusion Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Senate Regulation 11: Regulations governing -- -- Departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion: Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations -- -- Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations governing student discipline when investigating and considering allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in work that is not assessed by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of -- by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of the case by the department's Plagiarism Officer. -- Departmental level consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion may be followed by a hearing of a Student Discipline Panel if the severity of the offence or the complexity of the case deems it -- -- * See regulation 11.60 to 11.70 for full details of the University's procedures for departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in assessed work (excluding written examinations) -- -- assessed work (excluding written examinations) Departmental penalties for plagiarism/collusion: The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student -- -- The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student if he/she is found to have committed plagiarism/collusion are also defined in the regulations. A disciplinary panel has the power to impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. -- -- impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. * See regulation 11.71 to 11.75 for full details of departmental penalties for plagiarism and/or collusion (extract of regulations) Cheating in written examinations -- -- staff in your department (e.g. your Programme Director or Head of Department) without any delay if you are still unsure about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. Don't risk a penalty. * For departments: -- * For departments: Contact your Plagiarism Officer or the Secretary to the Senate Student Discipline Committee (qualoffice@le.ac.uk | x2605), for advice on the operation of Senate Regulation 11. -- -- o Undergraduate Progression and Award o Taught Postgraduate Progression and Award o Plagiarism and Collusion # Penalties o Student Results You are here Home » General Regulations » Plagiarism Sitemap -- -- + University Calendar + Academic credit system (ECTS) + Plagiarism * Course Documentation + Course handbooks -- -- * Sitemap Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is interpreted by the University as the act of presenting the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. -- -- the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. Plagiarism is considered as academically fraudulent, and an offence against University discipline. The University considers plagiarism to be a major offence, and subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- University. Visit http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism -- -- Template for Plagiarism Summary Procedure -- Calendar Statement on Plagiarism for Undergraduates - Part II, 82-91 -- Plagiarism 82 General -- -- and explicit manner, and with due acknowledgement. Plagiarism is the act of presenting the work or ideas of others as one's own, without due acknowledgement. -- one's own, without due acknowledgement. Plagiarism can arise from deliberate actions and also through careless thinking and/or methodology. The offence lies not in the attitude or intention of the perpetrator, but in the action and in its -- -- It is the responsibility of the author of any work to ensure that he/she does not commit plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered to be academically fraudulent, and an offence against academic integrity that is subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- procedures of the University. 83 Examples of Plagiarism Plagiarism can arise from actions such as: (a) copying another student's work; (b) enlisting another person or persons to complete an assignment on -- -- All the above serve only as examples and are not exhaustive. 84 Plagiarism in the context of group work Students should normally submit work done in co-operation with other students only when it is done with the full knowledge and permission of -- -- the lecturer concerned. Without this, submitting work which is the product of collusion with other students may be considered to be plagiarism. When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is -- -- When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is possible, that no work submitted by the group is plagiarised. -- 85 Self plagiarism student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one -- -- student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one assessment for credit is normally considered self-plagiarism. -- 86 Avoiding plagiarism Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice -- Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice from their lecturers, tutor or supervisor on avoiding plagiarism. All schools and departments must include, in their handbooks or other literature given to students, guidelines on the appropriate methodology -- -- for the kind of work that students will be expected to undertake. In addition, a general set of guidelines for students on avoiding plagiarism is available on http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism. -- 87 If plagiarism as referred to in §82 above is suspected, in the first instance, the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or their designate, will write to the student, and the student’s tutor -- -- 88 If the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or designate, forms the view that plagiarism has taken place, he/she must decide if the offence can be dealt with under the summary procedure set out below. In order for this summary procedure to be followed, all -- -- (a) Level 1: Student receives an informal verbal warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will be assessed and marked without penalty; -- -- (b) Level 2: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissable. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped -- not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped mark depending on the seriousness/extent of plagiarism; (c) Level 3: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. There is no opportunity for #RSS 2.0 RSS .92 Atom 0.3 Ninth Level Ireland » Plagiarism Comments Feed alternate alternate alternate -- -- Plagiarism -- Of plagiarism, little new can be written (Schwartz, The culture of the copy (1998), p. 311) -- -- “Plagiarism” is defined in various ways. The core meaning seems to be inappropriate copying of another’s ideas or expressions. An important analytical distinction is between: -- -- behaviour, whether acknowledged or not. There is no legal definition of plagiarism, though it forms part of many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often -- -- many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often described as “self-plagiarism”; and two students who hand in identical essays may both find themselves accused of plagiarism, even though the essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of -- essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of them. Many examples of plagiarism will also be examples of breach of intellectual property rights, such as copyright or droit moral / droit à la paternité. -- -- à la paternité. Objections to plagiarism are numerous, so much so that it may be doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much -- doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much that used to be called “cheating” is now labelled “plagiarism”, often confusingly. The attitude of the person whose work is copied is sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as -- -- sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as your own is objectionable whether or not the true author objects.) There is a modern tendency to define “plagiarism” quite broadly, in some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme -- -- some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme hostility to plagiarism (such as stating, inaccurately, that it is a form of theft) it can sound as if large portions of the student community are being accused of crime. -- -- community are being accused of crime. Many argue that there is now a crisis of plagiarism, even a war against plagiarism. Of course, it has always been the case that some students look for illegitimate short cuts to achieving their qualifications. Various factors are blamed for the modern “crisis”: the growth of IT -- -- for intellectual development, not an occasion for open warfare between students and their teachers; the crisis, if there is one, is not so much a “crisis of plagiarism” as a crisis of how to test core competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. -- -- competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. The very difficulties experienced in trying to define plagiarism are evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how -- evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how it is to be established; further, those who condemn “plagiarism” the loudest often seem to have a quite unrealistic idea of the level of originality that can be expected at student level. -- -- originality that can be expected at student level. Plagiarism by academics is not so much discussed, though there is a general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. -- -- general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. “Persaud’s plagiarism was dishonesty, rules medical council”). It may, as in Raj Persaud’s case, come to the attention of a relevant professional body; or it might be a matter of university internal -- -- It is in this academic context that there are complaints of self-plagiarism, that academics are accused of reproducing their own work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether -- work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether “self-plagiarism” is really the right term may be doubted. Artificially padding one’s c.v. by submitting the same article to more than one journal is certainly reprehensible, and may in some circumstances even -- -- publications. Plagiarism by students, by contrast, has become a major preoccupation of universities. The rise of IT and access to online information, which has coincided with a greater emphasis on marked coursework rather than -- -- that the material could quite properly be included in a legitimate piece of writing, if referenced in the appropriate way. Any detailed university policy on plagiarism must necessarily distinguish between disciplines, as each discipline has its own nuanced attitude to materials that may be cited and how they may be used in argument. But -- -- equally, a failure to abide by a discipline’s rules is only culpable if those rules are understood – which leads many to suspect that rampant plagiarism really represents a teaching failure, such that the rules have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. -- -- have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. Many say, then, that plagiarism is to a certain extent a cultural problem. Does this mean that it is particularly a difficulty with students whose native language is not English? Some argue precisely -- -- of suspicion that is not applied to home students. There is little incentive for non-English speakers to improve their grasp of the language if they are met with “S/He must have plagiarised, s/he doesn’t speak English that well!”. If the local attitude to plagiarism is not well understood by foreign students, then presumably at least some of the blame lies with their teachers, and so a harsh response is not -- -- If there is a cultural problem, then, it is equally to do with domestic students. Academic horror at plagiarism reflects a set of value-judgments that students do not necessarily share, and the academics’ version of what their students are supposed to be doing -- -- achieve any level of expressive freedom. Constrained by an overwhelming consensus over the ‘facts’ and established modes of knowing, students may almost be forced to plagiarise. To devise a way to operate within a disciplinary context, without plagiarising, may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – -- may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – meaning, plagiarism and power, 2006) -- (See also Bill Marsh, Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education, 2007.) -- -- make no sense to be told that a failure to paraphrase counts as dishonesty. For discussion see “It’s culture, not morality”; “Using assessment on the front-line in the battle against plagiarism”. Academic conventions in these matters are framed on an assumption that -- -- dealing with intellectual problems is to find someone who has solved the problem before and to copy their work. (Without this skill, indeed, most university plagiarism policies would never have seen the light of day.) There are indeed other skills which university degrees must teach, and there are also behaviours which must be identified as -- -- required. As it is, plagiarism is increasingly being seen as a disciplinary matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an -- -- matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an unfortunate tendency both to define plagiarism broadly (as including any failure to follow established citation conventions, even if there is no attempt to claim originality for the cited material), coupled -- -- cheats off hook”; “‘Plagiarist’ to sue university”. Much attention has been focussed on plagiarism detection software (notably TURNITIN (website¦wikipedia)), which can take some of the drudgery out of identifying copied passages, and can be a useful -- -- o Irish Law Blogs o Overpayments o Plagiarism o Quality assurance o Tenure o Sample Dissertation o Sample Dissertation Proposal Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- + Referencing + Help Guides + Plagiarism Checker + Exam Revision Guides + -- -- o PhD Help Guides o Guide to Writing an Essay Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- * Call us What plagiarism is and how to avoid it One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of -- -- One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of study is that you must not plagiarise. If this is told to you early in your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there -- -- your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there are many different definitions of plagiarism. -- Plagiarism is stealing! -- This is the simplest way to explain plagiarism, it is stealing. What's more, it's stealing of the worst kind because it's taking another's idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. -- -- idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. Schools, colleges, and universities levy severe punishments on any student caught plagiarising and, in professional life, you would be prosecuted for it - plagiarism is illegal! -- The Internet and plagiarism: The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much -- -- The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much easier to plagiarise, but it has also made it easier to detect since most schools, colleges, and universities automatically scan work against millions of other sources to try and discover whether or not a -- -- teachers - they were students once themselves and during their careers have probably encountered every trick in the book! Therefore, make no mistake about it, if you deliberately plagiarise, you will be caught. -- Accidental plagiarism: -- Usually, however, a student is not guilty of direct plagiarism but plagiarising by accident. Unfortunately, it is too easy to do this when you are carrying out extensive research. Writing notes will, undoubtedly, incorporate the ideas of others alongside your own as this -- -- over an extended period of time (as with a thesis or dissertation), then it is easy to forget where your ideas end and another's begin. This is where accidental plagiarism can easily occur. -- How to avoid plagiarism: -- A very good way to avoid accidental plagiarism is to carefully record every single reference you make in your notes and put them into a list at the end of each referencing session that you carry out. It is also -- -- it) in the referencing style required by your school, college, or university. Not only will this help you to avoid an accusation of plagiarism, it will also enable you to grow accustomed to the required referencing style of your academic institution. This way of working will also allow your reference list and/or bibliography to evolve over -- -- footnote/bibliography style (employed by referencing styles such as Oxford). 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Another frustrating form of accidental plagiarism can occur when you genuinely thought an idea was your own but later find that it is replicated in a book, journal, or other resource. The only way to avoid -- -- work such like a Masters or doctoral theses. Plagiarise and you're the one who suffers: -- Remember that plagiarism is a crime and that, like all forms of cheating, it ultimately harms no-one more than it does you. The best way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. -- -- way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. Does buying an essay count as plagiarism? If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this -- -- If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this constitute as plagiarism? The act of buying the essay is perfectly legitimate. You're allowed to -- -- answer or journal article you're given to look at. If you copy the essay word for word, reorganise sections or hand it in as your own, you'll be conducting plagiarism. 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Even if a plagiarist takes the words of someone else who had written and passes -- -- creation, the fruit of the writer's hard work. As we know when we enter a word "plagiarism" in Internet we find almost 100,000 links to know the purpose of plagiarism, is a severe issue for writers, lawyers, authors, publishers, teachers, and students. Why should students think about? So what happens if a student downloads a -- -- piece of writing and hands it inside the same as his or her own. What is plagiarism? -- The word plagiarism must be important because it can change ones future and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good -- -- and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good intentions of doing it and not plagiarizing, but at times they get so besieged with the assignment leads to plagiarize. -- Defining plagiarism Definitions may be different but the central theme is copying from -- -- act of lying, cheating, and stealing." At UNC, plagiarism is "the deliberate or reckless representation of another's word, thoughts, or ideas as one's own without attribution about submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise." -- -- (Instrument of Student Judicial Governance,) Because it is considered a form of cheating, the Office of the Dean of Students can punish students who plagiarize with course failure and suspension. -- The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the act of plagiarism as:"To steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". -- steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". Plagiarism is "a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work." -- -- 2. Results or findings Cost of plagiarism The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of -- -- The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of intellectual creation of mind is illegal according to the intellectual property law. The plagiarism laws are there to protect the intellectual ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught -- ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught in plagiarizing, not only you will be removed from course and institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students -- institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students in the UK were expelled in 2007 for plagiarism offences". (2) -- Forms of plagiarism -- On purpose plagiarism: it states that using of someone's work for time since his/her own work -- -- If once tutor started reading the task and ends that you have just copied from a book which I have already read it earlier. This type of plagiarism can be done on purpose and it will not work. Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we -- -- Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we read more books and form points and patch them together could be easily detectable, unfair and can be Accomplice by online plagiarism Bluffing: Reading texts, picking few phrases and writing them different -- -- Stitching sources: when complete task is mentioned correctly and cited even then student needs to develop analytical skills because they need to produce work truly as their own. So this is still plagiarism due to inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of -- inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of plagiarism. -- All these types of plagiarism should be avoided at all cost lesser or greater. -- -- Methods of awareness: Why student committed to plagiarism: Many of the students are committed plagiarism because of improper time management or fear about the language and writing skills, poor knowledge regarding the subject. Some of us having thrill about breaking the rules and unawareness towards -- -- the assignments and most of them causes by laziness. Educate you self about plagiarism: Copying a text from the Internet or online or e database will have the important text and type of cite that we are using for academic research papers that are estimated. If you -- -- leads to a high standard than the conclusion and introduction, because the introduction and conclusion are frequently written by a student. Improper citation is also Leads to plagiarism because of some students copy the text from Internet and shows the matter into quotations by giving wrong references. -- -- Before to start working with assignments first find the appropriate source for referencing and arrange the matter according to the way that you studied. Other method is to detect the plagiarism by some software's that are available to detect. -- -- location where you copied. How to avoid plagiarism: -- Plagiarism is avoided by the following four methods. They are, Effective note taking habits, before you start doing assignment write -- -- 4. Conclusion and recommendation As stated that plagiarism is a rising problem in schools, colleges and universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. -- universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. "It is true plagiarism is sometimes ignored by academic institutions because students mean money and in the current financial climate, -- because students mean money and in the current financial climate, no-one wants to lose students". This doesn't mean that plagiarism is okay even your academic body doesn't understand it. Plagiarism finally states never fool yourself. -- -- states never fool yourself. The fear of plagiarism is that need to understand the difference among discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. It is -- discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. It is possible to avoid plagiarism by using resources effectively like use of tutor's, presentations, reading essays and textbooks and Internet. -- -- Cheating is not crime However, you should be conscious when caught in plagiarizing ultimately, no-one gains from it because it would be worthless of the belief in academic institution. -- -- Click Here! 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The editors of targeted publications are in some ways more obviously victims than the poets plagiarised. My first reaction was: what a dim thing to do these days. The tracking -- -- learn such a thing than to find out whether a particular poem has been published under more than one author’s name. It took me slightly longer to see why this response felt so off the mark. But of course plagiarism isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve -- isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve watched someone else go through. Defining plagiarism is trickier than you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other -- you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other kinds of copying (allusion, quotation) fairly easily: it’s plagiarism if the copyist hopes no one will notice. -- -- before he had the pleasure of pointing it out to me. This is probably relatively common, conscious or not. Still, I can’t bring myself to really care. Plagiarism has always seemed to me more pathetic than criminal. Log in to Reply -- -- 2. Timothy Rogers says: 13 June 2013 at 6:53 pm There’s a humorous side to plagiarized poetry, especially when it can be tied into the follies (or impostures) of youth. Here’s an illustrative story. When I was in the ninth grade in 1963 our #UK Human Rights Blog » Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Comments Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste Comments Feed Bipolar patient has capacity to decide to terminate pregnancy Right to Blog, Lord Chancellor’s Legacy and -- -- May 26, 2013 by David Hart QC Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste CutandPaste Crinion v. IG Markets [2013] EWCA (Civ) 587 read judgment -- -- Mr Mustafa, the Masters student at QMC in the second case, did rather less well; he tried to get a finding of plagiarism reversed by the Independent Adjudicator. Males J, after commencing his judgment on a judicial review from this refusal thus: -- -- The Harvard academic and songwriter Tom Lehrer recommended plagiarism as the route to academic success, wealth and fame, but his tongue was firmly in his cheek, -- -- proceeded to decide that (a) most questions of plagiarism involved some degree of academic judgment; -- -- Crimes – The Human Rights Roundup → 6 thoughts on “Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste” 1. A100plus | May 26, 2013 at 1:07 pm -- -- another 3 or 4 years … 2. Lofthouse Jnr. | May 26, 2013 at 3:46 pm Allegations of academic plagiarism tend to involve lecturers running essays through SEO tools like -- running essays through SEO tools like http://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ but these rely on other content being posted on the internet (like the ‘dodgy dossier’ was) #Sunfish » Feed Sunfish » Comments Feed Sunfish » Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Comments Feed 99 Outrageously Simple Openings For Emails Your Reader Will Be Powerless To Resist 12 steps to saying sorry -- -- * Contact us Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook -- -- Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook Plagiarism. For us writers, it’s an ugly word. -- -- joy, obviously. But is it really plagiarism? And what is plagiarism anyway? -- Plagiarism is an ethical offence, not a legal one -- I defer, as usual to the OED, which defines plagiarism thus: To take, use and/or pass off the thoughts, writings, inventions etc of -- -- Notice that it doesn’t say ‘copy’. Nor is the offence reserved exclusively for taking writing. You can plagiarise someone else’s ideas. -- -- ideas. Plagiarism is also an ethical offence, not a legal one. There is no legal remedy. -- -- I found myself in this unwelcome situation recently (of the plagiarised, I mean). I clicked a link in a fellow copywriter’s tweet to a blog post whose -- -- content, style, tone and, in some cases, entire phrases, of my post. So, it passed the first part of the plagiarism test. It took my ideas and writings. -- -- In this particular case I didn’t feel my reputation or commercial fortunes were damaged by the plagiarism. I had very little to gain for seeking any sort of remedy. And, to be -- -- But what about if it happens to you? What then? 15 steps you should take if you think you’ve been plagiarised Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a -- -- Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a potential act of plagiarism. First, get answers to these seven questions: -- -- To what extent? 6 Are you being damaged in any way by the plagiarism (other than wounded pride)? -- -- The more times you answer yes, the more likely the act is to be plagiarism. Let’s say you feel you have a case to make. Here are the eight steps -- -- Post Comment 1. Good advice. I once plagiarised an article without realising it. I published a press release, which I assumed to be public domain. It turned out that the PR person who had written the press release #RSS Feed Plagiarism Checker | WriteCheck by Turnitin * Features -- -- Get Started Now! Plagiarism in the UK In the United Kingdom, the Channel 4 news program Dispatches aired a -- -- Though much of the segment focused on cheating on standardized tests, the network used Freedom of Information requests to also gain access to statistics on plagiarism at universities in the country. According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been -- -- According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been accused of plagiarism in the past four years, of which some 40,000 were disciplined. Of those disciplined, 400 were expelled (excluded) and another 12,000 had a deduction in their grades. -- -- Those statistics are interesting for a variety of reasons. First is that, while the majority of plagiarism cases did result in disciplinary action, a full third did not. How many of these cases were because of the student being exonerated versus a decision that it didn’t warrant -- -- Still, this means that, in the UK at least, punishment for an alleged plagiarism infraction is far from automatic, resulting in a punishment rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of -- rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of plagiarism, they are more favorable than those faced by those accused of actual crimes. District attorneys in the United States, for example, routinely see conviction rates well above 90%. -- -- It’s also worth noting that only one fifth of the students accused of plagiarism suffered a reduction in their grades and only .6% of all students accused of plagiarism were expelled. This means that, in the UK, an allegation of plagiarism does not automatically mean a grade reduction, much less an expulsion. Those are actually very unlikely outcomes. -- -- However, perhaps most interesting is that the number of students accused of plagiarism is significantly smaller than the number who likely actually do it. A recent survey of college students in the U.S. showed that 38% of undergraduates and 25% of graduates admitted to -- -- While the United States is a different country, even if the UK rate of plagiarism is just 20% that means the vast majority of students who plagiarized never even faced an accusation. This is because there are approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means -- approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means approximately 2.6% were accused of plagiarism. That number, 2.6%, feels both extraordinarily high and extraordinarily -- -- low at the same time. On one hand, it’s stunning to think that, on average, in every class of 38 students, one will face allegations of plagiarism. On the other hand, given the high rate of admitted plagiarism, it means that the amount detected truly is just the tip of the iceberg. -- -- More than anything, the Channel 4 report shows just how complex the problem of plagiarism in universities is and. more importantly, how deep the issue runs. -- -- Fortunately, while there are no easy solutions to this problem, universities in the UK have made great strides in the fight. Not only have they adopted plagiarism policies and the use of plagiarism-detection software nationwide, but they’ve nearly cut in half the number of papers with high similarity rates turned in over the first 10 years of the program. -- -- first 10 years of the program. Still, as these statistics show, the battle against plagiarism is not a sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but -- -- sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but all areas of plagiarism policy. Further, it requires regular analysis to ensure that it’s working as designed so that adjustments can be made as time goes on. -- -- Fortunately, that is what the UK is doing and that’s why we have such powerful statistics from it. That data, in the end, is powerful and, as shown above, indicates the UK is turning the tide against plagiarism, even if there is still much work to be done. -- -- The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today, and do not reflect the opinions of WriteCheck. -- WriteCheck. 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Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, -- -- activities. Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, there is also evidence that a generation brought up using the Internet has very different views on what constitutes ‘plagiarism’. -- Plagiarism is usually seen as being ‘wrong’, ‘immoral’ or at least undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the -- -- undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the learning process. Furthermore, ‘plagiarism’ should not be confused with ‘copyright’, as what may be plagiarism is not necessarily copyright infringement. Thus while plagiarism is often ‘unlawful’ it may not always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute -- always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute ‘plagiarism’, such as the improper referencing of sources in student essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for -- -- essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for plagiarism, and the academic and professional penalties that can be imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. -- -- imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. SECTION ONE – TYPES OF PLAGIARISM Definitions -- -- Definitions The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines ‘plagiarism’ as ‘to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: to use (another's production) without crediting the source: to commit literary -- -- The word ‘plagiarist’ is derived from the Latin word ‘plagiarus’, meaning, ‘kidnapper’^3. Yet as we shall see, plagiarism does not need to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans -- to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans points out: ‘Everyone seems to know [plagiarism] is wrong... but few know how to completely define it’^4. -- -- know how to completely define it’^4. Oxford University states that plagiarism is ‘the copying or paraphrasing of other people’s work or ideas into your own work without full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. -- -- full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. It also includes ‘collusion’, i.e. the unauthorised working with others. The university states that students may be guilty of plagiarism even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This -- even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This suggests that ‘plagiarism’ is an all-embracing term that covers a huge variety of activities. -- -- variety of activities. Types of plagiarism The Harvard Guide to Using Sources^7 provides useful examples of -- -- unacceptable conduct. Many of these involve the practice of ‘cutting and pasting’ from electronic sources such as the Internet^8. The Guide divides plagiarisms into several different types. -- The first is ‘Verbatim plagiarism’. This is word for word copying from another source without placing the copied text in quotation marks and providing a clear citation, i.e. an acknowledgement of where the -- -- material came from. Another category is ‘Mosaic plagiarism’^9. This involves copying parts of another’s material but changing a few words here and there without placing the material in quotes or providing a citation. The Guide -- -- An example can be found in How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, an unpublished novel Kaavya Viswanathan, which was found to contain numerous instances of plagiarism, notably from two previously published books by author Megan McCafferty^10. -- -- first in a long string of boyfriends got on.’^12 Here, mosaic plagiarism can be seen in the way certain words are changed while others are left unaltered. The result is very close to the original in its expression. -- -- the original in its expression. ‘Inadequate paraphrasing’ is a similar type of plagiarism where the student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a -- -- student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a citation, this is not enough to prevent plagiarism. The new passage must instead restate the original work using completely new words. The Guide suggests that students should make accurate notes of the original -- -- citation immediately afterwards^15. Other types of plagiarism can include providing inaccurate information about the sources in citations and using too many sources without enough interconnecting original material, with the result that the -- -- paper contains almost no original work^16. Another type of plagiarism is ‘self-plagiarism’. This is a practice mainly found among academics where the author recycles their own work, ‘dressing up’ old research to make it appear original and new^17, and -- -- Problems with definitions However, though examples of plagiarism are numerous, there is much disagreement about when the rules should apply. -- -- topics which a first year undergraduate may be ignorant of. Similarly, arts students tend to cite things differently than science students^19. This undermines any solid definitions of plagiarism. -- Another problem when defining plagiarism is that educational institutions’ plagiarism policies tend to give students more leeway in examinations. For instance, Yale College’s plagiarism guide states that for its purposes the term ‘plagiarism’ will be usually confined to coursework only^20. -- -- Administrators (an advisory body for institutions providing writing programs) takes the view that institutions should treat intentional and unintentional plagiarism differently^21. They state that if a student tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be -- -- tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be classed as ‘plagiarism’^22. In fact, they regard it as part of the natural learning process for students. They also state that using ‘common knowledge’ is acceptable. However this again does not address -- -- acknowledgment^24. This definition appears self-contradictory, as it recognizes that some institutions and even academic programmes define ‘plagiarism’ differently. What use then is the definition? Such definitions are unhelpful and serve only to confuse the issue. -- -- is part of the learning process, where students assimilate phrases, terminology and ideas to gain understanding of a particular subject. However she states that this is still plagiarism, regardless of whether the student acknowledges their sources^26. -- -- If that wasn’t enough for the student to contend with, there is evidence to suggest that the present generation of students views ‘plagiarism’ differently from previous generations. In American colleges 68% of all students admit cutting and pasting from the Internet without giving acknowledgments^27. Blum suggests that this -- -- forms part of a cultural pattern. McCabe and Trevino also note that this ‘may be due to a changing definition among students of what constitutes plagiarism’, particularly when it comes it paraphrasing^28. Blum says: ‘Contemporary students are swimming in a sea of texts’^29. -- -- Contrasted to this, the academic world has strict rules on referencing even when direct quotations are not used. This may explain the rise in the amount of plagiarism seen in colleges and universities recently. Conclusion -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. It can encompass a wide variety of activities, not all of which involve professional ‘cheating’. Unintentional plagiarism can also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as -- -- also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as ‘plagiarism’. A problem for students is that some disciplines and forms of assessment are more stringent than others. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot -- -- some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot when they are plagiarizing another’s work. -- Copyright symbol SECTION TWO – Plagiarism v Copyright UK law -- -- to exploit a work^30. The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) governs UK copyright law. One of the main differences between copyright and plagiarism is that copyright generally does not protect ideas, only the expression of those ideas. However this distinction is not as clear cut as it sounds. -- -- What is copyright? Plagiarism covers a variety of material. It includes academic papers, professional publications, works of fiction and even scientific formulae. In short, where there is any potential for the use of -- -- recorded in some permanent form, such as in writing^42. Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright is that copyright only lasts for a fixed period. For original works this is seventy years from the death of the author^43, while for sound -- -- arrangements last for twenty-five years^45. If a work’s copyright expires it becomes ‘public domain’ and can be used freely without a licence. By contrast, plagiarism is not concerned with whether a source is public domain or not, but whether it has been adequately referenced. -- -- Infringement Plagiarism policies and copyright law both cover a wide variety of activities. However copyright law is more rigid, in that it sets out what activities may constitute copyright infringement. -- -- work to the public, adapting the work or authorizing any of these acts to be done without a licence There is no need to show any intention on the part of the infringer. Therefore, as with plagiarism, infringement may be unintentional. -- -- author^46, or joint authors if there are more than one^47, of by the author’s employer if the work was created during the course of their employment^48. This is unlike plagiarism, where it does not matter whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone -- whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone else to produce a piece of work may be plagiarism in itself^49. How much can be copied? -- -- How much can be copied? Plagiarism policies allow for some copying provided that any text lifted from the original is surrounded in quotation marks and referenced properly^50. Similarly, you can legally copy material from a -- -- that the work must originate from its creator and not be copied from somewhere else^54. One of the consequences of this is that facts cannot generally be protected. This contrasts with plagiarism, which suggests that it is the failure to say where the facts came from that incurs a penalty^55. -- -- Sufficient acknowledgment Plagiarism is concerned with originality of work. For instance, plagiarists who recycle old ideas are criticized for undermining the pursuit of original knowledge and enriching themselves, sometimes at -- -- Publication: does it matter? Plagiarism does not require anything to be made public. However, except for ‘copying’, copyright infringement must involve the work being made available to the public^59. Bainbridge notes that the approach courts -- -- Ideas v Expression Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, -- is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, not the ideas behind it. Plagiarism however, can be committed by stealing ideas as well as by copying text. -- -- Saunders states that this means that an academic can copy ideas from someone else’s work, as long as he presents them in an original way. Such behaviour may be plagiarism, but it is not copyright infringement^63. -- -- copyright infringement^74. Therefore if you reproduce a section of an original work without crediting the author, you may also violate this right as well as commit plagiarism. Under s.80(1) CDPA 1988, an author or director also has a right to -- -- Conclusion Therefore copyright infringement in the UK differs from plagiarism in that only certain works are protected for a limited duration. Infringement also requires that the amount used from the copyright work -- -- family^87. This is all very different from the position regarding plagiarism, where it does not matter if the work is public domain or not. -- -- Moral Rights in the US are much more limited than in the UK, and are of little assistance to the copyright owner in preventing plagiarism. Authors in the US have rights of paternity and integrity similar to -- -- unscripted portions of the film are written down verbatim. Such use may well not infringe copyright. This is, of course, different to plagiarism, which includes non-literal copying from any source. There must also be ‘substantial similarity’ between the infringing copy -- -- to reproducing or exhibiting work, communicating work to public, and falsely attributing work to the author. This covers all possible forms of plagiarism and may be an alternative remedy to infringement for plagiarized authors. However these rights are more limited than in English law. The rights -- -- i) ‘ILLEGAL’ v ‘UNLAWFUL’ Plagiarism may be unlawful, but it is not necessarily illegal. Although these two terms are often used interchangeably, they do have different technical meanings. “Illegal” has been defined as an act’ which the law -- -- Therefore to infringe copyright is to violate law and commit an ‘illegal’ act. However while plagiarism is considered unethical, it is not ‘illegal’ unless it also infringes copyright or some other rule of law. -- -- law. In fact, some plagiarisms may not even be unlawful, as even plagiarized work is capable of subsisting in copyright. A plagiarized essay still qualifies as a literary work under the CDPA 1988 even if it has not been created to academic standards. The plagiarist would still be able -- -- students. For purely academic work, the UK law does not require that source material be acknowledged. However this will not protect students from allegations of plagiarism. Someone writing an essay or journal article may claim they are writing -- -- Conclusion Plagiarism is therefore be illegal only if it infringes copyright or some other law. Even infringement may be lawful if it amounts to ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. The UK law provides little certainty on the -- -- This makes cases hard to predict in the UK and the US. SECTION SIX – CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES -- -- i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES If plagiarism involves a violation of copyright law, the infringer may commit criminal offences. -- -- dishonestly make a representation with a view to causing gain or loss to anyone^176, for instance, if an academic secures a publishing advance for an original article but delivers a plagiarized version. Australia -- -- where the origins of a work have been deliberately disguised, such as by removing copyright notices or modifying it so it cannot be recognized^187. This may apply to plagiarized written work. Australia -- -- Even if a plagiarist escapes civil or criminal sanctions, they may still face serious consequences. Plagiarism can result in the cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have -- -- cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have plagiarized several works, including those by Megan McCafferty and Salman Rushdie , the publishers cancelled her publishing contract ^198. The publisher may also ban the author in the future and withdraw copies -- -- author to provide a warranty that their work is original^200 Plagiarism can cause severe embarrassment and damage the copier’s career and good standing in the academic community. The publisher may complain to the academic’s departmental head, resulting in internal -- -- governed by the Human Rights Act 1998, which enshrines the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law^206. University Disciplinary Committees decide what penalties to impose on students for plagiarism. These are distinct from Examination Boards, which grade students based on their academic performance. Disciplinary Committees are subject to -- -- In one recent case, a student accused his university of negligence for failing to bring plagiarism to his notice. Michael Gunn sued the University of Kent for failing him for plagiarism days before he was due to graduate, having said nothing about this while he carried on his studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation -- -- studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation for changing a student’s grade after they have graduated on grounds of plagiarism^212. -- Plagiarism policies may discriminate against students from overseas. The JISC recognizes that for some students, such as those who are home-schooled, reproducing large amounts of text is a way of showing -- -- under the Human Rights Act 1998. Many academic institutions also utilize plagiarism detection sites and software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and -- software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and plagiarismchecker.net. In the USA, their use has already sparked a court case. In AV v iParadigms LLC^217, high school students in Virginia and Arizona sued Turnitin.com’s owners, iParadigms. The -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright -- process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright infringement and plagiarism are not the same thing, and one may be a plagiarist without infringing copyright, and vice versa. While there are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are -- -- are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are generally less well protected in the US and Australia. Also, moral rights are much weaker in these two countries. Plagiarism is not always illegal, thanks to defences such as ‘fair use’. However what is ‘fair’ can be very hard to pin down, and the potential infringer would be well -- -- advised to always err on the side of caution. There are severe criminal and civil penalties for commercial copyright infringement, and plagiarism can also have damaging academic and professional consequences. However, in a culture that is becoming increasingly reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next -- -- reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next generation of scholars may well have very different ideas about what is ‘plagiarism’. One answer would be to change the way university courses are taught, placing less reliance on traditional essay-writing, which encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly -- -- encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly different form. Instead universities appear to be resorting to technology themselves to stamp out plagiarism. Whether these methods are legal themselves remains to be seen. -- -- Blum, S, My Word! 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The Little Oxford English Dictionary, 6th edn, Oxford -- -- Harlow 2010, p.29. 4 J Evans, ‘The New Plagiarism in Higher Education`, 2000, retrieved 14 May 2001, . -- -- 15 Ibid. 16 Plagiarism.org, Types of Plagiarism, 2012, retrieved 21 November 2012, . 17 R Attwood, ‘Allow me to rephrase, and boost my tally of articles’, -- -- de=402598>. 18 J Carroll and J Appleton, Plagiarism: A Good Practice Guide, 2001, retrieved 7 November 2012, , p. 14. -- -- 19 Ibid. 20 Yale College, Definitions of Plagiarism, Cheating, and Documentation of Sources, 2012, retrieved 7 November 2012, -- of Sources, 2012, retrieved 7 November 2012, . -- -- 21 The Council of Writing Program Administrators, Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices, 2003, retrieved 7 November 2012, p.1. 22 Ibid, p.2. -- -- 24 Ibid. 25 R Howard, ‘Plagiarisms, Authorships, and the Academic Death Penalty.’ College English, vol. 57, no.7, 1995, pp. 708-36. -- -- 26 Ibid. 27 S Blum, My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture, Cornell University Press, New York, 2009, p.1. -- -- de=402598>. 57 J Saunders, ‘Plagiarism and the law: a guide to plagiarism and the law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, -- law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, , p.2. 58 [2007] EWCA Civ 247. -- -- 86 Ibid. 87 R King, Understanding Copyright Law, Fair Use, Plagiarism and Public Domain, King & Associates, Arizona, 2012 (e-book). -- -- Features * Plagiarism detection * Plagiarism checker reviews * Types of plagiarism * Is plagiarism illegal? * Plagiarism articles * Ask the Doctor -- * Ask the Doctor * Plagiarism pictures * Plagiarism scanner (BETA) Guides -- -- * Referencing guides * Lesson plans * NEW: Free plagiarism workbook (PDF) About -- -- About PlagiarismChecker.net is the free website for plagiarism software, reviews, articles, lesson plans and commentary on detection methods. -- -- XML | TXT | HTML | ROR | Images © Copyright 2015 by PlagiarismChecker.net. 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You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be -- -- You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be familiar with the definition, investigation process and potential implications regarding plagiarism and collusion. Plagarism -- -- Collusion A form of plagiarism that involves unauthorised co-operation between at least two people with the intent to deliberately mislead or deceive -- -- * allowing work to be copied e.g. posting written coursework on social networking sites prior to an assessment * The offence of encouraging or enabling plagiarism includes the act of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done -- of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done with the intention of enabling or encouraging plagiarism. Investigation process -- -- Investigation process In all suspected cases of Plagiarism and/ or Collusion, the centre is required to notify the awarding organisation within 10 working days. -- -- City & Guilds ILM: Plagiarism, Collusion and Cheating Policy OCR: Joint Council for Qualifications Suspected Malpractice in -- -- + Information, advice and guidance statement of service + Learner charter + Plagiarism and Collusion Your questions * What is academic integrity? * What is plagiarism? * How do I avoid plagiarism? * What is referencing? * Why should I reference? -- -- Students working together where this is not permitted, with the intention of gaining an unfair advantage or cheating in the preparation of coursework. A form of plagiarism. See also collaboration. Common knowledge -- -- * exam techniques (eg preparation, timing, etc). Plagiarism In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas -- -- In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas or writings as your own without acknowledgement. In an academic context (see page What is is plagiarism?). This includes taking another person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of -- -- person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of plagiarism in the General Regulations Appendix A: * reproducing in any work submitted for assessment or review(for example, examination answers, essays, project reports, -- -- Turnitin In full this refers to the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software supplied under license from Turnitin UK . Submitted work is matched against a database of previously submitted work from every institution -- -- which subscribes to Turnitin, (including international institutions); current and archived internet pages and databases of journals and periodicals (Gale and Emerald). Turnitin does not detect plagiarism: it is a text-matching software which provides a report on whether a student's work is original (no matching text) or unoriginal. All * PlagiarismDetection.org * plans & pricing -- -- * login Reliable plagiarism detector -- Fast and accurate plagiarism checker for teachers, students, publishers, bloggers. Since 2008. -- -- bloggers. Since 2008. Plagiarism prevention in Europe -- Plagiarism is a controversial issue in institutions of higher learning across Europe. Various views have been raised concerning this topic vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different -- -- vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different European countries. It is prudent to understand what each country perceives regarding plagiarism for the sake of students who wish to study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the -- study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the plagiarism policy means in countries such as Poland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought -- -- Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought about the definition of plagiarism, different answers were gathered. This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various -- This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various attitudes towards plagiarism. According to the respondents, students from Czech Republic highlighted that plagiarism simply meant “copying without referencing the original author”. British students simply stated that it had something to do with “taking another person’s work -- -- simply meant “copying”. Polish answers were a bit long making reference to intellectual property rights, illegal, copying and cheating. Plagiarism policy in Europe has had different opinions. This may be attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to -- attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to measures taken by institutions to control and prevent plagiarism. As much as the situation may look similar in most countries, a few scenarios differ. A clear similarity is apparent between Cyprus and the -- -- academic writing. Most universities and colleges in the US and UK report high cases of plagiarism despite plagiarism checkers put in place to avoid it. A number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students -- number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students and lecturers concerning plagiarism. Despite having these guidelines, originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding -- originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding what really constitutes plagiarism. In some instances, poor academic discipline may qualify as plagiarism as opposed to the actual misconduct. This has been labeled as a demeaning factor in achieving consistency among institutions of higher learning. -- -- In 2012 an anonymous survey of 617 students conducted at the University of Graz in Austria showed that about one-third students reported that they had already plagiarized at least once. Reasons for plagiarism were comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 -- comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 percent), unintended plagiarism (34 percent) and uncertainty about the source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that -- source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that "comfort", which primary reason for students to plagiarize is indeed lack of a plagiarism checker being used by teachers to control works submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and -- -- submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and the UK have adopted plagiarism detectors. In the UK, much emphasis has been relayed on penalties on students who plagiarize. Universities in the US are quite strict on matters of plagiarism hence prompting students to pay attention to details when attributing works. In contrast with Europe, university students in the US are constantly -- -- reference list and parenthesis on materials cited in the text. To some extent, these attribution systems have managed to streamline issues of plagiarism as well as bring consistency in the US. Institutions of higher learning in both countries have equally faced challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public -- -- challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public domain. In the current era of information explosion, more knowledge is becoming common hence presenting the challenge on what is plagiarized or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, -- or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, plagiarism checkers think otherwise. On the contrary, it is easier to assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and -- assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and does not require citing. In the overall, plagiarism is still an issue to solve in many countries given the fact that knowledge is dynamic. -- -- all articles * Academic plagiarism * Checker supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish languages. -- -- * Twitter+ © 2008-2018 PlagiarismDetection.org ____________________ Student Circus Blog Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments -- -- Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? 14 Nov,2016 -- -- 14 Nov,2016 Plagiarism is a foreign word for most of the international students coming to the UK. Plagiarism means copying someone else’s ideas or work and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are -- -- and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are found to be plagiarising your content, you could fail the exam or assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian -- -- assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian countries, plagiarism is not strictly enforced or frowned upon, which leads to complacency and lack of knowledge of plagiarism when students go to west for further education. Plagiarism can be of various types such as*: a.Copying or paraphrasing text from websites, articles, research -- -- c.Duplicating your work, for instance by submitting almost the same work for two different tasks. So, how to avoid plagiarism? The answer is referencing, paraphrasing and citing the sources. The most common citation styles are as follows: -- -- marks. *Avoiding plagiarism: A guide for international students. (n.d.). Retrieved from -- Retrieved from http://www.educationuk.org/india/articles/avoiding-plagiarism-guide-for -international-students/ Disclaimer: www.studentcircus.com (Student Circus UK ) is not #Teaching Matters blog » Feed Teaching Matters blog » Comments Feed Teaching Matters blog » Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? Comments Feed Exploring research-led teaching at Senate Training and support for postgraduate students who teach (PGWT) alternate -- -- 27th July 20175th September 2017IAD user Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? PhD nightmare crop Poor academic practice and academic misconduct cases -- -- occur and the consequences are potentially catastrophic and extremely distressing for all concerned. Cases we are aware of have involved the external examiner identifying plagiarised material with an almost forensic level of rigor – exactly what we expect of any external examiners doing their job. It has struck us that there is currently an -- -- Our pilot of this approach has already proved valuable by identifying patterns of poor scholarship including plagiarism among year 1 progression papers; issues we have identified would definitely land students in trouble if they had submitted work for UG or taught PG -- -- of Turnitin. Undetected problems could persist within a final submitted thesis and this could be catastrophic; in 2013 the Education Minister for Germany had their PhD rescinded because of plagiarised content. PhD theses are still a special case and the nature of similarity needs Written on May 23 2013. Misconception 15: Turnitin employs legions of writing experts to read and evaluate papers for plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin receives over 200,000 papers daily, and no human reads the papers at Turnitin. All papers are processed by our -- -- Reality: Turnitin matches text similarity and does not grade papers for the instructors. It is up to the instructor and/or student to determine whether the assignment exhibits plagiarism. Misconception 13: Turnitin has expertise in plagiarism and can render judgment on specific cases. 
Reality: There is no "threshold" Similarity Index that is either -- -- at the Originality Report. Misconception 3: The "Similarity Index" shows the percentage of paper that is plagiarized.
 Reality: The Similarity Index is just a percentage of material in the paper that matches sources in the Turnitin databases. Text that is -- -- Instructors can decide to let their students see their reports, do re-submissions, get revised reports -- or not. Misconception 1: Turnitin detects plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin matches to text in our databases and leaves the judgment up to the instructor. As mentioned above, instructors MUST Blog Is Recycling Your Own Work Plagiarism? Written on July 20 2016. -- -- Written on July 20 2016. [self-plagiarism-blog-image.png] This post is excerpted from an article originally published on -- -- Writers often claim that because they are the authors, they can reuse their work, either in full or in excerpts, over and over again. How can republishing one’s own work be defined as plagiarism if the author has only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the -- only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the definition of self-plagiarism, how it crosses into copyright laws and ethical issues, and the different ways an author can avoid this increasingly controversial act of scholarly misconduct. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ What is Self-plagiarism? Let's look at one scenario: Leslie is an assistant professor going -- -- number of publications for tenure, but from the same work. Doing so, Leslie might commit what Scanlon (2007) calls “academic fraud,” a form of selfplagiarism (pg. 57). -- Self-plagiarism is defined as a type of plagiarism in which the writer republishes a work in its entirety or reuses portions of a previously written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that -- -- written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that because they are the authors, they can use the work again as they wish; they can’t really plagiarize themselves because they are not taking any words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on -- words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on whether self-plagiarism is possible, the ethical issue of self-plagiarism is significant, especially because self-plagiarism can infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of -- infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of plagiarism do not account for self-plagiarism, so writers may be unaware of the ethics and laws involved in reusing or repurposing texts. -- -- texts. The American Psychological Association (2010) explains how plagiarism differs from self-plagiarism: “Whereas plagiarism refers to the practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of -- practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of others, self-plagiarism refers to the practice of presenting one’s own previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). -- -- previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). As Roig (2006) suggests, self-plagiarism occurs “when authors reuse their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared -- -- their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared elsewhere” (pg. 16). Roig identifies a few types of self-plagiarism: * Republishing the same paper that is published elsewhere without notifying the reader nor publisher of the journal -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Definitions of Plagiarism -- The question of whether self-plagiarism exists or not—is it possible to plagiarize oneself?—is rooted in the definition of plagiarism. Plagiarism is typically defined as stealing the work of another and presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary -- presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary (2011) defines plagiarism as taking the work of another as “literary theft.” The verb to “plagiarize” is defined as: * “To take and use as one's own (the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another person);” -- -- According to the OED definition, in the strict sense recycling papers would not be plagiarism. -- However, Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2011) defines to “plagiarize” similarly with the addition description in the second definition below: * To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: -- -- So, in the Webster definition, recycling one’s own papers would fall under “to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source” and is, therefore, considered plagiarism. But what is more important than the definition of plagiarism, and whether it is possible to “self-plagiarize,” is the ethics behind self-plagiarism. __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Ethical Issues of Self-plagiarism -- Publications manuals have a set standard regarding self-plagiarism. When an author publishes in a journal, the author often signs over rights to the publisher; thus, copyright infringement is possible if an -- -- Biomedical journals in particular have had significant problems with copyright due to self-plagiarism and many have taken a stance against the practice in publication. Some have gone so far as to request the author’s previous manuscripts to ensure that the work is original (Roig -- -- It seems that even the American Psychological Association (APA) has taken a recent position against the practice by addressing self-plagiarism in the 2010 sixth edition of the publication manual, a discussion, which is absent from previous editions. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Avoiding Self-plagiarism Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for -- -- Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for avoiding plagiarism, four of which deal specifically with self-plagiarism, as follows: * Guideline 10: Authors who submit a manuscript for publication containing data, reviews, conclusions, etc., that have already been -- -- that is subsequently presented as a new study is an equally serious ethical breach. * Guideline 12: Because some instances of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and even some writing practices that might otherwise be acceptable (e.g., extensive paraphrasing or quoting of key elements of a book) can constitute copyright infringement, -- -- Technology like iThenticate by Turnitin is another way to avoid self-plagiarism. By comparing written work against the largest database of scholarly, full-text content, authors and researchers can screen their work prior to publication submission and organizations can -- -- Conclusion The issue of self-plagiarism is becoming more and more prevalent, and some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, -- some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, have seen a rising trend in self-plagiarism. The APA publication manual has no discussion of self-plagiarism in its fifth edition, but addresses it twice in the sixth edition, perhaps to prevent such practices. Organizations and individual authors and researchers can -- -- take preventative measures in their writing practices and editing processes, including the use of technology that helps detect potential self-plagiarism before submitting their work for publication. References -- -- Style Chicago. 16th Edition. 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(2010). Copyright. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Copyright Office. Retrived from Programme of activities/ Academic integrity and plagiarism/ -- Academic integrity and plagiarism [icon-twitter-rounded.png] [icon-facebook-rounded.png] -- -- Protecting, developing and enhancing academic integrity in general is the second theme for action, with a particular focus to the issue of plagiarism. Higher education has indeed its own particularities and potential -- -- Another activity under this priority line would be the organisation of a specific seminar on plagiarism, which could be held in 2016. One possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes -- possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes towards plagiarism coexist in Europe and that approaches differ from one Member State to another. -- -- 2. Drafting of guidelines together with measurement indexes; 3. Promotion of capacity building in higher education institutions to evaluate plagiarism. -- -- + Programme of activities o Ethical behaviour of all actors in education o Academic integrity and plagiarism o Recognition of qualifications o Other activities #RSS 2.0 Thomas Lancaster » Feed Thomas Lancaster » Comments Feed Thomas Lancaster » Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 Comments Feed Contract Cheating – A Decade (Plus One) Of Contract Cheating Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 1 – Academic Integrity and Contract -- -- ____________________ Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 -- -- use a third party to have work completed for them. Sessions at the 2017 international conference on Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond ended up heavily focused on contract cheating. Having been part of contact cheating research since the term first formed part -- -- I’ve already shared my conference presentation on contract cheating in examinations and provided general collected thoughts about Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. -- -- 05 Emerging Issues In Contract Cheating Wider challenges surrounding educational integrity also influence how contract cheating practice could develop. These include traditional areas of student plagiarism, the use of translation and essay spinning software, as well as the risks posed by students using smart drugs. -- -- these posts are compiled, runs to nearly 8,000 words, so that just shows how much value there was in the presentations and discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. ← Next post Previous post → -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Please browse around the blog and the links, and feel free to leave your thoughts. -- -- Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: brno, conference, contract cheating, essay mills, plagiarism across europe and beyond, research Read 127 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:14 am […] This is Part 1 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 2 – Inside The Contract Cheating Industry | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:30 am […] This is Part 2 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 3 – Contract Cheating by Academics | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:31 am […] This is Part 3 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 4 – Detecting Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:43 am […] This is Part 4 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 5 – Emerging Issues in Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:54 am […] This is Part 5 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 6 – Which Students Are Contract Cheating And What Does This Mean For -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:18 pm […] This is Part 6 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 7 – Understanding Contract Cheating From The Student Viewpoint | Thomas -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:28 pm […] This is Part 7 (the final part) of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 | ContractCheating.com says: October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm -- -- October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm […] This blog post provides lots of details about contract cheating from discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. […] Leave a Reply Cancel reply -- -- Recent Posts * Student Plagiarism And How To Stop An International Problem – With A Focus On Kosovo -- A Focus On Kosovo * Emerging Issues In Plagiarism Prevention And Detection – My View From 2004 * Beyond Contract Cheating – Towards Academic Integrity -- -- Recommendations To Address Essay Mill Use – Video * Cutting The Costs Of Open Access Research * Plagiarism and Assessment * Examining The State of Academic Integrity in Europe – Recommendations From SEEPPAI this work is produced, it is a concern. Since contract cheating produces original work, this is unlikely to be picked up using standard text matching plagiarism detection services such as Turnitin. Some of the more interesting findings across our research have related -- -- Beyond this, there are parallels with the research into the anti-plagiarism fields, in particular looking at the policies, processes and penalties surrounding contract cheating, and how to write assignments to prevent contract cheating. The research I’ve been -- -- Feel free to contact me regarding contract cheating. I often deliver keynote talks, research seminars and training related to plagiarism and contract cheating. I’m happy to discuss the issues further, to assist with staff development and to support requests from the media. -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Much more information about what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. -- -- what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: contract cheating, plagiarism, robert clarke, thomas lancaster Read 8 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- March 28, 2017 at 7:03 am Dear professor My research subject is plagiarism. Since you coined the term contract cheating in 2006, would you mind clarifying how a “contarct cheater” is different from a “ghost writer”? #Plagiarism.org RSS Feed IFRAME: https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NST4MH8 -- -- (BUTTON) Toggle navigation [p-dot-org-logo-1512156951.png] * Understanding Plagiarism * Preventing Plagiarism * Teaching about Plagiarism * Plagiarism Checking * Plagiarism Research * Plagiarism Policy ____________________ -- -- ____________________ European Responses to Student Plagiarism in Higher Education Irene Glendinning -- -- A significant amount of research has been undertaken in response to the recent flood of student plagiarism now being detected in higher education institutions (HEI). Based on deeper understanding of the underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for -- -- underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for strategies and systems for detection, penalties and mitigation of student plagiarism. So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from -- -- So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from English speaking countries, particularly the UK, North America and Australia. Their work has included research into plagiarism from students from other countries, including Sweden, Germany, Lithuania, Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of -- -- Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of countries in Europe is not well understood and there has not yet been a comparative study of plagiarism in HEIs across Europe. -- The IPPHEAE project (Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), -- Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), aims to plug the identified gap by focusing on plagiarism in European HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and -- -- HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and deterring plagiarism. Surveys are being conducted in HEIs at three levels: students, teaching staff and senior managers, to determine how well any procedures are understood, to what extent they are operating -- -- Where possible representatives from national quality agencies are being interviewed in order to gain overarching national perspectives on issues such as national policies and how plagiarism impacts on quality and standards. This dimension also provides a means of highlighting the importance of the research to people who can influence educational -- -- IPPHEAE project including an overview of in-depth institutional studies and interventions for reducing the number of incidences of student plagiarism. -- This paper was submitted to the International Integrity & Plagiarism Conference which ran between 2004-2014. The paper was peer reviewed by an independent editorial board and features in the conference (GO) GO UK leads Europe in the fight against plagiarism Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study -- -- integrity among students, a study has found. The analysis looked at factors such as universities’ use of plagiarism software, consistency of sanctions, transparency, training, efficacy of prevention policies and efforts to address the issue at a national -- -- countries, in most aspects,” said Irene Glendinning, academic manager for student experience at Coventry University and principal investigator on the Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe project. -- -- Ms Glendinning said that unlike in the UK, where efforts to prevent and detect plagiarism have been growing since 2001, in Spain students reported that tools to detect plagiarism were rarely used, and only one-third said there were policies for dealing with the problem. -- -- Ms Glendinning also acknowledged that the survey looked at policies and their implementation rather than the prevalence of plagiarism because, she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that -- she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of plagiarism around … but there are no statistics anywhere,” she said. Consistent recording would mean “we can have a handle on whether what we’re doing is actually having an effect”. -- -- and Cyprus. Among suggestions for the UK will be that the Quality Assurance Agency should, as part of existing audits, require institutions to explain their plagiarism policies and demonstrate their effectiveness and consistency. (GO) GO Plagiarism software can be beaten by simple tech tricks IT scholar says PDF tweaks allow students' copied work to evade -- -- Technological loopholes allow savvy students to beat academic plagiarism software, an IT expert has warned. -- -- James Heather, senior lecturer in computing at the University of Surrey, has revealed that plagiarism detection systems such as Turnitin that are routinely used by universities are open to simple cheats allowing students to evade detection when submitting copied material. -- -- But in a new paper, "Turnitoff: identifying and fixing a hole in current plagiarism detection software", Dr Heather reveals that beating the system is simple. -- -- "In their current incarnation, one can easily create a document that passes the plagiarism check regardless of how much copied material it contains. When there are loopholes that can be exploited, they give the operator a false assurance that a submission is original." -- -- The study, which appears in the journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, demonstrates ways in which students can modify plagiarised work to avoid detection. "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the -- -- "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the document, without affecting how the document looks and prints, then the software will not be able to identify any plagiarised material," Dr Heather writes. -- -- Students aware of this loophole could get around the system by converting a plagiarised essay to PDF format, he says, and then altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually -- -- altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually unaltered, extracts tested by the plagiarism software would be garbled, and so matches would not be detected. -- -- themselves. "If there is no text, then the plagiarism detection cannot function," the paper notes. -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests Read more -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests August 15, 2016 Universities seem to be struggling to catch up. The big concern is that bespoke essays, written to order, without being plagiarised themselves, are difficult if not impossible to detect. -- -- are difficult if not impossible to detect. Almost all universities use anti-plagiarism software, called Turnitin, which checks a submitted essay against published sources, looking for copied phrases. But this software will not raise suspicions about an -- -- * More oral presentations, sometimes called a viva * More exams * Almost all UK universities use anti-plagiarism software such as Turnitin. But software has little success in detecting a genuine bespoke essay -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism Officer Sarah Allen, at the UEA Business School, recently investigated a post-graduate student who submitted an excellent piece of work which stood out to the marker simply because it contained one Home Viewpoint: The spectre of plagiarism haunting Europe By Debora Weber-Wulff Professor of Media and Computing, University of -- -- A spectre is haunting Europe, and this time it is the spectre of plagiarism and scientific misconduct. Some high-profile politicians have had to resign in the last 18 months - but the revelations are also shaking respected European universities. -- -- Many European countries, especially Germany, have long considered it unnecessary to give plagiarism more than a cursory look. One trusts in the self-cleansing powers of science, end of story. -- -- Last February, a reviewer of German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's doctoral dissertation discovered and documented some plagiarised passages. When the papers pounced on this, zu Guttenberg denied any wrongdoing, -- -- That was not the end of it. Soon it was suspected that a major ex-politician's daughter was guilty of plagiarism in her dissertation, and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite -- and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite soon plagiarism was discovered in yet another dissertation, and it has not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. -- -- not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised... Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education -- -- Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education minister lasted just a week in office before having to step down, accused of plagiarising academic papers. Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the -- -- Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the Romanian prime minister of plagiarising part of his PhD. He denies wrongdoing and has been backed by a Research Ethics Council, but the accusations have now been upheld by two academic panels in Romania, -- -- The Hungarian president has already lost his doctorate and resigned on account of plagiarism, and the Russian Minister of Culture is facing accusations that 16 passages of his doctoral dissertation were copied from other sources. He denies the allegations. -- -- let them have their fun." However, it seems that the plague of plagiarism has also reached the level of the professorships in Germany. Those who are supposed to be teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last -- -- teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last month it was revealed that more than a third of a new book for law students on how to write papers properly was plagiarised, including liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. -- -- liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised. And just to show how contagious the disease is, the authors also cite zu Guttenberg's dissertation - albeit incorrectly. -- -- to the VroniPlag Wiki.) Image caption VroniPlag wiki uses coloured bands to show distribution of plagiarised content In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics -- -- In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics councils and there is a wide discussion of ethical practices. There are procedures in place for dealing with plagiarism. In Germany, though, professors wanting to address plagiarism are pretty much left to their own devices. They don't have much in the way of tools or formal procedures. -- -- procedures. There is so-called plagiarism detection software available that does find some plagiarism, especially word-for-word copies. These programmes do not find everything by a long shot, but German universities are currently rushing to purchase them. -- -- been officially declared to suffer only from "technical weaknesses". But people are speaking up, and plagiarism is being discussed in every university, even if many are unsure what to do. -- -- university, even if many are unsure what to do. Better education about plagiarism and good scientific practice is essential. -- -- years needs to be reviewed in order to identify weak points. However, there is currently no funding for such measures, so it's unclear whether German universities will really get serious about plagiarism, or keep muddling on. Entertainment & Arts Burt Bacharach calls for change in music plagiarism law * 3 August 2017 -- -- Veteran songwriter Burt Bacharach has called for a change in the law over music plagiarism. He said recent court cases - like the ones involving Blurred Lines and browse all sections close Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- consumers. Photograph: Wavebreak Media/Alamy Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- Every now and then there is an outburst of concern about the curse of plagiarism in higher education. The Department for Education has indicated it is considering cracking down by not only fining, but also handing out criminal records, to students submitting commercially -- -- The targets of this mini crusade are essay mill websites, which market “original” professionally produced essays that allow students to circumvent their university’s plagiarism detection system. These paid-for essays allow students to buy a degree. -- -- But this is only a small part of the culture of cheating in higher education. A long time before the commercialisation of plagiarism, cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief -- cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief examiner for my department, I was shocked by the amount of plagiarised coursework brought to my attention. When I consulted colleagues at other universities it became evident that the problem was not confined -- -- rather than rich kids, was identified as the source of the problem. Academic discussions on plagiarism sometimes sought to deflect the problem by claiming that overseas students were disproportionately involved in copying. Some suggested they had come from different -- -- external to university life is driven by the institutional imperative to minimise the significance of this practice. All universities have policies on this problem; most have made plagiarism detection software available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the -- -- available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the problem – which is that plagiarism is not a technical issue but one that raises questions about the working of academic culture. -- -- that raises questions about the working of academic culture. Plagiarism is a mortal sin and last taboo – or is it? Read more -- -- them to embark on a quest for knowledge. But if higher education continues to treat students according to a business model it is only a matter of time before plagiarism loses its stigma. Topics -- -- Topics * Plagiarism * Higher education -- -- * Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers -- -- cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers Published: 9 Oct 2017 Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown * -- -- Now a degree is a commodity, no wonder more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * UK News * › Education * › Plagiarism * UK -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Plagiarism%2CEducation%2CHigh er+education%2CExams%2CTuition+fees%2CStudents] A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- headlines. With examples like these, what's so wrong with a bit of plagiarism? Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian -- -- Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian University and who had his book, Succeeding with Your Masters Dissertation, plagiarised by another lecturer on the web. -- "A lot of students think it is acceptable to copy or plagiarise somebody else's work because there's this idea that everyone is doing it anyway," he says. "It seems like it's not really a serious issue, -- -- but it is. If it's a minor case, you could end up losing marks on a dissertation or having to resit a module. If it's widespread and a student has been found to have plagiarised often, then the most extreme punishment they could face would be expulsion." -- -- easier to adopt someone else's work as your own. According to Biggam, the definition of plagiarism within an academic context is: "Where a student copies text verbatim without providing sufficient acknowledgement of the source, thereby giving the impression -- -- permanent record." Cole was lucky to get off relatively lightly. For others, plagiarising can spell the end of your degree – even if you are unwittingly involved. -- -- and the only marks it did give me were much lower than I'd anticipated. Then when I got home, there was a letter from the university saying that I was suspected of colluding with another student in plagiarism. I completely freaked out." -- -- behind my back was simply unbelievable. " If you are caught in serious and deliberate plagiarism, it could end up on your final academic transcript. If a potential employer asks to see your transcript as part of the selection process, you can probably say -- -- "It certainly wouldn't look good to a future employer if they knew you had engaged in plagiarism," Biggam says. -- But how can you avoid plagiarism, when part of the university learning process is to absorb expert theories and demonstrate your grasp of them by reproducing them in written work? -- -- At Glasgow Caledonian University, Biggam is testing the use of plagiarism detection software, called Turnitin, which monitors work for any copied phrases. "Often, it might be a genuine mistake – a student might simply forget to reference a quote or a source. In which case, a It was, says Hiscock, "the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across." He was so angry he wrote to Mail Online's editor, Martin Clarke, and to -- -- "sexually abused" by a magician during her eighth birthday party.' It is the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across and if it happens again I will take steps to ensure I am adequately compensated for the theft of my interview." -- -- * Greenslade * Plagiarism * Daily Mail * Martin Clarke Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- This article is 1 year old Republicans scrambled to prevent a plagiarism scandal from overshadowing the coronation of Donald Trump on Tuesday after his wife Melania borrowed large chunks of her opening night speech from Michelle -- -- As delegates prepared to formally offer Donald Trump the party’s presidential nomination on Tuesday evening, the plagiarism controversy reopened internal wounds and undermined his campaign’s attempts to present a more polished appearance ahead of November’s general -- -- election. A campaign source said responsibility for the plagiarism incident lay with a longtime aide to top Trump strategist Paul Manafort. The source said the aide had signed off on the speech and edited it. -- -- Online critics also highlighted a lighter hearted instance of apparent plagiarism, noting that Melania Trump’s claim that her husband “will never ever give up, and most importantly, he will never ever let you down,” echoed Rick Astley’s 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up – a song cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- Gill, five miles south-west of Newcastle, a narrow man with a curly mess of dark red hair. He’d just made a routine visit to the Facebook group Plagiarism Alerts. There, a woman named Kathy Figueroa had posted something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet -- something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet laureates has plagiarised a poem by Maya Angelou.” Lightman clicked the link. It led to a Canadian government webpage -- -- Rise. Incredible. But could it really be plagiarism? How likely was it that a poet laureate would steal anything at all, let alone a keystone work by a modern legend? How could he think he’d get away with that? Then -- -- uncomfortable and distressing experiences of my life”, admitting, “I have made several stupid mistakes during my time as a poet and there is simply no excuse for plagiarism.” But he also pushed back: “I have been bullied, victimised and abused by a number of ‘poets’ who thought it necessary to act like a lynch mob.” -- -- Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’m absolutely furious’: plagiarised poet Joan Johnston. Photograph: Gary Calton for the Guardian -- -- copy of A Particular Blue, so he could see for himself. “He returned both poems to me, having highlighted the changes Sheree had made, saying, ‘I don’t think it’s plagiarism. I think she’s taken your poem and made something new out of it.’ At which point, I went for another walk.” -- -- considerable distress.” Croft explained that he planned to pulp the remaining copies of Laventille and reprint a corrected version. “I do not believe that your accusations of plagiarism regarding Laventille are justified. But I am not prepared to have this beautiful and important book dirtied by the grubby little fingers of Pooterish -- -- broke/and threatening light/brought into the long night.” How close would two poems have to be for it to be plagiarism, I ask Croft. -- -- their name at the bottom, I’d say, why are you doing that?” And would it be plagiarism? “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying -- -- “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying my name is Will Storr. No, it’s not! You’d say that was stupid. You wouldn’t say I was plagiarising you.” *** -- -- Meanwhile, what of the Canadian mystery? Could former laureate DesRuisseaux really have blatantly plagiarised all those canonical poets? It seemed too mad to be true. When Lightman got hold of DesRuisseaux’s book Tranches De Vie, he found even more apparent -- -- findings to Éditions du Noiroît, who appeared to accept his verdict; in emails Lightman showed me, DesRuisseaux’s editor wrote that it was his first experience of plagiarism, and expressed regret at having to tell the poet’s family that he would have to remove the title from circulation. -- -- * Poetry * Plagiarism * Maya Angelou * features -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Poetry%2CPlagiarism%2CBooks%2 CMaya+Angelou] Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- The organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have unveiled a new official logo, seven months after being forced to scrap the previous design amid accusations of plagiarism. Selecting an emblem they hope will be simple, effective and most of all -- -- the Théâtre de Liège in Belgium. Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo scrapped after allegations of plagiarism Read more -- -- Japanese officials initially rejected accusations that Sano had plagiarised the image, which was based around a stylised capital T with a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied -- -- a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied plagiarism. But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings -- -- But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings to block Tokyo 2020 from using the image. Further allegations of plagiarism also emerged against Sano, including claims that his initial submission resembled a work by the late German typographer Jan Tschichold. -- -- + Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video Published: 15 Jan 2016 -- Published: 15 Jan 2016 Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video + Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Some four years ago I wrote about the strange case of a Canadian columnist accused of plagiarism. The Toronto-based Globe & Mail had found it necessary to add “clarifications” to articles written by Margaret Wente after complaints about her work. -- -- same structure, analogies, and phrasing in numerous instances.” In addition, the Canadaland news website, accused Wente of plagiarising “at least four times from three different publications... in addition -- “at least four times from three different publications... in addition to the two cases of plagiarism outlined in BuzzFeed Canada.” The first two instances, by Wainio and BuzzFeed, were addressed by the -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Media%2CPlagiarism%2CCanada%2 CNewspapers%2CAmericas] The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- Fresh evidence of Independent journalist Johann Hari's habit of alleged plagiarism has emerged from a lengthy interview with Afghan women's rights activist Malalai Joya in July 2009. -- -- * Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row Interviewer and columnist has been suspended for two months pending outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss -- -- outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss Published: 12 Jul 2011 Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row * -- -- Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Independent editor-in-chief defends columnist involved in 'politically motivated' plagiarism furore. By Josh Halliday Published: 29 Jun 2011 Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- The Orwell prize committee has accused Independent columnist Johann Hari of plagiarism over an article that won him the prestigious award in 2008. -- -- of contrition for the errors I made elsewhere, in my interviews." Hari apologised for plagiarising the work of others to improve interviews and for editing the Wikipedia entries of people he had clashed with, using the pseudonym David Rose, "in ways that were Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- [ ] Johann Hari has been writing for the Independent since 2002 but faced allegations of plagiarism last year. Photograph: Nick Harvey/WireImage -- -- Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- Johann Hari, the journalist at the Independent who was suspended for plagiarism, has announced that he will not return to the newspaper. Hari had been undergoing retraining in the United States and was -- -- Independent editor Andreas Whittam Smith. The findings of the inquiry were not made public but the newspaper reported in September 2011 that Hari admitted the plagiarism allegations and would attend a journalism training course before returning to the paper. -- -- Blackhurst was asked several questions about Hari when he gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry into journalistic ethics earlier this month. "On the plagiarism, Johann genuinely believed he was doing nothing wrong. The fact that nobody complained, Johann did not believe he was doing anything wrong. His reputation has been very, very severely damaged; Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism Raj Persaud -- -- Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism David Batty -- -- * (BUTTON) Close Britain's best-known psychiatrist today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and several articles he wrote for newspapers and medical journals. -- -- Raj Persaud, famous for his appearances alongside Richard and Judy on the This Morning sofa, also admitted to a General Medical Council (GMC) disciplinary hearing that his plagiarism was inappropriate and misleading. -- -- The psychiatrist, who used to present BBC Radio 4's All In The Mind programme, admitted plagiarising four articles for his book From The Edge Of The Couch published in 2003. -- -- He also admitted that four articles he wrote in 2005 contained passages plagiarised from an article and book by Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. -- -- University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. He also admitted using material plagiarised from an article by Professor Stephen Kant in a piece he wrote for the Independent in the same year. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. His book -- -- He said Persaud blamed subeditors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Blass complained about the article and was told, in an email -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." At the time the allegations of plagiarism first emerged two years ago, Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, a position he still holds. -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- In Britain it is left to individual institutions to develop their own plagiarism policies. But the QAA said it wanted a consistent approach among higher education providers to tackle the problem. It called on universities and colleges to record incidents of this and other kinds -- -- fix.” A Universities UK spokesperson said: “Universities take plagiarism and cheating extremely seriously. Submitting work written by someone else is cheating and devalues the efforts of students who work hard to -- -- * Higher education * Plagiarism * Jo Johnson * news -- -- Now a degree is a commodity, no wonder more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi Efforts to prevent student cheating have always been about -- -- of the problem Published: 27 Feb 2017 Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Higher+education%2CPlagiarism %2CEducation%2CUK+news%2CJo+Johnson%2CPolitics] Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students -- -- Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students -- -- In the past few days, however, it is said that the master has become the pupil, as Dylan has been accused of plagiarism. Writer Ben Greenman was the first to blog about how he couldn’t find a quotation that Dylan had cited in Moby-Dick: “Some men who receive injuries are led to God, -- -- While universities habitually run students’ work through plagiarism-detection software such as TurnItIn, there is no such equivalent for Nobel prize speeches, assumed to be the moment at which an eminent economist, physician, writer or peace-maker has earned a few -- -- text, preferring that you “check your comprehension” against their interpretation. The company does, however, have advice on its website for avoiding plagiarism: “By citing words and ideas that came from our site or books (to see instructions on how to do that, see How to Cite This SparkNote within each study guide), or by putting your own spin on -- -- * Nobel prize in literature * Awards and prizes * Plagiarism * features -- -- [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Bob+Dylan%2CMusic%2CNobel+pri ze+in+literature%2CAwards+and+prizes%2CBooks%2CPlagiarism] * Education University students could be fined or handed criminal records for plagiarised essays, new proposals suggest -- -- University students who buy essays online face fines and a criminal record under plans to punish plagiarism being considered by the government. -- -- more than 100 online essay services are now in operation. Whilst universities already use complex anti-plagiarism software to detect the copying of academic texts, the process of contract cheating - students submitting paid-for essays as their own original work - -- -- Speaking to The Telegraph, Lord Storey, who is leading efforts to make the practice illegal, said that the consequences of plagiarism must be made clear, adding that many “rich students” are now effectively “paying their way” to a top honours degree. -- -- Leading academics are also in favour of a ban, with Professor Phil Newton and Michael Draper, leading experts on essay plagiarism, calling on the Government to tighten up the legal loopholes being exploited by professional writing services. 3. Education News £1,700 for a dissertation, but what's the real cost of plagiarism? As one ghost writing service sees an 80 per cent increase in sales in one -- -- It’s a heavy sum to pay for something that the majority of people - not to mention universities - would class as plagiarism. Yet Nemet is quick to separate his company from this accusation. -- -- Whether or not this is an easy way of passing responsibility on to the client, ghost writing – along with other forms of plagiarism – remains an issue at universities across Britain. -- -- declined by 60 per cent since 2005 While 2013 figures from plagiarism detection service, Turnitin, reveal that the number of serious cases has declined by 60 per cent since 2005, Phil Newton, superintendent of assessment at Swansea University, -- -- topic I had set. It really opened my eyes to the issue. “We regard [ghost writing] as plagiarism, pure and simple. It’s is a form of dishonesty, it’s a form of cheating, and where students are found guilty of it, there will be serious academic repercussions.” -- -- passing off work as their own. For students that are caught, there can be serious consequences, from the deduction of marks on an essay, to expulsion from the university. Even if the plagiarism is unintended, there may still be penalties. -- -- “The University also employs a series of sophisticated software applications to detect plagiarism in submitted examination work, both in terms of copying and collusion,” the spokesman adds. -- -- “It regularly monitors online essay banks, essay-writing services, and other potential sources of material. Anyone who submits plagiarised material as part of their course can expect to be dealt with severely.” -- -- ongoing advancements in technology – incorporating more sophisticated methods of detection – will continue to play a role in combating plagiarism; however, educating students should also help prevent the initial interest. -- -- where they are in their course. If they are in their final year, we regard that as much more serious, if they do it in their first year, they probably just need some advice on how to avoid plagiarism and what constitutes plagiarism. “I don’t condone it, but I can understand why a student who is 4. Health News 'Hero' GP suspended for plagiarising fellow doctor's work A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent -- -- A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent patients has been suspended for six months for plagiarising another doctor’s work. -- -- The General Medical Council heard that Dr Margaret Staley initially came under suspicion herself after computer anti-plagiarism software picked out striking similarities between a case study she had written and Dr Kumar's coursework. -- -- Dr Staley endured weeks of uncertainty before eventually being completely exonerated when it became clear she was the victim rather than the perpetrator of the plagiarism. Public school-educated Dr Kumar was hailed as a hero in 2009 after Johnson called it an “unacceptable and pernicious” practice, while universities will generally expel anybody they catch – though given the essays aren’t plagiarised, identifying a paid-for piece of work isn’t easy. Using an essay mill, on the other hand, very much is. * News Canadian poet laureate revealed to have plagiarised Maya Angelou, Tupac and others -- -- [tupac_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jp g?imwidth=450] The Canadian poet Pierre DesRuisseaux, who has been found to have plagiarised numerous poets, including Tupac Shakur * Telegraph Reporters -- -- Pierre DesRuisseaux, who died last year, served as the parliamentary poet laureate between 2009 and 2011, and has now been accused of plagiarising the work of up to 20 poets, among them world-famous names and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. -- -- and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- DesRuisseaux The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux Credit: Wayne Miller/Magnum/BBC -- -- The duplicity was unearthed by poet and literary sleuth Ira Lightman, a member of a Facebook group called Plagiarism Alerts, whose mission involves tracking down plagiarism in the poetry world. Lightman was tipped off by a Canadian poet named Kathy Figueroa, who -- -- But still, like dust, I'll rise." The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- by DesRuisseaux The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- -- Figueroa told Canada's CBC News that DesRuisseaux's widespread plagiarism came as a shock: "It was just mind-boggling, the audacity of someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." -- -- someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." Upon the discovery of the plagiarism, DesRuisseaux's Montreal-based publishers Éditions du Noroît pulled the book from shelves, while claiming that only between 50 and 100 copies of the book had actually show ad Last-ditch attack on Neil Gorsuch amid claims Supreme Court pick plagiarized academic papers in his book -- -- The White House punched back hard, and assembled its own team of experts to debunk claims that the writing constituted plagiarism. 'This false attack has been strongly refuted by highly-regarded -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' HARD FEELINGS: Democrats are furious that the Senate never scheduled a hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court -- -- hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court seat PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- “Each of the individual incidents constitutes a violation of academic ethics. I've never seen a college plagiarism code that this would not be in violation of,” said Syracuse University professor Rebecca Moore Howard. -- -- Howard. 'I would certainly call it plagiarism,” she added. At this late date, the information is likely to have little effect on show ad Tokyo 2020 gets new logo proposals after plagiarism scandal By Afp -- -- Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers said Tuesday they have received more than 14,500 suggestions for a new logo after the original choice was withdrawn because of a plagiarism scandal. The organising committee in August dropped the emblem put forward by -- -- The Tokyo committee has insisted the move to drop the original logo was not in response to the legal action. It said Sano, who denies plagiarism, asked that his design be withdrawn to avoid harming the Tokyo Games. show ad Monica Crowley out of Trump White House team after plagiarism revealed * Crowley is a syndicated talk show host who was set to takeover as -- -- administration after all. More than 50 charges of plagiarism, based on discoveries made by CNN's KFile division, led publisher HarperCollins to pull her 2012 book from its shelves last week. -- -- currently unavailable for purchase on Amazon. Crowley appears to have plagiarized large sections of the book, according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than -- according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than 50 examples of apparent plagiarism. Politico separately charged that her 2000 dissertation wasn't properly -- -- decision to suspend sales of her book. Crowley also faced plagiarism allegations in 1999 after a piece she wrote on the 25th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's resignation ran in The Wall Street Journal. -- -- article.' Crowley also plagiarized several sections of her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University, Politico Magazine said. The publication found more than a dozen instances in which Crowley appeared to lift from -- -- developer!' DID MONICA CROWLEY PLAGIARIZE THESE PASSAGES? Crowley's book -- -- Source: CNN Read more: * Trump pick Monica Crowley plagiarized multiple sources in 2012 book - CNNMoney -- - CNNMoney * Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation - POLITICO Magazine * Monica Crowley to forgo post in Trump White House - Washington 'Dishonest' TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud suspended after admitting plagiarism By Daily Mail Reporter -- -- 'The Panel has determined that a three-month period of suspension is sufficient to send out a signal to you, the profession and the public that plagiarism is unacceptable behaviour.' The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the -- -- The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, is now in tatters after he admitted plagiarism. Before the ruling, GMC members heard from some of Dr Persaud's -- -- proceedings.' He added: 'The panel has determined that your actions, in plagiarising the work of others, were liable to bring the profession into disrepute.' -- -- the doctor's book. He also said he had uncovered more examples of plagiarism in Dr Persaud's book after comparing passages in it with material on the internet. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- DEJA VU Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago -- -- Republicans candidate Fillon was still in the presidential race when he delivered the speech two weeks ago France election candidate Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarising speech The incident is bizarrely reminiscent of Melania Trump's July 2016 -- -- state. And the sight of her having to plagiarise a discredited rival’s words will come as a blow to her electoral ambitions. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- Under the bed bugs Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? -- -- Beedle The Bard. Why has Chris Riddell accused John Lewis of plagiarism? Chris Riddell believes there are many similarities between the two * Health News Fears of plagiarism crisis as probe finds foreign university students ‘cheats’ -- -- Updated: 6th April 2016, 8:55 am FOREIGN students are claimed to be fuelling a surge in plagiarism at British universities amid fears of a cheating crisis. / Sean Gallup/Getty Images Findings come months after The Times exposes 'plagiarism epidemic' among Britain's institutions -- -- Half of the nation’s university students are losing marks for not referencing their work correctly, according to a new survey into attitudes towards plagiarism. Citation tool RefME - which polled just under 2,900 of the country’s -- -- almost 80 per cent are worried about referencing correctly, while a majority of 71 per cent expressed concern about facing disciplinary actions for plagiarism. [GettyImages-170380536.jpg] Read more -- -- Read more Universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students cheat RefMe said: “This widespread concern over facing disciplinary actions -- -- ‘ghostwriter’ to complete their work for them constitutes academic misconduct, more than 20 per cent were unable to identify this as plagiarism. The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times -- -- The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed there to be a “plagiarism epidemic” among Britain’s universities with almost 50,000 students being caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- However, RefME said that, although its study unearthed some “concerning” statistics around plagiarism in academia, students are increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using -- -- increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using plagiarism tools prior to submitting. Tom Hatton, CEO and founder of RefME, described how, as a university -- -- “The hope is that we can look back at these numbers in a couple of years and see evidence that the sentiment towards plagiarism has changed.” * More about: -- -- * More about: * RefMe * plagiarism * University of Kent * University of Westminster 1. INDYSTUDENT UK universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students caught cheating over last 3 years -- -- The Independent Online Britain’s universities are said to be in the midst of a “plagiarism epidemic” after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed how almost 50,000 students were caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- of the student population, requests from 70 universities showed. 75 per cent of postgraduates found plagiarising at Queen Mary University of London were from abroad, including a third from China. -- -- One professor from the University of Buckingham told The Times “type-1 plagiarism,” copying and pasting, is decreasing because it’s “so easy to detect.” 1. INDYPULSE TV doctor Raj Persaud admits plagiarism * PA -- -- Indy/Life TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and articles he wrote. -- -- The doctor, who is famed for his regular appearances on daytime TV shows such as This Morning, admitted plagiarising four articles for his 2003 book 'From The Edge Of The Couch'. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. -- -- He said Dr Persaud blamed sub-editors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, USA, complained -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." The GMC panel heard that allegations of plagiarism against Dr Persaud were first made in a Sunday Times article published in April 2006. -- -- The article alleged that sections of Dr Persaud's book, published three years earlier, were plagiarised from academic articles. At the time Dr Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Mr Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Plan to prosecute firms who offer paid-for essays to students While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address ‘essay mills’ -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 -- -- The move is a response to mounting concern over the practice which allows students to circumvent their college’s plagiarism detection systems. The use of these services is not easily detected as software used by universities only detects where students have copied from -- -- Paid-for essays While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address the issue of so-called contact cheating or the use of paid-for essays. -- -- The QQI’s guidelines advise colleges that they “should have effective policies and procedures in place to prevent, detect, combat and deter plagiarism at all levels”. * Tackling teacher supply is complex - but we are making progress * Revenues crest €4m at top boys’ private school Glenstal Abbey -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, according to figures compiled by The Irish Times last year. -- -- Of those that did, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). The scale of detected issues is likely to be bigger at IT Tallaght as it has extensive detection policies. -- -- Online source The company insists it does not condone plagiarism, and says all “clients are expected to use and reference it as they would any other online source”. -- -- growing and it was typically completing roughly 350 projects a year. Mr Bruton’s spokesman said: “Plagiarism is currently subject to institutional disciplinary sanctions up to and including exclusion from the programme. -- -- offering the ‘service’ will not disclose it, those buying it will not, and there is no system-wide recording of detected instances of this or any other form of plagiarism”. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Essays for sale: a new wave of plagiarism Students who use online essay-writing services face sanction if caught. As -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Rigorous testing Would this essay be red-flagged for plagiarism? Colleges nowadays have access to a range of computer programmes, such as Turnitin and Safeassign, that test whether articles have been copied from other -- -- However, these programmes only work if they detect parts of the essay that exist elsewhere; they might not flag plagiarised content if they are custom-written pieces. -- -- To test the essay, we put it through Safeassign and it came back clean. But it’s not just the plagiarism-detection programmes: it has to get past the beady eye of a lecturer. We presented the essay to a number of lecturers in communications and media without telling them about its -- -- It’s difficult to say how commonly these services are being used, but colleges are increasingly aware of plagiarism on campus. There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being -- -- There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, and the numbers are on the rise (see panel). -- -- In the UK, some academics have warned that essay-writing services are behind an “epidemic” of plagiarism. Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected -- -- Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected plagiarism tends to involve students simply cutting and pasting in a section and putting inverted commas around it. -- -- section and putting inverted commas around it. “Students don’t realise that this is plagiarism, but these [essay-writing] services are blatant plagiarism,” he says. Trinity College Dublin’s education officer, Molly Kenny, said these -- -- reference it as they would any other online source,” she says. In the terms and conditions of the website they state they do not condone plagiarism. Foley says the site and demands for their services continue to grow. -- -- Glynn says this could be an option in Ireland: “I would endorse it if it came in here – enforcing it is the challenge – anything to discourage student plagiarism.” Students should be aware that using these services can be risky, -- -- the paper it’s written on. PLAGIARISM: A GROWING PROBLEM Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases -- Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases of students disciplined for plagiarism across the Irish higher-education sector. -- -- Of the colleges that supplied figures, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). -- -- Institute of Technology Tallaght has one of the most extensive approaches to dealing with plagiarism, involving a sliding case of penalties, ranging from written warnings to potential disqualification from the institution. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Plagiarism Sat, Mar 5, 2011, 00:00 -- -- Plagiarism: from Latin “plagiarius” (“kidnapper”), use pioneered by Roman poet Martial who complained that another poet had “kidnapped his verses”.– (Wikipedia) -- -- charismatic and aristocratic defence minister, key ally to Chancellor Angela Merkel, a shooting star brought down this week by claims that he had engaged in plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. The website GuttenPlag Wiki says it has detected plagiaristic “lifts” -- -- Coincidentally, a new anti-Gadafy front has opened up in the London School of Economics where the doctoral thesis written by his son Seif al-Islam is also being checked for plagiarism following complaints by online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, -- online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, plagiarism is claiming high-profile political casualties. Academics in Ireland worry at what they see as a serious cultural -- -- at the threat to the country’s ’s reputation as a source of quality research, the Royal Irish Academy in September urged new procedures to protect against falsification and plagiarism. -- A recent US survey in Education Week, cited by plagiarism.org, reports 54 per cent of student respondents admitting to plagiarising from the internet; 74 per cent, to “serious” cheating at least once in the past year; while half believed teachers sometimes chose to ignore cheating. -- -- And then, of course, there’s that truly scandalous hardy annual – claims of plagiarism in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year Denmark’s A Friend In Londonis accused. The melody of their New Tomorrowis apparently similar to Face 2 Faceby Future Trance United. was to be written in 4 weeks. All of the four websites guaranteed a money back scheme if the work does not achieve the grade and if the paper was accused of plagiarism then the customer would receive their money back. -- -- Latest figures from the BBC article reveal that half of Welsh universities have seen an increase in the number of plagiarism cases With students being targeted on social media through 'sponsored -- -- https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/essay-mills-university-co urse-work-to-order/2007934.article MORE:higher educationplagiarismcollege essaysessaysacademiawalescustom essays Credit Where It's Due - Why Are Half of UK Students Losing Marks for Plagiarism? * -- -- Photo by CollegeDegrees360 under a CC license We are in the grips of a 'plagiarism epidemic' according to The Times. An investigation conducted by the paper earlier this year revealed that 50,000 university students have been caught over the last three years, -- -- Further research published this month by RefME, a digital reference management tool for students, has found that 50% of students surveyed say they have lost marks due to plagiarism arising from inaccurate citations. -- -- citations. But plagiarism falls on a spectrum and shouldn't be confused with cheating. -- -- conventions and were unaware of resources available to help them. But regardless of whether plagiarism is deliberate (and often it is not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in -- not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in their adoption of plagiarism detection, with software such as Turnitin now used by the majority. Facing the risk of a damaged reputation, suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of -- -- suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of the students surveyed say that they worry about committing accidental plagiarism. While a minor infringement is more likely to result in lost marks than -- -- person's ideas begin and another's end. In the Twittersphere, for instance, ideas are endlessly retweeted and recycled. But digital tools also exist to prevent plagiarism. Using RefME, referencing can be as simple as scanning a barcode or -- -- student support, embedding academic writing skills more deeply into the curriculum and communicating expectations from the outset. But certainly, the majority of students do not intend to commit plagiarism. On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. -- On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. MORE:plagiarismuniversitiesstudentshigher education SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW YOUNG VOICES Universities use expensive software designed to detect students who cheat, but Turnitin can only detect plagiarised work, not original work that has not been penned by the student. Thus, it is nigh on impossible to detect students who use professional essay-writing services. And, -- -- I would like to see action taken to stop degree ghost-writers in their tracks. Perhaps the industry should be regulated, forcing any ghost-written essay to be submitted by the seller to plagiarism detection sites so that should the student try to pass it off as their own, they will be caught. This won't stop the rogue sites, but at least -- -- ghost-write student essays. After all, I could end up having to mark my own essay one day. MORE:universitystudentscheatingplagiarismUniversitiescheating at examsghost-writing THE BLOG The Problem With Political Speeches Isn't Plagiarism, It's Platitudes * -- -- the road" and you've won political cliché bingo. As for plagiarism, how many different ways can you express those basic concepts in simple, accessible language to describe another person? Not many. It begins with "he/she believes..." and ends in simple -- -- Ms. Obama. Trump just had a lousy proofreader who failed to spot the direct similarities. If the nouns had been replaced by synonyms, verbs exchanged, the sequence of clauses varied... who would cry plagiarism? Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the -- -- Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the news media pounce on the plagiarism as opposed to criticising the fact Melania Trump avoided saying anything interesting about the man who would be king. -- -- Trump handles that issue, unlike the speeches, will be interesting to watch. MORE:Melania TrumpDonald TrumpplagiarismRepublican convention SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW POLITICS Home»Today's Stories Chair of institute has plagiarism ruling overturned Saturday, May 04, 2013 -- -- An external investigation has found that Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) chairman Flan Garvey committed unintentional plagiarism in a 2008 master’s thesis but this has been overturned on a technical appeal. -- -- The three academics appointed in December to probe a complaint by 26 ITT academics found plagiarism in two chapters of the thesis about his Co Clare parish. -- -- It has upheld the appeal on grounds relating to the understanding of the nature of plagiarism, in a report finalised this week and also seen by the Irish Examiner. -- -- by the Irish Examiner. It found that college rules around plagiarism were not clearly formulated or clearly communicated to postgraduate students. On that basis, it said, a finding of an award being unjustified would be unfair -- -- However, a source told the Irish Examiner that staff are baffled at the outcome and many believe it places a question mark over any previous cases of students sanctioned for plagiarism. -- Plagiarism finding After word-for-word comparisons with texts cited by the complainants, -- -- interspersed with occasional references to another. One section complained of in chapter 4 was found not to be plagiarism after the investigators were made aware of Mr Garvey’s contribution to the authorship of a local history pamphlet. more serious (getting someone else to do coursework). Plagiarism is the most widespread form, with 6% disclosing that they had passed off information copied from other sources as their own work, while 5% admitting that they have carried on writing once an 29 July 2013 Parasite journalism: is aggregation as bad as plagiarism? When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing -- -- When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing work, we call it plagiarism. But news organisations do the same, and call it aggregation. Sign up for our weekly email * -- -- any better. In my opinion, it happens all the time, it's just that people don't get caught very often. Johann Hari is the classic example - the only absolutely rock solid piece of plagiarism that could be pinned on him was a piece from a German newspaper article that he'd translated. -- -- copy of being free. In my opinion, some of this stuff is just as bad as plagiarism. Aggregators are parasites, only slightly more benign than plagiarists - and sooner or later, parasites kill the host. Someone has to actually Share on Reddit HomeOxford studentsAcademic mattersStudy guidanceStudy skills and trainingPlagiarism -- Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether -- -- full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or -- unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or reckless plagiarism is a disciplinary offence. Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been -- -- Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been developed to provide a useful overview of the issues surrounding plagiarism and practical ways to avoid it. The necessity to acknowledge others’ work or ideas applies not only to -- -- text, data, or other resources downloaded from websites. The best way of avoiding plagiarism is to learn and employ the principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your -- principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your university career. Avoiding plagiarism is not simply a matter of making sure your references are all correct, or changing enough words so the examiner will not notice your paraphrase; it is about deploying your -- -- academic skills to make your work as good as it can be. Forms of plagiarism Verbatim (word for word) quotation without clear acknowledgement -- -- Paraphrasing the work of others by altering a few words and changing their order, or by closely following the structure of their argument, is plagiarism if you do not give due acknowledgement to the author whose work you are using. -- -- doing so, than to paraphrase particular sections of his or her writing. This will ensure you have a genuine grasp of the argument and will avoid the difficulty of paraphrasing without plagiarising. You must also properly attribute all material you derive from lectures. -- -- University or elsewhere. Auto-plagiarism You must not submit work for assessment that you have already submitted (partially or in full), either for your current course or for another -- -- Where earlier work by you is citable, ie. it has already been published, you must reference it clearly. Identical pieces of work submitted concurrently will also be considered to be auto-plagiarism. -- Why does plagiarism matter? -- Plagiarism is a breach of academic integrity. It is a principle of intellectual honesty that all members of the academic community should acknowledge their debt to the originators of the ideas, words, and data -- -- which form the basis for their own work. Passing off another’s work as your own is not only poor scholarship, but also means that you have failed to complete the learning process. Plagiarism is unethical and can have serious consequences for your future career; it also undermines the standards of your institution and of the degrees it -- -- issues. Why should you avoid plagiarism? -- There are many reasons to avoid plagiarism. You have come to university to learn to know and speak your own mind, not merely to reproduce the opinions of others - at least not without attribution. At first it may -- -- independent one - by learning to assess critically the work of others, weigh up differing arguments and draw your own conclusions. Students who plagiarise undermine the ethos of academic scholarship while avoiding an essential part of the learning process. -- -- avoiding an essential part of the learning process. You should avoid plagiarism because you aspire to produce work of the highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear -- -- highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear of plagiarism. Moreover, you will reap the additional benefits of improvements to both the lucidity and quality of your writing. It is important to appreciate that mastery of the techniques of academic -- -- commitment to the principle of intellectual honesty in scholarship. What happens if you are thought to have plagiarised? -- The University regards plagiarism in examinations as a serious matter. Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of -- -- Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of the occurrence. Even if plagiarism is inadvertent, it can result in a penalty. The forms of plagiarism listed above are all potentially disciplinary offences in the context of formal assessment requirements. -- -- award’. Additionally, this includes the transfer and confirmation of status exercises undertaken by graduate students. Cases of suspected plagiarism in assessed work are investigated under the disciplinary regulations concerning conduct in examinations. Intentional plagiarism in this context means that you understood that you were breaching the regulations and did so intending to gain advantage in the examination. -- -- expected to have understood (even if you did not specifically consider it) that your work might breach the regulations, but you took no action to avoid doing so. Intentional or reckless plagiarism may incur severe penalties, including failure of your degree or expulsion from the university. -- -- university. If plagiarism is suspected in a piece of work submitted for assessment in an examination, the matter will be referred to the Proctors. They will thoroughly investigate the claim and call the student concerned -- -- refer the case to the Student Disciplinary Panel. If you are suspected of plagiarism your College Secretary/Academic Administrator and subject tutor will support you through the process and arrange for a member of Congregation to accompany you to all -- -- involve the use and discussion of material written by others, and, with due acknowledgement and proper referencing, this is clearly distinguishable from plagiarism. The knowledge in your discipline has developed cumulatively as a result of years of research, innovation and debate. You need to give credit to the authors of the ideas and -- -- Does this only matter in exams? Although plagiarism in weekly essays does not constitute a University disciplinary offence, it may well lead to College disciplinary measures. Persistent academic under-performance can even result in your -- -- Borrowing essays from other students to adapt and submit as your own is plagiarism, and will develop none of these necessary skills, holding back your academic development. Students who lend essays for this purpose are doing their peers no favours. -- -- purpose are doing their peers no favours. Unintentional plagiarism -- Not all cases of plagiarism arise from a deliberate intention to cheat. Sometimes students may omit to take down citation details when taking notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. -- -- notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. However, these excuses offer no sure protection against a charge of plagiarism. Even in cases where the plagiarism is found to have been neither intentional nor reckless, there may still be an academic penalty for poor practice. -- -- It is your responsibility to find out the prevailing referencing conventions in your discipline, to take adequate notes, and to avoid close paraphrasing. If you are offered induction sessions on plagiarism and study skills, you should attend. Together with the advice contained in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common -- -- in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common errors. If you are undertaking a project or dissertation you should ensure that you have information on plagiarism and collusion. If ever in doubt about referencing, paraphrasing or plagiarism, you have only to ask your tutor. -- -- to ask your tutor. Examples of plagiarism -- There are some helpful examples of plagiarism-by-paraphrase and you will also find extensive advice on the referencing and library skills pages. -- -- London Hanged, p. 213.] Plagiarised 1. Although they did not question the inegalitarian hierarchy of their -- -- of a submissive workforce. (This is a mixture of verbatim copying and acceptable paraphrase. Although only one phrase has been copied from the source, this would still count as plagiarism. The idea expressed in the first sentence has not been attributed at all, and the reference to ‘some historians’ in the second is insufficient. -- -- original.) Non-plagiarised 1. Peter Linebaugh argues that although highwaymen posed no overt -- -- Student conduct Related websites Online plagiarism course Policy on the use of third party proof-readers Related documents * Turnitin UK Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Turnitin FAQs * Plagiarism * Turnitin UK -- -- + Turnitin FAQs + Turnitin information for Faculties and Departments * What is plagiarism? * Information for staff * Resources and support -- -- Participation in a course at Cambridge is deemed as acceptance of the University's right to apply specialist software (like Turnitin) to your work for the purposes of plagiarism education and detection; the University's Statement on Plagiarism includes this consent. However, you do have the right to request that your work is not retained in the Turnitin UK database after it has been submitted. For -- -- be used as source material for future submissions; this will help to maximise the effectiveness of the software and to protect your work from future attempts to plagiarise it. However, you have the right to request that your work is removed from the database. This can only be done on an individual basis for each piece of work, and in some cases -- -- Q. I have been asked to attend an investigative meeting because Turnitin highlighted matched text, but I know I didn't plagiarise; what do I do? Firstly, don't panic; the meeting will be investigative, not -- -- Turnitin reports will be reviewed in detail in order to make an academic judgement on whether the matched text may be a result of plagiarism, or whether it may reflect commonly-used phrases or correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the -- -- correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the University's Definition of Plagiarism, plagiarism is the submission of someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to -- someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to deceive; this means that you have plagiarised even if you did it accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine -- accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine that the matches are the result of plagiarism, they then judge whether this is minor, or more serious/extensive. If it is minor, they may adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor -- -- adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor scholarship, so you will receive a lower mark than you otherwise would have, if you had referenced appropriately. If the plagiarism is more serious or extensive, they may deem that it merits disciplinary action. -- -- Turnitin UK, the University’s use of the software complies with this requirement. The University has identified ‘providers of anti-plagiarism software’ in its information to students as organisations with whom data may be shared. For more information about data protection and the way the University uses your data, see the -- -- Q. What support is available? If you have any queries about plagiarism or good academic practice, you should contact your Tutor or Director of Studies in the first instance. Our Resources and support pages may also be of help; these contain a * Home * What is plagiarism? -- Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- The University's definition of plagiarism -- * Plagiarism -- * What is plagiarism? + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Turnitin UK University-wide Statement on Plagiarism The General Board, with the agreement of the Board of Examinations and -- -- Departments. Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. It is both poor -- -- scholarship and a breach of academic integrity. Examples of plagiarism include copying (using another person's language and/or ideas as if they are a candidate's own), by: * quoting verbatim another person's work without due acknowledgement -- -- to a joint project. Plagiarism might also arise from colluding with another person, including another candidate, other than as permitted for joint project work (i.e. where collaboration is concealed or has been forbidden). A -- -- piece of written work. Plagiarism can occur in respect to all types of sources and media: * text, illustrations, musical quotations, mathematical derivations, computer code, etc; -- -- not referencing sources) in examinations or assessed work may affect the mark given to the candidate's work. In addition, suspected cases of the use of unfair means (of which plagiarism is one form) will be investigated and may be brought to one of the University's Courts. The Courts have wide powers to discipline those found guilty of using -- -- The University makes use of text-matching software for the purpose of plagiarism education and detection, and reserves the right to submit a candidate’s work to such a service. For this purpose, candidates consent to the submission of their papers to the service and for the -- -- No candidate shall make use of unfair means in any University examination. Unfair means shall include plagiarism* and, unless such possession is specifically authorized, the possession of any book, paper or other material relevant to the examination. No member of the -- -- (Statutes and Ordinances 2016, p. 191). * Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. -- -- known as Discipline Regulation 6. Proctorial Notice on plagiarism The Proctorial Notice for 2016 can be viewed on the Proctors' website. * Information for staff Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Forms of plagiarism and collusion -- * Plagiarism * Information for staff -- -- * Information for staff + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * What is plagiarism? * Resources and support * Turnitin UK -- -- * Turnitin UK This page outlines some common forms of plagiarism and collusion, and suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. -- -- suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. * Plagiarism in invigilated examinations * Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework * Collusion in dissertations and other assessed coursework __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in invigilated examinations Collusion (perhaps by candidates exchanging notes) is extremely rare in -- -- invigilated examinations; this is clearly an offence which would be reported immediately to the Proctors. The most common forms of plagiarism in invigilated exams are: Reproducing material committed to memory -- -- heart. Those brought up with rote learning often don't realise that reproducing such material in a written examination constitutes plagiarism if it is reproduced without attribution. In technical subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as -- -- subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as plagiarism. * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it -- * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it clear that plagiarism can occur in written examinations and explain how candidates should acknowledge sources in such examinations. Examiners are strongly advised to include an appropriate rubric on -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework There are numerous forms of assessed work which are not produced under -- -- strict examination conditions, including: dissertations, assessed essays, practical work, seminar-style presentations, and musical compositions. Cases of both plagiarism and collusion are regularly reported in these forms of assessment and some are taken to the Court of Discipline. -- -- of Discipline. 'Classic' plagiarism -- * Overview: plagiarism most commonly involves copying from the Internet, published works, lecture handouts or private communications. Work copied from the Internet can be detected by -- -- the requirements and explain that serious penalties can be imposed. In cases of supervised work, Supervisors are expected to play a role: the Proctors may ask why the plagiarism wasn’t detected before the work reached the Examiners. -- -- before the work reached the Examiners. Third-party plagiarism -- * Overview: a more troublesome form of plagiarism is the use of work commissioned from a third party. These may be purchased from organisations which supply dissertations and essays on a -- -- candidate normally submits. Review-section plagiarism -- * Overview: a common form of plagiarism, which is usually more or less innocent, occurs in review sections. A final-year dissertation may legitimately build on the work described in a dissertation -- -- permitted and what is not. Guidance on proofreading is available on the collusion pages of this website. * Treatment of cases: unlike cases of plagiarism, work produced by unauthorised collusion cannot be made good by proper attribution. The Board of Examinations has agreed that it is inappropriate to -- -- A copies from B without B's knowledge Strictly, this is plagiarism rather than collusion but plagiarism that cannot be made good by any form of attribution. It may be necessary to interview both A and B at an investigative meeting. If it is clear that -- -- This example is much like the former except that B may now be in trouble too. It should perhaps be regarded as a case of collusion rather than plagiarism. Again A should not be awarded any marks for the copied elements of the University of Birmingham Intranet > Academic Services > Student Services > Student Conduct > Plagiarism > Guidance for students -- Guidance on plagiarism for students -- In 'Plagiarism' -- * Plagiarism * Plagiarism awareness starting points * Guidance for students -- * Guidance for students * Plagiarism Information for staff * Interactive plagiarism course Back to 'Student Conduct' -- -- Back to 'Student Conduct' * Defining plagiarism * A student's responsibilities -- * A student's responsibilities * 'Accidental' plagiarism * Plagiarism-detecting software * How Schools deal with plagiarism * The Learning Agreement and plagiarism * Plagiarism and postgraduate study * Student background and plagiarism * Referral to College Misconduct Committee * Appealing the decision -- -- * Confidentiality Defining plagiarism -- Plagiarism is a form of cheating and is a serious academic offence. It arises where work submitted by a student is not their own and has been taken from another source. The original material is then hidden from -- -- or by not mentioning it at all. The most common forms of plagiarism are: * copying -- * copying * self-plagiarism (also called auto-plagiarism) * collusion * fabrication or misrepresentation -- -- * unacceptable proof-reading Plagiarism may occur in a number of other forms, as well as in conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the -- conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the plagiarism may arise from the misuse of sources outside the University. The key is proper attribution of source material. None of the -- -- activities listed above is, of itself, necessarily wrong. Plagiarism is a serious matter for the University. If not dealt with, it will ultimately devalue all University degrees to the detriment of both students and the University. It also introduces a fundamental and -- -- It should be clear from a consideration of these two key requirements why plagiarism is unacceptable. By definition, a piece of work that has been plagiarised will never be able to meet either of the above criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely -- -- criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely to be a problem with plagiarism. It is ironic that students sometimes seem to go to great lengths to -- -- in jeopardy. 'Accidental' plagiarism The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the -- -- The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the severe penalties that may be applied in cases of serious plagiarism, will be anxious to avoid inadvertently submitting plagiarised work. It is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography -- is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography and still commit plagiarism by then incorporating a significant amount of un-attributed material taken directly or indirectly (through paraphrasing) from that source into the body of the assignment. -- -- Above all, the student body is not a single grouping and the University is aware of the need for a sympathetic approach to plagiarism, particularly in the first year of undergraduate studies and where there is no conscious attempt by the student to deceive. However, this is not -- -- ensure that you have clear guidance on what is expected of you in terms of the referencing of source material. If you are worried about committing plagiarism, always seek help and advice from your tutor, supervisor or other academic advisor within your School. Members of staff are experienced in dealing with questions about proper -- -- * Endnote information and training Plagiarism-detecting software Schools are making use of software systems, in addition to the existing -- -- You should be assured that academic judgement is always brought into play when analysing the results. A School will not take action against you for plagiarism as a result of the findings of Turnitin unless it has looked very carefully at the report obtained from the software and assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will -- -- assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will be able to see the relevant report and to challenge the School's case if you are accused of plagiarism following a software-based analysis of your work. -- -- However, the University reserves the right to protect the academic integrity of its degree awards by whatever means available to it. This will benefit those students who did not plagiarise. -- How Schools deal with plagiarism This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: -- -- This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: * If an Academic Integrity Officer suspects that plagiarism may have occurred they will undertake an investigation which would normally involve considering any evidence. This may include a report -- -- the marker or invigilator; * If, following the investigation, the Academic Integrity Officer has a reasonable suspicion that plagiarism has occurred, they will invite you to respond to the allegation and you will be invited to a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); -- -- a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); * Following on from the meeting, the principal academic unit will determine the level of plagiarism (if any) that it believes has arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, -- arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, moderate plagiarism and serious plagiarism. -- The consequences of a finding that plagiarism has occurred in any of these above ways can be found under Section 6 of the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. -- -- on Academic Integrity. In cases where serious plagiarism is found, the matter will be dealt with under University Regulation Section 8 Student Conduct. -- -- You should consult the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. This provides detailed definitive information on how plagiarism is dealt with. -- -- with. The Learning Agreement and plagiarism This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for -- -- This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for your part, will not submit plagiarised work and that your School, for its part, will help and support you to avoid plagiarism. It is seen by the University as a helpful expression of good faith and intentions by both sides of the academic partnership involving you and the -- -- University. Plagiarism and postgraduate study Given that you are likely to hold a First Degree already, there is an -- -- You should be assured that your School will not, provided it is satisfied that there has not been a deliberate attempt to deceive, treat any instance of plagiarism in the early stage of your postgraduate career as a matter normally requiring the imposition of a penalty. However, you must quickly come to terms with the University's -- -- dissertation element of the programme. Student background and plagiarism The educational background of students may make unintentional -- -- The educational background of students may make unintentional plagiarism more likely. Given the diversity of student background in the University, previous experience of formal education in the UK cannot be assumed. The expectations of learning and the learning styles -- -- and circumstance, as well as by individual preferences. Student work that stays close to the original source and is therefore at risk of an allegation of plagiarism may, in some cases, be the result of: * past experience of what has proven to be successful in other academic contexts but which is now a liability to the student; -- -- The University accepts that one (or more) of the above factors may play a role in a case of alleged plagiarism. Each case will therefore be treated on its individual merits and taking account of all relevant circumstances. #University of Derby Blog » Feed University of Derby Blog » Comments Feed University of Derby Blog » How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? Comments Feed alternate alternate [tr?id=263182877367236&ev=PageView&noscript=1] -- -- + Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Home > Blog > How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? James Elander -- -- Student Life How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? -- Be it in music or writing, plagiarism – “stealing other’s ideas” – is a complicated and yet serious offence. So how can universities help students improve their writing and avoid it? Professor James Elander, Head of -- -- Psychological Research, gives his top tips. Plagiarism happens so quickly and easily in these days of ‘cut and paste’, multiple deadlines and pressure to produce excellent work. -- -- Universities, therefore, need active strategies to help students learn not to plagiarise, and one approach focuses on improving their ‘authorial identity’ – a concept I have developed with Derby PhD student Kevin Cheung, which centres on how writers see themselves as -- -- students to understand the values of integrity and transparency associated with academic writing and to write assignments without plagiarising. My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction -- -- My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction session about plagiarism. I asked myself, what is the opposite of plagiarism? Surely the answer to that is authorship and, if authorship is the desired outcome, what are the behavioural or psychological characteristics needed for students to achieve that? -- -- To qualify genuinely as the authors of their written work, students must understand the role of an author, and must be able to identify with that role. This protects them from accidental plagiarism, which often happens when students produce written work without being really in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for -- -- in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for several projects with different groups of colleagues to help students not to plagiarise. Supervised by myself and Ed Stupple in the Department of Psychology at -- -- with lecturers were used to get insights into what university lecturers think about authorial identity, and how we can get them more involved in helping students write better and avoid plagiarism. These showed that changing identity, or how one sees oneself, is -- -- When students were asked afterwards about these workshops, 86% agreed they helped them understand how to avoid plagiarism and 66% agreed they helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, -- -- helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, understanding of authorship and knowledge to avoid plagiarism. The changes were greatest for year one students, supporting the common -- -- It’s important that universities spend time speaking to their students about what plagiarism means and the impact it can have. However, rather than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like -- than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like we did, and discussing how to write assignments without plagiarising, is of much better value. -- -- We hope this research will help to guide future efforts to help students improve their writing and avoid plagiarism, and also give us a simple tool to measure how students’ change through taking part in those efforts. -- -- those efforts. Top tips to avoid plagiarism Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental -- -- Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental plagiarism. Some of these are related to the early stages of work on a written assignment: * Think about what your own position (opinion) is before you start -- -- * Put yourself in the role of the author. How to use quotations without plagiarising * Think about what point you are making with the quote; -- -- * #Derby * #higher education * #plagiarism * #Press * #psychology You are here: Home / Offices / Student and Academic Services / Exams and Assessment / Plagiarism and Collusion Info -- -- Info Plagiarism and Collusion -- * Plagiarism: Plagiarism is used as a general term to describe taking and using another’s thoughts and writings as one’s own. Plagiarism can occur not only in essays and dissertations, but also in scientific experimentation, diagrams, maps, fieldwork, computer -- -- the application of very severe penalties. Avoiding plagiarism and/or collusion -- Learning Development runs a workshop on avoiding plagiarism and has study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on -- study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on avoiding plagiarism. Your student handbook is also a useful resource for plagiarism avoidance and will set out your department's policy about identifying plagiarism. Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of -- -- Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of plagiarism and/or collusion Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Senate Regulation 11: Regulations governing -- -- Departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion: Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations -- -- Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations governing student discipline when investigating and considering allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in work that is not assessed by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of -- by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of the case by the department's Plagiarism Officer. -- Departmental level consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion may be followed by a hearing of a Student Discipline Panel if the severity of the offence or the complexity of the case deems it -- -- * See regulation 11.60 to 11.70 for full details of the University's procedures for departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in assessed work (excluding written examinations) -- -- assessed work (excluding written examinations) Departmental penalties for plagiarism/collusion: The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student -- -- The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student if he/she is found to have committed plagiarism/collusion are also defined in the regulations. A disciplinary panel has the power to impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. -- -- impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. * See regulation 11.71 to 11.75 for full details of departmental penalties for plagiarism and/or collusion (extract of regulations) Cheating in written examinations -- -- staff in your department (e.g. your Programme Director or Head of Department) without any delay if you are still unsure about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. Don't risk a penalty. * For departments: -- * For departments: Contact your Plagiarism Officer or the Secretary to the Senate Student Discipline Committee (qualoffice@le.ac.uk | x2605), for advice on the operation of Senate Regulation 11. -- -- o Undergraduate Progression and Award o Taught Postgraduate Progression and Award o Plagiarism and Collusion # Penalties o Student Results You are here Home » General Regulations » Plagiarism Sitemap -- -- + University Calendar + Academic credit system (ECTS) + Plagiarism * Course Documentation + Course handbooks -- -- * Sitemap Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is interpreted by the University as the act of presenting the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. -- -- the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. Plagiarism is considered as academically fraudulent, and an offence against University discipline. The University considers plagiarism to be a major offence, and subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- University. Visit http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism -- -- Template for Plagiarism Summary Procedure -- Calendar Statement on Plagiarism for Undergraduates - Part II, 82-91 -- Plagiarism 82 General -- -- and explicit manner, and with due acknowledgement. Plagiarism is the act of presenting the work or ideas of others as one's own, without due acknowledgement. -- one's own, without due acknowledgement. Plagiarism can arise from deliberate actions and also through careless thinking and/or methodology. The offence lies not in the attitude or intention of the perpetrator, but in the action and in its -- -- It is the responsibility of the author of any work to ensure that he/she does not commit plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered to be academically fraudulent, and an offence against academic integrity that is subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- procedures of the University. 83 Examples of Plagiarism Plagiarism can arise from actions such as: (a) copying another student's work; (b) enlisting another person or persons to complete an assignment on -- -- All the above serve only as examples and are not exhaustive. 84 Plagiarism in the context of group work Students should normally submit work done in co-operation with other students only when it is done with the full knowledge and permission of -- -- the lecturer concerned. Without this, submitting work which is the product of collusion with other students may be considered to be plagiarism. When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is -- -- When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is possible, that no work submitted by the group is plagiarised. -- 85 Self plagiarism student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one -- -- student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one assessment for credit is normally considered self-plagiarism. -- 86 Avoiding plagiarism Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice -- Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice from their lecturers, tutor or supervisor on avoiding plagiarism. All schools and departments must include, in their handbooks or other literature given to students, guidelines on the appropriate methodology -- -- for the kind of work that students will be expected to undertake. In addition, a general set of guidelines for students on avoiding plagiarism is available on http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism. -- 87 If plagiarism as referred to in §82 above is suspected, in the first instance, the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or their designate, will write to the student, and the student’s tutor -- -- 88 If the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or designate, forms the view that plagiarism has taken place, he/she must decide if the offence can be dealt with under the summary procedure set out below. In order for this summary procedure to be followed, all -- -- (a) Level 1: Student receives an informal verbal warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will be assessed and marked without penalty; -- -- (b) Level 2: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissable. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped -- not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped mark depending on the seriousness/extent of plagiarism; (c) Level 3: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. There is no opportunity for #RSS 2.0 RSS .92 Atom 0.3 Ninth Level Ireland » Plagiarism Comments Feed alternate alternate alternate -- -- Plagiarism -- Of plagiarism, little new can be written (Schwartz, The culture of the copy (1998), p. 311) -- -- “Plagiarism” is defined in various ways. The core meaning seems to be inappropriate copying of another’s ideas or expressions. An important analytical distinction is between: -- -- behaviour, whether acknowledged or not. There is no legal definition of plagiarism, though it forms part of many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often -- -- many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often described as “self-plagiarism”; and two students who hand in identical essays may both find themselves accused of plagiarism, even though the essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of -- essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of them. Many examples of plagiarism will also be examples of breach of intellectual property rights, such as copyright or droit moral / droit à la paternité. -- -- à la paternité. Objections to plagiarism are numerous, so much so that it may be doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much -- doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much that used to be called “cheating” is now labelled “plagiarism”, often confusingly. The attitude of the person whose work is copied is sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as -- -- sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as your own is objectionable whether or not the true author objects.) There is a modern tendency to define “plagiarism” quite broadly, in some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme -- -- some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme hostility to plagiarism (such as stating, inaccurately, that it is a form of theft) it can sound as if large portions of the student community are being accused of crime. -- -- community are being accused of crime. Many argue that there is now a crisis of plagiarism, even a war against plagiarism. Of course, it has always been the case that some students look for illegitimate short cuts to achieving their qualifications. Various factors are blamed for the modern “crisis”: the growth of IT -- -- for intellectual development, not an occasion for open warfare between students and their teachers; the crisis, if there is one, is not so much a “crisis of plagiarism” as a crisis of how to test core competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. -- -- competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. The very difficulties experienced in trying to define plagiarism are evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how -- evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how it is to be established; further, those who condemn “plagiarism” the loudest often seem to have a quite unrealistic idea of the level of originality that can be expected at student level. -- -- originality that can be expected at student level. Plagiarism by academics is not so much discussed, though there is a general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. -- -- general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. “Persaud’s plagiarism was dishonesty, rules medical council”). It may, as in Raj Persaud’s case, come to the attention of a relevant professional body; or it might be a matter of university internal -- -- It is in this academic context that there are complaints of self-plagiarism, that academics are accused of reproducing their own work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether -- work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether “self-plagiarism” is really the right term may be doubted. Artificially padding one’s c.v. by submitting the same article to more than one journal is certainly reprehensible, and may in some circumstances even -- -- publications. Plagiarism by students, by contrast, has become a major preoccupation of universities. The rise of IT and access to online information, which has coincided with a greater emphasis on marked coursework rather than -- -- that the material could quite properly be included in a legitimate piece of writing, if referenced in the appropriate way. Any detailed university policy on plagiarism must necessarily distinguish between disciplines, as each discipline has its own nuanced attitude to materials that may be cited and how they may be used in argument. But -- -- equally, a failure to abide by a discipline’s rules is only culpable if those rules are understood – which leads many to suspect that rampant plagiarism really represents a teaching failure, such that the rules have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. -- -- have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. Many say, then, that plagiarism is to a certain extent a cultural problem. Does this mean that it is particularly a difficulty with students whose native language is not English? Some argue precisely -- -- of suspicion that is not applied to home students. There is little incentive for non-English speakers to improve their grasp of the language if they are met with “S/He must have plagiarised, s/he doesn’t speak English that well!”. If the local attitude to plagiarism is not well understood by foreign students, then presumably at least some of the blame lies with their teachers, and so a harsh response is not -- -- If there is a cultural problem, then, it is equally to do with domestic students. Academic horror at plagiarism reflects a set of value-judgments that students do not necessarily share, and the academics’ version of what their students are supposed to be doing -- -- achieve any level of expressive freedom. Constrained by an overwhelming consensus over the ‘facts’ and established modes of knowing, students may almost be forced to plagiarise. To devise a way to operate within a disciplinary context, without plagiarising, may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – -- may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – meaning, plagiarism and power, 2006) -- (See also Bill Marsh, Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education, 2007.) -- -- make no sense to be told that a failure to paraphrase counts as dishonesty. For discussion see “It’s culture, not morality”; “Using assessment on the front-line in the battle against plagiarism”. Academic conventions in these matters are framed on an assumption that -- -- dealing with intellectual problems is to find someone who has solved the problem before and to copy their work. (Without this skill, indeed, most university plagiarism policies would never have seen the light of day.) There are indeed other skills which university degrees must teach, and there are also behaviours which must be identified as -- -- required. As it is, plagiarism is increasingly being seen as a disciplinary matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an -- -- matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an unfortunate tendency both to define plagiarism broadly (as including any failure to follow established citation conventions, even if there is no attempt to claim originality for the cited material), coupled -- -- cheats off hook”; “‘Plagiarist’ to sue university”. Much attention has been focussed on plagiarism detection software (notably TURNITIN (website¦wikipedia)), which can take some of the drudgery out of identifying copied passages, and can be a useful -- -- o Irish Law Blogs o Overpayments o Plagiarism o Quality assurance o Tenure o Sample Dissertation o Sample Dissertation Proposal Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- + Referencing + Help Guides + Plagiarism Checker + Exam Revision Guides + -- -- o PhD Help Guides o Guide to Writing an Essay Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- * Call us What plagiarism is and how to avoid it One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of -- -- One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of study is that you must not plagiarise. If this is told to you early in your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there -- -- your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there are many different definitions of plagiarism. -- Plagiarism is stealing! -- This is the simplest way to explain plagiarism, it is stealing. What's more, it's stealing of the worst kind because it's taking another's idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. -- -- idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. Schools, colleges, and universities levy severe punishments on any student caught plagiarising and, in professional life, you would be prosecuted for it - plagiarism is illegal! -- The Internet and plagiarism: The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much -- -- The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much easier to plagiarise, but it has also made it easier to detect since most schools, colleges, and universities automatically scan work against millions of other sources to try and discover whether or not a -- -- teachers - they were students once themselves and during their careers have probably encountered every trick in the book! Therefore, make no mistake about it, if you deliberately plagiarise, you will be caught. -- Accidental plagiarism: -- Usually, however, a student is not guilty of direct plagiarism but plagiarising by accident. Unfortunately, it is too easy to do this when you are carrying out extensive research. Writing notes will, undoubtedly, incorporate the ideas of others alongside your own as this -- -- over an extended period of time (as with a thesis or dissertation), then it is easy to forget where your ideas end and another's begin. This is where accidental plagiarism can easily occur. -- How to avoid plagiarism: -- A very good way to avoid accidental plagiarism is to carefully record every single reference you make in your notes and put them into a list at the end of each referencing session that you carry out. It is also -- -- it) in the referencing style required by your school, college, or university. Not only will this help you to avoid an accusation of plagiarism, it will also enable you to grow accustomed to the required referencing style of your academic institution. This way of working will also allow your reference list and/or bibliography to evolve over -- -- footnote/bibliography style (employed by referencing styles such as Oxford). It is important to get this right because, like accidental plagiarism, getting it wrong will harm your academic career. Referencing and Citation Links -- -- of misuse. It is how you use these 'model answers' that makes the difference between availing yourself of a valuable academic resource and plagiarising. The best way to use a 'model answer' from a custom essay writing -- -- website is to think of the resource as you would a book i.e. make notes from it. Some of the key points you might take as a model without plagiarising are: * Structuring * Use of evidence -- -- Do not copy any words down from sources exactly as they are written unless you intend to cite them correctly within your work, otherwise you will be plagiarising. -- The good news is that nobody could, or should, accuse you of plagiarism if you simply use a source to aid your own quality of work. You are, after all, expected to research your topic, you just need to ensure you -- -- of others. Another frustrating form of accidental plagiarism can occur when you genuinely thought an idea was your own but later find that it is replicated in a book, journal, or other resource. The only way to avoid -- -- work such like a Masters or doctoral theses. Plagiarise and you're the one who suffers: -- Remember that plagiarism is a crime and that, like all forms of cheating, it ultimately harms no-one more than it does you. The best way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. -- -- way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. Does buying an essay count as plagiarism? If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this -- -- If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this constitute as plagiarism? The act of buying the essay is perfectly legitimate. You're allowed to -- -- answer or journal article you're given to look at. If you copy the essay word for word, reorganise sections or hand it in as your own, you'll be conducting plagiarism. 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Even if a plagiarist takes the words of someone else who had written and passes -- -- creation, the fruit of the writer's hard work. As we know when we enter a word "plagiarism" in Internet we find almost 100,000 links to know the purpose of plagiarism, is a severe issue for writers, lawyers, authors, publishers, teachers, and students. Why should students think about? So what happens if a student downloads a -- -- piece of writing and hands it inside the same as his or her own. What is plagiarism? -- The word plagiarism must be important because it can change ones future and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good -- -- and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good intentions of doing it and not plagiarizing, but at times they get so besieged with the assignment leads to plagiarize. -- Defining plagiarism Definitions may be different but the central theme is copying from -- -- act of lying, cheating, and stealing." At UNC, plagiarism is "the deliberate or reckless representation of another's word, thoughts, or ideas as one's own without attribution about submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise." -- -- (Instrument of Student Judicial Governance,) Because it is considered a form of cheating, the Office of the Dean of Students can punish students who plagiarize with course failure and suspension. -- The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the act of plagiarism as:"To steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". -- steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". Plagiarism is "a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work." -- -- 2. Results or findings Cost of plagiarism The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of -- -- The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of intellectual creation of mind is illegal according to the intellectual property law. The plagiarism laws are there to protect the intellectual ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught -- ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught in plagiarizing, not only you will be removed from course and institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students -- institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students in the UK were expelled in 2007 for plagiarism offences". (2) -- Forms of plagiarism -- On purpose plagiarism: it states that using of someone's work for time since his/her own work -- -- If once tutor started reading the task and ends that you have just copied from a book which I have already read it earlier. This type of plagiarism can be done on purpose and it will not work. Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we -- -- Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we read more books and form points and patch them together could be easily detectable, unfair and can be Accomplice by online plagiarism Bluffing: Reading texts, picking few phrases and writing them different -- -- Stitching sources: when complete task is mentioned correctly and cited even then student needs to develop analytical skills because they need to produce work truly as their own. So this is still plagiarism due to inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of -- inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of plagiarism. -- All these types of plagiarism should be avoided at all cost lesser or greater. -- -- Methods of awareness: Why student committed to plagiarism: Many of the students are committed plagiarism because of improper time management or fear about the language and writing skills, poor knowledge regarding the subject. Some of us having thrill about breaking the rules and unawareness towards -- -- the assignments and most of them causes by laziness. Educate you self about plagiarism: Copying a text from the Internet or online or e database will have the important text and type of cite that we are using for academic research papers that are estimated. If you -- -- leads to a high standard than the conclusion and introduction, because the introduction and conclusion are frequently written by a student. Improper citation is also Leads to plagiarism because of some students copy the text from Internet and shows the matter into quotations by giving wrong references. -- -- Before to start working with assignments first find the appropriate source for referencing and arrange the matter according to the way that you studied. Other method is to detect the plagiarism by some software's that are available to detect. -- -- location where you copied. How to avoid plagiarism: -- Plagiarism is avoided by the following four methods. They are, Effective note taking habits, before you start doing assignment write -- -- 4. Conclusion and recommendation As stated that plagiarism is a rising problem in schools, colleges and universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. -- universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. "It is true plagiarism is sometimes ignored by academic institutions because students mean money and in the current financial climate, -- because students mean money and in the current financial climate, no-one wants to lose students". This doesn't mean that plagiarism is okay even your academic body doesn't understand it. Plagiarism finally states never fool yourself. -- -- states never fool yourself. The fear of plagiarism is that need to understand the difference among discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. It is -- discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. It is possible to avoid plagiarism by using resources effectively like use of tutor's, presentations, reading essays and textbooks and Internet. -- -- Cheating is not crime However, you should be conscious when caught in plagiarizing ultimately, no-one gains from it because it would be worthless of the belief in academic institution. -- -- Click Here! 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The Human Rights Act 1998 is also available to ensure that the student -- -- Higher Education Law Solicitors Links * Academic Dishonesty and fitness to practice * Plagiarism * University Grievance Procedure including Breach of Contract Claims * Lawyers who are experts in Academic Appeals and the OIA #LRB blog RSS Feed LRB blog Atom Feed LRB blog » On Being Plagiarised Comments Feed First Person Singular Hochwasser in Passau alternate alternate -- -- « Previous | Home | Next » On Being Plagiarised Charles Hartman 6 June 2013 -- -- Charles Hartman 6 June 2013 Tags: plagiarism | poetry On 17 May I received an email from a stranger in Qatar, telling me that -- -- On 17 May I received an email from a stranger in Qatar, telling me that someone in England had plagiarised one of my poems. Patty Paine, who teaches at the campus I did not know Virginia Commonwealth University has in Doha, and edits Diode, an online poetry magazine, pointed me to -- -- Mortification was expressed at every turn. The editors of targeted publications are in some ways more obviously victims than the poets plagiarised. My first reaction was: what a dim thing to do these days. The tracking -- -- learn such a thing than to find out whether a particular poem has been published under more than one author’s name. It took me slightly longer to see why this response felt so off the mark. But of course plagiarism isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve -- isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve watched someone else go through. Defining plagiarism is trickier than you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other -- you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other kinds of copying (allusion, quotation) fairly easily: it’s plagiarism if the copyist hopes no one will notice. -- -- before he had the pleasure of pointing it out to me. This is probably relatively common, conscious or not. Still, I can’t bring myself to really care. Plagiarism has always seemed to me more pathetic than criminal. Log in to Reply -- -- 2. Timothy Rogers says: 13 June 2013 at 6:53 pm There’s a humorous side to plagiarized poetry, especially when it can be tied into the follies (or impostures) of youth. Here’s an illustrative story. When I was in the ninth grade in 1963 our #UK Human Rights Blog » Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Comments Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste Comments Feed Bipolar patient has capacity to decide to terminate pregnancy Right to Blog, Lord Chancellor’s Legacy and -- -- May 26, 2013 by David Hart QC Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste CutandPaste Crinion v. IG Markets [2013] EWCA (Civ) 587 read judgment -- -- Mr Mustafa, the Masters student at QMC in the second case, did rather less well; he tried to get a finding of plagiarism reversed by the Independent Adjudicator. Males J, after commencing his judgment on a judicial review from this refusal thus: -- -- The Harvard academic and songwriter Tom Lehrer recommended plagiarism as the route to academic success, wealth and fame, but his tongue was firmly in his cheek, -- -- proceeded to decide that (a) most questions of plagiarism involved some degree of academic judgment; -- -- Crimes – The Human Rights Roundup → 6 thoughts on “Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste” 1. A100plus | May 26, 2013 at 1:07 pm -- -- another 3 or 4 years … 2. Lofthouse Jnr. | May 26, 2013 at 3:46 pm Allegations of academic plagiarism tend to involve lecturers running essays through SEO tools like -- running essays through SEO tools like http://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ but these rely on other content being posted on the internet (like the ‘dodgy dossier’ was) #Sunfish » Feed Sunfish » Comments Feed Sunfish » Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Comments Feed 99 Outrageously Simple Openings For Emails Your Reader Will Be Powerless To Resist 12 steps to saying sorry -- -- * Contact us Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook -- -- Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook Plagiarism. For us writers, it’s an ugly word. -- -- joy, obviously. But is it really plagiarism? And what is plagiarism anyway? -- Plagiarism is an ethical offence, not a legal one -- I defer, as usual to the OED, which defines plagiarism thus: To take, use and/or pass off the thoughts, writings, inventions etc of -- -- Notice that it doesn’t say ‘copy’. Nor is the offence reserved exclusively for taking writing. You can plagiarise someone else’s ideas. -- -- ideas. Plagiarism is also an ethical offence, not a legal one. There is no legal remedy. -- -- I found myself in this unwelcome situation recently (of the plagiarised, I mean). I clicked a link in a fellow copywriter’s tweet to a blog post whose -- -- content, style, tone and, in some cases, entire phrases, of my post. So, it passed the first part of the plagiarism test. It took my ideas and writings. -- -- In this particular case I didn’t feel my reputation or commercial fortunes were damaged by the plagiarism. I had very little to gain for seeking any sort of remedy. And, to be -- -- But what about if it happens to you? What then? 15 steps you should take if you think you’ve been plagiarised Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a -- -- Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a potential act of plagiarism. First, get answers to these seven questions: -- -- To what extent? 6 Are you being damaged in any way by the plagiarism (other than wounded pride)? -- -- The more times you answer yes, the more likely the act is to be plagiarism. Let’s say you feel you have a case to make. Here are the eight steps -- -- Post Comment 1. Good advice. I once plagiarised an article without realising it. I published a press release, which I assumed to be public domain. It turned out that the PR person who had written the press release #RSS Feed Plagiarism Checker | WriteCheck by Turnitin * Features -- -- Get Started Now! Plagiarism in the UK In the United Kingdom, the Channel 4 news program Dispatches aired a -- -- Though much of the segment focused on cheating on standardized tests, the network used Freedom of Information requests to also gain access to statistics on plagiarism at universities in the country. According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been -- -- According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been accused of plagiarism in the past four years, of which some 40,000 were disciplined. Of those disciplined, 400 were expelled (excluded) and another 12,000 had a deduction in their grades. -- -- Those statistics are interesting for a variety of reasons. First is that, while the majority of plagiarism cases did result in disciplinary action, a full third did not. How many of these cases were because of the student being exonerated versus a decision that it didn’t warrant -- -- Still, this means that, in the UK at least, punishment for an alleged plagiarism infraction is far from automatic, resulting in a punishment rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of -- rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of plagiarism, they are more favorable than those faced by those accused of actual crimes. District attorneys in the United States, for example, routinely see conviction rates well above 90%. -- -- It’s also worth noting that only one fifth of the students accused of plagiarism suffered a reduction in their grades and only .6% of all students accused of plagiarism were expelled. This means that, in the UK, an allegation of plagiarism does not automatically mean a grade reduction, much less an expulsion. Those are actually very unlikely outcomes. -- -- However, perhaps most interesting is that the number of students accused of plagiarism is significantly smaller than the number who likely actually do it. A recent survey of college students in the U.S. showed that 38% of undergraduates and 25% of graduates admitted to -- -- While the United States is a different country, even if the UK rate of plagiarism is just 20% that means the vast majority of students who plagiarized never even faced an accusation. This is because there are approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means -- approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means approximately 2.6% were accused of plagiarism. That number, 2.6%, feels both extraordinarily high and extraordinarily -- -- low at the same time. On one hand, it’s stunning to think that, on average, in every class of 38 students, one will face allegations of plagiarism. On the other hand, given the high rate of admitted plagiarism, it means that the amount detected truly is just the tip of the iceberg. -- -- More than anything, the Channel 4 report shows just how complex the problem of plagiarism in universities is and. more importantly, how deep the issue runs. -- -- Fortunately, while there are no easy solutions to this problem, universities in the UK have made great strides in the fight. Not only have they adopted plagiarism policies and the use of plagiarism-detection software nationwide, but they’ve nearly cut in half the number of papers with high similarity rates turned in over the first 10 years of the program. -- -- first 10 years of the program. Still, as these statistics show, the battle against plagiarism is not a sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but -- -- sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but all areas of plagiarism policy. Further, it requires regular analysis to ensure that it’s working as designed so that adjustments can be made as time goes on. -- -- Fortunately, that is what the UK is doing and that’s why we have such powerful statistics from it. That data, in the end, is powerful and, as shown above, indicates the UK is turning the tide against plagiarism, even if there is still much work to be done. -- -- The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today, and do not reflect the opinions of WriteCheck. -- WriteCheck. 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Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, -- -- activities. Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, there is also evidence that a generation brought up using the Internet has very different views on what constitutes ‘plagiarism’. -- Plagiarism is usually seen as being ‘wrong’, ‘immoral’ or at least undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the -- -- undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the learning process. Furthermore, ‘plagiarism’ should not be confused with ‘copyright’, as what may be plagiarism is not necessarily copyright infringement. Thus while plagiarism is often ‘unlawful’ it may not always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute -- always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute ‘plagiarism’, such as the improper referencing of sources in student essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for -- -- essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for plagiarism, and the academic and professional penalties that can be imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. -- -- imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. SECTION ONE – TYPES OF PLAGIARISM Definitions -- -- Definitions The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines ‘plagiarism’ as ‘to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: to use (another's production) without crediting the source: to commit literary -- -- The word ‘plagiarist’ is derived from the Latin word ‘plagiarus’, meaning, ‘kidnapper’^3. Yet as we shall see, plagiarism does not need to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans -- to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans points out: ‘Everyone seems to know [plagiarism] is wrong... but few know how to completely define it’^4. -- -- know how to completely define it’^4. Oxford University states that plagiarism is ‘the copying or paraphrasing of other people’s work or ideas into your own work without full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. -- -- full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. It also includes ‘collusion’, i.e. the unauthorised working with others. The university states that students may be guilty of plagiarism even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This -- even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This suggests that ‘plagiarism’ is an all-embracing term that covers a huge variety of activities. -- -- variety of activities. Types of plagiarism The Harvard Guide to Using Sources^7 provides useful examples of -- -- unacceptable conduct. Many of these involve the practice of ‘cutting and pasting’ from electronic sources such as the Internet^8. The Guide divides plagiarisms into several different types. -- The first is ‘Verbatim plagiarism’. This is word for word copying from another source without placing the copied text in quotation marks and providing a clear citation, i.e. an acknowledgement of where the -- -- material came from. Another category is ‘Mosaic plagiarism’^9. This involves copying parts of another’s material but changing a few words here and there without placing the material in quotes or providing a citation. The Guide -- -- An example can be found in How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, an unpublished novel Kaavya Viswanathan, which was found to contain numerous instances of plagiarism, notably from two previously published books by author Megan McCafferty^10. -- -- first in a long string of boyfriends got on.’^12 Here, mosaic plagiarism can be seen in the way certain words are changed while others are left unaltered. The result is very close to the original in its expression. -- -- the original in its expression. ‘Inadequate paraphrasing’ is a similar type of plagiarism where the student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a -- -- student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a citation, this is not enough to prevent plagiarism. The new passage must instead restate the original work using completely new words. The Guide suggests that students should make accurate notes of the original -- -- citation immediately afterwards^15. Other types of plagiarism can include providing inaccurate information about the sources in citations and using too many sources without enough interconnecting original material, with the result that the -- -- paper contains almost no original work^16. Another type of plagiarism is ‘self-plagiarism’. This is a practice mainly found among academics where the author recycles their own work, ‘dressing up’ old research to make it appear original and new^17, and -- -- Problems with definitions However, though examples of plagiarism are numerous, there is much disagreement about when the rules should apply. -- -- topics which a first year undergraduate may be ignorant of. Similarly, arts students tend to cite things differently than science students^19. This undermines any solid definitions of plagiarism. -- Another problem when defining plagiarism is that educational institutions’ plagiarism policies tend to give students more leeway in examinations. For instance, Yale College’s plagiarism guide states that for its purposes the term ‘plagiarism’ will be usually confined to coursework only^20. -- -- Administrators (an advisory body for institutions providing writing programs) takes the view that institutions should treat intentional and unintentional plagiarism differently^21. They state that if a student tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be -- -- tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be classed as ‘plagiarism’^22. In fact, they regard it as part of the natural learning process for students. They also state that using ‘common knowledge’ is acceptable. However this again does not address -- -- acknowledgment^24. This definition appears self-contradictory, as it recognizes that some institutions and even academic programmes define ‘plagiarism’ differently. What use then is the definition? Such definitions are unhelpful and serve only to confuse the issue. -- -- is part of the learning process, where students assimilate phrases, terminology and ideas to gain understanding of a particular subject. However she states that this is still plagiarism, regardless of whether the student acknowledges their sources^26. -- -- If that wasn’t enough for the student to contend with, there is evidence to suggest that the present generation of students views ‘plagiarism’ differently from previous generations. In American colleges 68% of all students admit cutting and pasting from the Internet without giving acknowledgments^27. Blum suggests that this -- -- forms part of a cultural pattern. McCabe and Trevino also note that this ‘may be due to a changing definition among students of what constitutes plagiarism’, particularly when it comes it paraphrasing^28. Blum says: ‘Contemporary students are swimming in a sea of texts’^29. -- -- Contrasted to this, the academic world has strict rules on referencing even when direct quotations are not used. This may explain the rise in the amount of plagiarism seen in colleges and universities recently. Conclusion -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. It can encompass a wide variety of activities, not all of which involve professional ‘cheating’. Unintentional plagiarism can also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as -- -- also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as ‘plagiarism’. A problem for students is that some disciplines and forms of assessment are more stringent than others. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot -- -- some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot when they are plagiarizing another’s work. -- Copyright symbol SECTION TWO – Plagiarism v Copyright UK law -- -- to exploit a work^30. The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) governs UK copyright law. One of the main differences between copyright and plagiarism is that copyright generally does not protect ideas, only the expression of those ideas. However this distinction is not as clear cut as it sounds. -- -- What is copyright? Plagiarism covers a variety of material. It includes academic papers, professional publications, works of fiction and even scientific formulae. In short, where there is any potential for the use of -- -- recorded in some permanent form, such as in writing^42. Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright is that copyright only lasts for a fixed period. For original works this is seventy years from the death of the author^43, while for sound -- -- arrangements last for twenty-five years^45. If a work’s copyright expires it becomes ‘public domain’ and can be used freely without a licence. By contrast, plagiarism is not concerned with whether a source is public domain or not, but whether it has been adequately referenced. -- -- Infringement Plagiarism policies and copyright law both cover a wide variety of activities. However copyright law is more rigid, in that it sets out what activities may constitute copyright infringement. -- -- work to the public, adapting the work or authorizing any of these acts to be done without a licence There is no need to show any intention on the part of the infringer. Therefore, as with plagiarism, infringement may be unintentional. -- -- author^46, or joint authors if there are more than one^47, of by the author’s employer if the work was created during the course of their employment^48. This is unlike plagiarism, where it does not matter whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone -- whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone else to produce a piece of work may be plagiarism in itself^49. How much can be copied? -- -- How much can be copied? Plagiarism policies allow for some copying provided that any text lifted from the original is surrounded in quotation marks and referenced properly^50. Similarly, you can legally copy material from a -- -- that the work must originate from its creator and not be copied from somewhere else^54. One of the consequences of this is that facts cannot generally be protected. This contrasts with plagiarism, which suggests that it is the failure to say where the facts came from that incurs a penalty^55. -- -- Sufficient acknowledgment Plagiarism is concerned with originality of work. For instance, plagiarists who recycle old ideas are criticized for undermining the pursuit of original knowledge and enriching themselves, sometimes at -- -- Publication: does it matter? Plagiarism does not require anything to be made public. However, except for ‘copying’, copyright infringement must involve the work being made available to the public^59. Bainbridge notes that the approach courts -- -- Ideas v Expression Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, -- is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, not the ideas behind it. Plagiarism however, can be committed by stealing ideas as well as by copying text. -- -- Saunders states that this means that an academic can copy ideas from someone else’s work, as long as he presents them in an original way. Such behaviour may be plagiarism, but it is not copyright infringement^63. -- -- copyright infringement^74. Therefore if you reproduce a section of an original work without crediting the author, you may also violate this right as well as commit plagiarism. Under s.80(1) CDPA 1988, an author or director also has a right to -- -- Conclusion Therefore copyright infringement in the UK differs from plagiarism in that only certain works are protected for a limited duration. Infringement also requires that the amount used from the copyright work -- -- family^87. This is all very different from the position regarding plagiarism, where it does not matter if the work is public domain or not. -- -- Moral Rights in the US are much more limited than in the UK, and are of little assistance to the copyright owner in preventing plagiarism. Authors in the US have rights of paternity and integrity similar to -- -- unscripted portions of the film are written down verbatim. Such use may well not infringe copyright. This is, of course, different to plagiarism, which includes non-literal copying from any source. There must also be ‘substantial similarity’ between the infringing copy -- -- to reproducing or exhibiting work, communicating work to public, and falsely attributing work to the author. This covers all possible forms of plagiarism and may be an alternative remedy to infringement for plagiarized authors. However these rights are more limited than in English law. The rights -- -- i) ‘ILLEGAL’ v ‘UNLAWFUL’ Plagiarism may be unlawful, but it is not necessarily illegal. Although these two terms are often used interchangeably, they do have different technical meanings. “Illegal” has been defined as an act’ which the law -- -- Therefore to infringe copyright is to violate law and commit an ‘illegal’ act. However while plagiarism is considered unethical, it is not ‘illegal’ unless it also infringes copyright or some other rule of law. -- -- law. In fact, some plagiarisms may not even be unlawful, as even plagiarized work is capable of subsisting in copyright. A plagiarized essay still qualifies as a literary work under the CDPA 1988 even if it has not been created to academic standards. The plagiarist would still be able -- -- students. For purely academic work, the UK law does not require that source material be acknowledged. However this will not protect students from allegations of plagiarism. Someone writing an essay or journal article may claim they are writing -- -- Conclusion Plagiarism is therefore be illegal only if it infringes copyright or some other law. Even infringement may be lawful if it amounts to ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. The UK law provides little certainty on the -- -- This makes cases hard to predict in the UK and the US. SECTION SIX – CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES -- -- i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES If plagiarism involves a violation of copyright law, the infringer may commit criminal offences. -- -- dishonestly make a representation with a view to causing gain or loss to anyone^176, for instance, if an academic secures a publishing advance for an original article but delivers a plagiarized version. Australia -- -- where the origins of a work have been deliberately disguised, such as by removing copyright notices or modifying it so it cannot be recognized^187. This may apply to plagiarized written work. Australia -- -- Even if a plagiarist escapes civil or criminal sanctions, they may still face serious consequences. Plagiarism can result in the cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have -- -- cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have plagiarized several works, including those by Megan McCafferty and Salman Rushdie , the publishers cancelled her publishing contract ^198. The publisher may also ban the author in the future and withdraw copies -- -- author to provide a warranty that their work is original^200 Plagiarism can cause severe embarrassment and damage the copier’s career and good standing in the academic community. The publisher may complain to the academic’s departmental head, resulting in internal -- -- governed by the Human Rights Act 1998, which enshrines the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law^206. University Disciplinary Committees decide what penalties to impose on students for plagiarism. These are distinct from Examination Boards, which grade students based on their academic performance. Disciplinary Committees are subject to -- -- In one recent case, a student accused his university of negligence for failing to bring plagiarism to his notice. Michael Gunn sued the University of Kent for failing him for plagiarism days before he was due to graduate, having said nothing about this while he carried on his studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation -- -- studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation for changing a student’s grade after they have graduated on grounds of plagiarism^212. -- Plagiarism policies may discriminate against students from overseas. The JISC recognizes that for some students, such as those who are home-schooled, reproducing large amounts of text is a way of showing -- -- under the Human Rights Act 1998. Many academic institutions also utilize plagiarism detection sites and software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and -- software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and plagiarismchecker.net. In the USA, their use has already sparked a court case. In AV v iParadigms LLC^217, high school students in Virginia and Arizona sued Turnitin.com’s owners, iParadigms. The -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright -- process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright infringement and plagiarism are not the same thing, and one may be a plagiarist without infringing copyright, and vice versa. While there are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are -- -- are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are generally less well protected in the US and Australia. Also, moral rights are much weaker in these two countries. Plagiarism is not always illegal, thanks to defences such as ‘fair use’. However what is ‘fair’ can be very hard to pin down, and the potential infringer would be well -- -- advised to always err on the side of caution. There are severe criminal and civil penalties for commercial copyright infringement, and plagiarism can also have damaging academic and professional consequences. However, in a culture that is becoming increasingly reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next -- -- reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next generation of scholars may well have very different ideas about what is ‘plagiarism’. One answer would be to change the way university courses are taught, placing less reliance on traditional essay-writing, which encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly -- -- encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly different form. Instead universities appear to be resorting to technology themselves to stamp out plagiarism. Whether these methods are legal themselves remains to be seen. -- -- Blum, S, My Word! 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Plagiarism and College Culture, Cornell University Press, New York, 2009, p.1. -- -- de=402598>. 57 J Saunders, ‘Plagiarism and the law: a guide to plagiarism and the law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, -- law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, , p.2. 58 [2007] EWCA Civ 247. -- -- 86 Ibid. 87 R King, Understanding Copyright Law, Fair Use, Plagiarism and Public Domain, King & Associates, Arizona, 2012 (e-book). -- -- Features * Plagiarism detection * Plagiarism checker reviews * Types of plagiarism * Is plagiarism illegal? * Plagiarism articles * Ask the Doctor -- * Ask the Doctor * Plagiarism pictures * Plagiarism scanner (BETA) Guides -- -- * Referencing guides * Lesson plans * NEW: Free plagiarism workbook (PDF) About -- -- About PlagiarismChecker.net is the free website for plagiarism software, reviews, articles, lesson plans and commentary on detection methods. -- -- XML | TXT | HTML | ROR | Images © Copyright 2015 by PlagiarismChecker.net. 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Copying the work of others would be -- -- Submitting work that has been done by someone else is an obvious instance of plagiarism and is regarded as cheating. It is intellectually dishonest to cheat in this way. -- -- If you make available, sell or advertise for sale work in any form or by any means (print, electronic, recording or otherwise) so as to enable plagiarism whether or not the work includes marks, comments or any other materials produced by an assessor, unless prior consent has been given by the VQ Assessment Centre you are encouraging or enabling -- -- any other materials produced by an assessor, unless prior consent has been given by the VQ Assessment Centre you are encouraging or enabling plagiarism. Such cases will be investigated as potential Collusion. You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be -- -- You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be familiar with the definition, investigation process and potential implications regarding plagiarism and collusion. Plagarism -- -- Collusion A form of plagiarism that involves unauthorised co-operation between at least two people with the intent to deliberately mislead or deceive -- -- * allowing work to be copied e.g. posting written coursework on social networking sites prior to an assessment * The offence of encouraging or enabling plagiarism includes the act of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done -- of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done with the intention of enabling or encouraging plagiarism. Investigation process -- -- Investigation process In all suspected cases of Plagiarism and/ or Collusion, the centre is required to notify the awarding organisation within 10 working days. -- -- City & Guilds ILM: Plagiarism, Collusion and Cheating Policy OCR: Joint Council for Qualifications Suspected Malpractice in -- -- + Information, advice and guidance statement of service + Learner charter + Plagiarism and Collusion Your questions * What is academic integrity? * What is plagiarism? * How do I avoid plagiarism? * What is referencing? * Why should I reference? -- -- Students working together where this is not permitted, with the intention of gaining an unfair advantage or cheating in the preparation of coursework. A form of plagiarism. See also collaboration. Common knowledge -- -- * exam techniques (eg preparation, timing, etc). Plagiarism In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas -- -- In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas or writings as your own without acknowledgement. In an academic context (see page What is is plagiarism?). This includes taking another person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of -- -- person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of plagiarism in the General Regulations Appendix A: * reproducing in any work submitted for assessment or review(for example, examination answers, essays, project reports, -- -- Turnitin In full this refers to the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software supplied under license from Turnitin UK . Submitted work is matched against a database of previously submitted work from every institution -- -- which subscribes to Turnitin, (including international institutions); current and archived internet pages and databases of journals and periodicals (Gale and Emerald). Turnitin does not detect plagiarism: it is a text-matching software which provides a report on whether a student's work is original (no matching text) or unoriginal. All * PlagiarismDetection.org * plans & pricing -- -- * login Reliable plagiarism detector -- Fast and accurate plagiarism checker for teachers, students, publishers, bloggers. Since 2008. -- -- bloggers. Since 2008. Plagiarism prevention in Europe -- Plagiarism is a controversial issue in institutions of higher learning across Europe. Various views have been raised concerning this topic vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different -- -- vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different European countries. It is prudent to understand what each country perceives regarding plagiarism for the sake of students who wish to study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the -- study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the plagiarism policy means in countries such as Poland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought -- -- Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought about the definition of plagiarism, different answers were gathered. This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various -- This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various attitudes towards plagiarism. According to the respondents, students from Czech Republic highlighted that plagiarism simply meant “copying without referencing the original author”. British students simply stated that it had something to do with “taking another person’s work -- -- simply meant “copying”. Polish answers were a bit long making reference to intellectual property rights, illegal, copying and cheating. Plagiarism policy in Europe has had different opinions. This may be attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to -- attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to measures taken by institutions to control and prevent plagiarism. As much as the situation may look similar in most countries, a few scenarios differ. A clear similarity is apparent between Cyprus and the -- -- academic writing. Most universities and colleges in the US and UK report high cases of plagiarism despite plagiarism checkers put in place to avoid it. A number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students -- number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students and lecturers concerning plagiarism. Despite having these guidelines, originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding -- originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding what really constitutes plagiarism. In some instances, poor academic discipline may qualify as plagiarism as opposed to the actual misconduct. This has been labeled as a demeaning factor in achieving consistency among institutions of higher learning. -- -- In 2012 an anonymous survey of 617 students conducted at the University of Graz in Austria showed that about one-third students reported that they had already plagiarized at least once. Reasons for plagiarism were comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 -- comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 percent), unintended plagiarism (34 percent) and uncertainty about the source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that -- source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that "comfort", which primary reason for students to plagiarize is indeed lack of a plagiarism checker being used by teachers to control works submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and -- -- submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and the UK have adopted plagiarism detectors. In the UK, much emphasis has been relayed on penalties on students who plagiarize. Universities in the US are quite strict on matters of plagiarism hence prompting students to pay attention to details when attributing works. In contrast with Europe, university students in the US are constantly -- -- reference list and parenthesis on materials cited in the text. To some extent, these attribution systems have managed to streamline issues of plagiarism as well as bring consistency in the US. Institutions of higher learning in both countries have equally faced challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public -- -- challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public domain. In the current era of information explosion, more knowledge is becoming common hence presenting the challenge on what is plagiarized or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, -- or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, plagiarism checkers think otherwise. On the contrary, it is easier to assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and -- assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and does not require citing. In the overall, plagiarism is still an issue to solve in many countries given the fact that knowledge is dynamic. -- -- all articles * Academic plagiarism * Checker supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish languages. -- -- * Twitter+ © 2008-2018 PlagiarismDetection.org ____________________ Student Circus Blog Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments -- -- Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? 14 Nov,2016 -- -- 14 Nov,2016 Plagiarism is a foreign word for most of the international students coming to the UK. Plagiarism means copying someone else’s ideas or work and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are -- -- and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are found to be plagiarising your content, you could fail the exam or assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian -- -- assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian countries, plagiarism is not strictly enforced or frowned upon, which leads to complacency and lack of knowledge of plagiarism when students go to west for further education. Plagiarism can be of various types such as*: a.Copying or paraphrasing text from websites, articles, research -- -- c.Duplicating your work, for instance by submitting almost the same work for two different tasks. So, how to avoid plagiarism? The answer is referencing, paraphrasing and citing the sources. The most common citation styles are as follows: -- -- marks. *Avoiding plagiarism: A guide for international students. (n.d.). Retrieved from -- Retrieved from http://www.educationuk.org/india/articles/avoiding-plagiarism-guide-for -international-students/ Disclaimer: www.studentcircus.com (Student Circus UK ) is not #Teaching Matters blog » Feed Teaching Matters blog » Comments Feed Teaching Matters blog » Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? Comments Feed Exploring research-led teaching at Senate Training and support for postgraduate students who teach (PGWT) alternate -- -- 27th July 20175th September 2017IAD user Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? PhD nightmare crop Poor academic practice and academic misconduct cases -- -- occur and the consequences are potentially catastrophic and extremely distressing for all concerned. Cases we are aware of have involved the external examiner identifying plagiarised material with an almost forensic level of rigor – exactly what we expect of any external examiners doing their job. It has struck us that there is currently an -- -- Our pilot of this approach has already proved valuable by identifying patterns of poor scholarship including plagiarism among year 1 progression papers; issues we have identified would definitely land students in trouble if they had submitted work for UG or taught PG -- -- of Turnitin. Undetected problems could persist within a final submitted thesis and this could be catastrophic; in 2013 the Education Minister for Germany had their PhD rescinded because of plagiarised content. PhD theses are still a special case and the nature of similarity needs Written on May 23 2013. Misconception 15: Turnitin employs legions of writing experts to read and evaluate papers for plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin receives over 200,000 papers daily, and no human reads the papers at Turnitin. All papers are processed by our -- -- Reality: Turnitin matches text similarity and does not grade papers for the instructors. It is up to the instructor and/or student to determine whether the assignment exhibits plagiarism. Misconception 13: Turnitin has expertise in plagiarism and can render judgment on specific cases. 
Reality: There is no "threshold" Similarity Index that is either -- -- at the Originality Report. Misconception 3: The "Similarity Index" shows the percentage of paper that is plagiarized.
 Reality: The Similarity Index is just a percentage of material in the paper that matches sources in the Turnitin databases. Text that is -- -- Instructors can decide to let their students see their reports, do re-submissions, get revised reports -- or not. Misconception 1: Turnitin detects plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin matches to text in our databases and leaves the judgment up to the instructor. As mentioned above, instructors MUST Blog Is Recycling Your Own Work Plagiarism? Written on July 20 2016. -- -- Written on July 20 2016. [self-plagiarism-blog-image.png] This post is excerpted from an article originally published on -- -- Writers often claim that because they are the authors, they can reuse their work, either in full or in excerpts, over and over again. How can republishing one’s own work be defined as plagiarism if the author has only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the -- only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the definition of self-plagiarism, how it crosses into copyright laws and ethical issues, and the different ways an author can avoid this increasingly controversial act of scholarly misconduct. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ What is Self-plagiarism? Let's look at one scenario: Leslie is an assistant professor going -- -- number of publications for tenure, but from the same work. Doing so, Leslie might commit what Scanlon (2007) calls “academic fraud,” a form of selfplagiarism (pg. 57). -- Self-plagiarism is defined as a type of plagiarism in which the writer republishes a work in its entirety or reuses portions of a previously written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that -- -- written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that because they are the authors, they can use the work again as they wish; they can’t really plagiarize themselves because they are not taking any words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on -- words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on whether self-plagiarism is possible, the ethical issue of self-plagiarism is significant, especially because self-plagiarism can infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of -- infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of plagiarism do not account for self-plagiarism, so writers may be unaware of the ethics and laws involved in reusing or repurposing texts. -- -- texts. The American Psychological Association (2010) explains how plagiarism differs from self-plagiarism: “Whereas plagiarism refers to the practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of -- practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of others, self-plagiarism refers to the practice of presenting one’s own previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). -- -- previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). As Roig (2006) suggests, self-plagiarism occurs “when authors reuse their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared -- -- their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared elsewhere” (pg. 16). Roig identifies a few types of self-plagiarism: * Republishing the same paper that is published elsewhere without notifying the reader nor publisher of the journal -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Definitions of Plagiarism -- The question of whether self-plagiarism exists or not—is it possible to plagiarize oneself?—is rooted in the definition of plagiarism. Plagiarism is typically defined as stealing the work of another and presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary -- presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary (2011) defines plagiarism as taking the work of another as “literary theft.” The verb to “plagiarize” is defined as: * “To take and use as one's own (the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another person);” -- -- According to the OED definition, in the strict sense recycling papers would not be plagiarism. -- However, Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2011) defines to “plagiarize” similarly with the addition description in the second definition below: * To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: -- -- So, in the Webster definition, recycling one’s own papers would fall under “to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source” and is, therefore, considered plagiarism. But what is more important than the definition of plagiarism, and whether it is possible to “self-plagiarize,” is the ethics behind self-plagiarism. __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Ethical Issues of Self-plagiarism -- Publications manuals have a set standard regarding self-plagiarism. When an author publishes in a journal, the author often signs over rights to the publisher; thus, copyright infringement is possible if an -- -- Biomedical journals in particular have had significant problems with copyright due to self-plagiarism and many have taken a stance against the practice in publication. Some have gone so far as to request the author’s previous manuscripts to ensure that the work is original (Roig -- -- It seems that even the American Psychological Association (APA) has taken a recent position against the practice by addressing self-plagiarism in the 2010 sixth edition of the publication manual, a discussion, which is absent from previous editions. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Avoiding Self-plagiarism Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for -- -- Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for avoiding plagiarism, four of which deal specifically with self-plagiarism, as follows: * Guideline 10: Authors who submit a manuscript for publication containing data, reviews, conclusions, etc., that have already been -- -- that is subsequently presented as a new study is an equally serious ethical breach. * Guideline 12: Because some instances of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and even some writing practices that might otherwise be acceptable (e.g., extensive paraphrasing or quoting of key elements of a book) can constitute copyright infringement, -- -- Technology like iThenticate by Turnitin is another way to avoid self-plagiarism. By comparing written work against the largest database of scholarly, full-text content, authors and researchers can screen their work prior to publication submission and organizations can -- -- Conclusion The issue of self-plagiarism is becoming more and more prevalent, and some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, -- some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, have seen a rising trend in self-plagiarism. The APA publication manual has no discussion of self-plagiarism in its fifth edition, but addresses it twice in the sixth edition, perhaps to prevent such practices. Organizations and individual authors and researchers can -- -- take preventative measures in their writing practices and editing processes, including the use of technology that helps detect potential self-plagiarism before submitting their work for publication. References -- -- Style Chicago. 16th Edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. * “Plagiarize.” (2011). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com. -- http://www.merriam-webster.com. * “Plagiarism, n.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed.). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * “Plagiarize, v.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed. ). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * Roig, Miguel. (2006). Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. -- other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. Retrieved from http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/plagiarism.doc * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in -- -- * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification, 57-66. * Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright. (2010). Copyright. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Copyright Office. Retrived from Programme of activities/ Academic integrity and plagiarism/ -- Academic integrity and plagiarism [icon-twitter-rounded.png] [icon-facebook-rounded.png] -- -- Protecting, developing and enhancing academic integrity in general is the second theme for action, with a particular focus to the issue of plagiarism. Higher education has indeed its own particularities and potential -- -- Another activity under this priority line would be the organisation of a specific seminar on plagiarism, which could be held in 2016. One possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes -- possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes towards plagiarism coexist in Europe and that approaches differ from one Member State to another. -- -- 2. Drafting of guidelines together with measurement indexes; 3. Promotion of capacity building in higher education institutions to evaluate plagiarism. -- -- + Programme of activities o Ethical behaviour of all actors in education o Academic integrity and plagiarism o Recognition of qualifications o Other activities #RSS 2.0 Thomas Lancaster » Feed Thomas Lancaster » Comments Feed Thomas Lancaster » Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 Comments Feed Contract Cheating – A Decade (Plus One) Of Contract Cheating Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 1 – Academic Integrity and Contract -- -- ____________________ Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 -- -- use a third party to have work completed for them. Sessions at the 2017 international conference on Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond ended up heavily focused on contract cheating. Having been part of contact cheating research since the term first formed part -- -- I’ve already shared my conference presentation on contract cheating in examinations and provided general collected thoughts about Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. -- -- 05 Emerging Issues In Contract Cheating Wider challenges surrounding educational integrity also influence how contract cheating practice could develop. These include traditional areas of student plagiarism, the use of translation and essay spinning software, as well as the risks posed by students using smart drugs. -- -- these posts are compiled, runs to nearly 8,000 words, so that just shows how much value there was in the presentations and discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. ← Next post Previous post → -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Please browse around the blog and the links, and feel free to leave your thoughts. -- -- Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: brno, conference, contract cheating, essay mills, plagiarism across europe and beyond, research Read 127 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:14 am […] This is Part 1 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 2 – Inside The Contract Cheating Industry | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:30 am […] This is Part 2 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 3 – Contract Cheating by Academics | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:31 am […] This is Part 3 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 4 – Detecting Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:43 am […] This is Part 4 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 5 – Emerging Issues in Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:54 am […] This is Part 5 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 6 – Which Students Are Contract Cheating And What Does This Mean For -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:18 pm […] This is Part 6 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 7 – Understanding Contract Cheating From The Student Viewpoint | Thomas -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:28 pm […] This is Part 7 (the final part) of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 | ContractCheating.com says: October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm -- -- October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm […] This blog post provides lots of details about contract cheating from discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. […] Leave a Reply Cancel reply -- -- Recent Posts * Student Plagiarism And How To Stop An International Problem – With A Focus On Kosovo -- A Focus On Kosovo * Emerging Issues In Plagiarism Prevention And Detection – My View From 2004 * Beyond Contract Cheating – Towards Academic Integrity -- -- Recommendations To Address Essay Mill Use – Video * Cutting The Costs Of Open Access Research * Plagiarism and Assessment * Examining The State of Academic Integrity in Europe – Recommendations From SEEPPAI this work is produced, it is a concern. Since contract cheating produces original work, this is unlikely to be picked up using standard text matching plagiarism detection services such as Turnitin. Some of the more interesting findings across our research have related -- -- Beyond this, there are parallels with the research into the anti-plagiarism fields, in particular looking at the policies, processes and penalties surrounding contract cheating, and how to write assignments to prevent contract cheating. The research I’ve been -- -- Feel free to contact me regarding contract cheating. I often deliver keynote talks, research seminars and training related to plagiarism and contract cheating. I’m happy to discuss the issues further, to assist with staff development and to support requests from the media. -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Much more information about what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. -- -- what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: contract cheating, plagiarism, robert clarke, thomas lancaster Read 8 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- March 28, 2017 at 7:03 am Dear professor My research subject is plagiarism. Since you coined the term contract cheating in 2006, would you mind clarifying how a “contarct cheater” is different from a “ghost writer”? #Plagiarism.org RSS Feed IFRAME: https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NST4MH8 -- -- (BUTTON) Toggle navigation [p-dot-org-logo-1512156951.png] * Understanding Plagiarism * Preventing Plagiarism * Teaching about Plagiarism * Plagiarism Checking * Plagiarism Research * Plagiarism Policy ____________________ -- -- ____________________ European Responses to Student Plagiarism in Higher Education Irene Glendinning -- -- A significant amount of research has been undertaken in response to the recent flood of student plagiarism now being detected in higher education institutions (HEI). Based on deeper understanding of the underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for -- -- underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for strategies and systems for detection, penalties and mitigation of student plagiarism. So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from -- -- So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from English speaking countries, particularly the UK, North America and Australia. Their work has included research into plagiarism from students from other countries, including Sweden, Germany, Lithuania, Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of -- -- Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of countries in Europe is not well understood and there has not yet been a comparative study of plagiarism in HEIs across Europe. -- The IPPHEAE project (Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), -- Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), aims to plug the identified gap by focusing on plagiarism in European HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and -- -- HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and deterring plagiarism. Surveys are being conducted in HEIs at three levels: students, teaching staff and senior managers, to determine how well any procedures are understood, to what extent they are operating -- -- Where possible representatives from national quality agencies are being interviewed in order to gain overarching national perspectives on issues such as national policies and how plagiarism impacts on quality and standards. This dimension also provides a means of highlighting the importance of the research to people who can influence educational -- -- IPPHEAE project including an overview of in-depth institutional studies and interventions for reducing the number of incidences of student plagiarism. -- This paper was submitted to the International Integrity & Plagiarism Conference which ran between 2004-2014. The paper was peer reviewed by an independent editorial board and features in the conference (GO) GO UK leads Europe in the fight against plagiarism Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study -- -- integrity among students, a study has found. The analysis looked at factors such as universities’ use of plagiarism software, consistency of sanctions, transparency, training, efficacy of prevention policies and efforts to address the issue at a national -- -- countries, in most aspects,” said Irene Glendinning, academic manager for student experience at Coventry University and principal investigator on the Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe project. -- -- Ms Glendinning said that unlike in the UK, where efforts to prevent and detect plagiarism have been growing since 2001, in Spain students reported that tools to detect plagiarism were rarely used, and only one-third said there were policies for dealing with the problem. -- -- Ms Glendinning also acknowledged that the survey looked at policies and their implementation rather than the prevalence of plagiarism because, she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that -- she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of plagiarism around … but there are no statistics anywhere,” she said. Consistent recording would mean “we can have a handle on whether what we’re doing is actually having an effect”. -- -- and Cyprus. Among suggestions for the UK will be that the Quality Assurance Agency should, as part of existing audits, require institutions to explain their plagiarism policies and demonstrate their effectiveness and consistency. (GO) GO Plagiarism software can be beaten by simple tech tricks IT scholar says PDF tweaks allow students' copied work to evade -- -- Technological loopholes allow savvy students to beat academic plagiarism software, an IT expert has warned. -- -- James Heather, senior lecturer in computing at the University of Surrey, has revealed that plagiarism detection systems such as Turnitin that are routinely used by universities are open to simple cheats allowing students to evade detection when submitting copied material. -- -- But in a new paper, "Turnitoff: identifying and fixing a hole in current plagiarism detection software", Dr Heather reveals that beating the system is simple. -- -- "In their current incarnation, one can easily create a document that passes the plagiarism check regardless of how much copied material it contains. When there are loopholes that can be exploited, they give the operator a false assurance that a submission is original." -- -- The study, which appears in the journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, demonstrates ways in which students can modify plagiarised work to avoid detection. "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the -- -- "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the document, without affecting how the document looks and prints, then the software will not be able to identify any plagiarised material," Dr Heather writes. -- -- Students aware of this loophole could get around the system by converting a plagiarised essay to PDF format, he says, and then altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually -- -- altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually unaltered, extracts tested by the plagiarism software would be garbled, and so matches would not be detected. -- -- themselves. "If there is no text, then the plagiarism detection cannot function," the paper notes. -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests Read more -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests August 15, 2016 Universities seem to be struggling to catch up. The big concern is that bespoke essays, written to order, without being plagiarised themselves, are difficult if not impossible to detect. -- -- are difficult if not impossible to detect. Almost all universities use anti-plagiarism software, called Turnitin, which checks a submitted essay against published sources, looking for copied phrases. But this software will not raise suspicions about an -- -- * More oral presentations, sometimes called a viva * More exams * Almost all UK universities use anti-plagiarism software such as Turnitin. But software has little success in detecting a genuine bespoke essay -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism Officer Sarah Allen, at the UEA Business School, recently investigated a post-graduate student who submitted an excellent piece of work which stood out to the marker simply because it contained one Home Viewpoint: The spectre of plagiarism haunting Europe By Debora Weber-Wulff Professor of Media and Computing, University of -- -- A spectre is haunting Europe, and this time it is the spectre of plagiarism and scientific misconduct. Some high-profile politicians have had to resign in the last 18 months - but the revelations are also shaking respected European universities. -- -- Many European countries, especially Germany, have long considered it unnecessary to give plagiarism more than a cursory look. One trusts in the self-cleansing powers of science, end of story. -- -- Last February, a reviewer of German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's doctoral dissertation discovered and documented some plagiarised passages. When the papers pounced on this, zu Guttenberg denied any wrongdoing, -- -- That was not the end of it. Soon it was suspected that a major ex-politician's daughter was guilty of plagiarism in her dissertation, and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite -- and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite soon plagiarism was discovered in yet another dissertation, and it has not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. -- -- not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised... Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education -- -- Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education minister lasted just a week in office before having to step down, accused of plagiarising academic papers. Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the -- -- Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the Romanian prime minister of plagiarising part of his PhD. He denies wrongdoing and has been backed by a Research Ethics Council, but the accusations have now been upheld by two academic panels in Romania, -- -- The Hungarian president has already lost his doctorate and resigned on account of plagiarism, and the Russian Minister of Culture is facing accusations that 16 passages of his doctoral dissertation were copied from other sources. He denies the allegations. -- -- let them have their fun." However, it seems that the plague of plagiarism has also reached the level of the professorships in Germany. Those who are supposed to be teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last -- -- teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last month it was revealed that more than a third of a new book for law students on how to write papers properly was plagiarised, including liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. -- -- liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised. And just to show how contagious the disease is, the authors also cite zu Guttenberg's dissertation - albeit incorrectly. -- -- to the VroniPlag Wiki.) Image caption VroniPlag wiki uses coloured bands to show distribution of plagiarised content In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics -- -- In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics councils and there is a wide discussion of ethical practices. There are procedures in place for dealing with plagiarism. In Germany, though, professors wanting to address plagiarism are pretty much left to their own devices. They don't have much in the way of tools or formal procedures. -- -- procedures. There is so-called plagiarism detection software available that does find some plagiarism, especially word-for-word copies. These programmes do not find everything by a long shot, but German universities are currently rushing to purchase them. -- -- been officially declared to suffer only from "technical weaknesses". But people are speaking up, and plagiarism is being discussed in every university, even if many are unsure what to do. -- -- university, even if many are unsure what to do. Better education about plagiarism and good scientific practice is essential. -- -- years needs to be reviewed in order to identify weak points. However, there is currently no funding for such measures, so it's unclear whether German universities will really get serious about plagiarism, or keep muddling on. Entertainment & Arts Burt Bacharach calls for change in music plagiarism law * 3 August 2017 -- -- Veteran songwriter Burt Bacharach has called for a change in the law over music plagiarism. He said recent court cases - like the ones involving Blurred Lines and browse all sections close Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- consumers. Photograph: Wavebreak Media/Alamy Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- Every now and then there is an outburst of concern about the curse of plagiarism in higher education. The Department for Education has indicated it is considering cracking down by not only fining, but also handing out criminal records, to students submitting commercially -- -- The targets of this mini crusade are essay mill websites, which market “original” professionally produced essays that allow students to circumvent their university’s plagiarism detection system. These paid-for essays allow students to buy a degree. -- -- But this is only a small part of the culture of cheating in higher education. A long time before the commercialisation of plagiarism, cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief -- cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief examiner for my department, I was shocked by the amount of plagiarised coursework brought to my attention. When I consulted colleagues at other universities it became evident that the problem was not confined -- -- rather than rich kids, was identified as the source of the problem. Academic discussions on plagiarism sometimes sought to deflect the problem by claiming that overseas students were disproportionately involved in copying. Some suggested they had come from different -- -- external to university life is driven by the institutional imperative to minimise the significance of this practice. All universities have policies on this problem; most have made plagiarism detection software available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the -- -- available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the problem – which is that plagiarism is not a technical issue but one that raises questions about the working of academic culture. -- -- that raises questions about the working of academic culture. Plagiarism is a mortal sin and last taboo – or is it? Read more -- -- them to embark on a quest for knowledge. But if higher education continues to treat students according to a business model it is only a matter of time before plagiarism loses its stigma. Topics -- -- Topics * Plagiarism * Higher education -- -- * Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers -- -- cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers Published: 9 Oct 2017 Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown * -- -- Now a degree is a commodity, no wonder more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * UK News * › Education * › Plagiarism * UK -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Plagiarism%2CEducation%2CHigh er+education%2CExams%2CTuition+fees%2CStudents] A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- headlines. With examples like these, what's so wrong with a bit of plagiarism? Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian -- -- Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian University and who had his book, Succeeding with Your Masters Dissertation, plagiarised by another lecturer on the web. -- "A lot of students think it is acceptable to copy or plagiarise somebody else's work because there's this idea that everyone is doing it anyway," he says. "It seems like it's not really a serious issue, -- -- but it is. If it's a minor case, you could end up losing marks on a dissertation or having to resit a module. If it's widespread and a student has been found to have plagiarised often, then the most extreme punishment they could face would be expulsion." -- -- easier to adopt someone else's work as your own. According to Biggam, the definition of plagiarism within an academic context is: "Where a student copies text verbatim without providing sufficient acknowledgement of the source, thereby giving the impression -- -- permanent record." Cole was lucky to get off relatively lightly. For others, plagiarising can spell the end of your degree – even if you are unwittingly involved. -- -- and the only marks it did give me were much lower than I'd anticipated. Then when I got home, there was a letter from the university saying that I was suspected of colluding with another student in plagiarism. I completely freaked out." -- -- behind my back was simply unbelievable. " If you are caught in serious and deliberate plagiarism, it could end up on your final academic transcript. If a potential employer asks to see your transcript as part of the selection process, you can probably say -- -- "It certainly wouldn't look good to a future employer if they knew you had engaged in plagiarism," Biggam says. -- But how can you avoid plagiarism, when part of the university learning process is to absorb expert theories and demonstrate your grasp of them by reproducing them in written work? -- -- At Glasgow Caledonian University, Biggam is testing the use of plagiarism detection software, called Turnitin, which monitors work for any copied phrases. "Often, it might be a genuine mistake – a student might simply forget to reference a quote or a source. In which case, a It was, says Hiscock, "the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across." He was so angry he wrote to Mail Online's editor, Martin Clarke, and to -- -- "sexually abused" by a magician during her eighth birthday party.' It is the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across and if it happens again I will take steps to ensure I am adequately compensated for the theft of my interview." -- -- * Greenslade * Plagiarism * Daily Mail * Martin Clarke Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- This article is 1 year old Republicans scrambled to prevent a plagiarism scandal from overshadowing the coronation of Donald Trump on Tuesday after his wife Melania borrowed large chunks of her opening night speech from Michelle -- -- As delegates prepared to formally offer Donald Trump the party’s presidential nomination on Tuesday evening, the plagiarism controversy reopened internal wounds and undermined his campaign’s attempts to present a more polished appearance ahead of November’s general -- -- election. A campaign source said responsibility for the plagiarism incident lay with a longtime aide to top Trump strategist Paul Manafort. The source said the aide had signed off on the speech and edited it. -- -- Online critics also highlighted a lighter hearted instance of apparent plagiarism, noting that Melania Trump’s claim that her husband “will never ever give up, and most importantly, he will never ever let you down,” echoed Rick Astley’s 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up – a song cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- Gill, five miles south-west of Newcastle, a narrow man with a curly mess of dark red hair. He’d just made a routine visit to the Facebook group Plagiarism Alerts. There, a woman named Kathy Figueroa had posted something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet -- something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet laureates has plagiarised a poem by Maya Angelou.” Lightman clicked the link. It led to a Canadian government webpage -- -- Rise. Incredible. But could it really be plagiarism? How likely was it that a poet laureate would steal anything at all, let alone a keystone work by a modern legend? How could he think he’d get away with that? Then -- -- uncomfortable and distressing experiences of my life”, admitting, “I have made several stupid mistakes during my time as a poet and there is simply no excuse for plagiarism.” But he also pushed back: “I have been bullied, victimised and abused by a number of ‘poets’ who thought it necessary to act like a lynch mob.” -- -- Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’m absolutely furious’: plagiarised poet Joan Johnston. Photograph: Gary Calton for the Guardian -- -- copy of A Particular Blue, so he could see for himself. “He returned both poems to me, having highlighted the changes Sheree had made, saying, ‘I don’t think it’s plagiarism. I think she’s taken your poem and made something new out of it.’ At which point, I went for another walk.” -- -- considerable distress.” Croft explained that he planned to pulp the remaining copies of Laventille and reprint a corrected version. “I do not believe that your accusations of plagiarism regarding Laventille are justified. But I am not prepared to have this beautiful and important book dirtied by the grubby little fingers of Pooterish -- -- broke/and threatening light/brought into the long night.” How close would two poems have to be for it to be plagiarism, I ask Croft. -- -- their name at the bottom, I’d say, why are you doing that?” And would it be plagiarism? “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying -- -- “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying my name is Will Storr. No, it’s not! You’d say that was stupid. You wouldn’t say I was plagiarising you.” *** -- -- Meanwhile, what of the Canadian mystery? Could former laureate DesRuisseaux really have blatantly plagiarised all those canonical poets? It seemed too mad to be true. When Lightman got hold of DesRuisseaux’s book Tranches De Vie, he found even more apparent -- -- findings to Éditions du Noiroît, who appeared to accept his verdict; in emails Lightman showed me, DesRuisseaux’s editor wrote that it was his first experience of plagiarism, and expressed regret at having to tell the poet’s family that he would have to remove the title from circulation. -- -- * Poetry * Plagiarism * Maya Angelou * features -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Poetry%2CPlagiarism%2CBooks%2 CMaya+Angelou] Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- The organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have unveiled a new official logo, seven months after being forced to scrap the previous design amid accusations of plagiarism. Selecting an emblem they hope will be simple, effective and most of all -- -- the Théâtre de Liège in Belgium. Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo scrapped after allegations of plagiarism Read more -- -- Japanese officials initially rejected accusations that Sano had plagiarised the image, which was based around a stylised capital T with a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied -- -- a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied plagiarism. But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings -- -- But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings to block Tokyo 2020 from using the image. Further allegations of plagiarism also emerged against Sano, including claims that his initial submission resembled a work by the late German typographer Jan Tschichold. -- -- + Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video Published: 15 Jan 2016 -- Published: 15 Jan 2016 Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video + Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Some four years ago I wrote about the strange case of a Canadian columnist accused of plagiarism. The Toronto-based Globe & Mail had found it necessary to add “clarifications” to articles written by Margaret Wente after complaints about her work. -- -- same structure, analogies, and phrasing in numerous instances.” In addition, the Canadaland news website, accused Wente of plagiarising “at least four times from three different publications... in addition -- “at least four times from three different publications... in addition to the two cases of plagiarism outlined in BuzzFeed Canada.” The first two instances, by Wainio and BuzzFeed, were addressed by the -- -- * UK News * › Media * › Plagiarism * World -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Media%2CPlagiarism%2CCanada%2 CNewspapers%2CAmericas] The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- Fresh evidence of Independent journalist Johann Hari's habit of alleged plagiarism has emerged from a lengthy interview with Afghan women's rights activist Malalai Joya in July 2009. -- -- * Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row Interviewer and columnist has been suspended for two months pending outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss -- -- outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss Published: 12 Jul 2011 Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row * -- -- Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Independent editor-in-chief defends columnist involved in 'politically motivated' plagiarism furore. By Josh Halliday Published: 29 Jun 2011 Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- The Orwell prize committee has accused Independent columnist Johann Hari of plagiarism over an article that won him the prestigious award in 2008. -- -- of contrition for the errors I made elsewhere, in my interviews." Hari apologised for plagiarising the work of others to improve interviews and for editing the Wikipedia entries of people he had clashed with, using the pseudonym David Rose, "in ways that were Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- [ ] Johann Hari has been writing for the Independent since 2002 but faced allegations of plagiarism last year. Photograph: Nick Harvey/WireImage -- -- Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- Johann Hari, the journalist at the Independent who was suspended for plagiarism, has announced that he will not return to the newspaper. Hari had been undergoing retraining in the United States and was -- -- Independent editor Andreas Whittam Smith. The findings of the inquiry were not made public but the newspaper reported in September 2011 that Hari admitted the plagiarism allegations and would attend a journalism training course before returning to the paper. -- -- Blackhurst was asked several questions about Hari when he gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry into journalistic ethics earlier this month. "On the plagiarism, Johann genuinely believed he was doing nothing wrong. The fact that nobody complained, Johann did not believe he was doing anything wrong. His reputation has been very, very severely damaged; Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism Raj Persaud -- -- Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism David Batty -- -- * (BUTTON) Close Britain's best-known psychiatrist today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and several articles he wrote for newspapers and medical journals. -- -- Raj Persaud, famous for his appearances alongside Richard and Judy on the This Morning sofa, also admitted to a General Medical Council (GMC) disciplinary hearing that his plagiarism was inappropriate and misleading. -- -- The psychiatrist, who used to present BBC Radio 4's All In The Mind programme, admitted plagiarising four articles for his book From The Edge Of The Couch published in 2003. -- -- He also admitted that four articles he wrote in 2005 contained passages plagiarised from an article and book by Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. -- -- University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. He also admitted using material plagiarised from an article by Professor Stephen Kant in a piece he wrote for the Independent in the same year. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. His book -- -- He said Persaud blamed subeditors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Blass complained about the article and was told, in an email -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." At the time the allegations of plagiarism first emerged two years ago, Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, a position he still holds. -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- In Britain it is left to individual institutions to develop their own plagiarism policies. But the QAA said it wanted a consistent approach among higher education providers to tackle the problem. It called on universities and colleges to record incidents of this and other kinds -- -- fix.” A Universities UK spokesperson said: “Universities take plagiarism and cheating extremely seriously. Submitting work written by someone else is cheating and devalues the efforts of students who work hard to -- -- * Higher education * Plagiarism * Jo Johnson * news -- -- Now a degree is a commodity, no wonder more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi Efforts to prevent student cheating have always been about -- -- of the problem Published: 27 Feb 2017 Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Higher+education%2CPlagiarism %2CEducation%2CUK+news%2CJo+Johnson%2CPolitics] Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students -- -- Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students -- -- In the past few days, however, it is said that the master has become the pupil, as Dylan has been accused of plagiarism. Writer Ben Greenman was the first to blog about how he couldn’t find a quotation that Dylan had cited in Moby-Dick: “Some men who receive injuries are led to God, -- -- While universities habitually run students’ work through plagiarism-detection software such as TurnItIn, there is no such equivalent for Nobel prize speeches, assumed to be the moment at which an eminent economist, physician, writer or peace-maker has earned a few -- -- text, preferring that you “check your comprehension” against their interpretation. The company does, however, have advice on its website for avoiding plagiarism: “By citing words and ideas that came from our site or books (to see instructions on how to do that, see How to Cite This SparkNote within each study guide), or by putting your own spin on -- -- * Nobel prize in literature * Awards and prizes * Plagiarism * features -- -- [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Bob+Dylan%2CMusic%2CNobel+pri ze+in+literature%2CAwards+and+prizes%2CBooks%2CPlagiarism] * Education University students could be fined or handed criminal records for plagiarised essays, new proposals suggest -- -- University students who buy essays online face fines and a criminal record under plans to punish plagiarism being considered by the government. -- -- more than 100 online essay services are now in operation. Whilst universities already use complex anti-plagiarism software to detect the copying of academic texts, the process of contract cheating - students submitting paid-for essays as their own original work - -- -- Speaking to The Telegraph, Lord Storey, who is leading efforts to make the practice illegal, said that the consequences of plagiarism must be made clear, adding that many “rich students” are now effectively “paying their way” to a top honours degree. -- -- Leading academics are also in favour of a ban, with Professor Phil Newton and Michael Draper, leading experts on essay plagiarism, calling on the Government to tighten up the legal loopholes being exploited by professional writing services. 3. Education News £1,700 for a dissertation, but what's the real cost of plagiarism? As one ghost writing service sees an 80 per cent increase in sales in one -- -- It’s a heavy sum to pay for something that the majority of people - not to mention universities - would class as plagiarism. Yet Nemet is quick to separate his company from this accusation. -- -- Whether or not this is an easy way of passing responsibility on to the client, ghost writing – along with other forms of plagiarism – remains an issue at universities across Britain. -- -- declined by 60 per cent since 2005 While 2013 figures from plagiarism detection service, Turnitin, reveal that the number of serious cases has declined by 60 per cent since 2005, Phil Newton, superintendent of assessment at Swansea University, -- -- topic I had set. It really opened my eyes to the issue. “We regard [ghost writing] as plagiarism, pure and simple. It’s is a form of dishonesty, it’s a form of cheating, and where students are found guilty of it, there will be serious academic repercussions.” -- -- passing off work as their own. For students that are caught, there can be serious consequences, from the deduction of marks on an essay, to expulsion from the university. Even if the plagiarism is unintended, there may still be penalties. -- -- “The University also employs a series of sophisticated software applications to detect plagiarism in submitted examination work, both in terms of copying and collusion,” the spokesman adds. -- -- “It regularly monitors online essay banks, essay-writing services, and other potential sources of material. Anyone who submits plagiarised material as part of their course can expect to be dealt with severely.” -- -- ongoing advancements in technology – incorporating more sophisticated methods of detection – will continue to play a role in combating plagiarism; however, educating students should also help prevent the initial interest. -- -- where they are in their course. If they are in their final year, we regard that as much more serious, if they do it in their first year, they probably just need some advice on how to avoid plagiarism and what constitutes plagiarism. “I don’t condone it, but I can understand why a student who is 4. Health News 'Hero' GP suspended for plagiarising fellow doctor's work A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent -- -- A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent patients has been suspended for six months for plagiarising another doctor’s work. -- -- The General Medical Council heard that Dr Margaret Staley initially came under suspicion herself after computer anti-plagiarism software picked out striking similarities between a case study she had written and Dr Kumar's coursework. -- -- Dr Staley endured weeks of uncertainty before eventually being completely exonerated when it became clear she was the victim rather than the perpetrator of the plagiarism. Public school-educated Dr Kumar was hailed as a hero in 2009 after Johnson called it an “unacceptable and pernicious” practice, while universities will generally expel anybody they catch – though given the essays aren’t plagiarised, identifying a paid-for piece of work isn’t easy. Using an essay mill, on the other hand, very much is. * News Canadian poet laureate revealed to have plagiarised Maya Angelou, Tupac and others -- -- [tupac_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jp g?imwidth=450] The Canadian poet Pierre DesRuisseaux, who has been found to have plagiarised numerous poets, including Tupac Shakur * Telegraph Reporters -- -- Pierre DesRuisseaux, who died last year, served as the parliamentary poet laureate between 2009 and 2011, and has now been accused of plagiarising the work of up to 20 poets, among them world-famous names and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. -- -- and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- DesRuisseaux The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux Credit: Wayne Miller/Magnum/BBC -- -- The duplicity was unearthed by poet and literary sleuth Ira Lightman, a member of a Facebook group called Plagiarism Alerts, whose mission involves tracking down plagiarism in the poetry world. Lightman was tipped off by a Canadian poet named Kathy Figueroa, who -- -- But still, like dust, I'll rise." The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- by DesRuisseaux The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- -- Figueroa told Canada's CBC News that DesRuisseaux's widespread plagiarism came as a shock: "It was just mind-boggling, the audacity of someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." -- -- someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." Upon the discovery of the plagiarism, DesRuisseaux's Montreal-based publishers Éditions du Noroît pulled the book from shelves, while claiming that only between 50 and 100 copies of the book had actually show ad Last-ditch attack on Neil Gorsuch amid claims Supreme Court pick plagiarized academic papers in his book -- -- The White House punched back hard, and assembled its own team of experts to debunk claims that the writing constituted plagiarism. 'This false attack has been strongly refuted by highly-regarded -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' HARD FEELINGS: Democrats are furious that the Senate never scheduled a hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court -- -- hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court seat PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- “Each of the individual incidents constitutes a violation of academic ethics. I've never seen a college plagiarism code that this would not be in violation of,” said Syracuse University professor Rebecca Moore Howard. -- -- Howard. 'I would certainly call it plagiarism,” she added. At this late date, the information is likely to have little effect on show ad Tokyo 2020 gets new logo proposals after plagiarism scandal By Afp -- -- Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers said Tuesday they have received more than 14,500 suggestions for a new logo after the original choice was withdrawn because of a plagiarism scandal. The organising committee in August dropped the emblem put forward by -- -- The Tokyo committee has insisted the move to drop the original logo was not in response to the legal action. It said Sano, who denies plagiarism, asked that his design be withdrawn to avoid harming the Tokyo Games. show ad Monica Crowley out of Trump White House team after plagiarism revealed * Crowley is a syndicated talk show host who was set to takeover as -- -- administration after all. More than 50 charges of plagiarism, based on discoveries made by CNN's KFile division, led publisher HarperCollins to pull her 2012 book from its shelves last week. -- -- currently unavailable for purchase on Amazon. Crowley appears to have plagiarized large sections of the book, according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than -- according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than 50 examples of apparent plagiarism. Politico separately charged that her 2000 dissertation wasn't properly -- -- decision to suspend sales of her book. Crowley also faced plagiarism allegations in 1999 after a piece she wrote on the 25th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's resignation ran in The Wall Street Journal. -- -- article.' Crowley also plagiarized several sections of her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University, Politico Magazine said. The publication found more than a dozen instances in which Crowley appeared to lift from -- -- developer!' DID MONICA CROWLEY PLAGIARIZE THESE PASSAGES? Crowley's book -- -- Source: CNN Read more: * Trump pick Monica Crowley plagiarized multiple sources in 2012 book - CNNMoney -- - CNNMoney * Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation - POLITICO Magazine * Monica Crowley to forgo post in Trump White House - Washington 'Dishonest' TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud suspended after admitting plagiarism By Daily Mail Reporter -- -- 'The Panel has determined that a three-month period of suspension is sufficient to send out a signal to you, the profession and the public that plagiarism is unacceptable behaviour.' The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the -- -- The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, is now in tatters after he admitted plagiarism. Before the ruling, GMC members heard from some of Dr Persaud's -- -- proceedings.' He added: 'The panel has determined that your actions, in plagiarising the work of others, were liable to bring the profession into disrepute.' -- -- the doctor's book. He also said he had uncovered more examples of plagiarism in Dr Persaud's book after comparing passages in it with material on the internet. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- DEJA VU Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago -- -- Republicans candidate Fillon was still in the presidential race when he delivered the speech two weeks ago France election candidate Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarising speech The incident is bizarrely reminiscent of Melania Trump's July 2016 -- -- state. And the sight of her having to plagiarise a discredited rival’s words will come as a blow to her electoral ambitions. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- Under the bed bugs Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? -- -- Beedle The Bard. Why has Chris Riddell accused John Lewis of plagiarism? Chris Riddell believes there are many similarities between the two * Health News Fears of plagiarism crisis as probe finds foreign university students ‘cheats’ -- -- Updated: 6th April 2016, 8:55 am FOREIGN students are claimed to be fuelling a surge in plagiarism at British universities amid fears of a cheating crisis. / Sean Gallup/Getty Images Findings come months after The Times exposes 'plagiarism epidemic' among Britain's institutions -- -- Half of the nation’s university students are losing marks for not referencing their work correctly, according to a new survey into attitudes towards plagiarism. Citation tool RefME - which polled just under 2,900 of the country’s -- -- almost 80 per cent are worried about referencing correctly, while a majority of 71 per cent expressed concern about facing disciplinary actions for plagiarism. [GettyImages-170380536.jpg] Read more -- -- Read more Universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students cheat RefMe said: “This widespread concern over facing disciplinary actions -- -- ‘ghostwriter’ to complete their work for them constitutes academic misconduct, more than 20 per cent were unable to identify this as plagiarism. The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times -- -- The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed there to be a “plagiarism epidemic” among Britain’s universities with almost 50,000 students being caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- However, RefME said that, although its study unearthed some “concerning” statistics around plagiarism in academia, students are increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using -- -- increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using plagiarism tools prior to submitting. Tom Hatton, CEO and founder of RefME, described how, as a university -- -- “The hope is that we can look back at these numbers in a couple of years and see evidence that the sentiment towards plagiarism has changed.” * More about: -- -- * More about: * RefMe * plagiarism * University of Kent * University of Westminster 1. INDYSTUDENT UK universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students caught cheating over last 3 years -- -- The Independent Online Britain’s universities are said to be in the midst of a “plagiarism epidemic” after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed how almost 50,000 students were caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- of the student population, requests from 70 universities showed. 75 per cent of postgraduates found plagiarising at Queen Mary University of London were from abroad, including a third from China. -- -- One professor from the University of Buckingham told The Times “type-1 plagiarism,” copying and pasting, is decreasing because it’s “so easy to detect.” 1. INDYPULSE TV doctor Raj Persaud admits plagiarism * PA -- -- Indy/Life TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and articles he wrote. -- -- The doctor, who is famed for his regular appearances on daytime TV shows such as This Morning, admitted plagiarising four articles for his 2003 book 'From The Edge Of The Couch'. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. -- -- He said Dr Persaud blamed sub-editors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, USA, complained -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." The GMC panel heard that allegations of plagiarism against Dr Persaud were first made in a Sunday Times article published in April 2006. -- -- The article alleged that sections of Dr Persaud's book, published three years earlier, were plagiarised from academic articles. At the time Dr Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Mr Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Plan to prosecute firms who offer paid-for essays to students While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address ‘essay mills’ -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 -- -- The move is a response to mounting concern over the practice which allows students to circumvent their college’s plagiarism detection systems. The use of these services is not easily detected as software used by universities only detects where students have copied from -- -- Paid-for essays While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address the issue of so-called contact cheating or the use of paid-for essays. -- -- The QQI’s guidelines advise colleges that they “should have effective policies and procedures in place to prevent, detect, combat and deter plagiarism at all levels”. * Tackling teacher supply is complex - but we are making progress * Revenues crest €4m at top boys’ private school Glenstal Abbey -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, according to figures compiled by The Irish Times last year. -- -- Of those that did, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). The scale of detected issues is likely to be bigger at IT Tallaght as it has extensive detection policies. -- -- Online source The company insists it does not condone plagiarism, and says all “clients are expected to use and reference it as they would any other online source”. -- -- growing and it was typically completing roughly 350 projects a year. Mr Bruton’s spokesman said: “Plagiarism is currently subject to institutional disciplinary sanctions up to and including exclusion from the programme. -- -- offering the ‘service’ will not disclose it, those buying it will not, and there is no system-wide recording of detected instances of this or any other form of plagiarism”. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Essays for sale: a new wave of plagiarism Students who use online essay-writing services face sanction if caught. As -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Rigorous testing Would this essay be red-flagged for plagiarism? Colleges nowadays have access to a range of computer programmes, such as Turnitin and Safeassign, that test whether articles have been copied from other -- -- However, these programmes only work if they detect parts of the essay that exist elsewhere; they might not flag plagiarised content if they are custom-written pieces. -- -- To test the essay, we put it through Safeassign and it came back clean. But it’s not just the plagiarism-detection programmes: it has to get past the beady eye of a lecturer. We presented the essay to a number of lecturers in communications and media without telling them about its -- -- It’s difficult to say how commonly these services are being used, but colleges are increasingly aware of plagiarism on campus. There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being -- -- There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, and the numbers are on the rise (see panel). -- -- In the UK, some academics have warned that essay-writing services are behind an “epidemic” of plagiarism. Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected -- -- Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected plagiarism tends to involve students simply cutting and pasting in a section and putting inverted commas around it. -- -- section and putting inverted commas around it. “Students don’t realise that this is plagiarism, but these [essay-writing] services are blatant plagiarism,” he says. Trinity College Dublin’s education officer, Molly Kenny, said these -- -- reference it as they would any other online source,” she says. In the terms and conditions of the website they state they do not condone plagiarism. Foley says the site and demands for their services continue to grow. -- -- Glynn says this could be an option in Ireland: “I would endorse it if it came in here – enforcing it is the challenge – anything to discourage student plagiarism.” Students should be aware that using these services can be risky, -- -- the paper it’s written on. PLAGIARISM: A GROWING PROBLEM Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases -- Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases of students disciplined for plagiarism across the Irish higher-education sector. -- -- Of the colleges that supplied figures, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). -- -- Institute of Technology Tallaght has one of the most extensive approaches to dealing with plagiarism, involving a sliding case of penalties, ranging from written warnings to potential disqualification from the institution. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Plagiarism Sat, Mar 5, 2011, 00:00 -- -- Plagiarism: from Latin “plagiarius” (“kidnapper”), use pioneered by Roman poet Martial who complained that another poet had “kidnapped his verses”.– (Wikipedia) -- -- charismatic and aristocratic defence minister, key ally to Chancellor Angela Merkel, a shooting star brought down this week by claims that he had engaged in plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. The website GuttenPlag Wiki says it has detected plagiaristic “lifts” -- -- Coincidentally, a new anti-Gadafy front has opened up in the London School of Economics where the doctoral thesis written by his son Seif al-Islam is also being checked for plagiarism following complaints by online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, -- online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, plagiarism is claiming high-profile political casualties. Academics in Ireland worry at what they see as a serious cultural -- -- at the threat to the country’s ’s reputation as a source of quality research, the Royal Irish Academy in September urged new procedures to protect against falsification and plagiarism. -- A recent US survey in Education Week, cited by plagiarism.org, reports 54 per cent of student respondents admitting to plagiarising from the internet; 74 per cent, to “serious” cheating at least once in the past year; while half believed teachers sometimes chose to ignore cheating. -- -- And then, of course, there’s that truly scandalous hardy annual – claims of plagiarism in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year Denmark’s A Friend In Londonis accused. The melody of their New Tomorrowis apparently similar to Face 2 Faceby Future Trance United. was to be written in 4 weeks. All of the four websites guaranteed a money back scheme if the work does not achieve the grade and if the paper was accused of plagiarism then the customer would receive their money back. -- -- Latest figures from the BBC article reveal that half of Welsh universities have seen an increase in the number of plagiarism cases With students being targeted on social media through 'sponsored -- -- https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/essay-mills-university-co urse-work-to-order/2007934.article MORE:higher educationplagiarismcollege essaysessaysacademiawalescustom essays Credit Where It's Due - Why Are Half of UK Students Losing Marks for Plagiarism? * -- -- Photo by CollegeDegrees360 under a CC license We are in the grips of a 'plagiarism epidemic' according to The Times. An investigation conducted by the paper earlier this year revealed that 50,000 university students have been caught over the last three years, -- -- Further research published this month by RefME, a digital reference management tool for students, has found that 50% of students surveyed say they have lost marks due to plagiarism arising from inaccurate citations. -- -- citations. But plagiarism falls on a spectrum and shouldn't be confused with cheating. -- -- conventions and were unaware of resources available to help them. But regardless of whether plagiarism is deliberate (and often it is not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in -- not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in their adoption of plagiarism detection, with software such as Turnitin now used by the majority. Facing the risk of a damaged reputation, suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of -- -- suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of the students surveyed say that they worry about committing accidental plagiarism. While a minor infringement is more likely to result in lost marks than -- -- person's ideas begin and another's end. In the Twittersphere, for instance, ideas are endlessly retweeted and recycled. But digital tools also exist to prevent plagiarism. Using RefME, referencing can be as simple as scanning a barcode or -- -- student support, embedding academic writing skills more deeply into the curriculum and communicating expectations from the outset. But certainly, the majority of students do not intend to commit plagiarism. On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. -- On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. MORE:plagiarismuniversitiesstudentshigher education SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW Universities use expensive software designed to detect students who cheat, but Turnitin can only detect plagiarised work, not original work that has not been penned by the student. Thus, it is nigh on impossible to detect students who use professional essay-writing services. And, -- -- I would like to see action taken to stop degree ghost-writers in their tracks. Perhaps the industry should be regulated, forcing any ghost-written essay to be submitted by the seller to plagiarism detection sites so that should the student try to pass it off as their own, they will be caught. This won't stop the rogue sites, but at least -- -- ghost-write student essays. After all, I could end up having to mark my own essay one day. MORE:universitystudentscheatingplagiarismUniversitiescheating at examsghost-writing THE BLOG The Problem With Political Speeches Isn't Plagiarism, It's Platitudes * -- -- the road" and you've won political cliché bingo. As for plagiarism, how many different ways can you express those basic concepts in simple, accessible language to describe another person? Not many. It begins with "he/she believes..." and ends in simple -- -- Ms. Obama. Trump just had a lousy proofreader who failed to spot the direct similarities. If the nouns had been replaced by synonyms, verbs exchanged, the sequence of clauses varied... who would cry plagiarism? Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the -- -- Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the news media pounce on the plagiarism as opposed to criticising the fact Melania Trump avoided saying anything interesting about the man who would be king. -- -- Trump handles that issue, unlike the speeches, will be interesting to watch. MORE:Melania TrumpDonald TrumpplagiarismRepublican convention SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW POLITICS Home»Today's Stories Chair of institute has plagiarism ruling overturned Saturday, May 04, 2013 -- -- An external investigation has found that Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) chairman Flan Garvey committed unintentional plagiarism in a 2008 master’s thesis but this has been overturned on a technical appeal. -- -- The three academics appointed in December to probe a complaint by 26 ITT academics found plagiarism in two chapters of the thesis about his Co Clare parish. -- -- It has upheld the appeal on grounds relating to the understanding of the nature of plagiarism, in a report finalised this week and also seen by the Irish Examiner. -- -- by the Irish Examiner. It found that college rules around plagiarism were not clearly formulated or clearly communicated to postgraduate students. On that basis, it said, a finding of an award being unjustified would be unfair -- -- However, a source told the Irish Examiner that staff are baffled at the outcome and many believe it places a question mark over any previous cases of students sanctioned for plagiarism. -- Plagiarism finding After word-for-word comparisons with texts cited by the complainants, -- -- interspersed with occasional references to another. One section complained of in chapter 4 was found not to be plagiarism after the investigators were made aware of Mr Garvey’s contribution to the authorship of a local history pamphlet. more serious (getting someone else to do coursework). Plagiarism is the most widespread form, with 6% disclosing that they had passed off information copied from other sources as their own work, while 5% admitting that they have carried on writing once an 29 July 2013 Parasite journalism: is aggregation as bad as plagiarism? When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing -- -- When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing work, we call it plagiarism. But news organisations do the same, and call it aggregation. Sign up for our weekly email * -- -- any better. In my opinion, it happens all the time, it's just that people don't get caught very often. Johann Hari is the classic example - the only absolutely rock solid piece of plagiarism that could be pinned on him was a piece from a German newspaper article that he'd translated. -- -- copy of being free. In my opinion, some of this stuff is just as bad as plagiarism. Aggregators are parasites, only slightly more benign than plagiarists - and sooner or later, parasites kill the host. Someone has to actually Share on Reddit HomeOxford studentsAcademic mattersStudy guidanceStudy skills and trainingPlagiarism -- Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether -- -- full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or -- unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or reckless plagiarism is a disciplinary offence. Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been -- -- Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been developed to provide a useful overview of the issues surrounding plagiarism and practical ways to avoid it. The necessity to acknowledge others’ work or ideas applies not only to -- -- text, data, or other resources downloaded from websites. The best way of avoiding plagiarism is to learn and employ the principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your -- principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your university career. Avoiding plagiarism is not simply a matter of making sure your references are all correct, or changing enough words so the examiner will not notice your paraphrase; it is about deploying your -- -- academic skills to make your work as good as it can be. Forms of plagiarism Verbatim (word for word) quotation without clear acknowledgement -- -- Paraphrasing the work of others by altering a few words and changing their order, or by closely following the structure of their argument, is plagiarism if you do not give due acknowledgement to the author whose work you are using. -- -- doing so, than to paraphrase particular sections of his or her writing. This will ensure you have a genuine grasp of the argument and will avoid the difficulty of paraphrasing without plagiarising. You must also properly attribute all material you derive from lectures. -- -- University or elsewhere. Auto-plagiarism You must not submit work for assessment that you have already submitted (partially or in full), either for your current course or for another -- -- Where earlier work by you is citable, ie. it has already been published, you must reference it clearly. Identical pieces of work submitted concurrently will also be considered to be auto-plagiarism. -- Why does plagiarism matter? -- Plagiarism is a breach of academic integrity. It is a principle of intellectual honesty that all members of the academic community should acknowledge their debt to the originators of the ideas, words, and data -- -- which form the basis for their own work. Passing off another’s work as your own is not only poor scholarship, but also means that you have failed to complete the learning process. Plagiarism is unethical and can have serious consequences for your future career; it also undermines the standards of your institution and of the degrees it -- -- issues. Why should you avoid plagiarism? -- There are many reasons to avoid plagiarism. You have come to university to learn to know and speak your own mind, not merely to reproduce the opinions of others - at least not without attribution. At first it may -- -- independent one - by learning to assess critically the work of others, weigh up differing arguments and draw your own conclusions. Students who plagiarise undermine the ethos of academic scholarship while avoiding an essential part of the learning process. -- -- avoiding an essential part of the learning process. You should avoid plagiarism because you aspire to produce work of the highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear -- -- highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear of plagiarism. Moreover, you will reap the additional benefits of improvements to both the lucidity and quality of your writing. It is important to appreciate that mastery of the techniques of academic -- -- commitment to the principle of intellectual honesty in scholarship. What happens if you are thought to have plagiarised? -- The University regards plagiarism in examinations as a serious matter. Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of -- -- Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of the occurrence. Even if plagiarism is inadvertent, it can result in a penalty. The forms of plagiarism listed above are all potentially disciplinary offences in the context of formal assessment requirements. -- -- award’. Additionally, this includes the transfer and confirmation of status exercises undertaken by graduate students. Cases of suspected plagiarism in assessed work are investigated under the disciplinary regulations concerning conduct in examinations. Intentional plagiarism in this context means that you understood that you were breaching the regulations and did so intending to gain advantage in the examination. -- -- expected to have understood (even if you did not specifically consider it) that your work might breach the regulations, but you took no action to avoid doing so. Intentional or reckless plagiarism may incur severe penalties, including failure of your degree or expulsion from the university. -- -- university. If plagiarism is suspected in a piece of work submitted for assessment in an examination, the matter will be referred to the Proctors. They will thoroughly investigate the claim and call the student concerned -- -- refer the case to the Student Disciplinary Panel. If you are suspected of plagiarism your College Secretary/Academic Administrator and subject tutor will support you through the process and arrange for a member of Congregation to accompany you to all -- -- involve the use and discussion of material written by others, and, with due acknowledgement and proper referencing, this is clearly distinguishable from plagiarism. The knowledge in your discipline has developed cumulatively as a result of years of research, innovation and debate. You need to give credit to the authors of the ideas and -- -- Does this only matter in exams? Although plagiarism in weekly essays does not constitute a University disciplinary offence, it may well lead to College disciplinary measures. Persistent academic under-performance can even result in your -- -- Borrowing essays from other students to adapt and submit as your own is plagiarism, and will develop none of these necessary skills, holding back your academic development. Students who lend essays for this purpose are doing their peers no favours. -- -- purpose are doing their peers no favours. Unintentional plagiarism -- Not all cases of plagiarism arise from a deliberate intention to cheat. Sometimes students may omit to take down citation details when taking notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. -- -- notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. However, these excuses offer no sure protection against a charge of plagiarism. Even in cases where the plagiarism is found to have been neither intentional nor reckless, there may still be an academic penalty for poor practice. -- -- It is your responsibility to find out the prevailing referencing conventions in your discipline, to take adequate notes, and to avoid close paraphrasing. If you are offered induction sessions on plagiarism and study skills, you should attend. Together with the advice contained in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common -- -- in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common errors. If you are undertaking a project or dissertation you should ensure that you have information on plagiarism and collusion. If ever in doubt about referencing, paraphrasing or plagiarism, you have only to ask your tutor. -- -- to ask your tutor. Examples of plagiarism -- There are some helpful examples of plagiarism-by-paraphrase and you will also find extensive advice on the referencing and library skills pages. -- -- London Hanged, p. 213.] Plagiarised 1. Although they did not question the inegalitarian hierarchy of their -- -- of a submissive workforce. (This is a mixture of verbatim copying and acceptable paraphrase. Although only one phrase has been copied from the source, this would still count as plagiarism. The idea expressed in the first sentence has not been attributed at all, and the reference to ‘some historians’ in the second is insufficient. -- -- original.) Non-plagiarised 1. Peter Linebaugh argues that although highwaymen posed no overt -- -- Student conduct Related websites Online plagiarism course Policy on the use of third party proof-readers Related documents * Turnitin UK Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Turnitin FAQs * Plagiarism * Turnitin UK -- -- + Turnitin FAQs + Turnitin information for Faculties and Departments * What is plagiarism? * Information for staff * Resources and support -- -- Participation in a course at Cambridge is deemed as acceptance of the University's right to apply specialist software (like Turnitin) to your work for the purposes of plagiarism education and detection; the University's Statement on Plagiarism includes this consent. However, you do have the right to request that your work is not retained in the Turnitin UK database after it has been submitted. For -- -- be used as source material for future submissions; this will help to maximise the effectiveness of the software and to protect your work from future attempts to plagiarise it. However, you have the right to request that your work is removed from the database. This can only be done on an individual basis for each piece of work, and in some cases -- -- Q. I have been asked to attend an investigative meeting because Turnitin highlighted matched text, but I know I didn't plagiarise; what do I do? Firstly, don't panic; the meeting will be investigative, not -- -- Turnitin reports will be reviewed in detail in order to make an academic judgement on whether the matched text may be a result of plagiarism, or whether it may reflect commonly-used phrases or correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the -- -- correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the University's Definition of Plagiarism, plagiarism is the submission of someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to -- someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to deceive; this means that you have plagiarised even if you did it accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine -- accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine that the matches are the result of plagiarism, they then judge whether this is minor, or more serious/extensive. If it is minor, they may adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor -- -- adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor scholarship, so you will receive a lower mark than you otherwise would have, if you had referenced appropriately. If the plagiarism is more serious or extensive, they may deem that it merits disciplinary action. -- -- Turnitin UK, the University’s use of the software complies with this requirement. The University has identified ‘providers of anti-plagiarism software’ in its information to students as organisations with whom data may be shared. For more information about data protection and the way the University uses your data, see the -- -- Q. What support is available? If you have any queries about plagiarism or good academic practice, you should contact your Tutor or Director of Studies in the first instance. Our Resources and support pages may also be of help; these contain a * Home * What is plagiarism? -- Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- The University's definition of plagiarism -- * Plagiarism -- * What is plagiarism? + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Turnitin UK University-wide Statement on Plagiarism The General Board, with the agreement of the Board of Examinations and -- -- Departments. Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. It is both poor -- -- scholarship and a breach of academic integrity. Examples of plagiarism include copying (using another person's language and/or ideas as if they are a candidate's own), by: * quoting verbatim another person's work without due acknowledgement -- -- to a joint project. Plagiarism might also arise from colluding with another person, including another candidate, other than as permitted for joint project work (i.e. where collaboration is concealed or has been forbidden). A -- -- piece of written work. Plagiarism can occur in respect to all types of sources and media: * text, illustrations, musical quotations, mathematical derivations, computer code, etc; -- -- not referencing sources) in examinations or assessed work may affect the mark given to the candidate's work. In addition, suspected cases of the use of unfair means (of which plagiarism is one form) will be investigated and may be brought to one of the University's Courts. The Courts have wide powers to discipline those found guilty of using -- -- The University makes use of text-matching software for the purpose of plagiarism education and detection, and reserves the right to submit a candidate’s work to such a service. For this purpose, candidates consent to the submission of their papers to the service and for the -- -- No candidate shall make use of unfair means in any University examination. Unfair means shall include plagiarism* and, unless such possession is specifically authorized, the possession of any book, paper or other material relevant to the examination. No member of the -- -- (Statutes and Ordinances 2016, p. 191). * Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. -- -- known as Discipline Regulation 6. Proctorial Notice on plagiarism The Proctorial Notice for 2016 can be viewed on the Proctors' website. * Information for staff Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Forms of plagiarism and collusion -- * Plagiarism * Information for staff -- -- * Information for staff + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * What is plagiarism? * Resources and support * Turnitin UK -- -- * Turnitin UK This page outlines some common forms of plagiarism and collusion, and suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. -- -- suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. * Plagiarism in invigilated examinations * Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework * Collusion in dissertations and other assessed coursework __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in invigilated examinations Collusion (perhaps by candidates exchanging notes) is extremely rare in -- -- invigilated examinations; this is clearly an offence which would be reported immediately to the Proctors. The most common forms of plagiarism in invigilated exams are: Reproducing material committed to memory -- -- heart. Those brought up with rote learning often don't realise that reproducing such material in a written examination constitutes plagiarism if it is reproduced without attribution. In technical subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as -- -- subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as plagiarism. * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it -- * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it clear that plagiarism can occur in written examinations and explain how candidates should acknowledge sources in such examinations. Examiners are strongly advised to include an appropriate rubric on -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework There are numerous forms of assessed work which are not produced under -- -- strict examination conditions, including: dissertations, assessed essays, practical work, seminar-style presentations, and musical compositions. Cases of both plagiarism and collusion are regularly reported in these forms of assessment and some are taken to the Court of Discipline. -- -- of Discipline. 'Classic' plagiarism -- * Overview: plagiarism most commonly involves copying from the Internet, published works, lecture handouts or private communications. Work copied from the Internet can be detected by -- -- the requirements and explain that serious penalties can be imposed. In cases of supervised work, Supervisors are expected to play a role: the Proctors may ask why the plagiarism wasn’t detected before the work reached the Examiners. -- -- before the work reached the Examiners. Third-party plagiarism -- * Overview: a more troublesome form of plagiarism is the use of work commissioned from a third party. These may be purchased from organisations which supply dissertations and essays on a -- -- candidate normally submits. Review-section plagiarism -- * Overview: a common form of plagiarism, which is usually more or less innocent, occurs in review sections. A final-year dissertation may legitimately build on the work described in a dissertation -- -- permitted and what is not. Guidance on proofreading is available on the collusion pages of this website. * Treatment of cases: unlike cases of plagiarism, work produced by unauthorised collusion cannot be made good by proper attribution. The Board of Examinations has agreed that it is inappropriate to -- -- A copies from B without B's knowledge Strictly, this is plagiarism rather than collusion but plagiarism that cannot be made good by any form of attribution. It may be necessary to interview both A and B at an investigative meeting. If it is clear that -- -- This example is much like the former except that B may now be in trouble too. It should perhaps be regarded as a case of collusion rather than plagiarism. Again A should not be awarded any marks for the copied elements of the University of Birmingham Intranet > Academic Services > Student Services > Student Conduct > Plagiarism > Guidance for students -- Guidance on plagiarism for students -- In 'Plagiarism' -- * Plagiarism * Plagiarism awareness starting points * Guidance for students -- * Guidance for students * Plagiarism Information for staff * Interactive plagiarism course Back to 'Student Conduct' -- -- Back to 'Student Conduct' * Defining plagiarism * A student's responsibilities -- * A student's responsibilities * 'Accidental' plagiarism * Plagiarism-detecting software * How Schools deal with plagiarism * The Learning Agreement and plagiarism * Plagiarism and postgraduate study * Student background and plagiarism * Referral to College Misconduct Committee * Appealing the decision -- -- * Confidentiality Defining plagiarism -- Plagiarism is a form of cheating and is a serious academic offence. It arises where work submitted by a student is not their own and has been taken from another source. The original material is then hidden from -- -- or by not mentioning it at all. The most common forms of plagiarism are: * copying -- * copying * self-plagiarism (also called auto-plagiarism) * collusion * fabrication or misrepresentation -- -- * unacceptable proof-reading Plagiarism may occur in a number of other forms, as well as in conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the -- conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the plagiarism may arise from the misuse of sources outside the University. The key is proper attribution of source material. None of the -- -- activities listed above is, of itself, necessarily wrong. Plagiarism is a serious matter for the University. If not dealt with, it will ultimately devalue all University degrees to the detriment of both students and the University. It also introduces a fundamental and -- -- It should be clear from a consideration of these two key requirements why plagiarism is unacceptable. By definition, a piece of work that has been plagiarised will never be able to meet either of the above criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely -- -- criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely to be a problem with plagiarism. It is ironic that students sometimes seem to go to great lengths to -- -- in jeopardy. 'Accidental' plagiarism The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the -- -- The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the severe penalties that may be applied in cases of serious plagiarism, will be anxious to avoid inadvertently submitting plagiarised work. It is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography -- is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography and still commit plagiarism by then incorporating a significant amount of un-attributed material taken directly or indirectly (through paraphrasing) from that source into the body of the assignment. -- -- Above all, the student body is not a single grouping and the University is aware of the need for a sympathetic approach to plagiarism, particularly in the first year of undergraduate studies and where there is no conscious attempt by the student to deceive. However, this is not -- -- ensure that you have clear guidance on what is expected of you in terms of the referencing of source material. If you are worried about committing plagiarism, always seek help and advice from your tutor, supervisor or other academic advisor within your School. Members of staff are experienced in dealing with questions about proper -- -- * Endnote information and training Plagiarism-detecting software Schools are making use of software systems, in addition to the existing -- -- You should be assured that academic judgement is always brought into play when analysing the results. A School will not take action against you for plagiarism as a result of the findings of Turnitin unless it has looked very carefully at the report obtained from the software and assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will -- -- assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will be able to see the relevant report and to challenge the School's case if you are accused of plagiarism following a software-based analysis of your work. -- -- However, the University reserves the right to protect the academic integrity of its degree awards by whatever means available to it. This will benefit those students who did not plagiarise. -- How Schools deal with plagiarism This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: -- -- This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: * If an Academic Integrity Officer suspects that plagiarism may have occurred they will undertake an investigation which would normally involve considering any evidence. This may include a report -- -- the marker or invigilator; * If, following the investigation, the Academic Integrity Officer has a reasonable suspicion that plagiarism has occurred, they will invite you to respond to the allegation and you will be invited to a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); -- -- a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); * Following on from the meeting, the principal academic unit will determine the level of plagiarism (if any) that it believes has arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, -- arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, moderate plagiarism and serious plagiarism. -- The consequences of a finding that plagiarism has occurred in any of these above ways can be found under Section 6 of the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. -- -- on Academic Integrity. In cases where serious plagiarism is found, the matter will be dealt with under University Regulation Section 8 Student Conduct. -- -- You should consult the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. This provides detailed definitive information on how plagiarism is dealt with. -- -- with. The Learning Agreement and plagiarism This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for -- -- This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for your part, will not submit plagiarised work and that your School, for its part, will help and support you to avoid plagiarism. It is seen by the University as a helpful expression of good faith and intentions by both sides of the academic partnership involving you and the -- -- University. Plagiarism and postgraduate study Given that you are likely to hold a First Degree already, there is an -- -- You should be assured that your School will not, provided it is satisfied that there has not been a deliberate attempt to deceive, treat any instance of plagiarism in the early stage of your postgraduate career as a matter normally requiring the imposition of a penalty. However, you must quickly come to terms with the University's -- -- dissertation element of the programme. Student background and plagiarism The educational background of students may make unintentional -- -- The educational background of students may make unintentional plagiarism more likely. Given the diversity of student background in the University, previous experience of formal education in the UK cannot be assumed. The expectations of learning and the learning styles -- -- and circumstance, as well as by individual preferences. Student work that stays close to the original source and is therefore at risk of an allegation of plagiarism may, in some cases, be the result of: * past experience of what has proven to be successful in other academic contexts but which is now a liability to the student; -- -- The University accepts that one (or more) of the above factors may play a role in a case of alleged plagiarism. Each case will therefore be treated on its individual merits and taking account of all relevant circumstances. #University of Derby Blog » Feed University of Derby Blog » Comments Feed University of Derby Blog » How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? Comments Feed alternate alternate [tr?id=263182877367236&ev=PageView&noscript=1] -- -- + Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Home > Blog > How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? James Elander -- -- Student Life How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? -- Be it in music or writing, plagiarism – “stealing other’s ideas” – is a complicated and yet serious offence. So how can universities help students improve their writing and avoid it? Professor James Elander, Head of -- -- Psychological Research, gives his top tips. Plagiarism happens so quickly and easily in these days of ‘cut and paste’, multiple deadlines and pressure to produce excellent work. -- -- Universities, therefore, need active strategies to help students learn not to plagiarise, and one approach focuses on improving their ‘authorial identity’ – a concept I have developed with Derby PhD student Kevin Cheung, which centres on how writers see themselves as -- -- students to understand the values of integrity and transparency associated with academic writing and to write assignments without plagiarising. My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction -- -- My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction session about plagiarism. I asked myself, what is the opposite of plagiarism? Surely the answer to that is authorship and, if authorship is the desired outcome, what are the behavioural or psychological characteristics needed for students to achieve that? -- -- To qualify genuinely as the authors of their written work, students must understand the role of an author, and must be able to identify with that role. This protects them from accidental plagiarism, which often happens when students produce written work without being really in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for -- -- in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for several projects with different groups of colleagues to help students not to plagiarise. Supervised by myself and Ed Stupple in the Department of Psychology at -- -- with lecturers were used to get insights into what university lecturers think about authorial identity, and how we can get them more involved in helping students write better and avoid plagiarism. These showed that changing identity, or how one sees oneself, is -- -- When students were asked afterwards about these workshops, 86% agreed they helped them understand how to avoid plagiarism and 66% agreed they helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, -- -- helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, understanding of authorship and knowledge to avoid plagiarism. The changes were greatest for year one students, supporting the common -- -- It’s important that universities spend time speaking to their students about what plagiarism means and the impact it can have. However, rather than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like -- than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like we did, and discussing how to write assignments without plagiarising, is of much better value. -- -- We hope this research will help to guide future efforts to help students improve their writing and avoid plagiarism, and also give us a simple tool to measure how students’ change through taking part in those efforts. -- -- those efforts. Top tips to avoid plagiarism Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental -- -- Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental plagiarism. Some of these are related to the early stages of work on a written assignment: * Think about what your own position (opinion) is before you start -- -- * Put yourself in the role of the author. How to use quotations without plagiarising * Think about what point you are making with the quote; -- -- * #Derby * #higher education * #plagiarism * #Press * #psychology You are here: Home / Offices / Student and Academic Services / Exams and Assessment / Plagiarism and Collusion Info -- -- Info Plagiarism and Collusion -- * Plagiarism: Plagiarism is used as a general term to describe taking and using another’s thoughts and writings as one’s own. Plagiarism can occur not only in essays and dissertations, but also in scientific experimentation, diagrams, maps, fieldwork, computer -- -- the application of very severe penalties. Avoiding plagiarism and/or collusion -- Learning Development runs a workshop on avoiding plagiarism and has study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on -- study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on avoiding plagiarism. Your student handbook is also a useful resource for plagiarism avoidance and will set out your department's policy about identifying plagiarism. Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of -- -- Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of plagiarism and/or collusion Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Senate Regulation 11: Regulations governing -- -- Departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion: Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations -- -- Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations governing student discipline when investigating and considering allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in work that is not assessed by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of -- by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of the case by the department's Plagiarism Officer. -- Departmental level consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion may be followed by a hearing of a Student Discipline Panel if the severity of the offence or the complexity of the case deems it -- -- * See regulation 11.60 to 11.70 for full details of the University's procedures for departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in assessed work (excluding written examinations) -- -- assessed work (excluding written examinations) Departmental penalties for plagiarism/collusion: The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student -- -- The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student if he/she is found to have committed plagiarism/collusion are also defined in the regulations. A disciplinary panel has the power to impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. -- -- impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. * See regulation 11.71 to 11.75 for full details of departmental penalties for plagiarism and/or collusion (extract of regulations) Cheating in written examinations -- -- staff in your department (e.g. your Programme Director or Head of Department) without any delay if you are still unsure about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. Don't risk a penalty. * For departments: -- * For departments: Contact your Plagiarism Officer or the Secretary to the Senate Student Discipline Committee (qualoffice@le.ac.uk | x2605), for advice on the operation of Senate Regulation 11. -- -- o Undergraduate Progression and Award o Taught Postgraduate Progression and Award o Plagiarism and Collusion # Penalties o Student Results You are here Home » General Regulations » Plagiarism Sitemap -- -- + University Calendar + Academic credit system (ECTS) + Plagiarism * Course Documentation + Course handbooks -- -- * Sitemap Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is interpreted by the University as the act of presenting the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. -- -- the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. Plagiarism is considered as academically fraudulent, and an offence against University discipline. The University considers plagiarism to be a major offence, and subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- University. Visit http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism -- -- Template for Plagiarism Summary Procedure -- Calendar Statement on Plagiarism for Undergraduates - Part II, 82-91 -- Plagiarism 82 General -- -- and explicit manner, and with due acknowledgement. Plagiarism is the act of presenting the work or ideas of others as one's own, without due acknowledgement. -- one's own, without due acknowledgement. Plagiarism can arise from deliberate actions and also through careless thinking and/or methodology. The offence lies not in the attitude or intention of the perpetrator, but in the action and in its -- -- It is the responsibility of the author of any work to ensure that he/she does not commit plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered to be academically fraudulent, and an offence against academic integrity that is subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- procedures of the University. 83 Examples of Plagiarism Plagiarism can arise from actions such as: (a) copying another student's work; (b) enlisting another person or persons to complete an assignment on -- -- All the above serve only as examples and are not exhaustive. 84 Plagiarism in the context of group work Students should normally submit work done in co-operation with other students only when it is done with the full knowledge and permission of -- -- the lecturer concerned. Without this, submitting work which is the product of collusion with other students may be considered to be plagiarism. When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is -- -- When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is possible, that no work submitted by the group is plagiarised. -- 85 Self plagiarism student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one -- -- student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one assessment for credit is normally considered self-plagiarism. -- 86 Avoiding plagiarism Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice -- Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice from their lecturers, tutor or supervisor on avoiding plagiarism. All schools and departments must include, in their handbooks or other literature given to students, guidelines on the appropriate methodology -- -- for the kind of work that students will be expected to undertake. In addition, a general set of guidelines for students on avoiding plagiarism is available on http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism. -- 87 If plagiarism as referred to in §82 above is suspected, in the first instance, the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or their designate, will write to the student, and the student’s tutor -- -- 88 If the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or designate, forms the view that plagiarism has taken place, he/she must decide if the offence can be dealt with under the summary procedure set out below. In order for this summary procedure to be followed, all -- -- (a) Level 1: Student receives an informal verbal warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will be assessed and marked without penalty; -- -- (b) Level 2: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissable. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped -- not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped mark depending on the seriousness/extent of plagiarism; (c) Level 3: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. There is no opportunity for #RSS 2.0 RSS .92 Atom 0.3 Ninth Level Ireland » Plagiarism Comments Feed alternate alternate alternate -- -- Plagiarism -- Of plagiarism, little new can be written (Schwartz, The culture of the copy (1998), p. 311) -- -- “Plagiarism” is defined in various ways. The core meaning seems to be inappropriate copying of another’s ideas or expressions. An important analytical distinction is between: -- -- behaviour, whether acknowledged or not. There is no legal definition of plagiarism, though it forms part of many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often -- -- many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often described as “self-plagiarism”; and two students who hand in identical essays may both find themselves accused of plagiarism, even though the essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of -- essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of them. Many examples of plagiarism will also be examples of breach of intellectual property rights, such as copyright or droit moral / droit à la paternité. -- -- à la paternité. Objections to plagiarism are numerous, so much so that it may be doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much -- doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much that used to be called “cheating” is now labelled “plagiarism”, often confusingly. The attitude of the person whose work is copied is sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as -- -- sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as your own is objectionable whether or not the true author objects.) There is a modern tendency to define “plagiarism” quite broadly, in some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme -- -- some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme hostility to plagiarism (such as stating, inaccurately, that it is a form of theft) it can sound as if large portions of the student community are being accused of crime. -- -- community are being accused of crime. Many argue that there is now a crisis of plagiarism, even a war against plagiarism. Of course, it has always been the case that some students look for illegitimate short cuts to achieving their qualifications. Various factors are blamed for the modern “crisis”: the growth of IT -- -- for intellectual development, not an occasion for open warfare between students and their teachers; the crisis, if there is one, is not so much a “crisis of plagiarism” as a crisis of how to test core competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. -- -- competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. The very difficulties experienced in trying to define plagiarism are evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how -- evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how it is to be established; further, those who condemn “plagiarism” the loudest often seem to have a quite unrealistic idea of the level of originality that can be expected at student level. -- -- originality that can be expected at student level. Plagiarism by academics is not so much discussed, though there is a general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. -- -- general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. “Persaud’s plagiarism was dishonesty, rules medical council”). It may, as in Raj Persaud’s case, come to the attention of a relevant professional body; or it might be a matter of university internal -- -- It is in this academic context that there are complaints of self-plagiarism, that academics are accused of reproducing their own work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether -- work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether “self-plagiarism” is really the right term may be doubted. Artificially padding one’s c.v. by submitting the same article to more than one journal is certainly reprehensible, and may in some circumstances even -- -- publications. Plagiarism by students, by contrast, has become a major preoccupation of universities. The rise of IT and access to online information, which has coincided with a greater emphasis on marked coursework rather than -- -- that the material could quite properly be included in a legitimate piece of writing, if referenced in the appropriate way. Any detailed university policy on plagiarism must necessarily distinguish between disciplines, as each discipline has its own nuanced attitude to materials that may be cited and how they may be used in argument. But -- -- equally, a failure to abide by a discipline’s rules is only culpable if those rules are understood – which leads many to suspect that rampant plagiarism really represents a teaching failure, such that the rules have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. -- -- have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. Many say, then, that plagiarism is to a certain extent a cultural problem. Does this mean that it is particularly a difficulty with students whose native language is not English? Some argue precisely -- -- of suspicion that is not applied to home students. There is little incentive for non-English speakers to improve their grasp of the language if they are met with “S/He must have plagiarised, s/he doesn’t speak English that well!”. If the local attitude to plagiarism is not well understood by foreign students, then presumably at least some of the blame lies with their teachers, and so a harsh response is not -- -- If there is a cultural problem, then, it is equally to do with domestic students. Academic horror at plagiarism reflects a set of value-judgments that students do not necessarily share, and the academics’ version of what their students are supposed to be doing -- -- achieve any level of expressive freedom. Constrained by an overwhelming consensus over the ‘facts’ and established modes of knowing, students may almost be forced to plagiarise. To devise a way to operate within a disciplinary context, without plagiarising, may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – -- may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – meaning, plagiarism and power, 2006) -- (See also Bill Marsh, Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education, 2007.) -- -- make no sense to be told that a failure to paraphrase counts as dishonesty. For discussion see “It’s culture, not morality”; “Using assessment on the front-line in the battle against plagiarism”. Academic conventions in these matters are framed on an assumption that -- -- dealing with intellectual problems is to find someone who has solved the problem before and to copy their work. (Without this skill, indeed, most university plagiarism policies would never have seen the light of day.) There are indeed other skills which university degrees must teach, and there are also behaviours which must be identified as -- -- required. As it is, plagiarism is increasingly being seen as a disciplinary matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an -- -- matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an unfortunate tendency both to define plagiarism broadly (as including any failure to follow established citation conventions, even if there is no attempt to claim originality for the cited material), coupled -- -- cheats off hook”; “‘Plagiarist’ to sue university”. Much attention has been focussed on plagiarism detection software (notably TURNITIN (website¦wikipedia)), which can take some of the drudgery out of identifying copied passages, and can be a useful -- -- o Irish Law Blogs o Overpayments o Plagiarism o Quality assurance o Tenure o Sample Dissertation o Sample Dissertation Proposal Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- + Referencing + Help Guides + Plagiarism Checker + Exam Revision Guides + -- -- o PhD Help Guides o Guide to Writing an Essay Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- * Call us What plagiarism is and how to avoid it One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of -- -- One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of study is that you must not plagiarise. If this is told to you early in your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there -- -- your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there are many different definitions of plagiarism. -- Plagiarism is stealing! -- This is the simplest way to explain plagiarism, it is stealing. What's more, it's stealing of the worst kind because it's taking another's idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. -- -- idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. Schools, colleges, and universities levy severe punishments on any student caught plagiarising and, in professional life, you would be prosecuted for it - plagiarism is illegal! -- The Internet and plagiarism: The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much -- -- The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much easier to plagiarise, but it has also made it easier to detect since most schools, colleges, and universities automatically scan work against millions of other sources to try and discover whether or not a -- -- teachers - they were students once themselves and during their careers have probably encountered every trick in the book! Therefore, make no mistake about it, if you deliberately plagiarise, you will be caught. -- Accidental plagiarism: -- Usually, however, a student is not guilty of direct plagiarism but plagiarising by accident. Unfortunately, it is too easy to do this when you are carrying out extensive research. Writing notes will, undoubtedly, incorporate the ideas of others alongside your own as this -- -- over an extended period of time (as with a thesis or dissertation), then it is easy to forget where your ideas end and another's begin. This is where accidental plagiarism can easily occur. -- How to avoid plagiarism: -- A very good way to avoid accidental plagiarism is to carefully record every single reference you make in your notes and put them into a list at the end of each referencing session that you carry out. It is also -- -- it) in the referencing style required by your school, college, or university. Not only will this help you to avoid an accusation of plagiarism, it will also enable you to grow accustomed to the required referencing style of your academic institution. This way of working will also allow your reference list and/or bibliography to evolve over -- -- footnote/bibliography style (employed by referencing styles such as Oxford). It is important to get this right because, like accidental plagiarism, getting it wrong will harm your academic career. Referencing and Citation Links -- -- of misuse. It is how you use these 'model answers' that makes the difference between availing yourself of a valuable academic resource and plagiarising. The best way to use a 'model answer' from a custom essay writing -- -- website is to think of the resource as you would a book i.e. make notes from it. Some of the key points you might take as a model without plagiarising are: * Structuring * Use of evidence -- -- Do not copy any words down from sources exactly as they are written unless you intend to cite them correctly within your work, otherwise you will be plagiarising. -- The good news is that nobody could, or should, accuse you of plagiarism if you simply use a source to aid your own quality of work. You are, after all, expected to research your topic, you just need to ensure you -- -- of others. Another frustrating form of accidental plagiarism can occur when you genuinely thought an idea was your own but later find that it is replicated in a book, journal, or other resource. The only way to avoid -- -- work such like a Masters or doctoral theses. Plagiarise and you're the one who suffers: -- Remember that plagiarism is a crime and that, like all forms of cheating, it ultimately harms no-one more than it does you. The best way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. -- -- way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. Does buying an essay count as plagiarism? If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this -- -- If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this constitute as plagiarism? The act of buying the essay is perfectly legitimate. You're allowed to -- -- answer or journal article you're given to look at. If you copy the essay word for word, reorganise sections or hand it in as your own, you'll be conducting plagiarism. 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Even if a plagiarist takes the words of someone else who had written and passes -- -- creation, the fruit of the writer's hard work. As we know when we enter a word "plagiarism" in Internet we find almost 100,000 links to know the purpose of plagiarism, is a severe issue for writers, lawyers, authors, publishers, teachers, and students. Why should students think about? So what happens if a student downloads a -- -- piece of writing and hands it inside the same as his or her own. What is plagiarism? -- The word plagiarism must be important because it can change ones future and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good -- -- and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good intentions of doing it and not plagiarizing, but at times they get so besieged with the assignment leads to plagiarize. -- Defining plagiarism Definitions may be different but the central theme is copying from -- -- act of lying, cheating, and stealing." At UNC, plagiarism is "the deliberate or reckless representation of another's word, thoughts, or ideas as one's own without attribution about submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise." -- -- (Instrument of Student Judicial Governance,) Because it is considered a form of cheating, the Office of the Dean of Students can punish students who plagiarize with course failure and suspension. -- The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the act of plagiarism as:"To steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". -- steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". Plagiarism is "a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work." -- -- 2. Results or findings Cost of plagiarism The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of -- -- The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of intellectual creation of mind is illegal according to the intellectual property law. The plagiarism laws are there to protect the intellectual ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught -- ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught in plagiarizing, not only you will be removed from course and institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students -- institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students in the UK were expelled in 2007 for plagiarism offences". (2) -- Forms of plagiarism -- On purpose plagiarism: it states that using of someone's work for time since his/her own work -- -- If once tutor started reading the task and ends that you have just copied from a book which I have already read it earlier. This type of plagiarism can be done on purpose and it will not work. Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we -- -- Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we read more books and form points and patch them together could be easily detectable, unfair and can be Accomplice by online plagiarism Bluffing: Reading texts, picking few phrases and writing them different -- -- Stitching sources: when complete task is mentioned correctly and cited even then student needs to develop analytical skills because they need to produce work truly as their own. So this is still plagiarism due to inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of -- inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of plagiarism. -- All these types of plagiarism should be avoided at all cost lesser or greater. -- -- Methods of awareness: Why student committed to plagiarism: Many of the students are committed plagiarism because of improper time management or fear about the language and writing skills, poor knowledge regarding the subject. Some of us having thrill about breaking the rules and unawareness towards -- -- the assignments and most of them causes by laziness. Educate you self about plagiarism: Copying a text from the Internet or online or e database will have the important text and type of cite that we are using for academic research papers that are estimated. If you -- -- leads to a high standard than the conclusion and introduction, because the introduction and conclusion are frequently written by a student. Improper citation is also Leads to plagiarism because of some students copy the text from Internet and shows the matter into quotations by giving wrong references. -- -- Before to start working with assignments first find the appropriate source for referencing and arrange the matter according to the way that you studied. Other method is to detect the plagiarism by some software's that are available to detect. -- -- location where you copied. How to avoid plagiarism: -- Plagiarism is avoided by the following four methods. They are, Effective note taking habits, before you start doing assignment write -- -- 4. Conclusion and recommendation As stated that plagiarism is a rising problem in schools, colleges and universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. -- universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. "It is true plagiarism is sometimes ignored by academic institutions because students mean money and in the current financial climate, -- because students mean money and in the current financial climate, no-one wants to lose students". This doesn't mean that plagiarism is okay even your academic body doesn't understand it. Plagiarism finally states never fool yourself. -- -- states never fool yourself. The fear of plagiarism is that need to understand the difference among discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. It is -- discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. It is possible to avoid plagiarism by using resources effectively like use of tutor's, presentations, reading essays and textbooks and Internet. -- -- Cheating is not crime However, you should be conscious when caught in plagiarizing ultimately, no-one gains from it because it would be worthless of the belief in academic institution. -- -- + Study Guides * Part of All Answers Ltd + Viper the anti-plagiarism checker + Law Teacher Logo + Academic Knowledge Logo Q. It is often claimed that companies like yours encourage cheating. How do you respond? Q. How do I know that the work you provide hasn’t been plagiarised? Q. How should I use the model essay I order from you? Q. 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The Human Rights Act 1998 is also available to ensure that the student -- -- Higher Education Law Solicitors Links * Academic Dishonesty and fitness to practice * Plagiarism * University Grievance Procedure including Breach of Contract Claims * Lawyers who are experts in Academic Appeals and the OIA #LRB blog RSS Feed LRB blog Atom Feed LRB blog » On Being Plagiarised Comments Feed First Person Singular Hochwasser in Passau alternate alternate -- -- « Previous | Home | Next » On Being Plagiarised Charles Hartman 6 June 2013 -- -- Charles Hartman 6 June 2013 Tags: plagiarism | poetry On 17 May I received an email from a stranger in Qatar, telling me that -- -- On 17 May I received an email from a stranger in Qatar, telling me that someone in England had plagiarised one of my poems. Patty Paine, who teaches at the campus I did not know Virginia Commonwealth University has in Doha, and edits Diode, an online poetry magazine, pointed me to -- -- Mortification was expressed at every turn. The editors of targeted publications are in some ways more obviously victims than the poets plagiarised. My first reaction was: what a dim thing to do these days. The tracking -- -- learn such a thing than to find out whether a particular poem has been published under more than one author’s name. It took me slightly longer to see why this response felt so off the mark. But of course plagiarism isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve -- isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve watched someone else go through. Defining plagiarism is trickier than you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other -- you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other kinds of copying (allusion, quotation) fairly easily: it’s plagiarism if the copyist hopes no one will notice. -- -- before he had the pleasure of pointing it out to me. This is probably relatively common, conscious or not. Still, I can’t bring myself to really care. Plagiarism has always seemed to me more pathetic than criminal. Log in to Reply -- -- 2. Timothy Rogers says: 13 June 2013 at 6:53 pm There’s a humorous side to plagiarized poetry, especially when it can be tied into the follies (or impostures) of youth. Here’s an illustrative story. When I was in the ninth grade in 1963 our #UK Human Rights Blog » Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Comments Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste Comments Feed Bipolar patient has capacity to decide to terminate pregnancy Right to Blog, Lord Chancellor’s Legacy and -- -- May 26, 2013 by David Hart QC Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste CutandPaste Crinion v. IG Markets [2013] EWCA (Civ) 587 read judgment -- -- Mr Mustafa, the Masters student at QMC in the second case, did rather less well; he tried to get a finding of plagiarism reversed by the Independent Adjudicator. Males J, after commencing his judgment on a judicial review from this refusal thus: -- -- The Harvard academic and songwriter Tom Lehrer recommended plagiarism as the route to academic success, wealth and fame, but his tongue was firmly in his cheek, -- -- proceeded to decide that (a) most questions of plagiarism involved some degree of academic judgment; -- -- Crimes – The Human Rights Roundup → 6 thoughts on “Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste” 1. A100plus | May 26, 2013 at 1:07 pm -- -- another 3 or 4 years … 2. Lofthouse Jnr. | May 26, 2013 at 3:46 pm Allegations of academic plagiarism tend to involve lecturers running essays through SEO tools like -- running essays through SEO tools like http://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ but these rely on other content being posted on the internet (like the ‘dodgy dossier’ was) #Sunfish » Feed Sunfish » Comments Feed Sunfish » Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Comments Feed 99 Outrageously Simple Openings For Emails Your Reader Will Be Powerless To Resist 12 steps to saying sorry -- -- * Contact us Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook -- -- Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook Plagiarism. For us writers, it’s an ugly word. -- -- joy, obviously. But is it really plagiarism? And what is plagiarism anyway? -- Plagiarism is an ethical offence, not a legal one -- I defer, as usual to the OED, which defines plagiarism thus: To take, use and/or pass off the thoughts, writings, inventions etc of -- -- Notice that it doesn’t say ‘copy’. Nor is the offence reserved exclusively for taking writing. You can plagiarise someone else’s ideas. -- -- ideas. Plagiarism is also an ethical offence, not a legal one. There is no legal remedy. -- -- I found myself in this unwelcome situation recently (of the plagiarised, I mean). I clicked a link in a fellow copywriter’s tweet to a blog post whose -- -- content, style, tone and, in some cases, entire phrases, of my post. So, it passed the first part of the plagiarism test. It took my ideas and writings. -- -- In this particular case I didn’t feel my reputation or commercial fortunes were damaged by the plagiarism. I had very little to gain for seeking any sort of remedy. And, to be -- -- But what about if it happens to you? What then? 15 steps you should take if you think you’ve been plagiarised Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a -- -- Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a potential act of plagiarism. First, get answers to these seven questions: -- -- To what extent? 6 Are you being damaged in any way by the plagiarism (other than wounded pride)? -- -- The more times you answer yes, the more likely the act is to be plagiarism. Let’s say you feel you have a case to make. Here are the eight steps -- -- Post Comment 1. Good advice. I once plagiarised an article without realising it. I published a press release, which I assumed to be public domain. It turned out that the PR person who had written the press release #RSS Feed Plagiarism Checker | WriteCheck by Turnitin * Features -- -- Get Started Now! Plagiarism in the UK In the United Kingdom, the Channel 4 news program Dispatches aired a -- -- Though much of the segment focused on cheating on standardized tests, the network used Freedom of Information requests to also gain access to statistics on plagiarism at universities in the country. According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been -- -- According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been accused of plagiarism in the past four years, of which some 40,000 were disciplined. Of those disciplined, 400 were expelled (excluded) and another 12,000 had a deduction in their grades. -- -- Those statistics are interesting for a variety of reasons. First is that, while the majority of plagiarism cases did result in disciplinary action, a full third did not. How many of these cases were because of the student being exonerated versus a decision that it didn’t warrant -- -- Still, this means that, in the UK at least, punishment for an alleged plagiarism infraction is far from automatic, resulting in a punishment rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of -- rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of plagiarism, they are more favorable than those faced by those accused of actual crimes. District attorneys in the United States, for example, routinely see conviction rates well above 90%. -- -- It’s also worth noting that only one fifth of the students accused of plagiarism suffered a reduction in their grades and only .6% of all students accused of plagiarism were expelled. This means that, in the UK, an allegation of plagiarism does not automatically mean a grade reduction, much less an expulsion. Those are actually very unlikely outcomes. -- -- However, perhaps most interesting is that the number of students accused of plagiarism is significantly smaller than the number who likely actually do it. A recent survey of college students in the U.S. showed that 38% of undergraduates and 25% of graduates admitted to -- -- While the United States is a different country, even if the UK rate of plagiarism is just 20% that means the vast majority of students who plagiarized never even faced an accusation. This is because there are approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means -- approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means approximately 2.6% were accused of plagiarism. That number, 2.6%, feels both extraordinarily high and extraordinarily -- -- low at the same time. On one hand, it’s stunning to think that, on average, in every class of 38 students, one will face allegations of plagiarism. On the other hand, given the high rate of admitted plagiarism, it means that the amount detected truly is just the tip of the iceberg. -- -- More than anything, the Channel 4 report shows just how complex the problem of plagiarism in universities is and. more importantly, how deep the issue runs. -- -- Fortunately, while there are no easy solutions to this problem, universities in the UK have made great strides in the fight. Not only have they adopted plagiarism policies and the use of plagiarism-detection software nationwide, but they’ve nearly cut in half the number of papers with high similarity rates turned in over the first 10 years of the program. -- -- first 10 years of the program. Still, as these statistics show, the battle against plagiarism is not a sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but -- -- sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but all areas of plagiarism policy. Further, it requires regular analysis to ensure that it’s working as designed so that adjustments can be made as time goes on. -- -- Fortunately, that is what the UK is doing and that’s why we have such powerful statistics from it. That data, in the end, is powerful and, as shown above, indicates the UK is turning the tide against plagiarism, even if there is still much work to be done. -- -- The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today, and do not reflect the opinions of WriteCheck. -- WriteCheck. 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Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, -- -- activities. Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, there is also evidence that a generation brought up using the Internet has very different views on what constitutes ‘plagiarism’. -- Plagiarism is usually seen as being ‘wrong’, ‘immoral’ or at least undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the -- -- undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the learning process. Furthermore, ‘plagiarism’ should not be confused with ‘copyright’, as what may be plagiarism is not necessarily copyright infringement. Thus while plagiarism is often ‘unlawful’ it may not always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute -- always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute ‘plagiarism’, such as the improper referencing of sources in student essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for -- -- essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for plagiarism, and the academic and professional penalties that can be imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. -- -- imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. SECTION ONE – TYPES OF PLAGIARISM Definitions -- -- Definitions The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines ‘plagiarism’ as ‘to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: to use (another's production) without crediting the source: to commit literary -- -- The word ‘plagiarist’ is derived from the Latin word ‘plagiarus’, meaning, ‘kidnapper’^3. Yet as we shall see, plagiarism does not need to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans -- to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans points out: ‘Everyone seems to know [plagiarism] is wrong... but few know how to completely define it’^4. -- -- know how to completely define it’^4. Oxford University states that plagiarism is ‘the copying or paraphrasing of other people’s work or ideas into your own work without full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. -- -- full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. It also includes ‘collusion’, i.e. the unauthorised working with others. The university states that students may be guilty of plagiarism even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This -- even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This suggests that ‘plagiarism’ is an all-embracing term that covers a huge variety of activities. -- -- variety of activities. Types of plagiarism The Harvard Guide to Using Sources^7 provides useful examples of -- -- unacceptable conduct. Many of these involve the practice of ‘cutting and pasting’ from electronic sources such as the Internet^8. The Guide divides plagiarisms into several different types. -- The first is ‘Verbatim plagiarism’. This is word for word copying from another source without placing the copied text in quotation marks and providing a clear citation, i.e. an acknowledgement of where the -- -- material came from. Another category is ‘Mosaic plagiarism’^9. This involves copying parts of another’s material but changing a few words here and there without placing the material in quotes or providing a citation. The Guide -- -- An example can be found in How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, an unpublished novel Kaavya Viswanathan, which was found to contain numerous instances of plagiarism, notably from two previously published books by author Megan McCafferty^10. -- -- first in a long string of boyfriends got on.’^12 Here, mosaic plagiarism can be seen in the way certain words are changed while others are left unaltered. The result is very close to the original in its expression. -- -- the original in its expression. ‘Inadequate paraphrasing’ is a similar type of plagiarism where the student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a -- -- student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a citation, this is not enough to prevent plagiarism. The new passage must instead restate the original work using completely new words. The Guide suggests that students should make accurate notes of the original -- -- citation immediately afterwards^15. Other types of plagiarism can include providing inaccurate information about the sources in citations and using too many sources without enough interconnecting original material, with the result that the -- -- paper contains almost no original work^16. Another type of plagiarism is ‘self-plagiarism’. This is a practice mainly found among academics where the author recycles their own work, ‘dressing up’ old research to make it appear original and new^17, and -- -- Problems with definitions However, though examples of plagiarism are numerous, there is much disagreement about when the rules should apply. -- -- topics which a first year undergraduate may be ignorant of. Similarly, arts students tend to cite things differently than science students^19. This undermines any solid definitions of plagiarism. -- Another problem when defining plagiarism is that educational institutions’ plagiarism policies tend to give students more leeway in examinations. For instance, Yale College’s plagiarism guide states that for its purposes the term ‘plagiarism’ will be usually confined to coursework only^20. -- -- Administrators (an advisory body for institutions providing writing programs) takes the view that institutions should treat intentional and unintentional plagiarism differently^21. They state that if a student tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be -- -- tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be classed as ‘plagiarism’^22. In fact, they regard it as part of the natural learning process for students. They also state that using ‘common knowledge’ is acceptable. However this again does not address -- -- acknowledgment^24. This definition appears self-contradictory, as it recognizes that some institutions and even academic programmes define ‘plagiarism’ differently. What use then is the definition? Such definitions are unhelpful and serve only to confuse the issue. -- -- is part of the learning process, where students assimilate phrases, terminology and ideas to gain understanding of a particular subject. However she states that this is still plagiarism, regardless of whether the student acknowledges their sources^26. -- -- If that wasn’t enough for the student to contend with, there is evidence to suggest that the present generation of students views ‘plagiarism’ differently from previous generations. In American colleges 68% of all students admit cutting and pasting from the Internet without giving acknowledgments^27. Blum suggests that this -- -- forms part of a cultural pattern. McCabe and Trevino also note that this ‘may be due to a changing definition among students of what constitutes plagiarism’, particularly when it comes it paraphrasing^28. Blum says: ‘Contemporary students are swimming in a sea of texts’^29. -- -- Contrasted to this, the academic world has strict rules on referencing even when direct quotations are not used. This may explain the rise in the amount of plagiarism seen in colleges and universities recently. Conclusion -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. It can encompass a wide variety of activities, not all of which involve professional ‘cheating’. Unintentional plagiarism can also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as -- -- also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as ‘plagiarism’. A problem for students is that some disciplines and forms of assessment are more stringent than others. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot -- -- some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot when they are plagiarizing another’s work. -- Copyright symbol SECTION TWO – Plagiarism v Copyright UK law -- -- to exploit a work^30. The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) governs UK copyright law. One of the main differences between copyright and plagiarism is that copyright generally does not protect ideas, only the expression of those ideas. However this distinction is not as clear cut as it sounds. -- -- What is copyright? Plagiarism covers a variety of material. It includes academic papers, professional publications, works of fiction and even scientific formulae. In short, where there is any potential for the use of -- -- recorded in some permanent form, such as in writing^42. Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright is that copyright only lasts for a fixed period. For original works this is seventy years from the death of the author^43, while for sound -- -- arrangements last for twenty-five years^45. If a work’s copyright expires it becomes ‘public domain’ and can be used freely without a licence. By contrast, plagiarism is not concerned with whether a source is public domain or not, but whether it has been adequately referenced. -- -- Infringement Plagiarism policies and copyright law both cover a wide variety of activities. However copyright law is more rigid, in that it sets out what activities may constitute copyright infringement. -- -- work to the public, adapting the work or authorizing any of these acts to be done without a licence There is no need to show any intention on the part of the infringer. Therefore, as with plagiarism, infringement may be unintentional. -- -- author^46, or joint authors if there are more than one^47, of by the author’s employer if the work was created during the course of their employment^48. This is unlike plagiarism, where it does not matter whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone -- whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone else to produce a piece of work may be plagiarism in itself^49. How much can be copied? -- -- How much can be copied? Plagiarism policies allow for some copying provided that any text lifted from the original is surrounded in quotation marks and referenced properly^50. Similarly, you can legally copy material from a -- -- that the work must originate from its creator and not be copied from somewhere else^54. One of the consequences of this is that facts cannot generally be protected. This contrasts with plagiarism, which suggests that it is the failure to say where the facts came from that incurs a penalty^55. -- -- Sufficient acknowledgment Plagiarism is concerned with originality of work. For instance, plagiarists who recycle old ideas are criticized for undermining the pursuit of original knowledge and enriching themselves, sometimes at -- -- Publication: does it matter? Plagiarism does not require anything to be made public. However, except for ‘copying’, copyright infringement must involve the work being made available to the public^59. Bainbridge notes that the approach courts -- -- Ideas v Expression Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, -- is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, not the ideas behind it. Plagiarism however, can be committed by stealing ideas as well as by copying text. -- -- Saunders states that this means that an academic can copy ideas from someone else’s work, as long as he presents them in an original way. Such behaviour may be plagiarism, but it is not copyright infringement^63. -- -- copyright infringement^74. Therefore if you reproduce a section of an original work without crediting the author, you may also violate this right as well as commit plagiarism. Under s.80(1) CDPA 1988, an author or director also has a right to -- -- Conclusion Therefore copyright infringement in the UK differs from plagiarism in that only certain works are protected for a limited duration. Infringement also requires that the amount used from the copyright work -- -- family^87. This is all very different from the position regarding plagiarism, where it does not matter if the work is public domain or not. -- -- Moral Rights in the US are much more limited than in the UK, and are of little assistance to the copyright owner in preventing plagiarism. Authors in the US have rights of paternity and integrity similar to -- -- unscripted portions of the film are written down verbatim. Such use may well not infringe copyright. This is, of course, different to plagiarism, which includes non-literal copying from any source. There must also be ‘substantial similarity’ between the infringing copy -- -- to reproducing or exhibiting work, communicating work to public, and falsely attributing work to the author. This covers all possible forms of plagiarism and may be an alternative remedy to infringement for plagiarized authors. However these rights are more limited than in English law. The rights -- -- i) ‘ILLEGAL’ v ‘UNLAWFUL’ Plagiarism may be unlawful, but it is not necessarily illegal. Although these two terms are often used interchangeably, they do have different technical meanings. “Illegal” has been defined as an act’ which the law -- -- Therefore to infringe copyright is to violate law and commit an ‘illegal’ act. However while plagiarism is considered unethical, it is not ‘illegal’ unless it also infringes copyright or some other rule of law. -- -- law. In fact, some plagiarisms may not even be unlawful, as even plagiarized work is capable of subsisting in copyright. A plagiarized essay still qualifies as a literary work under the CDPA 1988 even if it has not been created to academic standards. The plagiarist would still be able -- -- students. For purely academic work, the UK law does not require that source material be acknowledged. However this will not protect students from allegations of plagiarism. Someone writing an essay or journal article may claim they are writing -- -- Conclusion Plagiarism is therefore be illegal only if it infringes copyright or some other law. Even infringement may be lawful if it amounts to ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. The UK law provides little certainty on the -- -- This makes cases hard to predict in the UK and the US. SECTION SIX – CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES -- -- i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES If plagiarism involves a violation of copyright law, the infringer may commit criminal offences. -- -- dishonestly make a representation with a view to causing gain or loss to anyone^176, for instance, if an academic secures a publishing advance for an original article but delivers a plagiarized version. Australia -- -- where the origins of a work have been deliberately disguised, such as by removing copyright notices or modifying it so it cannot be recognized^187. This may apply to plagiarized written work. Australia -- -- Even if a plagiarist escapes civil or criminal sanctions, they may still face serious consequences. Plagiarism can result in the cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have -- -- cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have plagiarized several works, including those by Megan McCafferty and Salman Rushdie , the publishers cancelled her publishing contract ^198. The publisher may also ban the author in the future and withdraw copies -- -- author to provide a warranty that their work is original^200 Plagiarism can cause severe embarrassment and damage the copier’s career and good standing in the academic community. The publisher may complain to the academic’s departmental head, resulting in internal -- -- governed by the Human Rights Act 1998, which enshrines the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law^206. University Disciplinary Committees decide what penalties to impose on students for plagiarism. These are distinct from Examination Boards, which grade students based on their academic performance. Disciplinary Committees are subject to -- -- In one recent case, a student accused his university of negligence for failing to bring plagiarism to his notice. Michael Gunn sued the University of Kent for failing him for plagiarism days before he was due to graduate, having said nothing about this while he carried on his studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation -- -- studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation for changing a student’s grade after they have graduated on grounds of plagiarism^212. -- Plagiarism policies may discriminate against students from overseas. The JISC recognizes that for some students, such as those who are home-schooled, reproducing large amounts of text is a way of showing -- -- under the Human Rights Act 1998. Many academic institutions also utilize plagiarism detection sites and software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and -- software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and plagiarismchecker.net. In the USA, their use has already sparked a court case. In AV v iParadigms LLC^217, high school students in Virginia and Arizona sued Turnitin.com’s owners, iParadigms. The -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright -- process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright infringement and plagiarism are not the same thing, and one may be a plagiarist without infringing copyright, and vice versa. While there are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are -- -- are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are generally less well protected in the US and Australia. Also, moral rights are much weaker in these two countries. Plagiarism is not always illegal, thanks to defences such as ‘fair use’. However what is ‘fair’ can be very hard to pin down, and the potential infringer would be well -- -- advised to always err on the side of caution. There are severe criminal and civil penalties for commercial copyright infringement, and plagiarism can also have damaging academic and professional consequences. However, in a culture that is becoming increasingly reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next -- -- reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next generation of scholars may well have very different ideas about what is ‘plagiarism’. One answer would be to change the way university courses are taught, placing less reliance on traditional essay-writing, which encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly -- -- encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly different form. Instead universities appear to be resorting to technology themselves to stamp out plagiarism. Whether these methods are legal themselves remains to be seen. -- -- Blum, S, My Word! 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Plagiarism and College Culture, Cornell University Press, New York, 2009, p.1. -- -- de=402598>. 57 J Saunders, ‘Plagiarism and the law: a guide to plagiarism and the law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, -- law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, , p.2. 58 [2007] EWCA Civ 247. -- -- 86 Ibid. 87 R King, Understanding Copyright Law, Fair Use, Plagiarism and Public Domain, King & Associates, Arizona, 2012 (e-book). -- -- Features * Plagiarism detection * Plagiarism checker reviews * Types of plagiarism * Is plagiarism illegal? * Plagiarism articles * Ask the Doctor -- * Ask the Doctor * Plagiarism pictures * Plagiarism scanner (BETA) Guides -- -- * Referencing guides * Lesson plans * NEW: Free plagiarism workbook (PDF) About -- -- About PlagiarismChecker.net is the free website for plagiarism software, reviews, articles, lesson plans and commentary on detection methods. -- -- XML | TXT | HTML | ROR | Images © Copyright 2015 by PlagiarismChecker.net. 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You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be -- -- You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be familiar with the definition, investigation process and potential implications regarding plagiarism and collusion. Plagarism -- -- Collusion A form of plagiarism that involves unauthorised co-operation between at least two people with the intent to deliberately mislead or deceive -- -- * allowing work to be copied e.g. posting written coursework on social networking sites prior to an assessment * The offence of encouraging or enabling plagiarism includes the act of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done -- of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done with the intention of enabling or encouraging plagiarism. Investigation process -- -- Investigation process In all suspected cases of Plagiarism and/ or Collusion, the centre is required to notify the awarding organisation within 10 working days. -- -- City & Guilds ILM: Plagiarism, Collusion and Cheating Policy OCR: Joint Council for Qualifications Suspected Malpractice in -- -- + Information, advice and guidance statement of service + Learner charter + Plagiarism and Collusion Your questions * What is academic integrity? * What is plagiarism? * How do I avoid plagiarism? * What is referencing? * Why should I reference? -- -- Students working together where this is not permitted, with the intention of gaining an unfair advantage or cheating in the preparation of coursework. A form of plagiarism. See also collaboration. Common knowledge -- -- * exam techniques (eg preparation, timing, etc). Plagiarism In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas -- -- In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas or writings as your own without acknowledgement. In an academic context (see page What is is plagiarism?). This includes taking another person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of -- -- person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of plagiarism in the General Regulations Appendix A: * reproducing in any work submitted for assessment or review(for example, examination answers, essays, project reports, -- -- Turnitin In full this refers to the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software supplied under license from Turnitin UK . Submitted work is matched against a database of previously submitted work from every institution -- -- which subscribes to Turnitin, (including international institutions); current and archived internet pages and databases of journals and periodicals (Gale and Emerald). Turnitin does not detect plagiarism: it is a text-matching software which provides a report on whether a student's work is original (no matching text) or unoriginal. All * PlagiarismDetection.org * plans & pricing -- -- * login Reliable plagiarism detector -- Fast and accurate plagiarism checker for teachers, students, publishers, bloggers. Since 2008. -- -- bloggers. Since 2008. Plagiarism prevention in Europe -- Plagiarism is a controversial issue in institutions of higher learning across Europe. Various views have been raised concerning this topic vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different -- -- vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different European countries. It is prudent to understand what each country perceives regarding plagiarism for the sake of students who wish to study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the -- study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the plagiarism policy means in countries such as Poland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought -- -- Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought about the definition of plagiarism, different answers were gathered. This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various -- This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various attitudes towards plagiarism. According to the respondents, students from Czech Republic highlighted that plagiarism simply meant “copying without referencing the original author”. British students simply stated that it had something to do with “taking another person’s work -- -- simply meant “copying”. Polish answers were a bit long making reference to intellectual property rights, illegal, copying and cheating. Plagiarism policy in Europe has had different opinions. This may be attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to -- attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to measures taken by institutions to control and prevent plagiarism. As much as the situation may look similar in most countries, a few scenarios differ. A clear similarity is apparent between Cyprus and the -- -- academic writing. Most universities and colleges in the US and UK report high cases of plagiarism despite plagiarism checkers put in place to avoid it. A number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students -- number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students and lecturers concerning plagiarism. Despite having these guidelines, originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding -- originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding what really constitutes plagiarism. In some instances, poor academic discipline may qualify as plagiarism as opposed to the actual misconduct. This has been labeled as a demeaning factor in achieving consistency among institutions of higher learning. -- -- In 2012 an anonymous survey of 617 students conducted at the University of Graz in Austria showed that about one-third students reported that they had already plagiarized at least once. Reasons for plagiarism were comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 -- comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 percent), unintended plagiarism (34 percent) and uncertainty about the source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that -- source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that "comfort", which primary reason for students to plagiarize is indeed lack of a plagiarism checker being used by teachers to control works submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and -- -- submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and the UK have adopted plagiarism detectors. In the UK, much emphasis has been relayed on penalties on students who plagiarize. Universities in the US are quite strict on matters of plagiarism hence prompting students to pay attention to details when attributing works. In contrast with Europe, university students in the US are constantly -- -- reference list and parenthesis on materials cited in the text. To some extent, these attribution systems have managed to streamline issues of plagiarism as well as bring consistency in the US. Institutions of higher learning in both countries have equally faced challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public -- -- challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public domain. In the current era of information explosion, more knowledge is becoming common hence presenting the challenge on what is plagiarized or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, -- or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, plagiarism checkers think otherwise. On the contrary, it is easier to assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and -- assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and does not require citing. In the overall, plagiarism is still an issue to solve in many countries given the fact that knowledge is dynamic. -- -- all articles * Academic plagiarism * Checker supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish languages. -- -- * Twitter+ © 2008-2018 PlagiarismDetection.org ____________________ Student Circus Blog Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments -- -- Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? 14 Nov,2016 -- -- 14 Nov,2016 Plagiarism is a foreign word for most of the international students coming to the UK. Plagiarism means copying someone else’s ideas or work and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are -- -- and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are found to be plagiarising your content, you could fail the exam or assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian -- -- assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian countries, plagiarism is not strictly enforced or frowned upon, which leads to complacency and lack of knowledge of plagiarism when students go to west for further education. Plagiarism can be of various types such as*: a.Copying or paraphrasing text from websites, articles, research -- -- c.Duplicating your work, for instance by submitting almost the same work for two different tasks. So, how to avoid plagiarism? The answer is referencing, paraphrasing and citing the sources. The most common citation styles are as follows: -- -- marks. *Avoiding plagiarism: A guide for international students. (n.d.). Retrieved from -- Retrieved from http://www.educationuk.org/india/articles/avoiding-plagiarism-guide-for -international-students/ Disclaimer: www.studentcircus.com (Student Circus UK ) is not #Teaching Matters blog » Feed Teaching Matters blog » Comments Feed Teaching Matters blog » Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? Comments Feed Exploring research-led teaching at Senate Training and support for postgraduate students who teach (PGWT) alternate -- -- 27th July 20175th September 2017IAD user Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? PhD nightmare crop Poor academic practice and academic misconduct cases -- -- occur and the consequences are potentially catastrophic and extremely distressing for all concerned. Cases we are aware of have involved the external examiner identifying plagiarised material with an almost forensic level of rigor – exactly what we expect of any external examiners doing their job. It has struck us that there is currently an -- -- Our pilot of this approach has already proved valuable by identifying patterns of poor scholarship including plagiarism among year 1 progression papers; issues we have identified would definitely land students in trouble if they had submitted work for UG or taught PG -- -- of Turnitin. Undetected problems could persist within a final submitted thesis and this could be catastrophic; in 2013 the Education Minister for Germany had their PhD rescinded because of plagiarised content. PhD theses are still a special case and the nature of similarity needs Written on May 23 2013. Misconception 15: Turnitin employs legions of writing experts to read and evaluate papers for plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin receives over 200,000 papers daily, and no human reads the papers at Turnitin. All papers are processed by our -- -- Reality: Turnitin matches text similarity and does not grade papers for the instructors. It is up to the instructor and/or student to determine whether the assignment exhibits plagiarism. Misconception 13: Turnitin has expertise in plagiarism and can render judgment on specific cases. 
Reality: There is no "threshold" Similarity Index that is either -- -- at the Originality Report. Misconception 3: The "Similarity Index" shows the percentage of paper that is plagiarized.
 Reality: The Similarity Index is just a percentage of material in the paper that matches sources in the Turnitin databases. Text that is -- -- Instructors can decide to let their students see their reports, do re-submissions, get revised reports -- or not. Misconception 1: Turnitin detects plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin matches to text in our databases and leaves the judgment up to the instructor. As mentioned above, instructors MUST Blog Is Recycling Your Own Work Plagiarism? Written on July 20 2016. -- -- Written on July 20 2016. [self-plagiarism-blog-image.png] This post is excerpted from an article originally published on -- -- Writers often claim that because they are the authors, they can reuse their work, either in full or in excerpts, over and over again. How can republishing one’s own work be defined as plagiarism if the author has only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the -- only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the definition of self-plagiarism, how it crosses into copyright laws and ethical issues, and the different ways an author can avoid this increasingly controversial act of scholarly misconduct. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ What is Self-plagiarism? Let's look at one scenario: Leslie is an assistant professor going -- -- number of publications for tenure, but from the same work. Doing so, Leslie might commit what Scanlon (2007) calls “academic fraud,” a form of selfplagiarism (pg. 57). -- Self-plagiarism is defined as a type of plagiarism in which the writer republishes a work in its entirety or reuses portions of a previously written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that -- -- written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that because they are the authors, they can use the work again as they wish; they can’t really plagiarize themselves because they are not taking any words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on -- words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on whether self-plagiarism is possible, the ethical issue of self-plagiarism is significant, especially because self-plagiarism can infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of -- infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of plagiarism do not account for self-plagiarism, so writers may be unaware of the ethics and laws involved in reusing or repurposing texts. -- -- texts. The American Psychological Association (2010) explains how plagiarism differs from self-plagiarism: “Whereas plagiarism refers to the practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of -- practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of others, self-plagiarism refers to the practice of presenting one’s own previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). -- -- previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). As Roig (2006) suggests, self-plagiarism occurs “when authors reuse their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared -- -- their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared elsewhere” (pg. 16). Roig identifies a few types of self-plagiarism: * Republishing the same paper that is published elsewhere without notifying the reader nor publisher of the journal -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Definitions of Plagiarism -- The question of whether self-plagiarism exists or not—is it possible to plagiarize oneself?—is rooted in the definition of plagiarism. Plagiarism is typically defined as stealing the work of another and presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary -- presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary (2011) defines plagiarism as taking the work of another as “literary theft.” The verb to “plagiarize” is defined as: * “To take and use as one's own (the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another person);” -- -- According to the OED definition, in the strict sense recycling papers would not be plagiarism. -- However, Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2011) defines to “plagiarize” similarly with the addition description in the second definition below: * To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: -- -- So, in the Webster definition, recycling one’s own papers would fall under “to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source” and is, therefore, considered plagiarism. But what is more important than the definition of plagiarism, and whether it is possible to “self-plagiarize,” is the ethics behind self-plagiarism. __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Ethical Issues of Self-plagiarism -- Publications manuals have a set standard regarding self-plagiarism. When an author publishes in a journal, the author often signs over rights to the publisher; thus, copyright infringement is possible if an -- -- Biomedical journals in particular have had significant problems with copyright due to self-plagiarism and many have taken a stance against the practice in publication. Some have gone so far as to request the author’s previous manuscripts to ensure that the work is original (Roig -- -- It seems that even the American Psychological Association (APA) has taken a recent position against the practice by addressing self-plagiarism in the 2010 sixth edition of the publication manual, a discussion, which is absent from previous editions. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Avoiding Self-plagiarism Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for -- -- Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for avoiding plagiarism, four of which deal specifically with self-plagiarism, as follows: * Guideline 10: Authors who submit a manuscript for publication containing data, reviews, conclusions, etc., that have already been -- -- that is subsequently presented as a new study is an equally serious ethical breach. * Guideline 12: Because some instances of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and even some writing practices that might otherwise be acceptable (e.g., extensive paraphrasing or quoting of key elements of a book) can constitute copyright infringement, -- -- Technology like iThenticate by Turnitin is another way to avoid self-plagiarism. By comparing written work against the largest database of scholarly, full-text content, authors and researchers can screen their work prior to publication submission and organizations can -- -- Conclusion The issue of self-plagiarism is becoming more and more prevalent, and some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, -- some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, have seen a rising trend in self-plagiarism. The APA publication manual has no discussion of self-plagiarism in its fifth edition, but addresses it twice in the sixth edition, perhaps to prevent such practices. Organizations and individual authors and researchers can -- -- take preventative measures in their writing practices and editing processes, including the use of technology that helps detect potential self-plagiarism before submitting their work for publication. References -- -- Style Chicago. 16th Edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. * “Plagiarize.” (2011). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com. -- http://www.merriam-webster.com. * “Plagiarism, n.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed.). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * “Plagiarize, v.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed. ). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * Roig, Miguel. (2006). Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. -- other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. Retrieved from http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/plagiarism.doc * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in -- -- * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification, 57-66. * Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright. (2010). Copyright. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Copyright Office. Retrived from Programme of activities/ Academic integrity and plagiarism/ -- Academic integrity and plagiarism [icon-twitter-rounded.png] [icon-facebook-rounded.png] -- -- Protecting, developing and enhancing academic integrity in general is the second theme for action, with a particular focus to the issue of plagiarism. Higher education has indeed its own particularities and potential -- -- Another activity under this priority line would be the organisation of a specific seminar on plagiarism, which could be held in 2016. One possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes -- possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes towards plagiarism coexist in Europe and that approaches differ from one Member State to another. -- -- 2. Drafting of guidelines together with measurement indexes; 3. Promotion of capacity building in higher education institutions to evaluate plagiarism. -- -- + Programme of activities o Ethical behaviour of all actors in education o Academic integrity and plagiarism o Recognition of qualifications o Other activities #RSS 2.0 Thomas Lancaster » Feed Thomas Lancaster » Comments Feed Thomas Lancaster » Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 Comments Feed Contract Cheating – A Decade (Plus One) Of Contract Cheating Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 1 – Academic Integrity and Contract -- -- ____________________ Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 -- -- use a third party to have work completed for them. Sessions at the 2017 international conference on Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond ended up heavily focused on contract cheating. Having been part of contact cheating research since the term first formed part -- -- I’ve already shared my conference presentation on contract cheating in examinations and provided general collected thoughts about Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. -- -- 05 Emerging Issues In Contract Cheating Wider challenges surrounding educational integrity also influence how contract cheating practice could develop. These include traditional areas of student plagiarism, the use of translation and essay spinning software, as well as the risks posed by students using smart drugs. -- -- these posts are compiled, runs to nearly 8,000 words, so that just shows how much value there was in the presentations and discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. ← Next post Previous post → -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Please browse around the blog and the links, and feel free to leave your thoughts. -- -- Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: brno, conference, contract cheating, essay mills, plagiarism across europe and beyond, research Read 127 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:14 am […] This is Part 1 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 2 – Inside The Contract Cheating Industry | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:30 am […] This is Part 2 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 3 – Contract Cheating by Academics | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:31 am […] This is Part 3 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 4 – Detecting Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:43 am […] This is Part 4 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 5 – Emerging Issues in Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:54 am […] This is Part 5 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 6 – Which Students Are Contract Cheating And What Does This Mean For -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:18 pm […] This is Part 6 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 7 – Understanding Contract Cheating From The Student Viewpoint | Thomas -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:28 pm […] This is Part 7 (the final part) of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 | ContractCheating.com says: October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm -- -- October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm […] This blog post provides lots of details about contract cheating from discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. […] Leave a Reply Cancel reply -- -- Recent Posts * Student Plagiarism And How To Stop An International Problem – With A Focus On Kosovo -- A Focus On Kosovo * Emerging Issues In Plagiarism Prevention And Detection – My View From 2004 * Beyond Contract Cheating – Towards Academic Integrity -- -- Recommendations To Address Essay Mill Use – Video * Cutting The Costs Of Open Access Research * Plagiarism and Assessment * Examining The State of Academic Integrity in Europe – Recommendations From SEEPPAI this work is produced, it is a concern. Since contract cheating produces original work, this is unlikely to be picked up using standard text matching plagiarism detection services such as Turnitin. Some of the more interesting findings across our research have related -- -- Beyond this, there are parallels with the research into the anti-plagiarism fields, in particular looking at the policies, processes and penalties surrounding contract cheating, and how to write assignments to prevent contract cheating. The research I’ve been -- -- Feel free to contact me regarding contract cheating. I often deliver keynote talks, research seminars and training related to plagiarism and contract cheating. I’m happy to discuss the issues further, to assist with staff development and to support requests from the media. -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Much more information about what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. -- -- what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: contract cheating, plagiarism, robert clarke, thomas lancaster Read 8 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- March 28, 2017 at 7:03 am Dear professor My research subject is plagiarism. Since you coined the term contract cheating in 2006, would you mind clarifying how a “contarct cheater” is different from a “ghost writer”? #Plagiarism.org RSS Feed IFRAME: https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NST4MH8 -- -- (BUTTON) Toggle navigation [p-dot-org-logo-1512156951.png] * Understanding Plagiarism * Preventing Plagiarism * Teaching about Plagiarism * Plagiarism Checking * Plagiarism Research * Plagiarism Policy ____________________ -- -- ____________________ European Responses to Student Plagiarism in Higher Education Irene Glendinning -- -- A significant amount of research has been undertaken in response to the recent flood of student plagiarism now being detected in higher education institutions (HEI). Based on deeper understanding of the underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for -- -- underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for strategies and systems for detection, penalties and mitigation of student plagiarism. So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from -- -- So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from English speaking countries, particularly the UK, North America and Australia. Their work has included research into plagiarism from students from other countries, including Sweden, Germany, Lithuania, Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of -- -- Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of countries in Europe is not well understood and there has not yet been a comparative study of plagiarism in HEIs across Europe. -- The IPPHEAE project (Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), -- Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), aims to plug the identified gap by focusing on plagiarism in European HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and -- -- HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and deterring plagiarism. Surveys are being conducted in HEIs at three levels: students, teaching staff and senior managers, to determine how well any procedures are understood, to what extent they are operating -- -- Where possible representatives from national quality agencies are being interviewed in order to gain overarching national perspectives on issues such as national policies and how plagiarism impacts on quality and standards. This dimension also provides a means of highlighting the importance of the research to people who can influence educational -- -- IPPHEAE project including an overview of in-depth institutional studies and interventions for reducing the number of incidences of student plagiarism. -- This paper was submitted to the International Integrity & Plagiarism Conference which ran between 2004-2014. The paper was peer reviewed by an independent editorial board and features in the conference (GO) GO UK leads Europe in the fight against plagiarism Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study -- -- integrity among students, a study has found. The analysis looked at factors such as universities’ use of plagiarism software, consistency of sanctions, transparency, training, efficacy of prevention policies and efforts to address the issue at a national -- -- countries, in most aspects,” said Irene Glendinning, academic manager for student experience at Coventry University and principal investigator on the Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe project. -- -- Ms Glendinning said that unlike in the UK, where efforts to prevent and detect plagiarism have been growing since 2001, in Spain students reported that tools to detect plagiarism were rarely used, and only one-third said there were policies for dealing with the problem. -- -- Ms Glendinning also acknowledged that the survey looked at policies and their implementation rather than the prevalence of plagiarism because, she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that -- she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of plagiarism around … but there are no statistics anywhere,” she said. Consistent recording would mean “we can have a handle on whether what we’re doing is actually having an effect”. -- -- and Cyprus. Among suggestions for the UK will be that the Quality Assurance Agency should, as part of existing audits, require institutions to explain their plagiarism policies and demonstrate their effectiveness and consistency. (GO) GO Plagiarism software can be beaten by simple tech tricks IT scholar says PDF tweaks allow students' copied work to evade -- -- Technological loopholes allow savvy students to beat academic plagiarism software, an IT expert has warned. -- -- James Heather, senior lecturer in computing at the University of Surrey, has revealed that plagiarism detection systems such as Turnitin that are routinely used by universities are open to simple cheats allowing students to evade detection when submitting copied material. -- -- But in a new paper, "Turnitoff: identifying and fixing a hole in current plagiarism detection software", Dr Heather reveals that beating the system is simple. -- -- "In their current incarnation, one can easily create a document that passes the plagiarism check regardless of how much copied material it contains. When there are loopholes that can be exploited, they give the operator a false assurance that a submission is original." -- -- The study, which appears in the journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, demonstrates ways in which students can modify plagiarised work to avoid detection. "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the -- -- "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the document, without affecting how the document looks and prints, then the software will not be able to identify any plagiarised material," Dr Heather writes. -- -- Students aware of this loophole could get around the system by converting a plagiarised essay to PDF format, he says, and then altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually -- -- altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually unaltered, extracts tested by the plagiarism software would be garbled, and so matches would not be detected. -- -- themselves. "If there is no text, then the plagiarism detection cannot function," the paper notes. -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests Read more -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests August 15, 2016 Universities seem to be struggling to catch up. The big concern is that bespoke essays, written to order, without being plagiarised themselves, are difficult if not impossible to detect. -- -- are difficult if not impossible to detect. Almost all universities use anti-plagiarism software, called Turnitin, which checks a submitted essay against published sources, looking for copied phrases. But this software will not raise suspicions about an -- -- * More oral presentations, sometimes called a viva * More exams * Almost all UK universities use anti-plagiarism software such as Turnitin. But software has little success in detecting a genuine bespoke essay -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism Officer Sarah Allen, at the UEA Business School, recently investigated a post-graduate student who submitted an excellent piece of work which stood out to the marker simply because it contained one Home Viewpoint: The spectre of plagiarism haunting Europe By Debora Weber-Wulff Professor of Media and Computing, University of -- -- A spectre is haunting Europe, and this time it is the spectre of plagiarism and scientific misconduct. Some high-profile politicians have had to resign in the last 18 months - but the revelations are also shaking respected European universities. -- -- Many European countries, especially Germany, have long considered it unnecessary to give plagiarism more than a cursory look. One trusts in the self-cleansing powers of science, end of story. -- -- Last February, a reviewer of German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's doctoral dissertation discovered and documented some plagiarised passages. When the papers pounced on this, zu Guttenberg denied any wrongdoing, -- -- That was not the end of it. Soon it was suspected that a major ex-politician's daughter was guilty of plagiarism in her dissertation, and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite -- and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite soon plagiarism was discovered in yet another dissertation, and it has not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. -- -- not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised... Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education -- -- Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education minister lasted just a week in office before having to step down, accused of plagiarising academic papers. Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the -- -- Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the Romanian prime minister of plagiarising part of his PhD. He denies wrongdoing and has been backed by a Research Ethics Council, but the accusations have now been upheld by two academic panels in Romania, -- -- The Hungarian president has already lost his doctorate and resigned on account of plagiarism, and the Russian Minister of Culture is facing accusations that 16 passages of his doctoral dissertation were copied from other sources. He denies the allegations. -- -- let them have their fun." However, it seems that the plague of plagiarism has also reached the level of the professorships in Germany. Those who are supposed to be teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last -- -- teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last month it was revealed that more than a third of a new book for law students on how to write papers properly was plagiarised, including liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. -- -- liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised. And just to show how contagious the disease is, the authors also cite zu Guttenberg's dissertation - albeit incorrectly. -- -- to the VroniPlag Wiki.) Image caption VroniPlag wiki uses coloured bands to show distribution of plagiarised content In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics -- -- In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics councils and there is a wide discussion of ethical practices. There are procedures in place for dealing with plagiarism. In Germany, though, professors wanting to address plagiarism are pretty much left to their own devices. They don't have much in the way of tools or formal procedures. -- -- procedures. There is so-called plagiarism detection software available that does find some plagiarism, especially word-for-word copies. These programmes do not find everything by a long shot, but German universities are currently rushing to purchase them. -- -- been officially declared to suffer only from "technical weaknesses". But people are speaking up, and plagiarism is being discussed in every university, even if many are unsure what to do. -- -- university, even if many are unsure what to do. Better education about plagiarism and good scientific practice is essential. -- -- years needs to be reviewed in order to identify weak points. However, there is currently no funding for such measures, so it's unclear whether German universities will really get serious about plagiarism, or keep muddling on. Entertainment & Arts Burt Bacharach calls for change in music plagiarism law * 3 August 2017 -- -- Veteran songwriter Burt Bacharach has called for a change in the law over music plagiarism. He said recent court cases - like the ones involving Blurred Lines and browse all sections close Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- consumers. Photograph: Wavebreak Media/Alamy Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- Every now and then there is an outburst of concern about the curse of plagiarism in higher education. The Department for Education has indicated it is considering cracking down by not only fining, but also handing out criminal records, to students submitting commercially -- -- The targets of this mini crusade are essay mill websites, which market “original” professionally produced essays that allow students to circumvent their university’s plagiarism detection system. These paid-for essays allow students to buy a degree. -- -- But this is only a small part of the culture of cheating in higher education. A long time before the commercialisation of plagiarism, cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief -- cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief examiner for my department, I was shocked by the amount of plagiarised coursework brought to my attention. When I consulted colleagues at other universities it became evident that the problem was not confined -- -- rather than rich kids, was identified as the source of the problem. Academic discussions on plagiarism sometimes sought to deflect the problem by claiming that overseas students were disproportionately involved in copying. Some suggested they had come from different -- -- external to university life is driven by the institutional imperative to minimise the significance of this practice. All universities have policies on this problem; most have made plagiarism detection software available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the -- -- available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the problem – which is that plagiarism is not a technical issue but one that raises questions about the working of academic culture. -- -- that raises questions about the working of academic culture. Plagiarism is a mortal sin and last taboo – or is it? Read more -- -- them to embark on a quest for knowledge. But if higher education continues to treat students according to a business model it is only a matter of time before plagiarism loses its stigma. Topics -- -- Topics * Plagiarism * Higher education -- -- * Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers -- -- cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers Published: 9 Oct 2017 Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown * -- -- Now a degree is a commodity, no wonder more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * UK News * › Education * › Plagiarism * UK -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Plagiarism%2CEducation%2CHigh er+education%2CExams%2CTuition+fees%2CStudents] A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- headlines. With examples like these, what's so wrong with a bit of plagiarism? Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian -- -- Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian University and who had his book, Succeeding with Your Masters Dissertation, plagiarised by another lecturer on the web. -- "A lot of students think it is acceptable to copy or plagiarise somebody else's work because there's this idea that everyone is doing it anyway," he says. "It seems like it's not really a serious issue, -- -- but it is. If it's a minor case, you could end up losing marks on a dissertation or having to resit a module. If it's widespread and a student has been found to have plagiarised often, then the most extreme punishment they could face would be expulsion." -- -- easier to adopt someone else's work as your own. According to Biggam, the definition of plagiarism within an academic context is: "Where a student copies text verbatim without providing sufficient acknowledgement of the source, thereby giving the impression -- -- permanent record." Cole was lucky to get off relatively lightly. For others, plagiarising can spell the end of your degree – even if you are unwittingly involved. -- -- and the only marks it did give me were much lower than I'd anticipated. Then when I got home, there was a letter from the university saying that I was suspected of colluding with another student in plagiarism. I completely freaked out." -- -- behind my back was simply unbelievable. " If you are caught in serious and deliberate plagiarism, it could end up on your final academic transcript. If a potential employer asks to see your transcript as part of the selection process, you can probably say -- -- "It certainly wouldn't look good to a future employer if they knew you had engaged in plagiarism," Biggam says. -- But how can you avoid plagiarism, when part of the university learning process is to absorb expert theories and demonstrate your grasp of them by reproducing them in written work? -- -- At Glasgow Caledonian University, Biggam is testing the use of plagiarism detection software, called Turnitin, which monitors work for any copied phrases. "Often, it might be a genuine mistake – a student might simply forget to reference a quote or a source. In which case, a It was, says Hiscock, "the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across." He was so angry he wrote to Mail Online's editor, Martin Clarke, and to -- -- "sexually abused" by a magician during her eighth birthday party.' It is the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across and if it happens again I will take steps to ensure I am adequately compensated for the theft of my interview." -- -- * Greenslade * Plagiarism * Daily Mail * Martin Clarke Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- This article is 1 year old Republicans scrambled to prevent a plagiarism scandal from overshadowing the coronation of Donald Trump on Tuesday after his wife Melania borrowed large chunks of her opening night speech from Michelle -- -- As delegates prepared to formally offer Donald Trump the party’s presidential nomination on Tuesday evening, the plagiarism controversy reopened internal wounds and undermined his campaign’s attempts to present a more polished appearance ahead of November’s general -- -- election. A campaign source said responsibility for the plagiarism incident lay with a longtime aide to top Trump strategist Paul Manafort. The source said the aide had signed off on the speech and edited it. -- -- Online critics also highlighted a lighter hearted instance of apparent plagiarism, noting that Melania Trump’s claim that her husband “will never ever give up, and most importantly, he will never ever let you down,” echoed Rick Astley’s 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up – a song cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- Gill, five miles south-west of Newcastle, a narrow man with a curly mess of dark red hair. He’d just made a routine visit to the Facebook group Plagiarism Alerts. There, a woman named Kathy Figueroa had posted something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet -- something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet laureates has plagiarised a poem by Maya Angelou.” Lightman clicked the link. It led to a Canadian government webpage -- -- Rise. Incredible. But could it really be plagiarism? How likely was it that a poet laureate would steal anything at all, let alone a keystone work by a modern legend? How could he think he’d get away with that? Then -- -- uncomfortable and distressing experiences of my life”, admitting, “I have made several stupid mistakes during my time as a poet and there is simply no excuse for plagiarism.” But he also pushed back: “I have been bullied, victimised and abused by a number of ‘poets’ who thought it necessary to act like a lynch mob.” -- -- Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’m absolutely furious’: plagiarised poet Joan Johnston. Photograph: Gary Calton for the Guardian -- -- copy of A Particular Blue, so he could see for himself. “He returned both poems to me, having highlighted the changes Sheree had made, saying, ‘I don’t think it’s plagiarism. I think she’s taken your poem and made something new out of it.’ At which point, I went for another walk.” -- -- considerable distress.” Croft explained that he planned to pulp the remaining copies of Laventille and reprint a corrected version. “I do not believe that your accusations of plagiarism regarding Laventille are justified. But I am not prepared to have this beautiful and important book dirtied by the grubby little fingers of Pooterish -- -- broke/and threatening light/brought into the long night.” How close would two poems have to be for it to be plagiarism, I ask Croft. -- -- their name at the bottom, I’d say, why are you doing that?” And would it be plagiarism? “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying -- -- “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying my name is Will Storr. No, it’s not! You’d say that was stupid. You wouldn’t say I was plagiarising you.” *** -- -- Meanwhile, what of the Canadian mystery? Could former laureate DesRuisseaux really have blatantly plagiarised all those canonical poets? It seemed too mad to be true. When Lightman got hold of DesRuisseaux’s book Tranches De Vie, he found even more apparent -- -- findings to Éditions du Noiroît, who appeared to accept his verdict; in emails Lightman showed me, DesRuisseaux’s editor wrote that it was his first experience of plagiarism, and expressed regret at having to tell the poet’s family that he would have to remove the title from circulation. -- -- * Poetry * Plagiarism * Maya Angelou * features -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Poetry%2CPlagiarism%2CBooks%2 CMaya+Angelou] Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- The organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have unveiled a new official logo, seven months after being forced to scrap the previous design amid accusations of plagiarism. Selecting an emblem they hope will be simple, effective and most of all -- -- the Théâtre de Liège in Belgium. Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo scrapped after allegations of plagiarism Read more -- -- Japanese officials initially rejected accusations that Sano had plagiarised the image, which was based around a stylised capital T with a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied -- -- a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied plagiarism. But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings -- -- But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings to block Tokyo 2020 from using the image. Further allegations of plagiarism also emerged against Sano, including claims that his initial submission resembled a work by the late German typographer Jan Tschichold. -- -- + Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video Published: 15 Jan 2016 -- Published: 15 Jan 2016 Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video + Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Some four years ago I wrote about the strange case of a Canadian columnist accused of plagiarism. The Toronto-based Globe & Mail had found it necessary to add “clarifications” to articles written by Margaret Wente after complaints about her work. -- -- same structure, analogies, and phrasing in numerous instances.” In addition, the Canadaland news website, accused Wente of plagiarising “at least four times from three different publications... in addition -- “at least four times from three different publications... in addition to the two cases of plagiarism outlined in BuzzFeed Canada.” The first two instances, by Wainio and BuzzFeed, were addressed by the -- -- * UK News * › Media * › Plagiarism * World -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Media%2CPlagiarism%2CCanada%2 CNewspapers%2CAmericas] The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- Fresh evidence of Independent journalist Johann Hari's habit of alleged plagiarism has emerged from a lengthy interview with Afghan women's rights activist Malalai Joya in July 2009. -- -- * Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row Interviewer and columnist has been suspended for two months pending outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss -- -- outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss Published: 12 Jul 2011 Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row * -- -- Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Independent editor-in-chief defends columnist involved in 'politically motivated' plagiarism furore. By Josh Halliday Published: 29 Jun 2011 Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- The Orwell prize committee has accused Independent columnist Johann Hari of plagiarism over an article that won him the prestigious award in 2008. -- -- of contrition for the errors I made elsewhere, in my interviews." Hari apologised for plagiarising the work of others to improve interviews and for editing the Wikipedia entries of people he had clashed with, using the pseudonym David Rose, "in ways that were Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- [ ] Johann Hari has been writing for the Independent since 2002 but faced allegations of plagiarism last year. Photograph: Nick Harvey/WireImage -- -- Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- Johann Hari, the journalist at the Independent who was suspended for plagiarism, has announced that he will not return to the newspaper. Hari had been undergoing retraining in the United States and was -- -- Independent editor Andreas Whittam Smith. The findings of the inquiry were not made public but the newspaper reported in September 2011 that Hari admitted the plagiarism allegations and would attend a journalism training course before returning to the paper. -- -- Blackhurst was asked several questions about Hari when he gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry into journalistic ethics earlier this month. "On the plagiarism, Johann genuinely believed he was doing nothing wrong. The fact that nobody complained, Johann did not believe he was doing anything wrong. His reputation has been very, very severely damaged; Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism Raj Persaud -- -- Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism David Batty -- -- * (BUTTON) Close Britain's best-known psychiatrist today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and several articles he wrote for newspapers and medical journals. -- -- Raj Persaud, famous for his appearances alongside Richard and Judy on the This Morning sofa, also admitted to a General Medical Council (GMC) disciplinary hearing that his plagiarism was inappropriate and misleading. -- -- The psychiatrist, who used to present BBC Radio 4's All In The Mind programme, admitted plagiarising four articles for his book From The Edge Of The Couch published in 2003. -- -- He also admitted that four articles he wrote in 2005 contained passages plagiarised from an article and book by Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. -- -- University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. He also admitted using material plagiarised from an article by Professor Stephen Kant in a piece he wrote for the Independent in the same year. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. His book -- -- He said Persaud blamed subeditors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Blass complained about the article and was told, in an email -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." At the time the allegations of plagiarism first emerged two years ago, Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, a position he still holds. -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- In Britain it is left to individual institutions to develop their own plagiarism policies. But the QAA said it wanted a consistent approach among higher education providers to tackle the problem. It called on universities and colleges to record incidents of this and other kinds -- -- fix.” A Universities UK spokesperson said: “Universities take plagiarism and cheating extremely seriously. Submitting work written by someone else is cheating and devalues the efforts of students who work hard to -- -- * Higher education * Plagiarism * Jo Johnson * news -- -- Now a degree is a commodity, no wonder more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi Efforts to prevent student cheating have always been about -- -- of the problem Published: 27 Feb 2017 Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Higher+education%2CPlagiarism %2CEducation%2CUK+news%2CJo+Johnson%2CPolitics] Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students -- -- Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students -- -- In the past few days, however, it is said that the master has become the pupil, as Dylan has been accused of plagiarism. Writer Ben Greenman was the first to blog about how he couldn’t find a quotation that Dylan had cited in Moby-Dick: “Some men who receive injuries are led to God, -- -- While universities habitually run students’ work through plagiarism-detection software such as TurnItIn, there is no such equivalent for Nobel prize speeches, assumed to be the moment at which an eminent economist, physician, writer or peace-maker has earned a few -- -- text, preferring that you “check your comprehension” against their interpretation. The company does, however, have advice on its website for avoiding plagiarism: “By citing words and ideas that came from our site or books (to see instructions on how to do that, see How to Cite This SparkNote within each study guide), or by putting your own spin on -- -- * Nobel prize in literature * Awards and prizes * Plagiarism * features -- -- [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Bob+Dylan%2CMusic%2CNobel+pri ze+in+literature%2CAwards+and+prizes%2CBooks%2CPlagiarism] * Education University students could be fined or handed criminal records for plagiarised essays, new proposals suggest -- -- University students who buy essays online face fines and a criminal record under plans to punish plagiarism being considered by the government. -- -- more than 100 online essay services are now in operation. Whilst universities already use complex anti-plagiarism software to detect the copying of academic texts, the process of contract cheating - students submitting paid-for essays as their own original work - -- -- Speaking to The Telegraph, Lord Storey, who is leading efforts to make the practice illegal, said that the consequences of plagiarism must be made clear, adding that many “rich students” are now effectively “paying their way” to a top honours degree. -- -- Leading academics are also in favour of a ban, with Professor Phil Newton and Michael Draper, leading experts on essay plagiarism, calling on the Government to tighten up the legal loopholes being exploited by professional writing services. 3. Education News £1,700 for a dissertation, but what's the real cost of plagiarism? As one ghost writing service sees an 80 per cent increase in sales in one -- -- It’s a heavy sum to pay for something that the majority of people - not to mention universities - would class as plagiarism. Yet Nemet is quick to separate his company from this accusation. -- -- Whether or not this is an easy way of passing responsibility on to the client, ghost writing – along with other forms of plagiarism – remains an issue at universities across Britain. -- -- declined by 60 per cent since 2005 While 2013 figures from plagiarism detection service, Turnitin, reveal that the number of serious cases has declined by 60 per cent since 2005, Phil Newton, superintendent of assessment at Swansea University, -- -- topic I had set. It really opened my eyes to the issue. “We regard [ghost writing] as plagiarism, pure and simple. It’s is a form of dishonesty, it’s a form of cheating, and where students are found guilty of it, there will be serious academic repercussions.” -- -- passing off work as their own. For students that are caught, there can be serious consequences, from the deduction of marks on an essay, to expulsion from the university. Even if the plagiarism is unintended, there may still be penalties. -- -- “The University also employs a series of sophisticated software applications to detect plagiarism in submitted examination work, both in terms of copying and collusion,” the spokesman adds. -- -- “It regularly monitors online essay banks, essay-writing services, and other potential sources of material. Anyone who submits plagiarised material as part of their course can expect to be dealt with severely.” -- -- ongoing advancements in technology – incorporating more sophisticated methods of detection – will continue to play a role in combating plagiarism; however, educating students should also help prevent the initial interest. -- -- where they are in their course. If they are in their final year, we regard that as much more serious, if they do it in their first year, they probably just need some advice on how to avoid plagiarism and what constitutes plagiarism. “I don’t condone it, but I can understand why a student who is 4. Health News 'Hero' GP suspended for plagiarising fellow doctor's work A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent -- -- A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent patients has been suspended for six months for plagiarising another doctor’s work. -- -- The General Medical Council heard that Dr Margaret Staley initially came under suspicion herself after computer anti-plagiarism software picked out striking similarities between a case study she had written and Dr Kumar's coursework. -- -- Dr Staley endured weeks of uncertainty before eventually being completely exonerated when it became clear she was the victim rather than the perpetrator of the plagiarism. Public school-educated Dr Kumar was hailed as a hero in 2009 after Johnson called it an “unacceptable and pernicious” practice, while universities will generally expel anybody they catch – though given the essays aren’t plagiarised, identifying a paid-for piece of work isn’t easy. Using an essay mill, on the other hand, very much is. * News Canadian poet laureate revealed to have plagiarised Maya Angelou, Tupac and others -- -- [tupac_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jp g?imwidth=450] The Canadian poet Pierre DesRuisseaux, who has been found to have plagiarised numerous poets, including Tupac Shakur * Telegraph Reporters -- -- Pierre DesRuisseaux, who died last year, served as the parliamentary poet laureate between 2009 and 2011, and has now been accused of plagiarising the work of up to 20 poets, among them world-famous names and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. -- -- and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- DesRuisseaux The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux Credit: Wayne Miller/Magnum/BBC -- -- The duplicity was unearthed by poet and literary sleuth Ira Lightman, a member of a Facebook group called Plagiarism Alerts, whose mission involves tracking down plagiarism in the poetry world. Lightman was tipped off by a Canadian poet named Kathy Figueroa, who -- -- But still, like dust, I'll rise." The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- by DesRuisseaux The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- -- Figueroa told Canada's CBC News that DesRuisseaux's widespread plagiarism came as a shock: "It was just mind-boggling, the audacity of someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." -- -- someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." Upon the discovery of the plagiarism, DesRuisseaux's Montreal-based publishers Éditions du Noroît pulled the book from shelves, while claiming that only between 50 and 100 copies of the book had actually show ad Last-ditch attack on Neil Gorsuch amid claims Supreme Court pick plagiarized academic papers in his book -- -- The White House punched back hard, and assembled its own team of experts to debunk claims that the writing constituted plagiarism. 'This false attack has been strongly refuted by highly-regarded -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' HARD FEELINGS: Democrats are furious that the Senate never scheduled a hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court -- -- hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court seat PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- “Each of the individual incidents constitutes a violation of academic ethics. I've never seen a college plagiarism code that this would not be in violation of,” said Syracuse University professor Rebecca Moore Howard. -- -- Howard. 'I would certainly call it plagiarism,” she added. At this late date, the information is likely to have little effect on show ad Tokyo 2020 gets new logo proposals after plagiarism scandal By Afp -- -- Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers said Tuesday they have received more than 14,500 suggestions for a new logo after the original choice was withdrawn because of a plagiarism scandal. The organising committee in August dropped the emblem put forward by -- -- The Tokyo committee has insisted the move to drop the original logo was not in response to the legal action. It said Sano, who denies plagiarism, asked that his design be withdrawn to avoid harming the Tokyo Games. show ad Monica Crowley out of Trump White House team after plagiarism revealed * Crowley is a syndicated talk show host who was set to takeover as -- -- administration after all. More than 50 charges of plagiarism, based on discoveries made by CNN's KFile division, led publisher HarperCollins to pull her 2012 book from its shelves last week. -- -- currently unavailable for purchase on Amazon. Crowley appears to have plagiarized large sections of the book, according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than -- according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than 50 examples of apparent plagiarism. Politico separately charged that her 2000 dissertation wasn't properly -- -- decision to suspend sales of her book. Crowley also faced plagiarism allegations in 1999 after a piece she wrote on the 25th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's resignation ran in The Wall Street Journal. -- -- article.' Crowley also plagiarized several sections of her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University, Politico Magazine said. The publication found more than a dozen instances in which Crowley appeared to lift from -- -- developer!' DID MONICA CROWLEY PLAGIARIZE THESE PASSAGES? Crowley's book -- -- Source: CNN Read more: * Trump pick Monica Crowley plagiarized multiple sources in 2012 book - CNNMoney -- - CNNMoney * Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation - POLITICO Magazine * Monica Crowley to forgo post in Trump White House - Washington 'Dishonest' TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud suspended after admitting plagiarism By Daily Mail Reporter -- -- 'The Panel has determined that a three-month period of suspension is sufficient to send out a signal to you, the profession and the public that plagiarism is unacceptable behaviour.' The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the -- -- The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, is now in tatters after he admitted plagiarism. Before the ruling, GMC members heard from some of Dr Persaud's -- -- proceedings.' He added: 'The panel has determined that your actions, in plagiarising the work of others, were liable to bring the profession into disrepute.' -- -- the doctor's book. He also said he had uncovered more examples of plagiarism in Dr Persaud's book after comparing passages in it with material on the internet. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- DEJA VU Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago -- -- Republicans candidate Fillon was still in the presidential race when he delivered the speech two weeks ago France election candidate Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarising speech The incident is bizarrely reminiscent of Melania Trump's July 2016 -- -- state. And the sight of her having to plagiarise a discredited rival’s words will come as a blow to her electoral ambitions. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- Under the bed bugs Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? -- -- Beedle The Bard. Why has Chris Riddell accused John Lewis of plagiarism? Chris Riddell believes there are many similarities between the two * Health News Fears of plagiarism crisis as probe finds foreign university students ‘cheats’ -- -- Updated: 6th April 2016, 8:55 am FOREIGN students are claimed to be fuelling a surge in plagiarism at British universities amid fears of a cheating crisis. / Sean Gallup/Getty Images Findings come months after The Times exposes 'plagiarism epidemic' among Britain's institutions -- -- Half of the nation’s university students are losing marks for not referencing their work correctly, according to a new survey into attitudes towards plagiarism. Citation tool RefME - which polled just under 2,900 of the country’s -- -- almost 80 per cent are worried about referencing correctly, while a majority of 71 per cent expressed concern about facing disciplinary actions for plagiarism. [GettyImages-170380536.jpg] Read more -- -- Read more Universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students cheat RefMe said: “This widespread concern over facing disciplinary actions -- -- ‘ghostwriter’ to complete their work for them constitutes academic misconduct, more than 20 per cent were unable to identify this as plagiarism. The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times -- -- The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed there to be a “plagiarism epidemic” among Britain’s universities with almost 50,000 students being caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- However, RefME said that, although its study unearthed some “concerning” statistics around plagiarism in academia, students are increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using -- -- increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using plagiarism tools prior to submitting. Tom Hatton, CEO and founder of RefME, described how, as a university -- -- “The hope is that we can look back at these numbers in a couple of years and see evidence that the sentiment towards plagiarism has changed.” * More about: -- -- * More about: * RefMe * plagiarism * University of Kent * University of Westminster 1. INDYSTUDENT UK universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students caught cheating over last 3 years -- -- The Independent Online Britain’s universities are said to be in the midst of a “plagiarism epidemic” after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed how almost 50,000 students were caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- of the student population, requests from 70 universities showed. 75 per cent of postgraduates found plagiarising at Queen Mary University of London were from abroad, including a third from China. -- -- One professor from the University of Buckingham told The Times “type-1 plagiarism,” copying and pasting, is decreasing because it’s “so easy to detect.” 1. INDYPULSE TV doctor Raj Persaud admits plagiarism * PA -- -- Indy/Life TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and articles he wrote. -- -- The doctor, who is famed for his regular appearances on daytime TV shows such as This Morning, admitted plagiarising four articles for his 2003 book 'From The Edge Of The Couch'. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. -- -- He said Dr Persaud blamed sub-editors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, USA, complained -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." The GMC panel heard that allegations of plagiarism against Dr Persaud were first made in a Sunday Times article published in April 2006. -- -- The article alleged that sections of Dr Persaud's book, published three years earlier, were plagiarised from academic articles. At the time Dr Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Mr Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Plan to prosecute firms who offer paid-for essays to students While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address ‘essay mills’ -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 -- -- The move is a response to mounting concern over the practice which allows students to circumvent their college’s plagiarism detection systems. The use of these services is not easily detected as software used by universities only detects where students have copied from -- -- Paid-for essays While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address the issue of so-called contact cheating or the use of paid-for essays. -- -- The QQI’s guidelines advise colleges that they “should have effective policies and procedures in place to prevent, detect, combat and deter plagiarism at all levels”. * Tackling teacher supply is complex - but we are making progress * Revenues crest €4m at top boys’ private school Glenstal Abbey -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, according to figures compiled by The Irish Times last year. -- -- Of those that did, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). The scale of detected issues is likely to be bigger at IT Tallaght as it has extensive detection policies. -- -- Online source The company insists it does not condone plagiarism, and says all “clients are expected to use and reference it as they would any other online source”. -- -- growing and it was typically completing roughly 350 projects a year. Mr Bruton’s spokesman said: “Plagiarism is currently subject to institutional disciplinary sanctions up to and including exclusion from the programme. -- -- offering the ‘service’ will not disclose it, those buying it will not, and there is no system-wide recording of detected instances of this or any other form of plagiarism”. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Essays for sale: a new wave of plagiarism Students who use online essay-writing services face sanction if caught. As -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Rigorous testing Would this essay be red-flagged for plagiarism? Colleges nowadays have access to a range of computer programmes, such as Turnitin and Safeassign, that test whether articles have been copied from other -- -- However, these programmes only work if they detect parts of the essay that exist elsewhere; they might not flag plagiarised content if they are custom-written pieces. -- -- To test the essay, we put it through Safeassign and it came back clean. But it’s not just the plagiarism-detection programmes: it has to get past the beady eye of a lecturer. We presented the essay to a number of lecturers in communications and media without telling them about its -- -- It’s difficult to say how commonly these services are being used, but colleges are increasingly aware of plagiarism on campus. There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being -- -- There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, and the numbers are on the rise (see panel). -- -- In the UK, some academics have warned that essay-writing services are behind an “epidemic” of plagiarism. Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected -- -- Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected plagiarism tends to involve students simply cutting and pasting in a section and putting inverted commas around it. -- -- section and putting inverted commas around it. “Students don’t realise that this is plagiarism, but these [essay-writing] services are blatant plagiarism,” he says. Trinity College Dublin’s education officer, Molly Kenny, said these -- -- reference it as they would any other online source,” she says. In the terms and conditions of the website they state they do not condone plagiarism. Foley says the site and demands for their services continue to grow. -- -- Glynn says this could be an option in Ireland: “I would endorse it if it came in here – enforcing it is the challenge – anything to discourage student plagiarism.” Students should be aware that using these services can be risky, -- -- the paper it’s written on. PLAGIARISM: A GROWING PROBLEM Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases -- Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases of students disciplined for plagiarism across the Irish higher-education sector. -- -- Of the colleges that supplied figures, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). -- -- Institute of Technology Tallaght has one of the most extensive approaches to dealing with plagiarism, involving a sliding case of penalties, ranging from written warnings to potential disqualification from the institution. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Plagiarism Sat, Mar 5, 2011, 00:00 -- -- Plagiarism: from Latin “plagiarius” (“kidnapper”), use pioneered by Roman poet Martial who complained that another poet had “kidnapped his verses”.– (Wikipedia) -- -- charismatic and aristocratic defence minister, key ally to Chancellor Angela Merkel, a shooting star brought down this week by claims that he had engaged in plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. The website GuttenPlag Wiki says it has detected plagiaristic “lifts” -- -- Coincidentally, a new anti-Gadafy front has opened up in the London School of Economics where the doctoral thesis written by his son Seif al-Islam is also being checked for plagiarism following complaints by online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, -- online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, plagiarism is claiming high-profile political casualties. Academics in Ireland worry at what they see as a serious cultural -- -- at the threat to the country’s ’s reputation as a source of quality research, the Royal Irish Academy in September urged new procedures to protect against falsification and plagiarism. -- A recent US survey in Education Week, cited by plagiarism.org, reports 54 per cent of student respondents admitting to plagiarising from the internet; 74 per cent, to “serious” cheating at least once in the past year; while half believed teachers sometimes chose to ignore cheating. -- -- And then, of course, there’s that truly scandalous hardy annual – claims of plagiarism in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year Denmark’s A Friend In Londonis accused. The melody of their New Tomorrowis apparently similar to Face 2 Faceby Future Trance United. was to be written in 4 weeks. All of the four websites guaranteed a money back scheme if the work does not achieve the grade and if the paper was accused of plagiarism then the customer would receive their money back. -- -- Latest figures from the BBC article reveal that half of Welsh universities have seen an increase in the number of plagiarism cases With students being targeted on social media through 'sponsored -- -- https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/essay-mills-university-co urse-work-to-order/2007934.article MORE:higher educationplagiarismcollege essaysessaysacademiawalescustom essays Credit Where It's Due - Why Are Half of UK Students Losing Marks for Plagiarism? * -- -- Photo by CollegeDegrees360 under a CC license We are in the grips of a 'plagiarism epidemic' according to The Times. An investigation conducted by the paper earlier this year revealed that 50,000 university students have been caught over the last three years, -- -- Further research published this month by RefME, a digital reference management tool for students, has found that 50% of students surveyed say they have lost marks due to plagiarism arising from inaccurate citations. -- -- citations. But plagiarism falls on a spectrum and shouldn't be confused with cheating. -- -- conventions and were unaware of resources available to help them. But regardless of whether plagiarism is deliberate (and often it is not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in -- not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in their adoption of plagiarism detection, with software such as Turnitin now used by the majority. Facing the risk of a damaged reputation, suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of -- -- suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of the students surveyed say that they worry about committing accidental plagiarism. While a minor infringement is more likely to result in lost marks than -- -- person's ideas begin and another's end. In the Twittersphere, for instance, ideas are endlessly retweeted and recycled. But digital tools also exist to prevent plagiarism. Using RefME, referencing can be as simple as scanning a barcode or -- -- student support, embedding academic writing skills more deeply into the curriculum and communicating expectations from the outset. But certainly, the majority of students do not intend to commit plagiarism. On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. -- On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. MORE:plagiarismuniversitiesstudentshigher education SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW Universities use expensive software designed to detect students who cheat, but Turnitin can only detect plagiarised work, not original work that has not been penned by the student. Thus, it is nigh on impossible to detect students who use professional essay-writing services. And, -- -- I would like to see action taken to stop degree ghost-writers in their tracks. Perhaps the industry should be regulated, forcing any ghost-written essay to be submitted by the seller to plagiarism detection sites so that should the student try to pass it off as their own, they will be caught. This won't stop the rogue sites, but at least -- -- ghost-write student essays. After all, I could end up having to mark my own essay one day. MORE:universitystudentscheatingplagiarismUniversitiescheating at examsghost-writing THE BLOG The Problem With Political Speeches Isn't Plagiarism, It's Platitudes * -- -- the road" and you've won political cliché bingo. As for plagiarism, how many different ways can you express those basic concepts in simple, accessible language to describe another person? Not many. It begins with "he/she believes..." and ends in simple -- -- Ms. Obama. Trump just had a lousy proofreader who failed to spot the direct similarities. If the nouns had been replaced by synonyms, verbs exchanged, the sequence of clauses varied... who would cry plagiarism? Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the -- -- Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the news media pounce on the plagiarism as opposed to criticising the fact Melania Trump avoided saying anything interesting about the man who would be king. -- -- Trump handles that issue, unlike the speeches, will be interesting to watch. MORE:Melania TrumpDonald TrumpplagiarismRepublican convention SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW POLITICS Home»Today's Stories Chair of institute has plagiarism ruling overturned Saturday, May 04, 2013 -- -- An external investigation has found that Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) chairman Flan Garvey committed unintentional plagiarism in a 2008 master’s thesis but this has been overturned on a technical appeal. -- -- The three academics appointed in December to probe a complaint by 26 ITT academics found plagiarism in two chapters of the thesis about his Co Clare parish. -- -- It has upheld the appeal on grounds relating to the understanding of the nature of plagiarism, in a report finalised this week and also seen by the Irish Examiner. -- -- by the Irish Examiner. It found that college rules around plagiarism were not clearly formulated or clearly communicated to postgraduate students. On that basis, it said, a finding of an award being unjustified would be unfair -- -- However, a source told the Irish Examiner that staff are baffled at the outcome and many believe it places a question mark over any previous cases of students sanctioned for plagiarism. -- Plagiarism finding After word-for-word comparisons with texts cited by the complainants, -- -- interspersed with occasional references to another. One section complained of in chapter 4 was found not to be plagiarism after the investigators were made aware of Mr Garvey’s contribution to the authorship of a local history pamphlet. more serious (getting someone else to do coursework). Plagiarism is the most widespread form, with 6% disclosing that they had passed off information copied from other sources as their own work, while 5% admitting that they have carried on writing once an 29 July 2013 Parasite journalism: is aggregation as bad as plagiarism? When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing -- -- When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing work, we call it plagiarism. But news organisations do the same, and call it aggregation. Sign up for our weekly email * -- -- any better. In my opinion, it happens all the time, it's just that people don't get caught very often. Johann Hari is the classic example - the only absolutely rock solid piece of plagiarism that could be pinned on him was a piece from a German newspaper article that he'd translated. -- -- copy of being free. In my opinion, some of this stuff is just as bad as plagiarism. Aggregators are parasites, only slightly more benign than plagiarists - and sooner or later, parasites kill the host. Someone has to actually Share on Reddit HomeOxford studentsAcademic mattersStudy guidanceStudy skills and trainingPlagiarism -- Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether -- -- full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or -- unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or reckless plagiarism is a disciplinary offence. Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been -- -- Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been developed to provide a useful overview of the issues surrounding plagiarism and practical ways to avoid it. The necessity to acknowledge others’ work or ideas applies not only to -- -- text, data, or other resources downloaded from websites. The best way of avoiding plagiarism is to learn and employ the principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your -- principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your university career. Avoiding plagiarism is not simply a matter of making sure your references are all correct, or changing enough words so the examiner will not notice your paraphrase; it is about deploying your -- -- academic skills to make your work as good as it can be. Forms of plagiarism Verbatim (word for word) quotation without clear acknowledgement -- -- Paraphrasing the work of others by altering a few words and changing their order, or by closely following the structure of their argument, is plagiarism if you do not give due acknowledgement to the author whose work you are using. -- -- doing so, than to paraphrase particular sections of his or her writing. This will ensure you have a genuine grasp of the argument and will avoid the difficulty of paraphrasing without plagiarising. You must also properly attribute all material you derive from lectures. -- -- University or elsewhere. Auto-plagiarism You must not submit work for assessment that you have already submitted (partially or in full), either for your current course or for another -- -- Where earlier work by you is citable, ie. it has already been published, you must reference it clearly. Identical pieces of work submitted concurrently will also be considered to be auto-plagiarism. -- Why does plagiarism matter? -- Plagiarism is a breach of academic integrity. It is a principle of intellectual honesty that all members of the academic community should acknowledge their debt to the originators of the ideas, words, and data -- -- which form the basis for their own work. Passing off another’s work as your own is not only poor scholarship, but also means that you have failed to complete the learning process. Plagiarism is unethical and can have serious consequences for your future career; it also undermines the standards of your institution and of the degrees it -- -- issues. Why should you avoid plagiarism? -- There are many reasons to avoid plagiarism. You have come to university to learn to know and speak your own mind, not merely to reproduce the opinions of others - at least not without attribution. At first it may -- -- independent one - by learning to assess critically the work of others, weigh up differing arguments and draw your own conclusions. Students who plagiarise undermine the ethos of academic scholarship while avoiding an essential part of the learning process. -- -- avoiding an essential part of the learning process. You should avoid plagiarism because you aspire to produce work of the highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear -- -- highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear of plagiarism. Moreover, you will reap the additional benefits of improvements to both the lucidity and quality of your writing. It is important to appreciate that mastery of the techniques of academic -- -- commitment to the principle of intellectual honesty in scholarship. What happens if you are thought to have plagiarised? -- The University regards plagiarism in examinations as a serious matter. Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of -- -- Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of the occurrence. Even if plagiarism is inadvertent, it can result in a penalty. The forms of plagiarism listed above are all potentially disciplinary offences in the context of formal assessment requirements. -- -- award’. Additionally, this includes the transfer and confirmation of status exercises undertaken by graduate students. Cases of suspected plagiarism in assessed work are investigated under the disciplinary regulations concerning conduct in examinations. Intentional plagiarism in this context means that you understood that you were breaching the regulations and did so intending to gain advantage in the examination. -- -- expected to have understood (even if you did not specifically consider it) that your work might breach the regulations, but you took no action to avoid doing so. Intentional or reckless plagiarism may incur severe penalties, including failure of your degree or expulsion from the university. -- -- university. If plagiarism is suspected in a piece of work submitted for assessment in an examination, the matter will be referred to the Proctors. They will thoroughly investigate the claim and call the student concerned -- -- refer the case to the Student Disciplinary Panel. If you are suspected of plagiarism your College Secretary/Academic Administrator and subject tutor will support you through the process and arrange for a member of Congregation to accompany you to all -- -- involve the use and discussion of material written by others, and, with due acknowledgement and proper referencing, this is clearly distinguishable from plagiarism. The knowledge in your discipline has developed cumulatively as a result of years of research, innovation and debate. You need to give credit to the authors of the ideas and -- -- Does this only matter in exams? Although plagiarism in weekly essays does not constitute a University disciplinary offence, it may well lead to College disciplinary measures. Persistent academic under-performance can even result in your -- -- Borrowing essays from other students to adapt and submit as your own is plagiarism, and will develop none of these necessary skills, holding back your academic development. Students who lend essays for this purpose are doing their peers no favours. -- -- purpose are doing their peers no favours. Unintentional plagiarism -- Not all cases of plagiarism arise from a deliberate intention to cheat. Sometimes students may omit to take down citation details when taking notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. -- -- notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. However, these excuses offer no sure protection against a charge of plagiarism. Even in cases where the plagiarism is found to have been neither intentional nor reckless, there may still be an academic penalty for poor practice. -- -- It is your responsibility to find out the prevailing referencing conventions in your discipline, to take adequate notes, and to avoid close paraphrasing. If you are offered induction sessions on plagiarism and study skills, you should attend. Together with the advice contained in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common -- -- in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common errors. If you are undertaking a project or dissertation you should ensure that you have information on plagiarism and collusion. If ever in doubt about referencing, paraphrasing or plagiarism, you have only to ask your tutor. -- -- to ask your tutor. Examples of plagiarism -- There are some helpful examples of plagiarism-by-paraphrase and you will also find extensive advice on the referencing and library skills pages. -- -- London Hanged, p. 213.] Plagiarised 1. Although they did not question the inegalitarian hierarchy of their -- -- of a submissive workforce. (This is a mixture of verbatim copying and acceptable paraphrase. Although only one phrase has been copied from the source, this would still count as plagiarism. The idea expressed in the first sentence has not been attributed at all, and the reference to ‘some historians’ in the second is insufficient. -- -- original.) Non-plagiarised 1. Peter Linebaugh argues that although highwaymen posed no overt -- -- Student conduct Related websites Online plagiarism course Policy on the use of third party proof-readers Related documents * Turnitin UK Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Turnitin FAQs * Plagiarism * Turnitin UK -- -- + Turnitin FAQs + Turnitin information for Faculties and Departments * What is plagiarism? * Information for staff * Resources and support -- -- Participation in a course at Cambridge is deemed as acceptance of the University's right to apply specialist software (like Turnitin) to your work for the purposes of plagiarism education and detection; the University's Statement on Plagiarism includes this consent. However, you do have the right to request that your work is not retained in the Turnitin UK database after it has been submitted. For -- -- be used as source material for future submissions; this will help to maximise the effectiveness of the software and to protect your work from future attempts to plagiarise it. However, you have the right to request that your work is removed from the database. This can only be done on an individual basis for each piece of work, and in some cases -- -- Q. I have been asked to attend an investigative meeting because Turnitin highlighted matched text, but I know I didn't plagiarise; what do I do? Firstly, don't panic; the meeting will be investigative, not -- -- Turnitin reports will be reviewed in detail in order to make an academic judgement on whether the matched text may be a result of plagiarism, or whether it may reflect commonly-used phrases or correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the -- -- correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the University's Definition of Plagiarism, plagiarism is the submission of someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to -- someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to deceive; this means that you have plagiarised even if you did it accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine -- accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine that the matches are the result of plagiarism, they then judge whether this is minor, or more serious/extensive. If it is minor, they may adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor -- -- adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor scholarship, so you will receive a lower mark than you otherwise would have, if you had referenced appropriately. If the plagiarism is more serious or extensive, they may deem that it merits disciplinary action. -- -- Turnitin UK, the University’s use of the software complies with this requirement. The University has identified ‘providers of anti-plagiarism software’ in its information to students as organisations with whom data may be shared. For more information about data protection and the way the University uses your data, see the -- -- Q. What support is available? If you have any queries about plagiarism or good academic practice, you should contact your Tutor or Director of Studies in the first instance. Our Resources and support pages may also be of help; these contain a * Home * What is plagiarism? -- Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- The University's definition of plagiarism -- * Plagiarism -- * What is plagiarism? + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Turnitin UK University-wide Statement on Plagiarism The General Board, with the agreement of the Board of Examinations and -- -- Departments. Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. It is both poor -- -- scholarship and a breach of academic integrity. Examples of plagiarism include copying (using another person's language and/or ideas as if they are a candidate's own), by: * quoting verbatim another person's work without due acknowledgement -- -- to a joint project. Plagiarism might also arise from colluding with another person, including another candidate, other than as permitted for joint project work (i.e. where collaboration is concealed or has been forbidden). A -- -- piece of written work. Plagiarism can occur in respect to all types of sources and media: * text, illustrations, musical quotations, mathematical derivations, computer code, etc; -- -- not referencing sources) in examinations or assessed work may affect the mark given to the candidate's work. In addition, suspected cases of the use of unfair means (of which plagiarism is one form) will be investigated and may be brought to one of the University's Courts. The Courts have wide powers to discipline those found guilty of using -- -- The University makes use of text-matching software for the purpose of plagiarism education and detection, and reserves the right to submit a candidate’s work to such a service. For this purpose, candidates consent to the submission of their papers to the service and for the -- -- No candidate shall make use of unfair means in any University examination. Unfair means shall include plagiarism* and, unless such possession is specifically authorized, the possession of any book, paper or other material relevant to the examination. No member of the -- -- (Statutes and Ordinances 2016, p. 191). * Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. -- -- known as Discipline Regulation 6. Proctorial Notice on plagiarism The Proctorial Notice for 2016 can be viewed on the Proctors' website. * Information for staff Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Forms of plagiarism and collusion -- * Plagiarism * Information for staff -- -- * Information for staff + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * What is plagiarism? * Resources and support * Turnitin UK -- -- * Turnitin UK This page outlines some common forms of plagiarism and collusion, and suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. -- -- suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. * Plagiarism in invigilated examinations * Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework * Collusion in dissertations and other assessed coursework __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in invigilated examinations Collusion (perhaps by candidates exchanging notes) is extremely rare in -- -- invigilated examinations; this is clearly an offence which would be reported immediately to the Proctors. The most common forms of plagiarism in invigilated exams are: Reproducing material committed to memory -- -- heart. Those brought up with rote learning often don't realise that reproducing such material in a written examination constitutes plagiarism if it is reproduced without attribution. In technical subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as -- -- subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as plagiarism. * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it -- * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it clear that plagiarism can occur in written examinations and explain how candidates should acknowledge sources in such examinations. Examiners are strongly advised to include an appropriate rubric on -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework There are numerous forms of assessed work which are not produced under -- -- strict examination conditions, including: dissertations, assessed essays, practical work, seminar-style presentations, and musical compositions. Cases of both plagiarism and collusion are regularly reported in these forms of assessment and some are taken to the Court of Discipline. -- -- of Discipline. 'Classic' plagiarism -- * Overview: plagiarism most commonly involves copying from the Internet, published works, lecture handouts or private communications. Work copied from the Internet can be detected by -- -- the requirements and explain that serious penalties can be imposed. In cases of supervised work, Supervisors are expected to play a role: the Proctors may ask why the plagiarism wasn’t detected before the work reached the Examiners. -- -- before the work reached the Examiners. Third-party plagiarism -- * Overview: a more troublesome form of plagiarism is the use of work commissioned from a third party. These may be purchased from organisations which supply dissertations and essays on a -- -- candidate normally submits. Review-section plagiarism -- * Overview: a common form of plagiarism, which is usually more or less innocent, occurs in review sections. A final-year dissertation may legitimately build on the work described in a dissertation -- -- permitted and what is not. Guidance on proofreading is available on the collusion pages of this website. * Treatment of cases: unlike cases of plagiarism, work produced by unauthorised collusion cannot be made good by proper attribution. The Board of Examinations has agreed that it is inappropriate to -- -- A copies from B without B's knowledge Strictly, this is plagiarism rather than collusion but plagiarism that cannot be made good by any form of attribution. It may be necessary to interview both A and B at an investigative meeting. If it is clear that -- -- This example is much like the former except that B may now be in trouble too. It should perhaps be regarded as a case of collusion rather than plagiarism. Again A should not be awarded any marks for the copied elements of the University of Birmingham Intranet > Academic Services > Student Services > Student Conduct > Plagiarism > Guidance for students -- Guidance on plagiarism for students -- In 'Plagiarism' -- * Plagiarism * Plagiarism awareness starting points * Guidance for students -- * Guidance for students * Plagiarism Information for staff * Interactive plagiarism course Back to 'Student Conduct' -- -- Back to 'Student Conduct' * Defining plagiarism * A student's responsibilities -- * A student's responsibilities * 'Accidental' plagiarism * Plagiarism-detecting software * How Schools deal with plagiarism * The Learning Agreement and plagiarism * Plagiarism and postgraduate study * Student background and plagiarism * Referral to College Misconduct Committee * Appealing the decision -- -- * Confidentiality Defining plagiarism -- Plagiarism is a form of cheating and is a serious academic offence. It arises where work submitted by a student is not their own and has been taken from another source. The original material is then hidden from -- -- or by not mentioning it at all. The most common forms of plagiarism are: * copying -- * copying * self-plagiarism (also called auto-plagiarism) * collusion * fabrication or misrepresentation -- -- * unacceptable proof-reading Plagiarism may occur in a number of other forms, as well as in conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the -- conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the plagiarism may arise from the misuse of sources outside the University. The key is proper attribution of source material. None of the -- -- activities listed above is, of itself, necessarily wrong. Plagiarism is a serious matter for the University. If not dealt with, it will ultimately devalue all University degrees to the detriment of both students and the University. It also introduces a fundamental and -- -- It should be clear from a consideration of these two key requirements why plagiarism is unacceptable. By definition, a piece of work that has been plagiarised will never be able to meet either of the above criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely -- -- criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely to be a problem with plagiarism. It is ironic that students sometimes seem to go to great lengths to -- -- in jeopardy. 'Accidental' plagiarism The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the -- -- The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the severe penalties that may be applied in cases of serious plagiarism, will be anxious to avoid inadvertently submitting plagiarised work. It is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography -- is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography and still commit plagiarism by then incorporating a significant amount of un-attributed material taken directly or indirectly (through paraphrasing) from that source into the body of the assignment. -- -- Above all, the student body is not a single grouping and the University is aware of the need for a sympathetic approach to plagiarism, particularly in the first year of undergraduate studies and where there is no conscious attempt by the student to deceive. However, this is not -- -- ensure that you have clear guidance on what is expected of you in terms of the referencing of source material. If you are worried about committing plagiarism, always seek help and advice from your tutor, supervisor or other academic advisor within your School. Members of staff are experienced in dealing with questions about proper -- -- * Endnote information and training Plagiarism-detecting software Schools are making use of software systems, in addition to the existing -- -- You should be assured that academic judgement is always brought into play when analysing the results. A School will not take action against you for plagiarism as a result of the findings of Turnitin unless it has looked very carefully at the report obtained from the software and assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will -- -- assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will be able to see the relevant report and to challenge the School's case if you are accused of plagiarism following a software-based analysis of your work. -- -- However, the University reserves the right to protect the academic integrity of its degree awards by whatever means available to it. This will benefit those students who did not plagiarise. -- How Schools deal with plagiarism This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: -- -- This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: * If an Academic Integrity Officer suspects that plagiarism may have occurred they will undertake an investigation which would normally involve considering any evidence. This may include a report -- -- the marker or invigilator; * If, following the investigation, the Academic Integrity Officer has a reasonable suspicion that plagiarism has occurred, they will invite you to respond to the allegation and you will be invited to a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); -- -- a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); * Following on from the meeting, the principal academic unit will determine the level of plagiarism (if any) that it believes has arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, -- arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, moderate plagiarism and serious plagiarism. -- The consequences of a finding that plagiarism has occurred in any of these above ways can be found under Section 6 of the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. -- -- on Academic Integrity. In cases where serious plagiarism is found, the matter will be dealt with under University Regulation Section 8 Student Conduct. -- -- You should consult the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. This provides detailed definitive information on how plagiarism is dealt with. -- -- with. The Learning Agreement and plagiarism This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for -- -- This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for your part, will not submit plagiarised work and that your School, for its part, will help and support you to avoid plagiarism. It is seen by the University as a helpful expression of good faith and intentions by both sides of the academic partnership involving you and the -- -- University. Plagiarism and postgraduate study Given that you are likely to hold a First Degree already, there is an -- -- You should be assured that your School will not, provided it is satisfied that there has not been a deliberate attempt to deceive, treat any instance of plagiarism in the early stage of your postgraduate career as a matter normally requiring the imposition of a penalty. However, you must quickly come to terms with the University's -- -- dissertation element of the programme. Student background and plagiarism The educational background of students may make unintentional -- -- The educational background of students may make unintentional plagiarism more likely. Given the diversity of student background in the University, previous experience of formal education in the UK cannot be assumed. The expectations of learning and the learning styles -- -- and circumstance, as well as by individual preferences. Student work that stays close to the original source and is therefore at risk of an allegation of plagiarism may, in some cases, be the result of: * past experience of what has proven to be successful in other academic contexts but which is now a liability to the student; -- -- The University accepts that one (or more) of the above factors may play a role in a case of alleged plagiarism. Each case will therefore be treated on its individual merits and taking account of all relevant circumstances. #University of Derby Blog » Feed University of Derby Blog » Comments Feed University of Derby Blog » How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? Comments Feed alternate alternate [tr?id=263182877367236&ev=PageView&noscript=1] -- -- + Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Home > Blog > How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? James Elander -- -- Student Life How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? -- Be it in music or writing, plagiarism – “stealing other’s ideas” – is a complicated and yet serious offence. So how can universities help students improve their writing and avoid it? Professor James Elander, Head of -- -- Psychological Research, gives his top tips. Plagiarism happens so quickly and easily in these days of ‘cut and paste’, multiple deadlines and pressure to produce excellent work. -- -- Universities, therefore, need active strategies to help students learn not to plagiarise, and one approach focuses on improving their ‘authorial identity’ – a concept I have developed with Derby PhD student Kevin Cheung, which centres on how writers see themselves as -- -- students to understand the values of integrity and transparency associated with academic writing and to write assignments without plagiarising. My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction -- -- My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction session about plagiarism. I asked myself, what is the opposite of plagiarism? Surely the answer to that is authorship and, if authorship is the desired outcome, what are the behavioural or psychological characteristics needed for students to achieve that? -- -- To qualify genuinely as the authors of their written work, students must understand the role of an author, and must be able to identify with that role. This protects them from accidental plagiarism, which often happens when students produce written work without being really in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for -- -- in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for several projects with different groups of colleagues to help students not to plagiarise. Supervised by myself and Ed Stupple in the Department of Psychology at -- -- with lecturers were used to get insights into what university lecturers think about authorial identity, and how we can get them more involved in helping students write better and avoid plagiarism. These showed that changing identity, or how one sees oneself, is -- -- When students were asked afterwards about these workshops, 86% agreed they helped them understand how to avoid plagiarism and 66% agreed they helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, -- -- helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, understanding of authorship and knowledge to avoid plagiarism. The changes were greatest for year one students, supporting the common -- -- It’s important that universities spend time speaking to their students about what plagiarism means and the impact it can have. However, rather than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like -- than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like we did, and discussing how to write assignments without plagiarising, is of much better value. -- -- We hope this research will help to guide future efforts to help students improve their writing and avoid plagiarism, and also give us a simple tool to measure how students’ change through taking part in those efforts. -- -- those efforts. Top tips to avoid plagiarism Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental -- -- Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental plagiarism. Some of these are related to the early stages of work on a written assignment: * Think about what your own position (opinion) is before you start -- -- * Put yourself in the role of the author. How to use quotations without plagiarising * Think about what point you are making with the quote; -- -- * #Derby * #higher education * #plagiarism * #Press * #psychology You are here: Home / Offices / Student and Academic Services / Exams and Assessment / Plagiarism and Collusion Info -- -- Info Plagiarism and Collusion -- * Plagiarism: Plagiarism is used as a general term to describe taking and using another’s thoughts and writings as one’s own. Plagiarism can occur not only in essays and dissertations, but also in scientific experimentation, diagrams, maps, fieldwork, computer -- -- the application of very severe penalties. Avoiding plagiarism and/or collusion -- Learning Development runs a workshop on avoiding plagiarism and has study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on -- study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on avoiding plagiarism. Your student handbook is also a useful resource for plagiarism avoidance and will set out your department's policy about identifying plagiarism. Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of -- -- Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of plagiarism and/or collusion Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Senate Regulation 11: Regulations governing -- -- Departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion: Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations -- -- Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations governing student discipline when investigating and considering allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in work that is not assessed by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of -- by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of the case by the department's Plagiarism Officer. -- Departmental level consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion may be followed by a hearing of a Student Discipline Panel if the severity of the offence or the complexity of the case deems it -- -- * See regulation 11.60 to 11.70 for full details of the University's procedures for departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in assessed work (excluding written examinations) -- -- assessed work (excluding written examinations) Departmental penalties for plagiarism/collusion: The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student -- -- The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student if he/she is found to have committed plagiarism/collusion are also defined in the regulations. A disciplinary panel has the power to impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. -- -- impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. * See regulation 11.71 to 11.75 for full details of departmental penalties for plagiarism and/or collusion (extract of regulations) Cheating in written examinations -- -- staff in your department (e.g. your Programme Director or Head of Department) without any delay if you are still unsure about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. Don't risk a penalty. * For departments: -- * For departments: Contact your Plagiarism Officer or the Secretary to the Senate Student Discipline Committee (qualoffice@le.ac.uk | x2605), for advice on the operation of Senate Regulation 11. -- -- o Undergraduate Progression and Award o Taught Postgraduate Progression and Award o Plagiarism and Collusion # Penalties o Student Results You are here Home » General Regulations » Plagiarism Sitemap -- -- + University Calendar + Academic credit system (ECTS) + Plagiarism * Course Documentation + Course handbooks -- -- * Sitemap Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is interpreted by the University as the act of presenting the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. -- -- the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. Plagiarism is considered as academically fraudulent, and an offence against University discipline. The University considers plagiarism to be a major offence, and subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- University. Visit http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism -- -- Template for Plagiarism Summary Procedure -- Calendar Statement on Plagiarism for Undergraduates - Part II, 82-91 -- Plagiarism 82 General -- -- and explicit manner, and with due acknowledgement. Plagiarism is the act of presenting the work or ideas of others as one's own, without due acknowledgement. -- one's own, without due acknowledgement. Plagiarism can arise from deliberate actions and also through careless thinking and/or methodology. The offence lies not in the attitude or intention of the perpetrator, but in the action and in its -- -- It is the responsibility of the author of any work to ensure that he/she does not commit plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered to be academically fraudulent, and an offence against academic integrity that is subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- procedures of the University. 83 Examples of Plagiarism Plagiarism can arise from actions such as: (a) copying another student's work; (b) enlisting another person or persons to complete an assignment on -- -- All the above serve only as examples and are not exhaustive. 84 Plagiarism in the context of group work Students should normally submit work done in co-operation with other students only when it is done with the full knowledge and permission of -- -- the lecturer concerned. Without this, submitting work which is the product of collusion with other students may be considered to be plagiarism. When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is -- -- When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is possible, that no work submitted by the group is plagiarised. -- 85 Self plagiarism student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one -- -- student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one assessment for credit is normally considered self-plagiarism. -- 86 Avoiding plagiarism Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice -- Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice from their lecturers, tutor or supervisor on avoiding plagiarism. All schools and departments must include, in their handbooks or other literature given to students, guidelines on the appropriate methodology -- -- for the kind of work that students will be expected to undertake. In addition, a general set of guidelines for students on avoiding plagiarism is available on http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism. -- 87 If plagiarism as referred to in §82 above is suspected, in the first instance, the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or their designate, will write to the student, and the student’s tutor -- -- 88 If the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or designate, forms the view that plagiarism has taken place, he/she must decide if the offence can be dealt with under the summary procedure set out below. In order for this summary procedure to be followed, all -- -- (a) Level 1: Student receives an informal verbal warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will be assessed and marked without penalty; -- -- (b) Level 2: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissable. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped -- not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped mark depending on the seriousness/extent of plagiarism; (c) Level 3: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. There is no opportunity for #RSS 2.0 RSS .92 Atom 0.3 Ninth Level Ireland » Plagiarism Comments Feed alternate alternate alternate -- -- Plagiarism -- Of plagiarism, little new can be written (Schwartz, The culture of the copy (1998), p. 311) -- -- “Plagiarism” is defined in various ways. The core meaning seems to be inappropriate copying of another’s ideas or expressions. An important analytical distinction is between: -- -- behaviour, whether acknowledged or not. There is no legal definition of plagiarism, though it forms part of many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often -- -- many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often described as “self-plagiarism”; and two students who hand in identical essays may both find themselves accused of plagiarism, even though the essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of -- essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of them. Many examples of plagiarism will also be examples of breach of intellectual property rights, such as copyright or droit moral / droit à la paternité. -- -- à la paternité. Objections to plagiarism are numerous, so much so that it may be doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much -- doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much that used to be called “cheating” is now labelled “plagiarism”, often confusingly. The attitude of the person whose work is copied is sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as -- -- sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as your own is objectionable whether or not the true author objects.) There is a modern tendency to define “plagiarism” quite broadly, in some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme -- -- some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme hostility to plagiarism (such as stating, inaccurately, that it is a form of theft) it can sound as if large portions of the student community are being accused of crime. -- -- community are being accused of crime. Many argue that there is now a crisis of plagiarism, even a war against plagiarism. Of course, it has always been the case that some students look for illegitimate short cuts to achieving their qualifications. Various factors are blamed for the modern “crisis”: the growth of IT -- -- for intellectual development, not an occasion for open warfare between students and their teachers; the crisis, if there is one, is not so much a “crisis of plagiarism” as a crisis of how to test core competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. -- -- competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. The very difficulties experienced in trying to define plagiarism are evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how -- evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how it is to be established; further, those who condemn “plagiarism” the loudest often seem to have a quite unrealistic idea of the level of originality that can be expected at student level. -- -- originality that can be expected at student level. Plagiarism by academics is not so much discussed, though there is a general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. -- -- general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. “Persaud’s plagiarism was dishonesty, rules medical council”). It may, as in Raj Persaud’s case, come to the attention of a relevant professional body; or it might be a matter of university internal -- -- It is in this academic context that there are complaints of self-plagiarism, that academics are accused of reproducing their own work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether -- work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether “self-plagiarism” is really the right term may be doubted. Artificially padding one’s c.v. by submitting the same article to more than one journal is certainly reprehensible, and may in some circumstances even -- -- publications. Plagiarism by students, by contrast, has become a major preoccupation of universities. The rise of IT and access to online information, which has coincided with a greater emphasis on marked coursework rather than -- -- that the material could quite properly be included in a legitimate piece of writing, if referenced in the appropriate way. Any detailed university policy on plagiarism must necessarily distinguish between disciplines, as each discipline has its own nuanced attitude to materials that may be cited and how they may be used in argument. But -- -- equally, a failure to abide by a discipline’s rules is only culpable if those rules are understood – which leads many to suspect that rampant plagiarism really represents a teaching failure, such that the rules have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. -- -- have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. Many say, then, that plagiarism is to a certain extent a cultural problem. Does this mean that it is particularly a difficulty with students whose native language is not English? Some argue precisely -- -- of suspicion that is not applied to home students. There is little incentive for non-English speakers to improve their grasp of the language if they are met with “S/He must have plagiarised, s/he doesn’t speak English that well!”. If the local attitude to plagiarism is not well understood by foreign students, then presumably at least some of the blame lies with their teachers, and so a harsh response is not -- -- If there is a cultural problem, then, it is equally to do with domestic students. Academic horror at plagiarism reflects a set of value-judgments that students do not necessarily share, and the academics’ version of what their students are supposed to be doing -- -- achieve any level of expressive freedom. Constrained by an overwhelming consensus over the ‘facts’ and established modes of knowing, students may almost be forced to plagiarise. To devise a way to operate within a disciplinary context, without plagiarising, may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – -- may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – meaning, plagiarism and power, 2006) -- (See also Bill Marsh, Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education, 2007.) -- -- make no sense to be told that a failure to paraphrase counts as dishonesty. For discussion see “It’s culture, not morality”; “Using assessment on the front-line in the battle against plagiarism”. Academic conventions in these matters are framed on an assumption that -- -- dealing with intellectual problems is to find someone who has solved the problem before and to copy their work. (Without this skill, indeed, most university plagiarism policies would never have seen the light of day.) There are indeed other skills which university degrees must teach, and there are also behaviours which must be identified as -- -- required. As it is, plagiarism is increasingly being seen as a disciplinary matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an -- -- matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an unfortunate tendency both to define plagiarism broadly (as including any failure to follow established citation conventions, even if there is no attempt to claim originality for the cited material), coupled -- -- cheats off hook”; “‘Plagiarist’ to sue university”. Much attention has been focussed on plagiarism detection software (notably TURNITIN (website¦wikipedia)), which can take some of the drudgery out of identifying copied passages, and can be a useful -- -- o Irish Law Blogs o Overpayments o Plagiarism o Quality assurance o Tenure o Sample Dissertation o Sample Dissertation Proposal Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- + Referencing + Help Guides + Plagiarism Checker + Exam Revision Guides + -- -- o PhD Help Guides o Guide to Writing an Essay Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- * Call us What plagiarism is and how to avoid it One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of -- -- One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of study is that you must not plagiarise. If this is told to you early in your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there -- -- your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there are many different definitions of plagiarism. -- Plagiarism is stealing! -- This is the simplest way to explain plagiarism, it is stealing. What's more, it's stealing of the worst kind because it's taking another's idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. -- -- idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. Schools, colleges, and universities levy severe punishments on any student caught plagiarising and, in professional life, you would be prosecuted for it - plagiarism is illegal! -- The Internet and plagiarism: The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much -- -- The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much easier to plagiarise, but it has also made it easier to detect since most schools, colleges, and universities automatically scan work against millions of other sources to try and discover whether or not a -- -- teachers - they were students once themselves and during their careers have probably encountered every trick in the book! Therefore, make no mistake about it, if you deliberately plagiarise, you will be caught. -- Accidental plagiarism: -- Usually, however, a student is not guilty of direct plagiarism but plagiarising by accident. Unfortunately, it is too easy to do this when you are carrying out extensive research. Writing notes will, undoubtedly, incorporate the ideas of others alongside your own as this -- -- over an extended period of time (as with a thesis or dissertation), then it is easy to forget where your ideas end and another's begin. This is where accidental plagiarism can easily occur. -- How to avoid plagiarism: -- A very good way to avoid accidental plagiarism is to carefully record every single reference you make in your notes and put them into a list at the end of each referencing session that you carry out. It is also -- -- it) in the referencing style required by your school, college, or university. Not only will this help you to avoid an accusation of plagiarism, it will also enable you to grow accustomed to the required referencing style of your academic institution. This way of working will also allow your reference list and/or bibliography to evolve over -- -- footnote/bibliography style (employed by referencing styles such as Oxford). It is important to get this right because, like accidental plagiarism, getting it wrong will harm your academic career. Referencing and Citation Links -- -- of misuse. It is how you use these 'model answers' that makes the difference between availing yourself of a valuable academic resource and plagiarising. The best way to use a 'model answer' from a custom essay writing -- -- website is to think of the resource as you would a book i.e. make notes from it. Some of the key points you might take as a model without plagiarising are: * Structuring * Use of evidence -- -- Do not copy any words down from sources exactly as they are written unless you intend to cite them correctly within your work, otherwise you will be plagiarising. -- The good news is that nobody could, or should, accuse you of plagiarism if you simply use a source to aid your own quality of work. You are, after all, expected to research your topic, you just need to ensure you -- -- of others. Another frustrating form of accidental plagiarism can occur when you genuinely thought an idea was your own but later find that it is replicated in a book, journal, or other resource. The only way to avoid -- -- work such like a Masters or doctoral theses. Plagiarise and you're the one who suffers: -- Remember that plagiarism is a crime and that, like all forms of cheating, it ultimately harms no-one more than it does you. The best way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. -- -- way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. Does buying an essay count as plagiarism? If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this -- -- If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this constitute as plagiarism? The act of buying the essay is perfectly legitimate. You're allowed to -- -- answer or journal article you're given to look at. If you copy the essay word for word, reorganise sections or hand it in as your own, you'll be conducting plagiarism. 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Even if a plagiarist takes the words of someone else who had written and passes -- -- creation, the fruit of the writer's hard work. As we know when we enter a word "plagiarism" in Internet we find almost 100,000 links to know the purpose of plagiarism, is a severe issue for writers, lawyers, authors, publishers, teachers, and students. Why should students think about? So what happens if a student downloads a -- -- piece of writing and hands it inside the same as his or her own. What is plagiarism? -- The word plagiarism must be important because it can change ones future and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good -- -- and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good intentions of doing it and not plagiarizing, but at times they get so besieged with the assignment leads to plagiarize. -- Defining plagiarism Definitions may be different but the central theme is copying from -- -- act of lying, cheating, and stealing." At UNC, plagiarism is "the deliberate or reckless representation of another's word, thoughts, or ideas as one's own without attribution about submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise." -- -- (Instrument of Student Judicial Governance,) Because it is considered a form of cheating, the Office of the Dean of Students can punish students who plagiarize with course failure and suspension. -- The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the act of plagiarism as:"To steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". -- steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". Plagiarism is "a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work." -- -- 2. Results or findings Cost of plagiarism The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of -- -- The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of intellectual creation of mind is illegal according to the intellectual property law. The plagiarism laws are there to protect the intellectual ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught -- ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught in plagiarizing, not only you will be removed from course and institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students -- institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students in the UK were expelled in 2007 for plagiarism offences". (2) -- Forms of plagiarism -- On purpose plagiarism: it states that using of someone's work for time since his/her own work -- -- If once tutor started reading the task and ends that you have just copied from a book which I have already read it earlier. This type of plagiarism can be done on purpose and it will not work. Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we -- -- Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we read more books and form points and patch them together could be easily detectable, unfair and can be Accomplice by online plagiarism Bluffing: Reading texts, picking few phrases and writing them different -- -- Stitching sources: when complete task is mentioned correctly and cited even then student needs to develop analytical skills because they need to produce work truly as their own. So this is still plagiarism due to inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of -- inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of plagiarism. -- All these types of plagiarism should be avoided at all cost lesser or greater. -- -- Methods of awareness: Why student committed to plagiarism: Many of the students are committed plagiarism because of improper time management or fear about the language and writing skills, poor knowledge regarding the subject. Some of us having thrill about breaking the rules and unawareness towards -- -- the assignments and most of them causes by laziness. Educate you self about plagiarism: Copying a text from the Internet or online or e database will have the important text and type of cite that we are using for academic research papers that are estimated. If you -- -- leads to a high standard than the conclusion and introduction, because the introduction and conclusion are frequently written by a student. Improper citation is also Leads to plagiarism because of some students copy the text from Internet and shows the matter into quotations by giving wrong references. -- -- Before to start working with assignments first find the appropriate source for referencing and arrange the matter according to the way that you studied. Other method is to detect the plagiarism by some software's that are available to detect. -- -- location where you copied. How to avoid plagiarism: -- Plagiarism is avoided by the following four methods. They are, Effective note taking habits, before you start doing assignment write -- -- 4. Conclusion and recommendation As stated that plagiarism is a rising problem in schools, colleges and universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. -- universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. 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The editors of targeted publications are in some ways more obviously victims than the poets plagiarised. My first reaction was: what a dim thing to do these days. The tracking -- -- learn such a thing than to find out whether a particular poem has been published under more than one author’s name. It took me slightly longer to see why this response felt so off the mark. But of course plagiarism isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve -- isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve watched someone else go through. Defining plagiarism is trickier than you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other -- you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other kinds of copying (allusion, quotation) fairly easily: it’s plagiarism if the copyist hopes no one will notice. -- -- before he had the pleasure of pointing it out to me. This is probably relatively common, conscious or not. Still, I can’t bring myself to really care. Plagiarism has always seemed to me more pathetic than criminal. Log in to Reply -- -- 2. Timothy Rogers says: 13 June 2013 at 6:53 pm There’s a humorous side to plagiarized poetry, especially when it can be tied into the follies (or impostures) of youth. Here’s an illustrative story. When I was in the ninth grade in 1963 our #UK Human Rights Blog » Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Comments Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste Comments Feed Bipolar patient has capacity to decide to terminate pregnancy Right to Blog, Lord Chancellor’s Legacy and -- -- May 26, 2013 by David Hart QC Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste CutandPaste Crinion v. IG Markets [2013] EWCA (Civ) 587 read judgment -- -- Mr Mustafa, the Masters student at QMC in the second case, did rather less well; he tried to get a finding of plagiarism reversed by the Independent Adjudicator. 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Lofthouse Jnr. | May 26, 2013 at 3:46 pm Allegations of academic plagiarism tend to involve lecturers running essays through SEO tools like -- running essays through SEO tools like http://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ but these rely on other content being posted on the internet (like the ‘dodgy dossier’ was) #Sunfish » Feed Sunfish » Comments Feed Sunfish » Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Comments Feed 99 Outrageously Simple Openings For Emails Your Reader Will Be Powerless To Resist 12 steps to saying sorry -- -- * Contact us Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook -- -- Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook Plagiarism. For us writers, it’s an ugly word. -- -- joy, obviously. But is it really plagiarism? And what is plagiarism anyway? -- Plagiarism is an ethical offence, not a legal one -- I defer, as usual to the OED, which defines plagiarism thus: To take, use and/or pass off the thoughts, writings, inventions etc of -- -- Notice that it doesn’t say ‘copy’. Nor is the offence reserved exclusively for taking writing. You can plagiarise someone else’s ideas. -- -- ideas. Plagiarism is also an ethical offence, not a legal one. There is no legal remedy. -- -- I found myself in this unwelcome situation recently (of the plagiarised, I mean). I clicked a link in a fellow copywriter’s tweet to a blog post whose -- -- content, style, tone and, in some cases, entire phrases, of my post. So, it passed the first part of the plagiarism test. It took my ideas and writings. -- -- In this particular case I didn’t feel my reputation or commercial fortunes were damaged by the plagiarism. I had very little to gain for seeking any sort of remedy. And, to be -- -- But what about if it happens to you? What then? 15 steps you should take if you think you’ve been plagiarised Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a -- -- Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a potential act of plagiarism. First, get answers to these seven questions: -- -- To what extent? 6 Are you being damaged in any way by the plagiarism (other than wounded pride)? -- -- The more times you answer yes, the more likely the act is to be plagiarism. Let’s say you feel you have a case to make. Here are the eight steps -- -- Post Comment 1. Good advice. I once plagiarised an article without realising it. I published a press release, which I assumed to be public domain. It turned out that the PR person who had written the press release #RSS Feed Plagiarism Checker | WriteCheck by Turnitin * Features -- -- Get Started Now! Plagiarism in the UK In the United Kingdom, the Channel 4 news program Dispatches aired a -- -- Though much of the segment focused on cheating on standardized tests, the network used Freedom of Information requests to also gain access to statistics on plagiarism at universities in the country. According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been -- -- According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been accused of plagiarism in the past four years, of which some 40,000 were disciplined. Of those disciplined, 400 were expelled (excluded) and another 12,000 had a deduction in their grades. -- -- Those statistics are interesting for a variety of reasons. First is that, while the majority of plagiarism cases did result in disciplinary action, a full third did not. How many of these cases were because of the student being exonerated versus a decision that it didn’t warrant -- -- Still, this means that, in the UK at least, punishment for an alleged plagiarism infraction is far from automatic, resulting in a punishment rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of -- rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of plagiarism, they are more favorable than those faced by those accused of actual crimes. District attorneys in the United States, for example, routinely see conviction rates well above 90%. -- -- It’s also worth noting that only one fifth of the students accused of plagiarism suffered a reduction in their grades and only .6% of all students accused of plagiarism were expelled. This means that, in the UK, an allegation of plagiarism does not automatically mean a grade reduction, much less an expulsion. Those are actually very unlikely outcomes. -- -- However, perhaps most interesting is that the number of students accused of plagiarism is significantly smaller than the number who likely actually do it. A recent survey of college students in the U.S. showed that 38% of undergraduates and 25% of graduates admitted to -- -- While the United States is a different country, even if the UK rate of plagiarism is just 20% that means the vast majority of students who plagiarized never even faced an accusation. This is because there are approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means -- approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means approximately 2.6% were accused of plagiarism. That number, 2.6%, feels both extraordinarily high and extraordinarily -- -- low at the same time. On one hand, it’s stunning to think that, on average, in every class of 38 students, one will face allegations of plagiarism. On the other hand, given the high rate of admitted plagiarism, it means that the amount detected truly is just the tip of the iceberg. -- -- More than anything, the Channel 4 report shows just how complex the problem of plagiarism in universities is and. more importantly, how deep the issue runs. -- -- Fortunately, while there are no easy solutions to this problem, universities in the UK have made great strides in the fight. Not only have they adopted plagiarism policies and the use of plagiarism-detection software nationwide, but they’ve nearly cut in half the number of papers with high similarity rates turned in over the first 10 years of the program. -- -- first 10 years of the program. Still, as these statistics show, the battle against plagiarism is not a sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but -- -- sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but all areas of plagiarism policy. Further, it requires regular analysis to ensure that it’s working as designed so that adjustments can be made as time goes on. -- -- Fortunately, that is what the UK is doing and that’s why we have such powerful statistics from it. That data, in the end, is powerful and, as shown above, indicates the UK is turning the tide against plagiarism, even if there is still much work to be done. -- -- The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today, and do not reflect the opinions of WriteCheck. -- WriteCheck. 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Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, -- -- activities. Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, there is also evidence that a generation brought up using the Internet has very different views on what constitutes ‘plagiarism’. -- Plagiarism is usually seen as being ‘wrong’, ‘immoral’ or at least undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the -- -- undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the learning process. Furthermore, ‘plagiarism’ should not be confused with ‘copyright’, as what may be plagiarism is not necessarily copyright infringement. Thus while plagiarism is often ‘unlawful’ it may not always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute -- always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute ‘plagiarism’, such as the improper referencing of sources in student essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for -- -- essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for plagiarism, and the academic and professional penalties that can be imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. -- -- imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. SECTION ONE – TYPES OF PLAGIARISM Definitions -- -- Definitions The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines ‘plagiarism’ as ‘to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: to use (another's production) without crediting the source: to commit literary -- -- The word ‘plagiarist’ is derived from the Latin word ‘plagiarus’, meaning, ‘kidnapper’^3. Yet as we shall see, plagiarism does not need to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans -- to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans points out: ‘Everyone seems to know [plagiarism] is wrong... but few know how to completely define it’^4. -- -- know how to completely define it’^4. Oxford University states that plagiarism is ‘the copying or paraphrasing of other people’s work or ideas into your own work without full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. -- -- full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. It also includes ‘collusion’, i.e. the unauthorised working with others. The university states that students may be guilty of plagiarism even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This -- even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This suggests that ‘plagiarism’ is an all-embracing term that covers a huge variety of activities. -- -- variety of activities. Types of plagiarism The Harvard Guide to Using Sources^7 provides useful examples of -- -- unacceptable conduct. Many of these involve the practice of ‘cutting and pasting’ from electronic sources such as the Internet^8. The Guide divides plagiarisms into several different types. -- The first is ‘Verbatim plagiarism’. This is word for word copying from another source without placing the copied text in quotation marks and providing a clear citation, i.e. an acknowledgement of where the -- -- material came from. Another category is ‘Mosaic plagiarism’^9. This involves copying parts of another’s material but changing a few words here and there without placing the material in quotes or providing a citation. The Guide -- -- An example can be found in How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, an unpublished novel Kaavya Viswanathan, which was found to contain numerous instances of plagiarism, notably from two previously published books by author Megan McCafferty^10. -- -- first in a long string of boyfriends got on.’^12 Here, mosaic plagiarism can be seen in the way certain words are changed while others are left unaltered. The result is very close to the original in its expression. -- -- the original in its expression. ‘Inadequate paraphrasing’ is a similar type of plagiarism where the student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a -- -- student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a citation, this is not enough to prevent plagiarism. The new passage must instead restate the original work using completely new words. The Guide suggests that students should make accurate notes of the original -- -- citation immediately afterwards^15. Other types of plagiarism can include providing inaccurate information about the sources in citations and using too many sources without enough interconnecting original material, with the result that the -- -- paper contains almost no original work^16. Another type of plagiarism is ‘self-plagiarism’. This is a practice mainly found among academics where the author recycles their own work, ‘dressing up’ old research to make it appear original and new^17, and -- -- Problems with definitions However, though examples of plagiarism are numerous, there is much disagreement about when the rules should apply. -- -- topics which a first year undergraduate may be ignorant of. Similarly, arts students tend to cite things differently than science students^19. This undermines any solid definitions of plagiarism. -- Another problem when defining plagiarism is that educational institutions’ plagiarism policies tend to give students more leeway in examinations. For instance, Yale College’s plagiarism guide states that for its purposes the term ‘plagiarism’ will be usually confined to coursework only^20. -- -- Administrators (an advisory body for institutions providing writing programs) takes the view that institutions should treat intentional and unintentional plagiarism differently^21. They state that if a student tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be -- -- tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be classed as ‘plagiarism’^22. In fact, they regard it as part of the natural learning process for students. They also state that using ‘common knowledge’ is acceptable. However this again does not address -- -- acknowledgment^24. This definition appears self-contradictory, as it recognizes that some institutions and even academic programmes define ‘plagiarism’ differently. What use then is the definition? Such definitions are unhelpful and serve only to confuse the issue. -- -- is part of the learning process, where students assimilate phrases, terminology and ideas to gain understanding of a particular subject. However she states that this is still plagiarism, regardless of whether the student acknowledges their sources^26. -- -- If that wasn’t enough for the student to contend with, there is evidence to suggest that the present generation of students views ‘plagiarism’ differently from previous generations. In American colleges 68% of all students admit cutting and pasting from the Internet without giving acknowledgments^27. Blum suggests that this -- -- forms part of a cultural pattern. McCabe and Trevino also note that this ‘may be due to a changing definition among students of what constitutes plagiarism’, particularly when it comes it paraphrasing^28. Blum says: ‘Contemporary students are swimming in a sea of texts’^29. -- -- Contrasted to this, the academic world has strict rules on referencing even when direct quotations are not used. This may explain the rise in the amount of plagiarism seen in colleges and universities recently. Conclusion -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. It can encompass a wide variety of activities, not all of which involve professional ‘cheating’. Unintentional plagiarism can also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as -- -- also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as ‘plagiarism’. A problem for students is that some disciplines and forms of assessment are more stringent than others. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot -- -- some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot when they are plagiarizing another’s work. -- Copyright symbol SECTION TWO – Plagiarism v Copyright UK law -- -- to exploit a work^30. The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) governs UK copyright law. One of the main differences between copyright and plagiarism is that copyright generally does not protect ideas, only the expression of those ideas. However this distinction is not as clear cut as it sounds. -- -- What is copyright? Plagiarism covers a variety of material. It includes academic papers, professional publications, works of fiction and even scientific formulae. In short, where there is any potential for the use of -- -- recorded in some permanent form, such as in writing^42. Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright is that copyright only lasts for a fixed period. For original works this is seventy years from the death of the author^43, while for sound -- -- arrangements last for twenty-five years^45. If a work’s copyright expires it becomes ‘public domain’ and can be used freely without a licence. By contrast, plagiarism is not concerned with whether a source is public domain or not, but whether it has been adequately referenced. -- -- Infringement Plagiarism policies and copyright law both cover a wide variety of activities. However copyright law is more rigid, in that it sets out what activities may constitute copyright infringement. -- -- work to the public, adapting the work or authorizing any of these acts to be done without a licence There is no need to show any intention on the part of the infringer. Therefore, as with plagiarism, infringement may be unintentional. -- -- author^46, or joint authors if there are more than one^47, of by the author’s employer if the work was created during the course of their employment^48. This is unlike plagiarism, where it does not matter whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone -- whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone else to produce a piece of work may be plagiarism in itself^49. How much can be copied? -- -- How much can be copied? Plagiarism policies allow for some copying provided that any text lifted from the original is surrounded in quotation marks and referenced properly^50. Similarly, you can legally copy material from a -- -- that the work must originate from its creator and not be copied from somewhere else^54. One of the consequences of this is that facts cannot generally be protected. This contrasts with plagiarism, which suggests that it is the failure to say where the facts came from that incurs a penalty^55. -- -- Sufficient acknowledgment Plagiarism is concerned with originality of work. For instance, plagiarists who recycle old ideas are criticized for undermining the pursuit of original knowledge and enriching themselves, sometimes at -- -- Publication: does it matter? Plagiarism does not require anything to be made public. However, except for ‘copying’, copyright infringement must involve the work being made available to the public^59. Bainbridge notes that the approach courts -- -- Ideas v Expression Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, -- is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, not the ideas behind it. Plagiarism however, can be committed by stealing ideas as well as by copying text. -- -- Saunders states that this means that an academic can copy ideas from someone else’s work, as long as he presents them in an original way. Such behaviour may be plagiarism, but it is not copyright infringement^63. -- -- copyright infringement^74. Therefore if you reproduce a section of an original work without crediting the author, you may also violate this right as well as commit plagiarism. Under s.80(1) CDPA 1988, an author or director also has a right to -- -- Conclusion Therefore copyright infringement in the UK differs from plagiarism in that only certain works are protected for a limited duration. Infringement also requires that the amount used from the copyright work -- -- family^87. This is all very different from the position regarding plagiarism, where it does not matter if the work is public domain or not. -- -- Moral Rights in the US are much more limited than in the UK, and are of little assistance to the copyright owner in preventing plagiarism. Authors in the US have rights of paternity and integrity similar to -- -- unscripted portions of the film are written down verbatim. Such use may well not infringe copyright. This is, of course, different to plagiarism, which includes non-literal copying from any source. There must also be ‘substantial similarity’ between the infringing copy -- -- to reproducing or exhibiting work, communicating work to public, and falsely attributing work to the author. This covers all possible forms of plagiarism and may be an alternative remedy to infringement for plagiarized authors. However these rights are more limited than in English law. The rights -- -- i) ‘ILLEGAL’ v ‘UNLAWFUL’ Plagiarism may be unlawful, but it is not necessarily illegal. Although these two terms are often used interchangeably, they do have different technical meanings. “Illegal” has been defined as an act’ which the law -- -- Therefore to infringe copyright is to violate law and commit an ‘illegal’ act. However while plagiarism is considered unethical, it is not ‘illegal’ unless it also infringes copyright or some other rule of law. -- -- law. In fact, some plagiarisms may not even be unlawful, as even plagiarized work is capable of subsisting in copyright. A plagiarized essay still qualifies as a literary work under the CDPA 1988 even if it has not been created to academic standards. The plagiarist would still be able -- -- students. For purely academic work, the UK law does not require that source material be acknowledged. However this will not protect students from allegations of plagiarism. Someone writing an essay or journal article may claim they are writing -- -- Conclusion Plagiarism is therefore be illegal only if it infringes copyright or some other law. Even infringement may be lawful if it amounts to ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. The UK law provides little certainty on the -- -- This makes cases hard to predict in the UK and the US. SECTION SIX – CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES -- -- i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES If plagiarism involves a violation of copyright law, the infringer may commit criminal offences. -- -- dishonestly make a representation with a view to causing gain or loss to anyone^176, for instance, if an academic secures a publishing advance for an original article but delivers a plagiarized version. Australia -- -- where the origins of a work have been deliberately disguised, such as by removing copyright notices or modifying it so it cannot be recognized^187. This may apply to plagiarized written work. Australia -- -- Even if a plagiarist escapes civil or criminal sanctions, they may still face serious consequences. Plagiarism can result in the cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have -- -- cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have plagiarized several works, including those by Megan McCafferty and Salman Rushdie , the publishers cancelled her publishing contract ^198. The publisher may also ban the author in the future and withdraw copies -- -- author to provide a warranty that their work is original^200 Plagiarism can cause severe embarrassment and damage the copier’s career and good standing in the academic community. The publisher may complain to the academic’s departmental head, resulting in internal -- -- governed by the Human Rights Act 1998, which enshrines the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law^206. University Disciplinary Committees decide what penalties to impose on students for plagiarism. These are distinct from Examination Boards, which grade students based on their academic performance. Disciplinary Committees are subject to -- -- In one recent case, a student accused his university of negligence for failing to bring plagiarism to his notice. Michael Gunn sued the University of Kent for failing him for plagiarism days before he was due to graduate, having said nothing about this while he carried on his studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation -- -- studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation for changing a student’s grade after they have graduated on grounds of plagiarism^212. -- Plagiarism policies may discriminate against students from overseas. The JISC recognizes that for some students, such as those who are home-schooled, reproducing large amounts of text is a way of showing -- -- under the Human Rights Act 1998. Many academic institutions also utilize plagiarism detection sites and software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and -- software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and plagiarismchecker.net. In the USA, their use has already sparked a court case. In AV v iParadigms LLC^217, high school students in Virginia and Arizona sued Turnitin.com’s owners, iParadigms. The -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright -- process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright infringement and plagiarism are not the same thing, and one may be a plagiarist without infringing copyright, and vice versa. While there are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are -- -- are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are generally less well protected in the US and Australia. Also, moral rights are much weaker in these two countries. Plagiarism is not always illegal, thanks to defences such as ‘fair use’. However what is ‘fair’ can be very hard to pin down, and the potential infringer would be well -- -- advised to always err on the side of caution. There are severe criminal and civil penalties for commercial copyright infringement, and plagiarism can also have damaging academic and professional consequences. However, in a culture that is becoming increasingly reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next -- -- reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next generation of scholars may well have very different ideas about what is ‘plagiarism’. One answer would be to change the way university courses are taught, placing less reliance on traditional essay-writing, which encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly -- -- encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly different form. Instead universities appear to be resorting to technology themselves to stamp out plagiarism. Whether these methods are legal themselves remains to be seen. -- -- Blum, S, My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture, Cornell University Press, New York, 2009 -- -- International: The Netherlands, 2010 Carroll, J and Appleton, J, Plagiarism: A Good Practice Guide, 2001, retrieved 7 November 2012, -- -- The Council of Writing Program Administrators, Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices, 2003, retrieved 7 November 2012, Deazley, R, ‘Copyright in the House of Lords: recent cases, judicial -- -- reasoning and academic writing’ IPQ, no.2, 2004, pp.121-137 Evans, R, ‘The New Plagiarism in Higher Education`, 2000, retrieved 14 May 2001, -- -- 054> Howard, R, ‘Plagiarisms, Authorships, and the Academic Death Penalty.’ College English, vol. 57, no.7, 1995, pp. 708-36 -- -- College English, vol. 57, no.7, 1995, pp. 708-36 King, R, Understanding Copyright Law, Fair Use, Plagiarism and Public Domain, King & Associates, Arizona, 2012 (e-book). -- -- The Lawbook Exchange, New Jersey, 1997 Merriam-Website Online Dictionary, Plagiarize, 2012, retrieved 7 November 2012, Oxford University, Academic Guidance, 2012, retrieved 7 November 2012, -- -- plaints-against-universities-soar-by-a-fifth.html>. 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The Little Oxford English Dictionary, 6th edn, Oxford -- -- Harlow 2010, p.29. 4 J Evans, ‘The New Plagiarism in Higher Education`, 2000, retrieved 14 May 2001, . -- -- 15 Ibid. 16 Plagiarism.org, Types of Plagiarism, 2012, retrieved 21 November 2012, . 17 R Attwood, ‘Allow me to rephrase, and boost my tally of articles’, -- -- de=402598>. 18 J Carroll and J Appleton, Plagiarism: A Good Practice Guide, 2001, retrieved 7 November 2012, , p. 14. -- -- 19 Ibid. 20 Yale College, Definitions of Plagiarism, Cheating, and Documentation of Sources, 2012, retrieved 7 November 2012, -- of Sources, 2012, retrieved 7 November 2012, . -- -- 21 The Council of Writing Program Administrators, Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices, 2003, retrieved 7 November 2012, p.1. 22 Ibid, p.2. -- -- 24 Ibid. 25 R Howard, ‘Plagiarisms, Authorships, and the Academic Death Penalty.’ College English, vol. 57, no.7, 1995, pp. 708-36. -- -- 26 Ibid. 27 S Blum, My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture, Cornell University Press, New York, 2009, p.1. -- -- de=402598>. 57 J Saunders, ‘Plagiarism and the law: a guide to plagiarism and the law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, -- law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, , p.2. 58 [2007] EWCA Civ 247. -- -- 86 Ibid. 87 R King, Understanding Copyright Law, Fair Use, Plagiarism and Public Domain, King & Associates, Arizona, 2012 (e-book). -- -- Features * Plagiarism detection * Plagiarism checker reviews * Types of plagiarism * Is plagiarism illegal? * Plagiarism articles * Ask the Doctor -- * Ask the Doctor * Plagiarism pictures * Plagiarism scanner (BETA) Guides -- -- * Referencing guides * Lesson plans * NEW: Free plagiarism workbook (PDF) About -- -- About PlagiarismChecker.net is the free website for plagiarism software, reviews, articles, lesson plans and commentary on detection methods. -- -- XML | TXT | HTML | ROR | Images © Copyright 2015 by PlagiarismChecker.net. 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Investigation process -- -- Investigation process In all suspected cases of Plagiarism and/ or Collusion, the centre is required to notify the awarding organisation within 10 working days. -- -- City & Guilds ILM: Plagiarism, Collusion and Cheating Policy OCR: Joint Council for Qualifications Suspected Malpractice in -- -- + Information, advice and guidance statement of service + Learner charter + Plagiarism and Collusion Your questions * What is academic integrity? * What is plagiarism? * How do I avoid plagiarism? * What is referencing? * Why should I reference? -- -- Students working together where this is not permitted, with the intention of gaining an unfair advantage or cheating in the preparation of coursework. A form of plagiarism. See also collaboration. Common knowledge -- -- * exam techniques (eg preparation, timing, etc). Plagiarism In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas -- -- In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas or writings as your own without acknowledgement. In an academic context (see page What is is plagiarism?). This includes taking another person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of -- -- person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of plagiarism in the General Regulations Appendix A: * reproducing in any work submitted for assessment or review(for example, examination answers, essays, project reports, -- -- Turnitin In full this refers to the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software supplied under license from Turnitin UK . Submitted work is matched against a database of previously submitted work from every institution -- -- which subscribes to Turnitin, (including international institutions); current and archived internet pages and databases of journals and periodicals (Gale and Emerald). Turnitin does not detect plagiarism: it is a text-matching software which provides a report on whether a student's work is original (no matching text) or unoriginal. All * PlagiarismDetection.org * plans & pricing -- -- * login Reliable plagiarism detector -- Fast and accurate plagiarism checker for teachers, students, publishers, bloggers. Since 2008. -- -- bloggers. Since 2008. Plagiarism prevention in Europe -- Plagiarism is a controversial issue in institutions of higher learning across Europe. Various views have been raised concerning this topic vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different -- -- vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different European countries. It is prudent to understand what each country perceives regarding plagiarism for the sake of students who wish to study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the -- study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the plagiarism policy means in countries such as Poland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought -- -- Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought about the definition of plagiarism, different answers were gathered. This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various -- This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various attitudes towards plagiarism. According to the respondents, students from Czech Republic highlighted that plagiarism simply meant “copying without referencing the original author”. British students simply stated that it had something to do with “taking another person’s work -- -- simply meant “copying”. Polish answers were a bit long making reference to intellectual property rights, illegal, copying and cheating. Plagiarism policy in Europe has had different opinions. This may be attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to -- attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to measures taken by institutions to control and prevent plagiarism. As much as the situation may look similar in most countries, a few scenarios differ. A clear similarity is apparent between Cyprus and the -- -- academic writing. Most universities and colleges in the US and UK report high cases of plagiarism despite plagiarism checkers put in place to avoid it. A number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students -- number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students and lecturers concerning plagiarism. Despite having these guidelines, originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding -- originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding what really constitutes plagiarism. In some instances, poor academic discipline may qualify as plagiarism as opposed to the actual misconduct. This has been labeled as a demeaning factor in achieving consistency among institutions of higher learning. -- -- In 2012 an anonymous survey of 617 students conducted at the University of Graz in Austria showed that about one-third students reported that they had already plagiarized at least once. Reasons for plagiarism were comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 -- comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 percent), unintended plagiarism (34 percent) and uncertainty about the source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that -- source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that "comfort", which primary reason for students to plagiarize is indeed lack of a plagiarism checker being used by teachers to control works submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and -- -- submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and the UK have adopted plagiarism detectors. In the UK, much emphasis has been relayed on penalties on students who plagiarize. Universities in the US are quite strict on matters of plagiarism hence prompting students to pay attention to details when attributing works. In contrast with Europe, university students in the US are constantly -- -- reference list and parenthesis on materials cited in the text. To some extent, these attribution systems have managed to streamline issues of plagiarism as well as bring consistency in the US. Institutions of higher learning in both countries have equally faced challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public -- -- challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public domain. In the current era of information explosion, more knowledge is becoming common hence presenting the challenge on what is plagiarized or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, -- or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, plagiarism checkers think otherwise. On the contrary, it is easier to assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and -- assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and does not require citing. In the overall, plagiarism is still an issue to solve in many countries given the fact that knowledge is dynamic. -- -- all articles * Academic plagiarism * Checker supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish languages. -- -- * Twitter+ © 2008-2018 PlagiarismDetection.org ____________________ Student Circus Blog Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments -- -- Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? 14 Nov,2016 -- -- 14 Nov,2016 Plagiarism is a foreign word for most of the international students coming to the UK. Plagiarism means copying someone else’s ideas or work and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are -- -- and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are found to be plagiarising your content, you could fail the exam or assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian -- -- assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian countries, plagiarism is not strictly enforced or frowned upon, which leads to complacency and lack of knowledge of plagiarism when students go to west for further education. Plagiarism can be of various types such as*: a.Copying or paraphrasing text from websites, articles, research -- -- c.Duplicating your work, for instance by submitting almost the same work for two different tasks. So, how to avoid plagiarism? The answer is referencing, paraphrasing and citing the sources. The most common citation styles are as follows: -- -- marks. *Avoiding plagiarism: A guide for international students. (n.d.). Retrieved from -- Retrieved from http://www.educationuk.org/india/articles/avoiding-plagiarism-guide-for -international-students/ Disclaimer: www.studentcircus.com (Student Circus UK ) is not #Teaching Matters blog » Feed Teaching Matters blog » Comments Feed Teaching Matters blog » Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? Comments Feed Exploring research-led teaching at Senate Training and support for postgraduate students who teach (PGWT) alternate -- -- 27th July 20175th September 2017IAD user Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? PhD nightmare crop Poor academic practice and academic misconduct cases -- -- occur and the consequences are potentially catastrophic and extremely distressing for all concerned. Cases we are aware of have involved the external examiner identifying plagiarised material with an almost forensic level of rigor – exactly what we expect of any external examiners doing their job. It has struck us that there is currently an -- -- Our pilot of this approach has already proved valuable by identifying patterns of poor scholarship including plagiarism among year 1 progression papers; issues we have identified would definitely land students in trouble if they had submitted work for UG or taught PG -- -- of Turnitin. Undetected problems could persist within a final submitted thesis and this could be catastrophic; in 2013 the Education Minister for Germany had their PhD rescinded because of plagiarised content. PhD theses are still a special case and the nature of similarity needs Written on May 23 2013. Misconception 15: Turnitin employs legions of writing experts to read and evaluate papers for plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin receives over 200,000 papers daily, and no human reads the papers at Turnitin. All papers are processed by our -- -- Reality: Turnitin matches text similarity and does not grade papers for the instructors. It is up to the instructor and/or student to determine whether the assignment exhibits plagiarism. Misconception 13: Turnitin has expertise in plagiarism and can render judgment on specific cases. 
Reality: There is no "threshold" Similarity Index that is either -- -- at the Originality Report. Misconception 3: The "Similarity Index" shows the percentage of paper that is plagiarized.
 Reality: The Similarity Index is just a percentage of material in the paper that matches sources in the Turnitin databases. Text that is -- -- Instructors can decide to let their students see their reports, do re-submissions, get revised reports -- or not. Misconception 1: Turnitin detects plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin matches to text in our databases and leaves the judgment up to the instructor. As mentioned above, instructors MUST Blog Is Recycling Your Own Work Plagiarism? Written on July 20 2016. -- -- Written on July 20 2016. [self-plagiarism-blog-image.png] This post is excerpted from an article originally published on -- -- Writers often claim that because they are the authors, they can reuse their work, either in full or in excerpts, over and over again. How can republishing one’s own work be defined as plagiarism if the author has only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the -- only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the definition of self-plagiarism, how it crosses into copyright laws and ethical issues, and the different ways an author can avoid this increasingly controversial act of scholarly misconduct. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ What is Self-plagiarism? Let's look at one scenario: Leslie is an assistant professor going -- -- number of publications for tenure, but from the same work. Doing so, Leslie might commit what Scanlon (2007) calls “academic fraud,” a form of selfplagiarism (pg. 57). -- Self-plagiarism is defined as a type of plagiarism in which the writer republishes a work in its entirety or reuses portions of a previously written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that -- -- written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that because they are the authors, they can use the work again as they wish; they can’t really plagiarize themselves because they are not taking any words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on -- words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on whether self-plagiarism is possible, the ethical issue of self-plagiarism is significant, especially because self-plagiarism can infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of -- infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of plagiarism do not account for self-plagiarism, so writers may be unaware of the ethics and laws involved in reusing or repurposing texts. -- -- texts. The American Psychological Association (2010) explains how plagiarism differs from self-plagiarism: “Whereas plagiarism refers to the practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of -- practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of others, self-plagiarism refers to the practice of presenting one’s own previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). -- -- previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). As Roig (2006) suggests, self-plagiarism occurs “when authors reuse their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared -- -- their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared elsewhere” (pg. 16). Roig identifies a few types of self-plagiarism: * Republishing the same paper that is published elsewhere without notifying the reader nor publisher of the journal -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Definitions of Plagiarism -- The question of whether self-plagiarism exists or not—is it possible to plagiarize oneself?—is rooted in the definition of plagiarism. Plagiarism is typically defined as stealing the work of another and presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary -- presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary (2011) defines plagiarism as taking the work of another as “literary theft.” The verb to “plagiarize” is defined as: * “To take and use as one's own (the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another person);” -- -- According to the OED definition, in the strict sense recycling papers would not be plagiarism. -- However, Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2011) defines to “plagiarize” similarly with the addition description in the second definition below: * To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: -- -- So, in the Webster definition, recycling one’s own papers would fall under “to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source” and is, therefore, considered plagiarism. But what is more important than the definition of plagiarism, and whether it is possible to “self-plagiarize,” is the ethics behind self-plagiarism. __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Ethical Issues of Self-plagiarism -- Publications manuals have a set standard regarding self-plagiarism. When an author publishes in a journal, the author often signs over rights to the publisher; thus, copyright infringement is possible if an -- -- Biomedical journals in particular have had significant problems with copyright due to self-plagiarism and many have taken a stance against the practice in publication. Some have gone so far as to request the author’s previous manuscripts to ensure that the work is original (Roig -- -- It seems that even the American Psychological Association (APA) has taken a recent position against the practice by addressing self-plagiarism in the 2010 sixth edition of the publication manual, a discussion, which is absent from previous editions. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Avoiding Self-plagiarism Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for -- -- Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for avoiding plagiarism, four of which deal specifically with self-plagiarism, as follows: * Guideline 10: Authors who submit a manuscript for publication containing data, reviews, conclusions, etc., that have already been -- -- that is subsequently presented as a new study is an equally serious ethical breach. * Guideline 12: Because some instances of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and even some writing practices that might otherwise be acceptable (e.g., extensive paraphrasing or quoting of key elements of a book) can constitute copyright infringement, -- -- Technology like iThenticate by Turnitin is another way to avoid self-plagiarism. By comparing written work against the largest database of scholarly, full-text content, authors and researchers can screen their work prior to publication submission and organizations can -- -- Conclusion The issue of self-plagiarism is becoming more and more prevalent, and some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, -- some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, have seen a rising trend in self-plagiarism. The APA publication manual has no discussion of self-plagiarism in its fifth edition, but addresses it twice in the sixth edition, perhaps to prevent such practices. Organizations and individual authors and researchers can -- -- take preventative measures in their writing practices and editing processes, including the use of technology that helps detect potential self-plagiarism before submitting their work for publication. References -- -- Style Chicago. 16th Edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. * “Plagiarize.” (2011). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com. -- http://www.merriam-webster.com. * “Plagiarism, n.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed.). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * “Plagiarize, v.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed. ). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * Roig, Miguel. (2006). Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. -- other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. Retrieved from http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/plagiarism.doc * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in -- -- * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification, 57-66. * Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright. (2010). Copyright. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Copyright Office. Retrived from Programme of activities/ Academic integrity and plagiarism/ -- Academic integrity and plagiarism [icon-twitter-rounded.png] [icon-facebook-rounded.png] -- -- Protecting, developing and enhancing academic integrity in general is the second theme for action, with a particular focus to the issue of plagiarism. Higher education has indeed its own particularities and potential -- -- Another activity under this priority line would be the organisation of a specific seminar on plagiarism, which could be held in 2016. One possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes -- possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes towards plagiarism coexist in Europe and that approaches differ from one Member State to another. -- -- 2. Drafting of guidelines together with measurement indexes; 3. Promotion of capacity building in higher education institutions to evaluate plagiarism. -- -- + Programme of activities o Ethical behaviour of all actors in education o Academic integrity and plagiarism o Recognition of qualifications o Other activities #RSS 2.0 Thomas Lancaster » Feed Thomas Lancaster » Comments Feed Thomas Lancaster » Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 Comments Feed Contract Cheating – A Decade (Plus One) Of Contract Cheating Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 1 – Academic Integrity and Contract -- -- ____________________ Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 -- -- use a third party to have work completed for them. Sessions at the 2017 international conference on Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond ended up heavily focused on contract cheating. Having been part of contact cheating research since the term first formed part -- -- I’ve already shared my conference presentation on contract cheating in examinations and provided general collected thoughts about Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. -- -- 05 Emerging Issues In Contract Cheating Wider challenges surrounding educational integrity also influence how contract cheating practice could develop. These include traditional areas of student plagiarism, the use of translation and essay spinning software, as well as the risks posed by students using smart drugs. -- -- these posts are compiled, runs to nearly 8,000 words, so that just shows how much value there was in the presentations and discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. ← Next post Previous post → -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Please browse around the blog and the links, and feel free to leave your thoughts. -- -- Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: brno, conference, contract cheating, essay mills, plagiarism across europe and beyond, research Read 127 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:14 am […] This is Part 1 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 2 – Inside The Contract Cheating Industry | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:30 am […] This is Part 2 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 3 – Contract Cheating by Academics | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:31 am […] This is Part 3 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 4 – Detecting Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:43 am […] This is Part 4 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 5 – Emerging Issues in Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:54 am […] This is Part 5 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 6 – Which Students Are Contract Cheating And What Does This Mean For -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:18 pm […] This is Part 6 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 7 – Understanding Contract Cheating From The Student Viewpoint | Thomas -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:28 pm […] This is Part 7 (the final part) of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 | ContractCheating.com says: October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm -- -- October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm […] This blog post provides lots of details about contract cheating from discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. […] Leave a Reply Cancel reply -- -- Recent Posts * Student Plagiarism And How To Stop An International Problem – With A Focus On Kosovo -- A Focus On Kosovo * Emerging Issues In Plagiarism Prevention And Detection – My View From 2004 * Beyond Contract Cheating – Towards Academic Integrity -- -- Recommendations To Address Essay Mill Use – Video * Cutting The Costs Of Open Access Research * Plagiarism and Assessment * Examining The State of Academic Integrity in Europe – Recommendations From SEEPPAI this work is produced, it is a concern. Since contract cheating produces original work, this is unlikely to be picked up using standard text matching plagiarism detection services such as Turnitin. Some of the more interesting findings across our research have related -- -- Beyond this, there are parallels with the research into the anti-plagiarism fields, in particular looking at the policies, processes and penalties surrounding contract cheating, and how to write assignments to prevent contract cheating. The research I’ve been -- -- Feel free to contact me regarding contract cheating. I often deliver keynote talks, research seminars and training related to plagiarism and contract cheating. I’m happy to discuss the issues further, to assist with staff development and to support requests from the media. -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Much more information about what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. -- -- what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: contract cheating, plagiarism, robert clarke, thomas lancaster Read 8 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- March 28, 2017 at 7:03 am Dear professor My research subject is plagiarism. Since you coined the term contract cheating in 2006, would you mind clarifying how a “contarct cheater” is different from a “ghost writer”? #Plagiarism.org RSS Feed IFRAME: https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NST4MH8 -- -- (BUTTON) Toggle navigation [p-dot-org-logo-1512156951.png] * Understanding Plagiarism * Preventing Plagiarism * Teaching about Plagiarism * Plagiarism Checking * Plagiarism Research * Plagiarism Policy ____________________ -- -- ____________________ European Responses to Student Plagiarism in Higher Education Irene Glendinning -- -- A significant amount of research has been undertaken in response to the recent flood of student plagiarism now being detected in higher education institutions (HEI). Based on deeper understanding of the underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for -- -- underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for strategies and systems for detection, penalties and mitigation of student plagiarism. So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from -- -- So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from English speaking countries, particularly the UK, North America and Australia. Their work has included research into plagiarism from students from other countries, including Sweden, Germany, Lithuania, Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of -- -- Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of countries in Europe is not well understood and there has not yet been a comparative study of plagiarism in HEIs across Europe. -- The IPPHEAE project (Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), -- Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), aims to plug the identified gap by focusing on plagiarism in European HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and -- -- HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and deterring plagiarism. Surveys are being conducted in HEIs at three levels: students, teaching staff and senior managers, to determine how well any procedures are understood, to what extent they are operating -- -- Where possible representatives from national quality agencies are being interviewed in order to gain overarching national perspectives on issues such as national policies and how plagiarism impacts on quality and standards. This dimension also provides a means of highlighting the importance of the research to people who can influence educational -- -- IPPHEAE project including an overview of in-depth institutional studies and interventions for reducing the number of incidences of student plagiarism. -- This paper was submitted to the International Integrity & Plagiarism Conference which ran between 2004-2014. The paper was peer reviewed by an independent editorial board and features in the conference (GO) GO UK leads Europe in the fight against plagiarism Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study -- -- integrity among students, a study has found. The analysis looked at factors such as universities’ use of plagiarism software, consistency of sanctions, transparency, training, efficacy of prevention policies and efforts to address the issue at a national -- -- countries, in most aspects,” said Irene Glendinning, academic manager for student experience at Coventry University and principal investigator on the Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe project. -- -- Ms Glendinning said that unlike in the UK, where efforts to prevent and detect plagiarism have been growing since 2001, in Spain students reported that tools to detect plagiarism were rarely used, and only one-third said there were policies for dealing with the problem. -- -- Ms Glendinning also acknowledged that the survey looked at policies and their implementation rather than the prevalence of plagiarism because, she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that -- she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of plagiarism around … but there are no statistics anywhere,” she said. Consistent recording would mean “we can have a handle on whether what we’re doing is actually having an effect”. -- -- and Cyprus. Among suggestions for the UK will be that the Quality Assurance Agency should, as part of existing audits, require institutions to explain their plagiarism policies and demonstrate their effectiveness and consistency. (GO) GO Plagiarism software can be beaten by simple tech tricks IT scholar says PDF tweaks allow students' copied work to evade -- -- Technological loopholes allow savvy students to beat academic plagiarism software, an IT expert has warned. -- -- James Heather, senior lecturer in computing at the University of Surrey, has revealed that plagiarism detection systems such as Turnitin that are routinely used by universities are open to simple cheats allowing students to evade detection when submitting copied material. -- -- But in a new paper, "Turnitoff: identifying and fixing a hole in current plagiarism detection software", Dr Heather reveals that beating the system is simple. -- -- "In their current incarnation, one can easily create a document that passes the plagiarism check regardless of how much copied material it contains. When there are loopholes that can be exploited, they give the operator a false assurance that a submission is original." -- -- The study, which appears in the journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, demonstrates ways in which students can modify plagiarised work to avoid detection. "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the -- -- "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the document, without affecting how the document looks and prints, then the software will not be able to identify any plagiarised material," Dr Heather writes. -- -- Students aware of this loophole could get around the system by converting a plagiarised essay to PDF format, he says, and then altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually -- -- altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually unaltered, extracts tested by the plagiarism software would be garbled, and so matches would not be detected. -- -- themselves. "If there is no text, then the plagiarism detection cannot function," the paper notes. -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests Read more -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests August 15, 2016 Universities seem to be struggling to catch up. The big concern is that bespoke essays, written to order, without being plagiarised themselves, are difficult if not impossible to detect. -- -- are difficult if not impossible to detect. Almost all universities use anti-plagiarism software, called Turnitin, which checks a submitted essay against published sources, looking for copied phrases. But this software will not raise suspicions about an -- -- * More oral presentations, sometimes called a viva * More exams * Almost all UK universities use anti-plagiarism software such as Turnitin. But software has little success in detecting a genuine bespoke essay -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism Officer Sarah Allen, at the UEA Business School, recently investigated a post-graduate student who submitted an excellent piece of work which stood out to the marker simply because it contained one Home Viewpoint: The spectre of plagiarism haunting Europe By Debora Weber-Wulff Professor of Media and Computing, University of -- -- A spectre is haunting Europe, and this time it is the spectre of plagiarism and scientific misconduct. Some high-profile politicians have had to resign in the last 18 months - but the revelations are also shaking respected European universities. -- -- Many European countries, especially Germany, have long considered it unnecessary to give plagiarism more than a cursory look. One trusts in the self-cleansing powers of science, end of story. -- -- Last February, a reviewer of German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's doctoral dissertation discovered and documented some plagiarised passages. When the papers pounced on this, zu Guttenberg denied any wrongdoing, -- -- That was not the end of it. Soon it was suspected that a major ex-politician's daughter was guilty of plagiarism in her dissertation, and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite -- and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite soon plagiarism was discovered in yet another dissertation, and it has not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. -- -- not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised... Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education -- -- Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education minister lasted just a week in office before having to step down, accused of plagiarising academic papers. Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the -- -- Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the Romanian prime minister of plagiarising part of his PhD. He denies wrongdoing and has been backed by a Research Ethics Council, but the accusations have now been upheld by two academic panels in Romania, -- -- The Hungarian president has already lost his doctorate and resigned on account of plagiarism, and the Russian Minister of Culture is facing accusations that 16 passages of his doctoral dissertation were copied from other sources. He denies the allegations. -- -- let them have their fun." However, it seems that the plague of plagiarism has also reached the level of the professorships in Germany. Those who are supposed to be teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last -- -- teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last month it was revealed that more than a third of a new book for law students on how to write papers properly was plagiarised, including liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. -- -- liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised. And just to show how contagious the disease is, the authors also cite zu Guttenberg's dissertation - albeit incorrectly. -- -- to the VroniPlag Wiki.) Image caption VroniPlag wiki uses coloured bands to show distribution of plagiarised content In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics -- -- In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics councils and there is a wide discussion of ethical practices. There are procedures in place for dealing with plagiarism. In Germany, though, professors wanting to address plagiarism are pretty much left to their own devices. They don't have much in the way of tools or formal procedures. -- -- procedures. There is so-called plagiarism detection software available that does find some plagiarism, especially word-for-word copies. These programmes do not find everything by a long shot, but German universities are currently rushing to purchase them. -- -- been officially declared to suffer only from "technical weaknesses". But people are speaking up, and plagiarism is being discussed in every university, even if many are unsure what to do. -- -- university, even if many are unsure what to do. Better education about plagiarism and good scientific practice is essential. -- -- years needs to be reviewed in order to identify weak points. However, there is currently no funding for such measures, so it's unclear whether German universities will really get serious about plagiarism, or keep muddling on. Entertainment & Arts Burt Bacharach calls for change in music plagiarism law * 3 August 2017 -- -- Veteran songwriter Burt Bacharach has called for a change in the law over music plagiarism. He said recent court cases - like the ones involving Blurred Lines and (BUTTON) More Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- consumers. Photograph: Wavebreak Media/Alamy Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- Every now and then there is an outburst of concern about the curse of plagiarism in higher education. The Department for Education has indicated it is considering cracking down by not only fining, but also handing out criminal records, to students submitting commercially -- -- The targets of this mini crusade are essay mill websites, which market “original” professionally produced essays that allow students to circumvent their university’s plagiarism detection system. These paid-for essays allow students to buy a degree. -- -- But this is only a small part of the culture of cheating in higher education. A long time before the commercialisation of plagiarism, cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief -- cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief examiner for my department, I was shocked by the amount of plagiarised coursework brought to my attention. When I consulted colleagues at other universities it became evident that the problem was not confined -- -- rather than rich kids, was identified as the source of the problem. Academic discussions on plagiarism sometimes sought to deflect the problem by claiming that overseas students were disproportionately involved in copying. Some suggested they had come from different -- -- external to university life is driven by the institutional imperative to minimise the significance of this practice. All universities have policies on this problem; most have made plagiarism detection software available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the -- -- available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the problem – which is that plagiarism is not a technical issue but one that raises questions about the working of academic culture. -- -- that raises questions about the working of academic culture. Plagiarism is a mortal sin and last taboo – or is it? Read more -- -- them to embark on a quest for knowledge. But if higher education continues to treat students according to a business model it is only a matter of time before plagiarism loses its stigma. Topics -- -- Topics * Plagiarism * Higher education -- -- * Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers -- -- cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers Published: 9 Oct 2017 Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown * -- -- Now a degree is a commodity, no wonder more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Plagiarism%2CEducation%2CHigh er+education%2CExams%2CTuition+fees%2CStudents] A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- headlines. With examples like these, what's so wrong with a bit of plagiarism? Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian -- -- Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian University and who had his book, Succeeding with Your Masters Dissertation, plagiarised by another lecturer on the web. -- "A lot of students think it is acceptable to copy or plagiarise somebody else's work because there's this idea that everyone is doing it anyway," he says. "It seems like it's not really a serious issue, -- -- but it is. If it's a minor case, you could end up losing marks on a dissertation or having to resit a module. If it's widespread and a student has been found to have plagiarised often, then the most extreme punishment they could face would be expulsion." -- -- easier to adopt someone else's work as your own. According to Biggam, the definition of plagiarism within an academic context is: "Where a student copies text verbatim without providing sufficient acknowledgement of the source, thereby giving the impression -- -- permanent record." Cole was lucky to get off relatively lightly. For others, plagiarising can spell the end of your degree – even if you are unwittingly involved. -- -- and the only marks it did give me were much lower than I'd anticipated. Then when I got home, there was a letter from the university saying that I was suspected of colluding with another student in plagiarism. I completely freaked out." -- -- behind my back was simply unbelievable. " If you are caught in serious and deliberate plagiarism, it could end up on your final academic transcript. If a potential employer asks to see your transcript as part of the selection process, you can probably say -- -- "It certainly wouldn't look good to a future employer if they knew you had engaged in plagiarism," Biggam says. -- But how can you avoid plagiarism, when part of the university learning process is to absorb expert theories and demonstrate your grasp of them by reproducing them in written work? -- -- At Glasgow Caledonian University, Biggam is testing the use of plagiarism detection software, called Turnitin, which monitors work for any copied phrases. "Often, it might be a genuine mistake – a student might simply forget to reference a quote or a source. In which case, a It was, says Hiscock, "the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across." He was so angry he wrote to Mail Online's editor, Martin Clarke, and to -- -- "sexually abused" by a magician during her eighth birthday party.' It is the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across and if it happens again I will take steps to ensure I am adequately compensated for the theft of my interview." -- -- * Greenslade * Plagiarism * Daily Mail * Martin Clarke Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- This article is 1 year old Republicans scrambled to prevent a plagiarism scandal from overshadowing the coronation of Donald Trump on Tuesday after his wife Melania borrowed large chunks of her opening night speech from Michelle -- -- As delegates prepared to formally offer Donald Trump the party’s presidential nomination on Tuesday evening, the plagiarism controversy reopened internal wounds and undermined his campaign’s attempts to present a more polished appearance ahead of November’s general -- -- election. A campaign source said responsibility for the plagiarism incident lay with a longtime aide to top Trump strategist Paul Manafort. The source said the aide had signed off on the speech and edited it. -- -- Online critics also highlighted a lighter hearted instance of apparent plagiarism, noting that Melania Trump’s claim that her husband “will never ever give up, and most importantly, he will never ever let you down,” echoed Rick Astley’s 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up – a song cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- Gill, five miles south-west of Newcastle, a narrow man with a curly mess of dark red hair. He’d just made a routine visit to the Facebook group Plagiarism Alerts. There, a woman named Kathy Figueroa had posted something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet -- something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet laureates has plagiarised a poem by Maya Angelou.” Lightman clicked the link. It led to a Canadian government webpage -- -- Rise. Incredible. But could it really be plagiarism? How likely was it that a poet laureate would steal anything at all, let alone a keystone work by a modern legend? How could he think he’d get away with that? Then -- -- uncomfortable and distressing experiences of my life”, admitting, “I have made several stupid mistakes during my time as a poet and there is simply no excuse for plagiarism.” But he also pushed back: “I have been bullied, victimised and abused by a number of ‘poets’ who thought it necessary to act like a lynch mob.” -- -- Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’m absolutely furious’: plagiarised poet Joan Johnston. Photograph: Gary Calton for the Guardian -- -- copy of A Particular Blue, so he could see for himself. “He returned both poems to me, having highlighted the changes Sheree had made, saying, ‘I don’t think it’s plagiarism. I think she’s taken your poem and made something new out of it.’ At which point, I went for another walk.” -- -- considerable distress.” Croft explained that he planned to pulp the remaining copies of Laventille and reprint a corrected version. “I do not believe that your accusations of plagiarism regarding Laventille are justified. But I am not prepared to have this beautiful and important book dirtied by the grubby little fingers of Pooterish -- -- broke/and threatening light/brought into the long night.” How close would two poems have to be for it to be plagiarism, I ask Croft. -- -- their name at the bottom, I’d say, why are you doing that?” And would it be plagiarism? “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying -- -- “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying my name is Will Storr. No, it’s not! You’d say that was stupid. You wouldn’t say I was plagiarising you.” *** -- -- Meanwhile, what of the Canadian mystery? Could former laureate DesRuisseaux really have blatantly plagiarised all those canonical poets? It seemed too mad to be true. When Lightman got hold of DesRuisseaux’s book Tranches De Vie, he found even more apparent -- -- findings to Éditions du Noiroît, who appeared to accept his verdict; in emails Lightman showed me, DesRuisseaux’s editor wrote that it was his first experience of plagiarism, and expressed regret at having to tell the poet’s family that he would have to remove the title from circulation. -- -- * Poetry * Plagiarism * Maya Angelou * features -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Poetry%2CPlagiarism%2CBooks%2 CMaya+Angelou] Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- The organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have unveiled a new official logo, seven months after being forced to scrap the previous design amid accusations of plagiarism. Selecting an emblem they hope will be simple, effective and most of all -- -- the Théâtre de Liège in Belgium. Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo scrapped after allegations of plagiarism Read more -- -- Japanese officials initially rejected accusations that Sano had plagiarised the image, which was based around a stylised capital T with a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied -- -- a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied plagiarism. But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings -- -- But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings to block Tokyo 2020 from using the image. Further allegations of plagiarism also emerged against Sano, including claims that his initial submission resembled a work by the late German typographer Jan Tschichold. -- -- + Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video Published: 15 Jan 2016 -- Published: 15 Jan 2016 Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video + Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Some four years ago I wrote about the strange case of a Canadian columnist accused of plagiarism. The Toronto-based Globe & Mail had found it necessary to add “clarifications” to articles written by Margaret Wente after complaints about her work. -- -- same structure, analogies, and phrasing in numerous instances.” In addition, the Canadaland news website, accused Wente of plagiarising “at least four times from three different publications... in addition -- “at least four times from three different publications... in addition to the two cases of plagiarism outlined in BuzzFeed Canada.” The first two instances, by Wainio and BuzzFeed, were addressed by the -- -- * UK News * › Media * › Plagiarism * World -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Media%2CPlagiarism%2CCanada%2 CNewspapers%2CAmericas] The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- Fresh evidence of Independent journalist Johann Hari's habit of alleged plagiarism has emerged from a lengthy interview with Afghan women's rights activist Malalai Joya in July 2009. -- -- * Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row Interviewer and columnist has been suspended for two months pending outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss -- -- outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss Published: 12 Jul 2011 Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row * -- -- Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Independent editor-in-chief defends columnist involved in 'politically motivated' plagiarism furore. By Josh Halliday Published: 29 Jun 2011 Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- The Orwell prize committee has accused Independent columnist Johann Hari of plagiarism over an article that won him the prestigious award in 2008. -- -- of contrition for the errors I made elsewhere, in my interviews." Hari apologised for plagiarising the work of others to improve interviews and for editing the Wikipedia entries of people he had clashed with, using the pseudonym David Rose, "in ways that were Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- [ ] Johann Hari has been writing for the Independent since 2002 but faced allegations of plagiarism last year. Photograph: Nick Harvey/WireImage -- -- Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- Johann Hari, the journalist at the Independent who was suspended for plagiarism, has announced that he will not return to the newspaper. Hari had been undergoing retraining in the United States and was -- -- Independent editor Andreas Whittam Smith. The findings of the inquiry were not made public but the newspaper reported in September 2011 that Hari admitted the plagiarism allegations and would attend a journalism training course before returning to the paper. -- -- Blackhurst was asked several questions about Hari when he gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry into journalistic ethics earlier this month. "On the plagiarism, Johann genuinely believed he was doing nothing wrong. The fact that nobody complained, Johann did not believe he was doing anything wrong. His reputation has been very, very severely damaged; Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism Raj Persaud -- -- Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism David Batty -- -- * (BUTTON) Close Britain's best-known psychiatrist today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and several articles he wrote for newspapers and medical journals. -- -- Raj Persaud, famous for his appearances alongside Richard and Judy on the This Morning sofa, also admitted to a General Medical Council (GMC) disciplinary hearing that his plagiarism was inappropriate and misleading. -- -- The psychiatrist, who used to present BBC Radio 4's All In The Mind programme, admitted plagiarising four articles for his book From The Edge Of The Couch published in 2003. -- -- He also admitted that four articles he wrote in 2005 contained passages plagiarised from an article and book by Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. -- -- University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. He also admitted using material plagiarised from an article by Professor Stephen Kant in a piece he wrote for the Independent in the same year. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. His book -- -- He said Persaud blamed subeditors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Blass complained about the article and was told, in an email -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." At the time the allegations of plagiarism first emerged two years ago, Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, a position he still holds. -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- In Britain it is left to individual institutions to develop their own plagiarism policies. But the QAA said it wanted a consistent approach among higher education providers to tackle the problem. It called on universities and colleges to record incidents of this and other kinds -- -- fix.” A Universities UK spokesperson said: “Universities take plagiarism and cheating extremely seriously. Submitting work written by someone else is cheating and devalues the efforts of students who work hard to -- -- * Higher education * Plagiarism * Jo Johnson * news -- -- Now a degree is a commodity, no wonder more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi Efforts to prevent student cheating have always been about -- -- of the problem Published: 27 Feb 2017 Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Higher+education%2CPlagiarism %2CEducation%2CUK+news%2CJo+Johnson%2CPolitics] Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students -- -- Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students -- -- In the past few days, however, it is said that the master has become the pupil, as Dylan has been accused of plagiarism. Writer Ben Greenman was the first to blog about how he couldn’t find a quotation that Dylan had cited in Moby-Dick: “Some men who receive injuries are led to God, -- -- While universities habitually run students’ work through plagiarism-detection software such as TurnItIn, there is no such equivalent for Nobel prize speeches, assumed to be the moment at which an eminent economist, physician, writer or peace-maker has earned a few -- -- text, preferring that you “check your comprehension” against their interpretation. The company does, however, have advice on its website for avoiding plagiarism: “By citing words and ideas that came from our site or books (to see instructions on how to do that, see How to Cite This SparkNote within each study guide), or by putting your own spin on -- -- * Nobel prize in literature * Awards and prizes * Plagiarism * features -- -- [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Bob+Dylan%2CMusic%2CNobel+pri ze+in+literature%2CAwards+and+prizes%2CBooks%2CPlagiarism] * Education University students could be fined or handed criminal records for plagiarised essays, new proposals suggest -- -- University students who buy essays online face fines and a criminal record under plans to punish plagiarism being considered by the government. -- -- more than 100 online essay services are now in operation. Whilst universities already use complex anti-plagiarism software to detect the copying of academic texts, the process of contract cheating - students submitting paid-for essays as their own original work - -- -- Speaking to The Telegraph, Lord Storey, who is leading efforts to make the practice illegal, said that the consequences of plagiarism must be made clear, adding that many “rich students” are now effectively “paying their way” to a top honours degree. -- -- Leading academics are also in favour of a ban, with Professor Phil Newton and Michael Draper, leading experts on essay plagiarism, calling on the Government to tighten up the legal loopholes being exploited by professional writing services. 3. Education News £1,700 for a dissertation, but what's the real cost of plagiarism? As one ghost writing service sees an 80 per cent increase in sales in one -- -- It’s a heavy sum to pay for something that the majority of people - not to mention universities - would class as plagiarism. Yet Nemet is quick to separate his company from this accusation. -- -- Whether or not this is an easy way of passing responsibility on to the client, ghost writing – along with other forms of plagiarism – remains an issue at universities across Britain. -- -- declined by 60 per cent since 2005 While 2013 figures from plagiarism detection service, Turnitin, reveal that the number of serious cases has declined by 60 per cent since 2005, Phil Newton, superintendent of assessment at Swansea University, -- -- topic I had set. It really opened my eyes to the issue. “We regard [ghost writing] as plagiarism, pure and simple. It’s is a form of dishonesty, it’s a form of cheating, and where students are found guilty of it, there will be serious academic repercussions.” -- -- passing off work as their own. For students that are caught, there can be serious consequences, from the deduction of marks on an essay, to expulsion from the university. Even if the plagiarism is unintended, there may still be penalties. -- -- “The University also employs a series of sophisticated software applications to detect plagiarism in submitted examination work, both in terms of copying and collusion,” the spokesman adds. -- -- “It regularly monitors online essay banks, essay-writing services, and other potential sources of material. Anyone who submits plagiarised material as part of their course can expect to be dealt with severely.” -- -- ongoing advancements in technology – incorporating more sophisticated methods of detection – will continue to play a role in combating plagiarism; however, educating students should also help prevent the initial interest. -- -- where they are in their course. If they are in their final year, we regard that as much more serious, if they do it in their first year, they probably just need some advice on how to avoid plagiarism and what constitutes plagiarism. “I don’t condone it, but I can understand why a student who is 4. Health News 'Hero' GP suspended for plagiarising fellow doctor's work A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent -- -- A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent patients has been suspended for six months for plagiarising another doctor’s work. -- -- The General Medical Council heard that Dr Margaret Staley initially came under suspicion herself after computer anti-plagiarism software picked out striking similarities between a case study she had written and Dr Kumar's coursework. -- -- Dr Staley endured weeks of uncertainty before eventually being completely exonerated when it became clear she was the victim rather than the perpetrator of the plagiarism. Public school-educated Dr Kumar was hailed as a hero in 2009 after Johnson called it an “unacceptable and pernicious” practice, while universities will generally expel anybody they catch – though given the essays aren’t plagiarised, identifying a paid-for piece of work isn’t easy. Using an essay mill, on the other hand, very much is. * News Canadian poet laureate revealed to have plagiarised Maya Angelou, Tupac and others -- -- [tupac_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jp g?imwidth=450] The Canadian poet Pierre DesRuisseaux, who has been found to have plagiarised numerous poets, including Tupac Shakur * Telegraph Reporters -- -- Pierre DesRuisseaux, who died last year, served as the parliamentary poet laureate between 2009 and 2011, and has now been accused of plagiarising the work of up to 20 poets, among them world-famous names and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. -- -- and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- DesRuisseaux The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux Credit: Wayne Miller/Magnum/BBC -- -- The duplicity was unearthed by poet and literary sleuth Ira Lightman, a member of a Facebook group called Plagiarism Alerts, whose mission involves tracking down plagiarism in the poetry world. Lightman was tipped off by a Canadian poet named Kathy Figueroa, who -- -- But still, like dust, I'll rise." The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- by DesRuisseaux The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- -- Figueroa told Canada's CBC News that DesRuisseaux's widespread plagiarism came as a shock: "It was just mind-boggling, the audacity of someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." -- -- someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." Upon the discovery of the plagiarism, DesRuisseaux's Montreal-based publishers Éditions du Noroît pulled the book from shelves, while claiming that only between 50 and 100 copies of the book had actually show ad Last-ditch attack on Neil Gorsuch amid claims Supreme Court pick plagiarized academic papers in his book -- -- The White House punched back hard, and assembled its own team of experts to debunk claims that the writing constituted plagiarism. 'This false attack has been strongly refuted by highly-regarded -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' HARD FEELINGS: Democrats are furious that the Senate never scheduled a hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court -- -- hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court seat PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- “Each of the individual incidents constitutes a violation of academic ethics. I've never seen a college plagiarism code that this would not be in violation of,” said Syracuse University professor Rebecca Moore Howard. -- -- Howard. 'I would certainly call it plagiarism,” she added. At this late date, the information is likely to have little effect on show ad Tokyo 2020 gets new logo proposals after plagiarism scandal By Afp -- -- Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers said Tuesday they have received more than 14,500 suggestions for a new logo after the original choice was withdrawn because of a plagiarism scandal. The organising committee in August dropped the emblem put forward by -- -- The Tokyo committee has insisted the move to drop the original logo was not in response to the legal action. It said Sano, who denies plagiarism, asked that his design be withdrawn to avoid harming the Tokyo Games. show ad Monica Crowley out of Trump White House team after plagiarism revealed * Crowley is a syndicated talk show host who was set to takeover as -- -- administration after all. More than 50 charges of plagiarism, based on discoveries made by CNN's KFile division, led publisher HarperCollins to pull her 2012 book from its shelves last week. -- -- currently unavailable for purchase on Amazon. Crowley appears to have plagiarized large sections of the book, according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than -- according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than 50 examples of apparent plagiarism. Politico separately charged that her 2000 dissertation wasn't properly -- -- decision to suspend sales of her book. Crowley also faced plagiarism allegations in 1999 after a piece she wrote on the 25th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's resignation ran in The Wall Street Journal. -- -- article.' Crowley also plagiarized several sections of her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University, Politico Magazine said. The publication found more than a dozen instances in which Crowley appeared to lift from -- -- developer!' DID MONICA CROWLEY PLAGIARIZE THESE PASSAGES? Crowley's book -- -- Source: CNN Read more: * Trump pick Monica Crowley plagiarized multiple sources in 2012 book - CNNMoney -- - CNNMoney * Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation - POLITICO Magazine * Monica Crowley to forgo post in Trump White House - Washington 'Dishonest' TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud suspended after admitting plagiarism By Daily Mail Reporter -- -- 'The Panel has determined that a three-month period of suspension is sufficient to send out a signal to you, the profession and the public that plagiarism is unacceptable behaviour.' The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the -- -- The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, is now in tatters after he admitted plagiarism. Before the ruling, GMC members heard from some of Dr Persaud's -- -- proceedings.' He added: 'The panel has determined that your actions, in plagiarising the work of others, were liable to bring the profession into disrepute.' -- -- the doctor's book. He also said he had uncovered more examples of plagiarism in Dr Persaud's book after comparing passages in it with material on the internet. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- DEJA VU Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago -- -- Republicans candidate Fillon was still in the presidential race when he delivered the speech two weeks ago France election candidate Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarising speech The incident is bizarrely reminiscent of Melania Trump's July 2016 -- -- state. And the sight of her having to plagiarise a discredited rival’s words will come as a blow to her electoral ambitions. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- Under the bed bugs Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? -- -- Beedle The Bard. Why has Chris Riddell accused John Lewis of plagiarism? Chris Riddell believes there are many similarities between the two * Health News Fears of plagiarism crisis as probe finds foreign university students ‘cheats’ -- -- Updated: 6th April 2016, 8:55 am FOREIGN students are claimed to be fuelling a surge in plagiarism at British universities amid fears of a cheating crisis. / Sean Gallup/Getty Images Findings come months after The Times exposes 'plagiarism epidemic' among Britain's institutions -- -- Half of the nation’s university students are losing marks for not referencing their work correctly, according to a new survey into attitudes towards plagiarism. Citation tool RefME - which polled just under 2,900 of the country’s -- -- almost 80 per cent are worried about referencing correctly, while a majority of 71 per cent expressed concern about facing disciplinary actions for plagiarism. [GettyImages-170380536.jpg] Read more -- -- Read more Universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students cheat RefMe said: “This widespread concern over facing disciplinary actions -- -- ‘ghostwriter’ to complete their work for them constitutes academic misconduct, more than 20 per cent were unable to identify this as plagiarism. The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times -- -- The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed there to be a “plagiarism epidemic” among Britain’s universities with almost 50,000 students being caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- However, RefME said that, although its study unearthed some “concerning” statistics around plagiarism in academia, students are increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using -- -- increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using plagiarism tools prior to submitting. Tom Hatton, CEO and founder of RefME, described how, as a university -- -- “The hope is that we can look back at these numbers in a couple of years and see evidence that the sentiment towards plagiarism has changed.” * More about: -- -- * More about: * RefMe * plagiarism * University of Kent * University of Westminster 1. INDYSTUDENT UK universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students caught cheating over last 3 years -- -- The Independent Online Britain’s universities are said to be in the midst of a “plagiarism epidemic” after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed how almost 50,000 students were caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- of the student population, requests from 70 universities showed. 75 per cent of postgraduates found plagiarising at Queen Mary University of London were from abroad, including a third from China. -- -- One professor from the University of Buckingham told The Times “type-1 plagiarism,” copying and pasting, is decreasing because it’s “so easy to detect.” 1. INDYPULSE TV doctor Raj Persaud admits plagiarism * PA -- -- Indy/Life TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and articles he wrote. -- -- The doctor, who is famed for his regular appearances on daytime TV shows such as This Morning, admitted plagiarising four articles for his 2003 book 'From The Edge Of The Couch'. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. -- -- He said Dr Persaud blamed sub-editors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, USA, complained -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." The GMC panel heard that allegations of plagiarism against Dr Persaud were first made in a Sunday Times article published in April 2006. -- -- The article alleged that sections of Dr Persaud's book, published three years earlier, were plagiarised from academic articles. At the time Dr Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Mr Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Plan to prosecute firms who offer paid-for essays to students While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address ‘essay mills’ -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 -- -- The move is a response to mounting concern over the practice which allows students to circumvent their college’s plagiarism detection systems. The use of these services is not easily detected as software used by universities only detects where students have copied from -- -- Paid-for essays While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address the issue of so-called contact cheating or the use of paid-for essays. -- -- The QQI’s guidelines advise colleges that they “should have effective policies and procedures in place to prevent, detect, combat and deter plagiarism at all levels”. * Tackling teacher supply is complex - but we are making progress * Revenues crest €4m at top boys’ private school Glenstal Abbey -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, according to figures compiled by The Irish Times last year. -- -- Of those that did, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). The scale of detected issues is likely to be bigger at IT Tallaght as it has extensive detection policies. -- -- Online source The company insists it does not condone plagiarism, and says all “clients are expected to use and reference it as they would any other online source”. -- -- growing and it was typically completing roughly 350 projects a year. Mr Bruton’s spokesman said: “Plagiarism is currently subject to institutional disciplinary sanctions up to and including exclusion from the programme. -- -- offering the ‘service’ will not disclose it, those buying it will not, and there is no system-wide recording of detected instances of this or any other form of plagiarism”. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Essays for sale: a new wave of plagiarism Students who use online essay-writing services face sanction if caught. As -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Rigorous testing Would this essay be red-flagged for plagiarism? Colleges nowadays have access to a range of computer programmes, such as Turnitin and Safeassign, that test whether articles have been copied from other -- -- However, these programmes only work if they detect parts of the essay that exist elsewhere; they might not flag plagiarised content if they are custom-written pieces. -- -- To test the essay, we put it through Safeassign and it came back clean. But it’s not just the plagiarism-detection programmes: it has to get past the beady eye of a lecturer. We presented the essay to a number of lecturers in communications and media without telling them about its -- -- It’s difficult to say how commonly these services are being used, but colleges are increasingly aware of plagiarism on campus. There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being -- -- There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, and the numbers are on the rise (see panel). -- -- In the UK, some academics have warned that essay-writing services are behind an “epidemic” of plagiarism. Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected -- -- Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected plagiarism tends to involve students simply cutting and pasting in a section and putting inverted commas around it. -- -- section and putting inverted commas around it. “Students don’t realise that this is plagiarism, but these [essay-writing] services are blatant plagiarism,” he says. Trinity College Dublin’s education officer, Molly Kenny, said these -- -- reference it as they would any other online source,” she says. In the terms and conditions of the website they state they do not condone plagiarism. Foley says the site and demands for their services continue to grow. -- -- Glynn says this could be an option in Ireland: “I would endorse it if it came in here – enforcing it is the challenge – anything to discourage student plagiarism.” Students should be aware that using these services can be risky, -- -- the paper it’s written on. PLAGIARISM: A GROWING PROBLEM Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases -- Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases of students disciplined for plagiarism across the Irish higher-education sector. -- -- Of the colleges that supplied figures, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). -- -- Institute of Technology Tallaght has one of the most extensive approaches to dealing with plagiarism, involving a sliding case of penalties, ranging from written warnings to potential disqualification from the institution. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Plagiarism Sat, Mar 5, 2011, 00:00 -- -- Plagiarism: from Latin “plagiarius” (“kidnapper”), use pioneered by Roman poet Martial who complained that another poet had “kidnapped his verses”.– (Wikipedia) -- -- charismatic and aristocratic defence minister, key ally to Chancellor Angela Merkel, a shooting star brought down this week by claims that he had engaged in plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. The website GuttenPlag Wiki says it has detected plagiaristic “lifts” -- -- Coincidentally, a new anti-Gadafy front has opened up in the London School of Economics where the doctoral thesis written by his son Seif al-Islam is also being checked for plagiarism following complaints by online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, -- online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, plagiarism is claiming high-profile political casualties. Academics in Ireland worry at what they see as a serious cultural -- -- at the threat to the country’s ’s reputation as a source of quality research, the Royal Irish Academy in September urged new procedures to protect against falsification and plagiarism. -- A recent US survey in Education Week, cited by plagiarism.org, reports 54 per cent of student respondents admitting to plagiarising from the internet; 74 per cent, to “serious” cheating at least once in the past year; while half believed teachers sometimes chose to ignore cheating. -- -- And then, of course, there’s that truly scandalous hardy annual – claims of plagiarism in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year Denmark’s A Friend In Londonis accused. The melody of their New Tomorrowis apparently similar to Face 2 Faceby Future Trance United. was to be written in 4 weeks. All of the four websites guaranteed a money back scheme if the work does not achieve the grade and if the paper was accused of plagiarism then the customer would receive their money back. -- -- Latest figures from the BBC article reveal that half of Welsh universities have seen an increase in the number of plagiarism cases With students being targeted on social media through 'sponsored -- -- https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/essay-mills-university-co urse-work-to-order/2007934.article MORE:higher educationplagiarismcollege essaysessaysacademiawalescustom essays Credit Where It's Due - Why Are Half of UK Students Losing Marks for Plagiarism? * -- -- Photo by CollegeDegrees360 under a CC license We are in the grips of a 'plagiarism epidemic' according to The Times. An investigation conducted by the paper earlier this year revealed that 50,000 university students have been caught over the last three years, -- -- Further research published this month by RefME, a digital reference management tool for students, has found that 50% of students surveyed say they have lost marks due to plagiarism arising from inaccurate citations. -- -- citations. But plagiarism falls on a spectrum and shouldn't be confused with cheating. -- -- conventions and were unaware of resources available to help them. But regardless of whether plagiarism is deliberate (and often it is not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in -- not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in their adoption of plagiarism detection, with software such as Turnitin now used by the majority. Facing the risk of a damaged reputation, suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of -- -- suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of the students surveyed say that they worry about committing accidental plagiarism. While a minor infringement is more likely to result in lost marks than -- -- person's ideas begin and another's end. In the Twittersphere, for instance, ideas are endlessly retweeted and recycled. But digital tools also exist to prevent plagiarism. Using RefME, referencing can be as simple as scanning a barcode or -- -- student support, embedding academic writing skills more deeply into the curriculum and communicating expectations from the outset. But certainly, the majority of students do not intend to commit plagiarism. On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. -- On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. MORE:plagiarismuniversitiesstudentshigher education SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW Universities use expensive software designed to detect students who cheat, but Turnitin can only detect plagiarised work, not original work that has not been penned by the student. Thus, it is nigh on impossible to detect students who use professional essay-writing services. And, -- -- I would like to see action taken to stop degree ghost-writers in their tracks. Perhaps the industry should be regulated, forcing any ghost-written essay to be submitted by the seller to plagiarism detection sites so that should the student try to pass it off as their own, they will be caught. This won't stop the rogue sites, but at least -- -- ghost-write student essays. After all, I could end up having to mark my own essay one day. MORE:universitystudentscheatingplagiarismUniversitiescheating at examsghost-writing THE BLOG The Problem With Political Speeches Isn't Plagiarism, It's Platitudes * -- -- the road" and you've won political cliché bingo. As for plagiarism, how many different ways can you express those basic concepts in simple, accessible language to describe another person? Not many. It begins with "he/she believes..." and ends in simple -- -- Ms. Obama. Trump just had a lousy proofreader who failed to spot the direct similarities. If the nouns had been replaced by synonyms, verbs exchanged, the sequence of clauses varied... who would cry plagiarism? Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the -- -- Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the news media pounce on the plagiarism as opposed to criticising the fact Melania Trump avoided saying anything interesting about the man who would be king. -- -- Trump handles that issue, unlike the speeches, will be interesting to watch. MORE:Melania TrumpDonald TrumpplagiarismRepublican convention SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW POLITICS Home»Today's Stories Chair of institute has plagiarism ruling overturned Saturday, May 04, 2013 -- -- An external investigation has found that Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) chairman Flan Garvey committed unintentional plagiarism in a 2008 master’s thesis but this has been overturned on a technical appeal. -- -- The three academics appointed in December to probe a complaint by 26 ITT academics found plagiarism in two chapters of the thesis about his Co Clare parish. -- -- It has upheld the appeal on grounds relating to the understanding of the nature of plagiarism, in a report finalised this week and also seen by the Irish Examiner. -- -- by the Irish Examiner. It found that college rules around plagiarism were not clearly formulated or clearly communicated to postgraduate students. On that basis, it said, a finding of an award being unjustified would be unfair -- -- However, a source told the Irish Examiner that staff are baffled at the outcome and many believe it places a question mark over any previous cases of students sanctioned for plagiarism. -- Plagiarism finding After word-for-word comparisons with texts cited by the complainants, -- -- interspersed with occasional references to another. One section complained of in chapter 4 was found not to be plagiarism after the investigators were made aware of Mr Garvey’s contribution to the authorship of a local history pamphlet. more serious (getting someone else to do coursework). Plagiarism is the most widespread form, with 6% disclosing that they had passed off information copied from other sources as their own work, while 5% admitting that they have carried on writing once an 29 July 2013 Parasite journalism: is aggregation as bad as plagiarism? When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing -- -- When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing work, we call it plagiarism. But news organisations do the same, and call it aggregation. Sign up for our weekly email * -- -- any better. In my opinion, it happens all the time, it's just that people don't get caught very often. Johann Hari is the classic example - the only absolutely rock solid piece of plagiarism that could be pinned on him was a piece from a German newspaper article that he'd translated. -- -- copy of being free. In my opinion, some of this stuff is just as bad as plagiarism. Aggregators are parasites, only slightly more benign than plagiarists - and sooner or later, parasites kill the host. Someone has to actually Share on Reddit HomeOxford studentsAcademic mattersStudy guidanceStudy skills and trainingPlagiarism -- Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether -- -- full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or -- unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or reckless plagiarism is a disciplinary offence. Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been -- -- Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been developed to provide a useful overview of the issues surrounding plagiarism and practical ways to avoid it. The necessity to acknowledge others’ work or ideas applies not only to -- -- text, data, or other resources downloaded from websites. The best way of avoiding plagiarism is to learn and employ the principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your -- principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your university career. Avoiding plagiarism is not simply a matter of making sure your references are all correct, or changing enough words so the examiner will not notice your paraphrase; it is about deploying your -- -- academic skills to make your work as good as it can be. Forms of plagiarism Verbatim (word for word) quotation without clear acknowledgement -- -- Paraphrasing the work of others by altering a few words and changing their order, or by closely following the structure of their argument, is plagiarism if you do not give due acknowledgement to the author whose work you are using. -- -- doing so, than to paraphrase particular sections of his or her writing. This will ensure you have a genuine grasp of the argument and will avoid the difficulty of paraphrasing without plagiarising. You must also properly attribute all material you derive from lectures. -- -- University or elsewhere. Auto-plagiarism You must not submit work for assessment that you have already submitted (partially or in full), either for your current course or for another -- -- Where earlier work by you is citable, ie. it has already been published, you must reference it clearly. Identical pieces of work submitted concurrently will also be considered to be auto-plagiarism. -- Why does plagiarism matter? -- Plagiarism is a breach of academic integrity. It is a principle of intellectual honesty that all members of the academic community should acknowledge their debt to the originators of the ideas, words, and data -- -- which form the basis for their own work. Passing off another’s work as your own is not only poor scholarship, but also means that you have failed to complete the learning process. Plagiarism is unethical and can have serious consequences for your future career; it also undermines the standards of your institution and of the degrees it -- -- issues. Why should you avoid plagiarism? -- There are many reasons to avoid plagiarism. You have come to university to learn to know and speak your own mind, not merely to reproduce the opinions of others - at least not without attribution. At first it may -- -- independent one - by learning to assess critically the work of others, weigh up differing arguments and draw your own conclusions. Students who plagiarise undermine the ethos of academic scholarship while avoiding an essential part of the learning process. -- -- avoiding an essential part of the learning process. You should avoid plagiarism because you aspire to produce work of the highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear -- -- highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear of plagiarism. Moreover, you will reap the additional benefits of improvements to both the lucidity and quality of your writing. It is important to appreciate that mastery of the techniques of academic -- -- commitment to the principle of intellectual honesty in scholarship. What happens if you are thought to have plagiarised? -- The University regards plagiarism in examinations as a serious matter. Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of -- -- Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of the occurrence. Even if plagiarism is inadvertent, it can result in a penalty. The forms of plagiarism listed above are all potentially disciplinary offences in the context of formal assessment requirements. -- -- award’. Additionally, this includes the transfer and confirmation of status exercises undertaken by graduate students. Cases of suspected plagiarism in assessed work are investigated under the disciplinary regulations concerning conduct in examinations. Intentional plagiarism in this context means that you understood that you were breaching the regulations and did so intending to gain advantage in the examination. -- -- expected to have understood (even if you did not specifically consider it) that your work might breach the regulations, but you took no action to avoid doing so. Intentional or reckless plagiarism may incur severe penalties, including failure of your degree or expulsion from the university. -- -- university. If plagiarism is suspected in a piece of work submitted for assessment in an examination, the matter will be referred to the Proctors. They will thoroughly investigate the claim and call the student concerned -- -- refer the case to the Student Disciplinary Panel. If you are suspected of plagiarism your College Secretary/Academic Administrator and subject tutor will support you through the process and arrange for a member of Congregation to accompany you to all -- -- involve the use and discussion of material written by others, and, with due acknowledgement and proper referencing, this is clearly distinguishable from plagiarism. The knowledge in your discipline has developed cumulatively as a result of years of research, innovation and debate. You need to give credit to the authors of the ideas and -- -- Does this only matter in exams? Although plagiarism in weekly essays does not constitute a University disciplinary offence, it may well lead to College disciplinary measures. Persistent academic under-performance can even result in your -- -- Borrowing essays from other students to adapt and submit as your own is plagiarism, and will develop none of these necessary skills, holding back your academic development. Students who lend essays for this purpose are doing their peers no favours. -- -- purpose are doing their peers no favours. Unintentional plagiarism -- Not all cases of plagiarism arise from a deliberate intention to cheat. Sometimes students may omit to take down citation details when taking notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. -- -- notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. However, these excuses offer no sure protection against a charge of plagiarism. Even in cases where the plagiarism is found to have been neither intentional nor reckless, there may still be an academic penalty for poor practice. -- -- It is your responsibility to find out the prevailing referencing conventions in your discipline, to take adequate notes, and to avoid close paraphrasing. If you are offered induction sessions on plagiarism and study skills, you should attend. Together with the advice contained in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common -- -- in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common errors. If you are undertaking a project or dissertation you should ensure that you have information on plagiarism and collusion. If ever in doubt about referencing, paraphrasing or plagiarism, you have only to ask your tutor. -- -- to ask your tutor. Examples of plagiarism -- There are some helpful examples of plagiarism-by-paraphrase and you will also find extensive advice on the referencing and library skills pages. -- -- London Hanged, p. 213.] Plagiarised 1. Although they did not question the inegalitarian hierarchy of their -- -- of a submissive workforce. (This is a mixture of verbatim copying and acceptable paraphrase. Although only one phrase has been copied from the source, this would still count as plagiarism. The idea expressed in the first sentence has not been attributed at all, and the reference to ‘some historians’ in the second is insufficient. -- -- original.) Non-plagiarised 1. Peter Linebaugh argues that although highwaymen posed no overt -- -- Student conduct Related websites Online plagiarism course Policy on the use of third party proof-readers Related documents * Turnitin UK Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Turnitin FAQs * Plagiarism * Turnitin UK -- -- + Turnitin FAQs + Turnitin information for Faculties and Departments * What is plagiarism? * Information for staff * Resources and support -- -- Participation in a course at Cambridge is deemed as acceptance of the University's right to apply specialist software (like Turnitin) to your work for the purposes of plagiarism education and detection; the University's Statement on Plagiarism includes this consent. However, you do have the right to request that your work is not retained in the Turnitin UK database after it has been submitted. For -- -- be used as source material for future submissions; this will help to maximise the effectiveness of the software and to protect your work from future attempts to plagiarise it. However, you have the right to request that your work is removed from the database. This can only be done on an individual basis for each piece of work, and in some cases -- -- Q. I have been asked to attend an investigative meeting because Turnitin highlighted matched text, but I know I didn't plagiarise; what do I do? Firstly, don't panic; the meeting will be investigative, not -- -- Turnitin reports will be reviewed in detail in order to make an academic judgement on whether the matched text may be a result of plagiarism, or whether it may reflect commonly-used phrases or correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the -- -- correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the University's Definition of Plagiarism, plagiarism is the submission of someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to -- someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to deceive; this means that you have plagiarised even if you did it accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine -- accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine that the matches are the result of plagiarism, they then judge whether this is minor, or more serious/extensive. If it is minor, they may adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor -- -- adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor scholarship, so you will receive a lower mark than you otherwise would have, if you had referenced appropriately. If the plagiarism is more serious or extensive, they may deem that it merits disciplinary action. -- -- Turnitin UK, the University’s use of the software complies with this requirement. The University has identified ‘providers of anti-plagiarism software’ in its information to students as organisations with whom data may be shared. For more information about data protection and the way the University uses your data, see the -- -- Q. What support is available? If you have any queries about plagiarism or good academic practice, you should contact your Tutor or Director of Studies in the first instance. Our Resources and support pages may also be of help; these contain a * Home * What is plagiarism? -- Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- The University's definition of plagiarism -- * Plagiarism -- * What is plagiarism? + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Turnitin UK University-wide Statement on Plagiarism The General Board, with the agreement of the Board of Examinations and -- -- Departments. Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. It is both poor -- -- scholarship and a breach of academic integrity. Examples of plagiarism include copying (using another person's language and/or ideas as if they are a candidate's own), by: * quoting verbatim another person's work without due acknowledgement -- -- to a joint project. Plagiarism might also arise from colluding with another person, including another candidate, other than as permitted for joint project work (i.e. where collaboration is concealed or has been forbidden). A -- -- piece of written work. Plagiarism can occur in respect to all types of sources and media: * text, illustrations, musical quotations, mathematical derivations, computer code, etc; -- -- not referencing sources) in examinations or assessed work may affect the mark given to the candidate's work. In addition, suspected cases of the use of unfair means (of which plagiarism is one form) will be investigated and may be brought to one of the University's Courts. The Courts have wide powers to discipline those found guilty of using -- -- The University makes use of text-matching software for the purpose of plagiarism education and detection, and reserves the right to submit a candidate’s work to such a service. For this purpose, candidates consent to the submission of their papers to the service and for the -- -- No candidate shall make use of unfair means in any University examination. Unfair means shall include plagiarism* and, unless such possession is specifically authorized, the possession of any book, paper or other material relevant to the examination. No member of the -- -- (Statutes and Ordinances 2016, p. 191). * Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. -- -- known as Discipline Regulation 6. Proctorial Notice on plagiarism The Proctorial Notice for 2016 can be viewed on the Proctors' website. * Information for staff Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Forms of plagiarism and collusion -- * Plagiarism * Information for staff -- -- * Information for staff + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * What is plagiarism? * Resources and support * Turnitin UK -- -- * Turnitin UK This page outlines some common forms of plagiarism and collusion, and suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. -- -- suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. * Plagiarism in invigilated examinations * Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework * Collusion in dissertations and other assessed coursework __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in invigilated examinations Collusion (perhaps by candidates exchanging notes) is extremely rare in -- -- invigilated examinations; this is clearly an offence which would be reported immediately to the Proctors. The most common forms of plagiarism in invigilated exams are: Reproducing material committed to memory -- -- heart. Those brought up with rote learning often don't realise that reproducing such material in a written examination constitutes plagiarism if it is reproduced without attribution. In technical subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as -- -- subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as plagiarism. * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it -- * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it clear that plagiarism can occur in written examinations and explain how candidates should acknowledge sources in such examinations. Examiners are strongly advised to include an appropriate rubric on -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework There are numerous forms of assessed work which are not produced under -- -- strict examination conditions, including: dissertations, assessed essays, practical work, seminar-style presentations, and musical compositions. Cases of both plagiarism and collusion are regularly reported in these forms of assessment and some are taken to the Court of Discipline. -- -- of Discipline. 'Classic' plagiarism -- * Overview: plagiarism most commonly involves copying from the Internet, published works, lecture handouts or private communications. Work copied from the Internet can be detected by -- -- the requirements and explain that serious penalties can be imposed. In cases of supervised work, Supervisors are expected to play a role: the Proctors may ask why the plagiarism wasn’t detected before the work reached the Examiners. -- -- before the work reached the Examiners. Third-party plagiarism -- * Overview: a more troublesome form of plagiarism is the use of work commissioned from a third party. These may be purchased from organisations which supply dissertations and essays on a -- -- candidate normally submits. Review-section plagiarism -- * Overview: a common form of plagiarism, which is usually more or less innocent, occurs in review sections. A final-year dissertation may legitimately build on the work described in a dissertation -- -- permitted and what is not. Guidance on proofreading is available on the collusion pages of this website. * Treatment of cases: unlike cases of plagiarism, work produced by unauthorised collusion cannot be made good by proper attribution. The Board of Examinations has agreed that it is inappropriate to -- -- A copies from B without B's knowledge Strictly, this is plagiarism rather than collusion but plagiarism that cannot be made good by any form of attribution. It may be necessary to interview both A and B at an investigative meeting. If it is clear that -- -- This example is much like the former except that B may now be in trouble too. It should perhaps be regarded as a case of collusion rather than plagiarism. Again A should not be awarded any marks for the copied elements of the University of Birmingham Intranet > Academic Services > Student Services > Student Conduct > Plagiarism > Guidance for students -- Guidance on plagiarism for students -- In 'Plagiarism' -- * Plagiarism * Plagiarism awareness starting points * Guidance for students -- * Guidance for students * Plagiarism Information for staff * Interactive plagiarism course Back to 'Student Conduct' -- -- Back to 'Student Conduct' * Defining plagiarism * A student's responsibilities -- * A student's responsibilities * 'Accidental' plagiarism * Plagiarism-detecting software * How Schools deal with plagiarism * The Learning Agreement and plagiarism * Plagiarism and postgraduate study * Student background and plagiarism * Referral to College Misconduct Committee * Appealing the decision -- -- * Confidentiality Defining plagiarism -- Plagiarism is a form of cheating and is a serious academic offence. It arises where work submitted by a student is not their own and has been taken from another source. The original material is then hidden from -- -- or by not mentioning it at all. The most common forms of plagiarism are: * copying -- * copying * self-plagiarism (also called auto-plagiarism) * collusion * fabrication or misrepresentation -- -- * unacceptable proof-reading Plagiarism may occur in a number of other forms, as well as in conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the -- conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the plagiarism may arise from the misuse of sources outside the University. The key is proper attribution of source material. None of the -- -- activities listed above is, of itself, necessarily wrong. Plagiarism is a serious matter for the University. If not dealt with, it will ultimately devalue all University degrees to the detriment of both students and the University. It also introduces a fundamental and -- -- It should be clear from a consideration of these two key requirements why plagiarism is unacceptable. By definition, a piece of work that has been plagiarised will never be able to meet either of the above criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely -- -- criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely to be a problem with plagiarism. It is ironic that students sometimes seem to go to great lengths to -- -- in jeopardy. 'Accidental' plagiarism The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the -- -- The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the severe penalties that may be applied in cases of serious plagiarism, will be anxious to avoid inadvertently submitting plagiarised work. It is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography -- is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography and still commit plagiarism by then incorporating a significant amount of un-attributed material taken directly or indirectly (through paraphrasing) from that source into the body of the assignment. -- -- Above all, the student body is not a single grouping and the University is aware of the need for a sympathetic approach to plagiarism, particularly in the first year of undergraduate studies and where there is no conscious attempt by the student to deceive. However, this is not -- -- ensure that you have clear guidance on what is expected of you in terms of the referencing of source material. If you are worried about committing plagiarism, always seek help and advice from your tutor, supervisor or other academic advisor within your School. Members of staff are experienced in dealing with questions about proper -- -- * Endnote information and training Plagiarism-detecting software Schools are making use of software systems, in addition to the existing -- -- You should be assured that academic judgement is always brought into play when analysing the results. A School will not take action against you for plagiarism as a result of the findings of Turnitin unless it has looked very carefully at the report obtained from the software and assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will -- -- assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will be able to see the relevant report and to challenge the School's case if you are accused of plagiarism following a software-based analysis of your work. -- -- However, the University reserves the right to protect the academic integrity of its degree awards by whatever means available to it. This will benefit those students who did not plagiarise. -- How Schools deal with plagiarism This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: -- -- This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: * If an Academic Integrity Officer suspects that plagiarism may have occurred they will undertake an investigation which would normally involve considering any evidence. This may include a report -- -- the marker or invigilator; * If, following the investigation, the Academic Integrity Officer has a reasonable suspicion that plagiarism has occurred, they will invite you to respond to the allegation and you will be invited to a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); -- -- a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); * Following on from the meeting, the principal academic unit will determine the level of plagiarism (if any) that it believes has arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, -- arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, moderate plagiarism and serious plagiarism. -- The consequences of a finding that plagiarism has occurred in any of these above ways can be found under Section 6 of the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. -- -- on Academic Integrity. In cases where serious plagiarism is found, the matter will be dealt with under University Regulation Section 8 Student Conduct. -- -- You should consult the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. This provides detailed definitive information on how plagiarism is dealt with. -- -- with. The Learning Agreement and plagiarism This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for -- -- This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for your part, will not submit plagiarised work and that your School, for its part, will help and support you to avoid plagiarism. It is seen by the University as a helpful expression of good faith and intentions by both sides of the academic partnership involving you and the -- -- University. Plagiarism and postgraduate study Given that you are likely to hold a First Degree already, there is an -- -- You should be assured that your School will not, provided it is satisfied that there has not been a deliberate attempt to deceive, treat any instance of plagiarism in the early stage of your postgraduate career as a matter normally requiring the imposition of a penalty. However, you must quickly come to terms with the University's -- -- dissertation element of the programme. Student background and plagiarism The educational background of students may make unintentional -- -- The educational background of students may make unintentional plagiarism more likely. Given the diversity of student background in the University, previous experience of formal education in the UK cannot be assumed. The expectations of learning and the learning styles -- -- and circumstance, as well as by individual preferences. Student work that stays close to the original source and is therefore at risk of an allegation of plagiarism may, in some cases, be the result of: * past experience of what has proven to be successful in other academic contexts but which is now a liability to the student; -- -- The University accepts that one (or more) of the above factors may play a role in a case of alleged plagiarism. Each case will therefore be treated on its individual merits and taking account of all relevant circumstances. #University of Derby Blog » Feed University of Derby Blog » Comments Feed University of Derby Blog » How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? Comments Feed alternate alternate [tr?id=263182877367236&ev=PageView&noscript=1] -- -- + Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Home > Blog > How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? James Elander -- -- Student Life How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? -- Be it in music or writing, plagiarism – “stealing other’s ideas” – is a complicated and yet serious offence. So how can universities help students improve their writing and avoid it? Professor James Elander, Head of -- -- Psychological Research, gives his top tips. Plagiarism happens so quickly and easily in these days of ‘cut and paste’, multiple deadlines and pressure to produce excellent work. -- -- Universities, therefore, need active strategies to help students learn not to plagiarise, and one approach focuses on improving their ‘authorial identity’ – a concept I have developed with Derby PhD student Kevin Cheung, which centres on how writers see themselves as -- -- students to understand the values of integrity and transparency associated with academic writing and to write assignments without plagiarising. My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction -- -- My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction session about plagiarism. I asked myself, what is the opposite of plagiarism? Surely the answer to that is authorship and, if authorship is the desired outcome, what are the behavioural or psychological characteristics needed for students to achieve that? -- -- To qualify genuinely as the authors of their written work, students must understand the role of an author, and must be able to identify with that role. This protects them from accidental plagiarism, which often happens when students produce written work without being really in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for -- -- in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for several projects with different groups of colleagues to help students not to plagiarise. Supervised by myself and Ed Stupple in the Department of Psychology at -- -- with lecturers were used to get insights into what university lecturers think about authorial identity, and how we can get them more involved in helping students write better and avoid plagiarism. These showed that changing identity, or how one sees oneself, is -- -- When students were asked afterwards about these workshops, 86% agreed they helped them understand how to avoid plagiarism and 66% agreed they helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, -- -- helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, understanding of authorship and knowledge to avoid plagiarism. The changes were greatest for year one students, supporting the common -- -- It’s important that universities spend time speaking to their students about what plagiarism means and the impact it can have. However, rather than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like -- than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like we did, and discussing how to write assignments without plagiarising, is of much better value. -- -- We hope this research will help to guide future efforts to help students improve their writing and avoid plagiarism, and also give us a simple tool to measure how students’ change through taking part in those efforts. -- -- those efforts. Top tips to avoid plagiarism Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental -- -- Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental plagiarism. Some of these are related to the early stages of work on a written assignment: * Think about what your own position (opinion) is before you start -- -- * Put yourself in the role of the author. How to use quotations without plagiarising * Think about what point you are making with the quote; -- -- * #Derby * #higher education * #plagiarism * #Press * #psychology You are here: Home / Offices / Student and Academic Services / Exams and Assessment / Plagiarism and Collusion Info -- -- Info Plagiarism and Collusion -- * Plagiarism: Plagiarism is used as a general term to describe taking and using another’s thoughts and writings as one’s own. Plagiarism can occur not only in essays and dissertations, but also in scientific experimentation, diagrams, maps, fieldwork, computer -- -- the application of very severe penalties. Avoiding plagiarism and/or collusion -- Learning Development runs a workshop on avoiding plagiarism and has study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on -- study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on avoiding plagiarism. Your student handbook is also a useful resource for plagiarism avoidance and will set out your department's policy about identifying plagiarism. Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of -- -- Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of plagiarism and/or collusion Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Senate Regulation 11: Regulations governing -- -- Departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion: Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations -- -- Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations governing student discipline when investigating and considering allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in work that is not assessed by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of -- by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of the case by the department's Plagiarism Officer. -- Departmental level consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion may be followed by a hearing of a Student Discipline Panel if the severity of the offence or the complexity of the case deems it -- -- * See regulation 11.60 to 11.70 for full details of the University's procedures for departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in assessed work (excluding written examinations) -- -- assessed work (excluding written examinations) Departmental penalties for plagiarism/collusion: The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student -- -- The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student if he/she is found to have committed plagiarism/collusion are also defined in the regulations. A disciplinary panel has the power to impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. -- -- impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. * See regulation 11.71 to 11.75 for full details of departmental penalties for plagiarism and/or collusion (extract of regulations) Cheating in written examinations -- -- staff in your department (e.g. your Programme Director or Head of Department) without any delay if you are still unsure about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. Don't risk a penalty. * For departments: -- * For departments: Contact your Plagiarism Officer or the Secretary to the Senate Student Discipline Committee (qualoffice@le.ac.uk | x2605), for advice on the operation of Senate Regulation 11. -- -- o Undergraduate Progression and Award o Taught Postgraduate Progression and Award o Plagiarism and Collusion # Penalties o Student Results You are here Home » General Regulations » Plagiarism Sitemap -- -- + University Calendar + Academic credit system (ECTS) + Plagiarism * Course Documentation + Course handbooks -- -- * Sitemap Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is interpreted by the University as the act of presenting the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. -- -- the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. Plagiarism is considered as academically fraudulent, and an offence against University discipline. The University considers plagiarism to be a major offence, and subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- University. Visit http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism -- -- Template for Plagiarism Summary Procedure -- Calendar Statement on Plagiarism for Undergraduates - Part II, 82-91 -- Plagiarism 82 General -- -- and explicit manner, and with due acknowledgement. Plagiarism is the act of presenting the work or ideas of others as one's own, without due acknowledgement. -- one's own, without due acknowledgement. Plagiarism can arise from deliberate actions and also through careless thinking and/or methodology. The offence lies not in the attitude or intention of the perpetrator, but in the action and in its -- -- It is the responsibility of the author of any work to ensure that he/she does not commit plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered to be academically fraudulent, and an offence against academic integrity that is subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- procedures of the University. 83 Examples of Plagiarism Plagiarism can arise from actions such as: (a) copying another student's work; (b) enlisting another person or persons to complete an assignment on -- -- All the above serve only as examples and are not exhaustive. 84 Plagiarism in the context of group work Students should normally submit work done in co-operation with other students only when it is done with the full knowledge and permission of -- -- the lecturer concerned. Without this, submitting work which is the product of collusion with other students may be considered to be plagiarism. When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is -- -- When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is possible, that no work submitted by the group is plagiarised. -- 85 Self plagiarism student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one -- -- student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one assessment for credit is normally considered self-plagiarism. -- 86 Avoiding plagiarism Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice -- Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice from their lecturers, tutor or supervisor on avoiding plagiarism. All schools and departments must include, in their handbooks or other literature given to students, guidelines on the appropriate methodology -- -- for the kind of work that students will be expected to undertake. In addition, a general set of guidelines for students on avoiding plagiarism is available on http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism. -- 87 If plagiarism as referred to in §82 above is suspected, in the first instance, the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or their designate, will write to the student, and the student’s tutor -- -- 88 If the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or designate, forms the view that plagiarism has taken place, he/she must decide if the offence can be dealt with under the summary procedure set out below. In order for this summary procedure to be followed, all -- -- (a) Level 1: Student receives an informal verbal warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will be assessed and marked without penalty; -- -- (b) Level 2: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissable. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped -- not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped mark depending on the seriousness/extent of plagiarism; (c) Level 3: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. There is no opportunity for #RSS 2.0 RSS .92 Atom 0.3 Ninth Level Ireland » Plagiarism Comments Feed alternate alternate alternate -- -- Plagiarism -- Of plagiarism, little new can be written (Schwartz, The culture of the copy (1998), p. 311) -- -- “Plagiarism” is defined in various ways. The core meaning seems to be inappropriate copying of another’s ideas or expressions. An important analytical distinction is between: -- -- behaviour, whether acknowledged or not. There is no legal definition of plagiarism, though it forms part of many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often -- -- many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often described as “self-plagiarism”; and two students who hand in identical essays may both find themselves accused of plagiarism, even though the essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of -- essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of them. Many examples of plagiarism will also be examples of breach of intellectual property rights, such as copyright or droit moral / droit à la paternité. -- -- à la paternité. Objections to plagiarism are numerous, so much so that it may be doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much -- doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much that used to be called “cheating” is now labelled “plagiarism”, often confusingly. The attitude of the person whose work is copied is sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as -- -- sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as your own is objectionable whether or not the true author objects.) There is a modern tendency to define “plagiarism” quite broadly, in some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme -- -- some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme hostility to plagiarism (such as stating, inaccurately, that it is a form of theft) it can sound as if large portions of the student community are being accused of crime. -- -- community are being accused of crime. Many argue that there is now a crisis of plagiarism, even a war against plagiarism. Of course, it has always been the case that some students look for illegitimate short cuts to achieving their qualifications. Various factors are blamed for the modern “crisis”: the growth of IT -- -- for intellectual development, not an occasion for open warfare between students and their teachers; the crisis, if there is one, is not so much a “crisis of plagiarism” as a crisis of how to test core competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. -- -- competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. The very difficulties experienced in trying to define plagiarism are evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how -- evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how it is to be established; further, those who condemn “plagiarism” the loudest often seem to have a quite unrealistic idea of the level of originality that can be expected at student level. -- -- originality that can be expected at student level. Plagiarism by academics is not so much discussed, though there is a general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. -- -- general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. “Persaud’s plagiarism was dishonesty, rules medical council”). It may, as in Raj Persaud’s case, come to the attention of a relevant professional body; or it might be a matter of university internal -- -- It is in this academic context that there are complaints of self-plagiarism, that academics are accused of reproducing their own work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether -- work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether “self-plagiarism” is really the right term may be doubted. Artificially padding one’s c.v. by submitting the same article to more than one journal is certainly reprehensible, and may in some circumstances even -- -- publications. Plagiarism by students, by contrast, has become a major preoccupation of universities. The rise of IT and access to online information, which has coincided with a greater emphasis on marked coursework rather than -- -- that the material could quite properly be included in a legitimate piece of writing, if referenced in the appropriate way. Any detailed university policy on plagiarism must necessarily distinguish between disciplines, as each discipline has its own nuanced attitude to materials that may be cited and how they may be used in argument. But -- -- equally, a failure to abide by a discipline’s rules is only culpable if those rules are understood – which leads many to suspect that rampant plagiarism really represents a teaching failure, such that the rules have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. -- -- have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. Many say, then, that plagiarism is to a certain extent a cultural problem. Does this mean that it is particularly a difficulty with students whose native language is not English? Some argue precisely -- -- of suspicion that is not applied to home students. There is little incentive for non-English speakers to improve their grasp of the language if they are met with “S/He must have plagiarised, s/he doesn’t speak English that well!”. If the local attitude to plagiarism is not well understood by foreign students, then presumably at least some of the blame lies with their teachers, and so a harsh response is not -- -- If there is a cultural problem, then, it is equally to do with domestic students. Academic horror at plagiarism reflects a set of value-judgments that students do not necessarily share, and the academics’ version of what their students are supposed to be doing -- -- achieve any level of expressive freedom. Constrained by an overwhelming consensus over the ‘facts’ and established modes of knowing, students may almost be forced to plagiarise. To devise a way to operate within a disciplinary context, without plagiarising, may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – -- may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – meaning, plagiarism and power, 2006) -- (See also Bill Marsh, Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education, 2007.) -- -- make no sense to be told that a failure to paraphrase counts as dishonesty. For discussion see “It’s culture, not morality”; “Using assessment on the front-line in the battle against plagiarism”. Academic conventions in these matters are framed on an assumption that -- -- dealing with intellectual problems is to find someone who has solved the problem before and to copy their work. (Without this skill, indeed, most university plagiarism policies would never have seen the light of day.) There are indeed other skills which university degrees must teach, and there are also behaviours which must be identified as -- -- required. As it is, plagiarism is increasingly being seen as a disciplinary matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an -- -- matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an unfortunate tendency both to define plagiarism broadly (as including any failure to follow established citation conventions, even if there is no attempt to claim originality for the cited material), coupled -- -- cheats off hook”; “‘Plagiarist’ to sue university”. Much attention has been focussed on plagiarism detection software (notably TURNITIN (website¦wikipedia)), which can take some of the drudgery out of identifying copied passages, and can be a useful -- -- o Irish Law Blogs o Overpayments o Plagiarism o Quality assurance o Tenure o Sample Dissertation o Sample Dissertation Proposal Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- + Referencing + Help Guides + Plagiarism Checker + Exam Revision Guides + -- -- o PhD Help Guides o Guide to Writing an Essay Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- * Call us What plagiarism is and how to avoid it One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of -- -- One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of study is that you must not plagiarise. If this is told to you early in your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there -- -- your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there are many different definitions of plagiarism. -- Plagiarism is stealing! -- This is the simplest way to explain plagiarism, it is stealing. What's more, it's stealing of the worst kind because it's taking another's idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. -- -- idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. Schools, colleges, and universities levy severe punishments on any student caught plagiarising and, in professional life, you would be prosecuted for it - plagiarism is illegal! -- The Internet and plagiarism: The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much -- -- The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much easier to plagiarise, but it has also made it easier to detect since most schools, colleges, and universities automatically scan work against millions of other sources to try and discover whether or not a -- -- teachers - they were students once themselves and during their careers have probably encountered every trick in the book! Therefore, make no mistake about it, if you deliberately plagiarise, you will be caught. -- Accidental plagiarism: -- Usually, however, a student is not guilty of direct plagiarism but plagiarising by accident. Unfortunately, it is too easy to do this when you are carrying out extensive research. Writing notes will, undoubtedly, incorporate the ideas of others alongside your own as this -- -- over an extended period of time (as with a thesis or dissertation), then it is easy to forget where your ideas end and another's begin. This is where accidental plagiarism can easily occur. -- How to avoid plagiarism: -- A very good way to avoid accidental plagiarism is to carefully record every single reference you make in your notes and put them into a list at the end of each referencing session that you carry out. It is also -- -- it) in the referencing style required by your school, college, or university. Not only will this help you to avoid an accusation of plagiarism, it will also enable you to grow accustomed to the required referencing style of your academic institution. This way of working will also allow your reference list and/or bibliography to evolve over -- -- footnote/bibliography style (employed by referencing styles such as Oxford). It is important to get this right because, like accidental plagiarism, getting it wrong will harm your academic career. Referencing and Citation Links -- -- of misuse. It is how you use these 'model answers' that makes the difference between availing yourself of a valuable academic resource and plagiarising. The best way to use a 'model answer' from a custom essay writing -- -- website is to think of the resource as you would a book i.e. make notes from it. Some of the key points you might take as a model without plagiarising are: * Structuring * Use of evidence -- -- Do not copy any words down from sources exactly as they are written unless you intend to cite them correctly within your work, otherwise you will be plagiarising. -- The good news is that nobody could, or should, accuse you of plagiarism if you simply use a source to aid your own quality of work. You are, after all, expected to research your topic, you just need to ensure you -- -- of others. Another frustrating form of accidental plagiarism can occur when you genuinely thought an idea was your own but later find that it is replicated in a book, journal, or other resource. The only way to avoid -- -- work such like a Masters or doctoral theses. Plagiarise and you're the one who suffers: -- Remember that plagiarism is a crime and that, like all forms of cheating, it ultimately harms no-one more than it does you. The best way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. -- -- way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. Does buying an essay count as plagiarism? If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this -- -- If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this constitute as plagiarism? The act of buying the essay is perfectly legitimate. You're allowed to -- -- answer or journal article you're given to look at. If you copy the essay word for word, reorganise sections or hand it in as your own, you'll be conducting plagiarism. 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Even if a plagiarist takes the words of someone else who had written and passes -- -- creation, the fruit of the writer's hard work. As we know when we enter a word "plagiarism" in Internet we find almost 100,000 links to know the purpose of plagiarism, is a severe issue for writers, lawyers, authors, publishers, teachers, and students. Why should students think about? So what happens if a student downloads a -- -- piece of writing and hands it inside the same as his or her own. What is plagiarism? -- The word plagiarism must be important because it can change ones future and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good -- -- and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good intentions of doing it and not plagiarizing, but at times they get so besieged with the assignment leads to plagiarize. -- Defining plagiarism Definitions may be different but the central theme is copying from -- -- act of lying, cheating, and stealing." At UNC, plagiarism is "the deliberate or reckless representation of another's word, thoughts, or ideas as one's own without attribution about submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise." -- -- (Instrument of Student Judicial Governance,) Because it is considered a form of cheating, the Office of the Dean of Students can punish students who plagiarize with course failure and suspension. -- The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the act of plagiarism as:"To steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". -- steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". Plagiarism is "a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work." -- -- 2. Results or findings Cost of plagiarism The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of -- -- The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of intellectual creation of mind is illegal according to the intellectual property law. The plagiarism laws are there to protect the intellectual ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught -- ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught in plagiarizing, not only you will be removed from course and institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students -- institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students in the UK were expelled in 2007 for plagiarism offences". (2) -- Forms of plagiarism -- On purpose plagiarism: it states that using of someone's work for time since his/her own work -- -- If once tutor started reading the task and ends that you have just copied from a book which I have already read it earlier. This type of plagiarism can be done on purpose and it will not work. Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we -- -- Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we read more books and form points and patch them together could be easily detectable, unfair and can be Accomplice by online plagiarism Bluffing: Reading texts, picking few phrases and writing them different -- -- Stitching sources: when complete task is mentioned correctly and cited even then student needs to develop analytical skills because they need to produce work truly as their own. So this is still plagiarism due to inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of -- inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of plagiarism. -- All these types of plagiarism should be avoided at all cost lesser or greater. -- -- Methods of awareness: Why student committed to plagiarism: Many of the students are committed plagiarism because of improper time management or fear about the language and writing skills, poor knowledge regarding the subject. Some of us having thrill about breaking the rules and unawareness towards -- -- the assignments and most of them causes by laziness. Educate you self about plagiarism: Copying a text from the Internet or online or e database will have the important text and type of cite that we are using for academic research papers that are estimated. If you -- -- leads to a high standard than the conclusion and introduction, because the introduction and conclusion are frequently written by a student. Improper citation is also Leads to plagiarism because of some students copy the text from Internet and shows the matter into quotations by giving wrong references. -- -- Before to start working with assignments first find the appropriate source for referencing and arrange the matter according to the way that you studied. Other method is to detect the plagiarism by some software's that are available to detect. -- -- location where you copied. How to avoid plagiarism: -- Plagiarism is avoided by the following four methods. They are, Effective note taking habits, before you start doing assignment write -- -- 4. Conclusion and recommendation As stated that plagiarism is a rising problem in schools, colleges and universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. -- universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. "It is true plagiarism is sometimes ignored by academic institutions because students mean money and in the current financial climate, -- because students mean money and in the current financial climate, no-one wants to lose students". This doesn't mean that plagiarism is okay even your academic body doesn't understand it. Plagiarism finally states never fool yourself. -- -- states never fool yourself. The fear of plagiarism is that need to understand the difference among discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. It is -- discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. It is possible to avoid plagiarism by using resources effectively like use of tutor's, presentations, reading essays and textbooks and Internet. -- -- Cheating is not crime However, you should be conscious when caught in plagiarizing ultimately, no-one gains from it because it would be worthless of the belief in academic institution. -- -- + Study Guides * Part of All Answers Ltd + Viper the anti-plagiarism checker + Law Teacher Logo + Academic Knowledge Logo Q. It is often claimed that companies like yours encourage cheating. How do you respond? Q. How do I know that the work you provide hasn’t been plagiarised? Q. How should I use the model essay I order from you? Q. 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The Human Rights Act 1998 is also available to ensure that the student -- -- Higher Education Law Solicitors Links * Academic Dishonesty and fitness to practice * Plagiarism * University Grievance Procedure including Breach of Contract Claims * Lawyers who are experts in Academic Appeals and the OIA #LRB blog RSS Feed LRB blog Atom Feed LRB blog » On Being Plagiarised Comments Feed First Person Singular Hochwasser in Passau alternate alternate -- -- « Previous | Home | Next » On Being Plagiarised Charles Hartman 6 June 2013 -- -- Charles Hartman 6 June 2013 Tags: plagiarism | poetry On 17 May I received an email from a stranger in Qatar, telling me that -- -- On 17 May I received an email from a stranger in Qatar, telling me that someone in England had plagiarised one of my poems. Patty Paine, who teaches at the campus I did not know Virginia Commonwealth University has in Doha, and edits Diode, an online poetry magazine, pointed me to -- -- Mortification was expressed at every turn. The editors of targeted publications are in some ways more obviously victims than the poets plagiarised. My first reaction was: what a dim thing to do these days. The tracking -- -- learn such a thing than to find out whether a particular poem has been published under more than one author’s name. It took me slightly longer to see why this response felt so off the mark. But of course plagiarism isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve -- isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve watched someone else go through. Defining plagiarism is trickier than you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other -- you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other kinds of copying (allusion, quotation) fairly easily: it’s plagiarism if the copyist hopes no one will notice. -- -- before he had the pleasure of pointing it out to me. This is probably relatively common, conscious or not. Still, I can’t bring myself to really care. Plagiarism has always seemed to me more pathetic than criminal. Log in to Reply -- -- 2. Timothy Rogers says: 13 June 2013 at 6:53 pm There’s a humorous side to plagiarized poetry, especially when it can be tied into the follies (or impostures) of youth. Here’s an illustrative story. When I was in the ninth grade in 1963 our #UK Human Rights Blog » Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Comments Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste Comments Feed Bipolar patient has capacity to decide to terminate pregnancy Right to Blog, Lord Chancellor’s Legacy and -- -- May 26, 2013 by David Hart QC Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste CutandPaste Crinion v. IG Markets [2013] EWCA (Civ) 587 read judgment -- -- Mr Mustafa, the Masters student at QMC in the second case, did rather less well; he tried to get a finding of plagiarism reversed by the Independent Adjudicator. Males J, after commencing his judgment on a judicial review from this refusal thus: -- -- The Harvard academic and songwriter Tom Lehrer recommended plagiarism as the route to academic success, wealth and fame, but his tongue was firmly in his cheek, -- -- proceeded to decide that (a) most questions of plagiarism involved some degree of academic judgment; -- -- Crimes – The Human Rights Roundup → 6 thoughts on “Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste” 1. A100plus | May 26, 2013 at 1:07 pm -- -- another 3 or 4 years … 2. Lofthouse Jnr. | May 26, 2013 at 3:46 pm Allegations of academic plagiarism tend to involve lecturers running essays through SEO tools like -- running essays through SEO tools like http://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ but these rely on other content being posted on the internet (like the ‘dodgy dossier’ was) #Sunfish » Feed Sunfish » Comments Feed Sunfish » Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Comments Feed 99 Outrageously Simple Openings For Emails Your Reader Will Be Powerless To Resist 12 steps to saying sorry -- -- * Contact us Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook -- -- Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook Plagiarism. For us writers, it’s an ugly word. -- -- joy, obviously. But is it really plagiarism? And what is plagiarism anyway? -- Plagiarism is an ethical offence, not a legal one -- I defer, as usual to the OED, which defines plagiarism thus: To take, use and/or pass off the thoughts, writings, inventions etc of -- -- Notice that it doesn’t say ‘copy’. Nor is the offence reserved exclusively for taking writing. You can plagiarise someone else’s ideas. -- -- ideas. Plagiarism is also an ethical offence, not a legal one. There is no legal remedy. -- -- I found myself in this unwelcome situation recently (of the plagiarised, I mean). I clicked a link in a fellow copywriter’s tweet to a blog post whose -- -- content, style, tone and, in some cases, entire phrases, of my post. So, it passed the first part of the plagiarism test. It took my ideas and writings. -- -- In this particular case I didn’t feel my reputation or commercial fortunes were damaged by the plagiarism. I had very little to gain for seeking any sort of remedy. And, to be -- -- But what about if it happens to you? What then? 15 steps you should take if you think you’ve been plagiarised Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a -- -- Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a potential act of plagiarism. First, get answers to these seven questions: -- -- To what extent? 6 Are you being damaged in any way by the plagiarism (other than wounded pride)? -- -- The more times you answer yes, the more likely the act is to be plagiarism. Let’s say you feel you have a case to make. Here are the eight steps -- -- Post Comment 1. Good advice. I once plagiarised an article without realising it. I published a press release, which I assumed to be public domain. It turned out that the PR person who had written the press release #RSS Feed Plagiarism Checker | WriteCheck by Turnitin * Features -- -- Get Started Now! Plagiarism in the UK In the United Kingdom, the Channel 4 news program Dispatches aired a -- -- Though much of the segment focused on cheating on standardized tests, the network used Freedom of Information requests to also gain access to statistics on plagiarism at universities in the country. According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been -- -- According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been accused of plagiarism in the past four years, of which some 40,000 were disciplined. Of those disciplined, 400 were expelled (excluded) and another 12,000 had a deduction in their grades. -- -- Those statistics are interesting for a variety of reasons. First is that, while the majority of plagiarism cases did result in disciplinary action, a full third did not. How many of these cases were because of the student being exonerated versus a decision that it didn’t warrant -- -- Still, this means that, in the UK at least, punishment for an alleged plagiarism infraction is far from automatic, resulting in a punishment rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of -- rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of plagiarism, they are more favorable than those faced by those accused of actual crimes. District attorneys in the United States, for example, routinely see conviction rates well above 90%. -- -- It’s also worth noting that only one fifth of the students accused of plagiarism suffered a reduction in their grades and only .6% of all students accused of plagiarism were expelled. This means that, in the UK, an allegation of plagiarism does not automatically mean a grade reduction, much less an expulsion. Those are actually very unlikely outcomes. -- -- However, perhaps most interesting is that the number of students accused of plagiarism is significantly smaller than the number who likely actually do it. A recent survey of college students in the U.S. showed that 38% of undergraduates and 25% of graduates admitted to -- -- While the United States is a different country, even if the UK rate of plagiarism is just 20% that means the vast majority of students who plagiarized never even faced an accusation. This is because there are approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means -- approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means approximately 2.6% were accused of plagiarism. That number, 2.6%, feels both extraordinarily high and extraordinarily -- -- low at the same time. On one hand, it’s stunning to think that, on average, in every class of 38 students, one will face allegations of plagiarism. On the other hand, given the high rate of admitted plagiarism, it means that the amount detected truly is just the tip of the iceberg. -- -- More than anything, the Channel 4 report shows just how complex the problem of plagiarism in universities is and. more importantly, how deep the issue runs. -- -- Fortunately, while there are no easy solutions to this problem, universities in the UK have made great strides in the fight. Not only have they adopted plagiarism policies and the use of plagiarism-detection software nationwide, but they’ve nearly cut in half the number of papers with high similarity rates turned in over the first 10 years of the program. -- -- first 10 years of the program. Still, as these statistics show, the battle against plagiarism is not a sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but -- -- sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but all areas of plagiarism policy. Further, it requires regular analysis to ensure that it’s working as designed so that adjustments can be made as time goes on. -- -- Fortunately, that is what the UK is doing and that’s why we have such powerful statistics from it. That data, in the end, is powerful and, as shown above, indicates the UK is turning the tide against plagiarism, even if there is still much work to be done. -- -- The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today, and do not reflect the opinions of WriteCheck. -- WriteCheck. 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Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, -- -- activities. Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, there is also evidence that a generation brought up using the Internet has very different views on what constitutes ‘plagiarism’. -- Plagiarism is usually seen as being ‘wrong’, ‘immoral’ or at least undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the -- -- undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the learning process. Furthermore, ‘plagiarism’ should not be confused with ‘copyright’, as what may be plagiarism is not necessarily copyright infringement. Thus while plagiarism is often ‘unlawful’ it may not always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute -- always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute ‘plagiarism’, such as the improper referencing of sources in student essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for -- -- essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for plagiarism, and the academic and professional penalties that can be imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. -- -- imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. SECTION ONE – TYPES OF PLAGIARISM Definitions -- -- Definitions The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines ‘plagiarism’ as ‘to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: to use (another's production) without crediting the source: to commit literary -- -- The word ‘plagiarist’ is derived from the Latin word ‘plagiarus’, meaning, ‘kidnapper’^3. Yet as we shall see, plagiarism does not need to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans -- to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans points out: ‘Everyone seems to know [plagiarism] is wrong... but few know how to completely define it’^4. -- -- know how to completely define it’^4. Oxford University states that plagiarism is ‘the copying or paraphrasing of other people’s work or ideas into your own work without full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. -- -- full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. It also includes ‘collusion’, i.e. the unauthorised working with others. The university states that students may be guilty of plagiarism even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This -- even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This suggests that ‘plagiarism’ is an all-embracing term that covers a huge variety of activities. -- -- variety of activities. Types of plagiarism The Harvard Guide to Using Sources^7 provides useful examples of -- -- unacceptable conduct. Many of these involve the practice of ‘cutting and pasting’ from electronic sources such as the Internet^8. The Guide divides plagiarisms into several different types. -- The first is ‘Verbatim plagiarism’. This is word for word copying from another source without placing the copied text in quotation marks and providing a clear citation, i.e. an acknowledgement of where the -- -- material came from. Another category is ‘Mosaic plagiarism’^9. This involves copying parts of another’s material but changing a few words here and there without placing the material in quotes or providing a citation. The Guide -- -- An example can be found in How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, an unpublished novel Kaavya Viswanathan, which was found to contain numerous instances of plagiarism, notably from two previously published books by author Megan McCafferty^10. -- -- first in a long string of boyfriends got on.’^12 Here, mosaic plagiarism can be seen in the way certain words are changed while others are left unaltered. The result is very close to the original in its expression. -- -- the original in its expression. ‘Inadequate paraphrasing’ is a similar type of plagiarism where the student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a -- -- student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a citation, this is not enough to prevent plagiarism. The new passage must instead restate the original work using completely new words. The Guide suggests that students should make accurate notes of the original -- -- citation immediately afterwards^15. Other types of plagiarism can include providing inaccurate information about the sources in citations and using too many sources without enough interconnecting original material, with the result that the -- -- paper contains almost no original work^16. Another type of plagiarism is ‘self-plagiarism’. This is a practice mainly found among academics where the author recycles their own work, ‘dressing up’ old research to make it appear original and new^17, and -- -- Problems with definitions However, though examples of plagiarism are numerous, there is much disagreement about when the rules should apply. -- -- topics which a first year undergraduate may be ignorant of. Similarly, arts students tend to cite things differently than science students^19. This undermines any solid definitions of plagiarism. -- Another problem when defining plagiarism is that educational institutions’ plagiarism policies tend to give students more leeway in examinations. For instance, Yale College’s plagiarism guide states that for its purposes the term ‘plagiarism’ will be usually confined to coursework only^20. -- -- Administrators (an advisory body for institutions providing writing programs) takes the view that institutions should treat intentional and unintentional plagiarism differently^21. They state that if a student tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be -- -- tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be classed as ‘plagiarism’^22. In fact, they regard it as part of the natural learning process for students. They also state that using ‘common knowledge’ is acceptable. However this again does not address -- -- acknowledgment^24. This definition appears self-contradictory, as it recognizes that some institutions and even academic programmes define ‘plagiarism’ differently. What use then is the definition? Such definitions are unhelpful and serve only to confuse the issue. -- -- is part of the learning process, where students assimilate phrases, terminology and ideas to gain understanding of a particular subject. However she states that this is still plagiarism, regardless of whether the student acknowledges their sources^26. -- -- If that wasn’t enough for the student to contend with, there is evidence to suggest that the present generation of students views ‘plagiarism’ differently from previous generations. In American colleges 68% of all students admit cutting and pasting from the Internet without giving acknowledgments^27. Blum suggests that this -- -- forms part of a cultural pattern. McCabe and Trevino also note that this ‘may be due to a changing definition among students of what constitutes plagiarism’, particularly when it comes it paraphrasing^28. Blum says: ‘Contemporary students are swimming in a sea of texts’^29. -- -- Contrasted to this, the academic world has strict rules on referencing even when direct quotations are not used. This may explain the rise in the amount of plagiarism seen in colleges and universities recently. Conclusion -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. It can encompass a wide variety of activities, not all of which involve professional ‘cheating’. Unintentional plagiarism can also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as -- -- also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as ‘plagiarism’. A problem for students is that some disciplines and forms of assessment are more stringent than others. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot -- -- some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot when they are plagiarizing another’s work. -- Copyright symbol SECTION TWO – Plagiarism v Copyright UK law -- -- to exploit a work^30. The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) governs UK copyright law. One of the main differences between copyright and plagiarism is that copyright generally does not protect ideas, only the expression of those ideas. However this distinction is not as clear cut as it sounds. -- -- What is copyright? Plagiarism covers a variety of material. It includes academic papers, professional publications, works of fiction and even scientific formulae. In short, where there is any potential for the use of -- -- recorded in some permanent form, such as in writing^42. Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright is that copyright only lasts for a fixed period. For original works this is seventy years from the death of the author^43, while for sound -- -- arrangements last for twenty-five years^45. If a work’s copyright expires it becomes ‘public domain’ and can be used freely without a licence. By contrast, plagiarism is not concerned with whether a source is public domain or not, but whether it has been adequately referenced. -- -- Infringement Plagiarism policies and copyright law both cover a wide variety of activities. However copyright law is more rigid, in that it sets out what activities may constitute copyright infringement. -- -- work to the public, adapting the work or authorizing any of these acts to be done without a licence There is no need to show any intention on the part of the infringer. Therefore, as with plagiarism, infringement may be unintentional. -- -- author^46, or joint authors if there are more than one^47, of by the author’s employer if the work was created during the course of their employment^48. This is unlike plagiarism, where it does not matter whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone -- whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone else to produce a piece of work may be plagiarism in itself^49. How much can be copied? -- -- How much can be copied? Plagiarism policies allow for some copying provided that any text lifted from the original is surrounded in quotation marks and referenced properly^50. Similarly, you can legally copy material from a -- -- that the work must originate from its creator and not be copied from somewhere else^54. One of the consequences of this is that facts cannot generally be protected. This contrasts with plagiarism, which suggests that it is the failure to say where the facts came from that incurs a penalty^55. -- -- Sufficient acknowledgment Plagiarism is concerned with originality of work. For instance, plagiarists who recycle old ideas are criticized for undermining the pursuit of original knowledge and enriching themselves, sometimes at -- -- Publication: does it matter? Plagiarism does not require anything to be made public. However, except for ‘copying’, copyright infringement must involve the work being made available to the public^59. Bainbridge notes that the approach courts -- -- Ideas v Expression Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, -- is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, not the ideas behind it. Plagiarism however, can be committed by stealing ideas as well as by copying text. -- -- Saunders states that this means that an academic can copy ideas from someone else’s work, as long as he presents them in an original way. Such behaviour may be plagiarism, but it is not copyright infringement^63. -- -- copyright infringement^74. Therefore if you reproduce a section of an original work without crediting the author, you may also violate this right as well as commit plagiarism. Under s.80(1) CDPA 1988, an author or director also has a right to -- -- Conclusion Therefore copyright infringement in the UK differs from plagiarism in that only certain works are protected for a limited duration. Infringement also requires that the amount used from the copyright work -- -- family^87. This is all very different from the position regarding plagiarism, where it does not matter if the work is public domain or not. -- -- Moral Rights in the US are much more limited than in the UK, and are of little assistance to the copyright owner in preventing plagiarism. Authors in the US have rights of paternity and integrity similar to -- -- unscripted portions of the film are written down verbatim. Such use may well not infringe copyright. This is, of course, different to plagiarism, which includes non-literal copying from any source. There must also be ‘substantial similarity’ between the infringing copy -- -- to reproducing or exhibiting work, communicating work to public, and falsely attributing work to the author. This covers all possible forms of plagiarism and may be an alternative remedy to infringement for plagiarized authors. However these rights are more limited than in English law. The rights -- -- i) ‘ILLEGAL’ v ‘UNLAWFUL’ Plagiarism may be unlawful, but it is not necessarily illegal. Although these two terms are often used interchangeably, they do have different technical meanings. “Illegal” has been defined as an act’ which the law -- -- Therefore to infringe copyright is to violate law and commit an ‘illegal’ act. However while plagiarism is considered unethical, it is not ‘illegal’ unless it also infringes copyright or some other rule of law. -- -- law. In fact, some plagiarisms may not even be unlawful, as even plagiarized work is capable of subsisting in copyright. A plagiarized essay still qualifies as a literary work under the CDPA 1988 even if it has not been created to academic standards. The plagiarist would still be able -- -- students. For purely academic work, the UK law does not require that source material be acknowledged. However this will not protect students from allegations of plagiarism. Someone writing an essay or journal article may claim they are writing -- -- Conclusion Plagiarism is therefore be illegal only if it infringes copyright or some other law. Even infringement may be lawful if it amounts to ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. The UK law provides little certainty on the -- -- This makes cases hard to predict in the UK and the US. SECTION SIX – CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES -- -- i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES If plagiarism involves a violation of copyright law, the infringer may commit criminal offences. -- -- dishonestly make a representation with a view to causing gain or loss to anyone^176, for instance, if an academic secures a publishing advance for an original article but delivers a plagiarized version. Australia -- -- where the origins of a work have been deliberately disguised, such as by removing copyright notices or modifying it so it cannot be recognized^187. This may apply to plagiarized written work. Australia -- -- Even if a plagiarist escapes civil or criminal sanctions, they may still face serious consequences. Plagiarism can result in the cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have -- -- cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have plagiarized several works, including those by Megan McCafferty and Salman Rushdie , the publishers cancelled her publishing contract ^198. The publisher may also ban the author in the future and withdraw copies -- -- author to provide a warranty that their work is original^200 Plagiarism can cause severe embarrassment and damage the copier’s career and good standing in the academic community. The publisher may complain to the academic’s departmental head, resulting in internal -- -- governed by the Human Rights Act 1998, which enshrines the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law^206. University Disciplinary Committees decide what penalties to impose on students for plagiarism. These are distinct from Examination Boards, which grade students based on their academic performance. Disciplinary Committees are subject to -- -- In one recent case, a student accused his university of negligence for failing to bring plagiarism to his notice. Michael Gunn sued the University of Kent for failing him for plagiarism days before he was due to graduate, having said nothing about this while he carried on his studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation -- -- studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation for changing a student’s grade after they have graduated on grounds of plagiarism^212. -- Plagiarism policies may discriminate against students from overseas. The JISC recognizes that for some students, such as those who are home-schooled, reproducing large amounts of text is a way of showing -- -- under the Human Rights Act 1998. Many academic institutions also utilize plagiarism detection sites and software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and -- software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and plagiarismchecker.net. In the USA, their use has already sparked a court case. In AV v iParadigms LLC^217, high school students in Virginia and Arizona sued Turnitin.com’s owners, iParadigms. The -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright -- process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright infringement and plagiarism are not the same thing, and one may be a plagiarist without infringing copyright, and vice versa. While there are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are -- -- are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are generally less well protected in the US and Australia. Also, moral rights are much weaker in these two countries. Plagiarism is not always illegal, thanks to defences such as ‘fair use’. However what is ‘fair’ can be very hard to pin down, and the potential infringer would be well -- -- advised to always err on the side of caution. There are severe criminal and civil penalties for commercial copyright infringement, and plagiarism can also have damaging academic and professional consequences. However, in a culture that is becoming increasingly reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next -- -- reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next generation of scholars may well have very different ideas about what is ‘plagiarism’. One answer would be to change the way university courses are taught, placing less reliance on traditional essay-writing, which encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly -- -- encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly different form. Instead universities appear to be resorting to technology themselves to stamp out plagiarism. Whether these methods are legal themselves remains to be seen. -- -- Blum, S, My Word! 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Plagiarism and College Culture, Cornell University Press, New York, 2009, p.1. -- -- de=402598>. 57 J Saunders, ‘Plagiarism and the law: a guide to plagiarism and the law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, -- law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, , p.2. 58 [2007] EWCA Civ 247. -- -- 86 Ibid. 87 R King, Understanding Copyright Law, Fair Use, Plagiarism and Public Domain, King & Associates, Arizona, 2012 (e-book). -- -- Features * Plagiarism detection * Plagiarism checker reviews * Types of plagiarism * Is plagiarism illegal? * Plagiarism articles * Ask the Doctor -- * Ask the Doctor * Plagiarism pictures * Plagiarism scanner (BETA) Guides -- -- * Referencing guides * Lesson plans * NEW: Free plagiarism workbook (PDF) About -- -- About PlagiarismChecker.net is the free website for plagiarism software, reviews, articles, lesson plans and commentary on detection methods. -- -- XML | TXT | HTML | ROR | Images © Copyright 2015 by PlagiarismChecker.net. 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You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be -- -- You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be familiar with the definition, investigation process and potential implications regarding plagiarism and collusion. Plagarism -- -- Collusion A form of plagiarism that involves unauthorised co-operation between at least two people with the intent to deliberately mislead or deceive -- -- * allowing work to be copied e.g. posting written coursework on social networking sites prior to an assessment * The offence of encouraging or enabling plagiarism includes the act of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done -- of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done with the intention of enabling or encouraging plagiarism. Investigation process -- -- Investigation process In all suspected cases of Plagiarism and/ or Collusion, the centre is required to notify the awarding organisation within 10 working days. -- -- City & Guilds ILM: Plagiarism, Collusion and Cheating Policy OCR: Joint Council for Qualifications Suspected Malpractice in -- -- + Information, advice and guidance statement of service + Learner charter + Plagiarism and Collusion Your questions * What is academic integrity? * What is plagiarism? * How do I avoid plagiarism? * What is referencing? * Why should I reference? -- -- Students working together where this is not permitted, with the intention of gaining an unfair advantage or cheating in the preparation of coursework. A form of plagiarism. See also collaboration. Common knowledge -- -- * exam techniques (eg preparation, timing, etc). Plagiarism In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas -- -- In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas or writings as your own without acknowledgement. In an academic context (see page What is is plagiarism?). This includes taking another person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of -- -- person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of plagiarism in the General Regulations Appendix A: * reproducing in any work submitted for assessment or review(for example, examination answers, essays, project reports, -- -- Turnitin In full this refers to the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software supplied under license from Turnitin UK . Submitted work is matched against a database of previously submitted work from every institution -- -- which subscribes to Turnitin, (including international institutions); current and archived internet pages and databases of journals and periodicals (Gale and Emerald). Turnitin does not detect plagiarism: it is a text-matching software which provides a report on whether a student's work is original (no matching text) or unoriginal. All * PlagiarismDetection.org * plans & pricing -- -- * login Reliable plagiarism detector -- Fast and accurate plagiarism checker for teachers, students, publishers, bloggers. Since 2008. -- -- bloggers. Since 2008. Plagiarism prevention in Europe -- Plagiarism is a controversial issue in institutions of higher learning across Europe. Various views have been raised concerning this topic vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different -- -- vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different European countries. It is prudent to understand what each country perceives regarding plagiarism for the sake of students who wish to study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the -- study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the plagiarism policy means in countries such as Poland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought -- -- Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought about the definition of plagiarism, different answers were gathered. This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various -- This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various attitudes towards plagiarism. According to the respondents, students from Czech Republic highlighted that plagiarism simply meant “copying without referencing the original author”. British students simply stated that it had something to do with “taking another person’s work -- -- simply meant “copying”. Polish answers were a bit long making reference to intellectual property rights, illegal, copying and cheating. Plagiarism policy in Europe has had different opinions. This may be attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to -- attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to measures taken by institutions to control and prevent plagiarism. As much as the situation may look similar in most countries, a few scenarios differ. A clear similarity is apparent between Cyprus and the -- -- academic writing. Most universities and colleges in the US and UK report high cases of plagiarism despite plagiarism checkers put in place to avoid it. A number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students -- number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students and lecturers concerning plagiarism. Despite having these guidelines, originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding -- originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding what really constitutes plagiarism. In some instances, poor academic discipline may qualify as plagiarism as opposed to the actual misconduct. This has been labeled as a demeaning factor in achieving consistency among institutions of higher learning. -- -- In 2012 an anonymous survey of 617 students conducted at the University of Graz in Austria showed that about one-third students reported that they had already plagiarized at least once. Reasons for plagiarism were comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 -- comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 percent), unintended plagiarism (34 percent) and uncertainty about the source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that -- source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that "comfort", which primary reason for students to plagiarize is indeed lack of a plagiarism checker being used by teachers to control works submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and -- -- submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and the UK have adopted plagiarism detectors. In the UK, much emphasis has been relayed on penalties on students who plagiarize. Universities in the US are quite strict on matters of plagiarism hence prompting students to pay attention to details when attributing works. In contrast with Europe, university students in the US are constantly -- -- reference list and parenthesis on materials cited in the text. To some extent, these attribution systems have managed to streamline issues of plagiarism as well as bring consistency in the US. Institutions of higher learning in both countries have equally faced challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public -- -- challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public domain. In the current era of information explosion, more knowledge is becoming common hence presenting the challenge on what is plagiarized or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, -- or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, plagiarism checkers think otherwise. On the contrary, it is easier to assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and -- assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and does not require citing. In the overall, plagiarism is still an issue to solve in many countries given the fact that knowledge is dynamic. -- -- all articles * Academic plagiarism * Checker supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish languages. -- -- * Twitter+ © 2008-2018 PlagiarismDetection.org ____________________ Student Circus Blog Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments -- -- Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? 14 Nov,2016 -- -- 14 Nov,2016 Plagiarism is a foreign word for most of the international students coming to the UK. Plagiarism means copying someone else’s ideas or work and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are -- -- and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are found to be plagiarising your content, you could fail the exam or assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian -- -- assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian countries, plagiarism is not strictly enforced or frowned upon, which leads to complacency and lack of knowledge of plagiarism when students go to west for further education. Plagiarism can be of various types such as*: a.Copying or paraphrasing text from websites, articles, research -- -- c.Duplicating your work, for instance by submitting almost the same work for two different tasks. So, how to avoid plagiarism? The answer is referencing, paraphrasing and citing the sources. The most common citation styles are as follows: -- -- marks. *Avoiding plagiarism: A guide for international students. (n.d.). Retrieved from -- Retrieved from http://www.educationuk.org/india/articles/avoiding-plagiarism-guide-for -international-students/ Disclaimer: www.studentcircus.com (Student Circus UK ) is not #Teaching Matters blog » Feed Teaching Matters blog » Comments Feed Teaching Matters blog » Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? Comments Feed Exploring research-led teaching at Senate Training and support for postgraduate students who teach (PGWT) alternate -- -- 27th July 20175th September 2017IAD user Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? PhD nightmare crop Poor academic practice and academic misconduct cases -- -- occur and the consequences are potentially catastrophic and extremely distressing for all concerned. Cases we are aware of have involved the external examiner identifying plagiarised material with an almost forensic level of rigor – exactly what we expect of any external examiners doing their job. It has struck us that there is currently an -- -- Our pilot of this approach has already proved valuable by identifying patterns of poor scholarship including plagiarism among year 1 progression papers; issues we have identified would definitely land students in trouble if they had submitted work for UG or taught PG -- -- of Turnitin. Undetected problems could persist within a final submitted thesis and this could be catastrophic; in 2013 the Education Minister for Germany had their PhD rescinded because of plagiarised content. PhD theses are still a special case and the nature of similarity needs Written on May 23 2013. Misconception 15: Turnitin employs legions of writing experts to read and evaluate papers for plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin receives over 200,000 papers daily, and no human reads the papers at Turnitin. All papers are processed by our -- -- Reality: Turnitin matches text similarity and does not grade papers for the instructors. It is up to the instructor and/or student to determine whether the assignment exhibits plagiarism. Misconception 13: Turnitin has expertise in plagiarism and can render judgment on specific cases. 
Reality: There is no "threshold" Similarity Index that is either -- -- at the Originality Report. Misconception 3: The "Similarity Index" shows the percentage of paper that is plagiarized.
 Reality: The Similarity Index is just a percentage of material in the paper that matches sources in the Turnitin databases. Text that is -- -- Instructors can decide to let their students see their reports, do re-submissions, get revised reports -- or not. Misconception 1: Turnitin detects plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin matches to text in our databases and leaves the judgment up to the instructor. As mentioned above, instructors MUST Blog Is Recycling Your Own Work Plagiarism? Written on July 20 2016. -- -- Written on July 20 2016. [self-plagiarism-blog-image.png] This post is excerpted from an article originally published on -- -- Writers often claim that because they are the authors, they can reuse their work, either in full or in excerpts, over and over again. How can republishing one’s own work be defined as plagiarism if the author has only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the -- only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the definition of self-plagiarism, how it crosses into copyright laws and ethical issues, and the different ways an author can avoid this increasingly controversial act of scholarly misconduct. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ What is Self-plagiarism? Let's look at one scenario: Leslie is an assistant professor going -- -- number of publications for tenure, but from the same work. Doing so, Leslie might commit what Scanlon (2007) calls “academic fraud,” a form of selfplagiarism (pg. 57). -- Self-plagiarism is defined as a type of plagiarism in which the writer republishes a work in its entirety or reuses portions of a previously written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that -- -- written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that because they are the authors, they can use the work again as they wish; they can’t really plagiarize themselves because they are not taking any words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on -- words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on whether self-plagiarism is possible, the ethical issue of self-plagiarism is significant, especially because self-plagiarism can infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of -- infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of plagiarism do not account for self-plagiarism, so writers may be unaware of the ethics and laws involved in reusing or repurposing texts. -- -- texts. The American Psychological Association (2010) explains how plagiarism differs from self-plagiarism: “Whereas plagiarism refers to the practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of -- practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of others, self-plagiarism refers to the practice of presenting one’s own previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). -- -- previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). As Roig (2006) suggests, self-plagiarism occurs “when authors reuse their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared -- -- their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared elsewhere” (pg. 16). Roig identifies a few types of self-plagiarism: * Republishing the same paper that is published elsewhere without notifying the reader nor publisher of the journal -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Definitions of Plagiarism -- The question of whether self-plagiarism exists or not—is it possible to plagiarize oneself?—is rooted in the definition of plagiarism. Plagiarism is typically defined as stealing the work of another and presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary -- presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary (2011) defines plagiarism as taking the work of another as “literary theft.” The verb to “plagiarize” is defined as: * “To take and use as one's own (the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another person);” -- -- According to the OED definition, in the strict sense recycling papers would not be plagiarism. -- However, Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2011) defines to “plagiarize” similarly with the addition description in the second definition below: * To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: -- -- So, in the Webster definition, recycling one’s own papers would fall under “to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source” and is, therefore, considered plagiarism. But what is more important than the definition of plagiarism, and whether it is possible to “self-plagiarize,” is the ethics behind self-plagiarism. __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Ethical Issues of Self-plagiarism -- Publications manuals have a set standard regarding self-plagiarism. When an author publishes in a journal, the author often signs over rights to the publisher; thus, copyright infringement is possible if an -- -- Biomedical journals in particular have had significant problems with copyright due to self-plagiarism and many have taken a stance against the practice in publication. Some have gone so far as to request the author’s previous manuscripts to ensure that the work is original (Roig -- -- It seems that even the American Psychological Association (APA) has taken a recent position against the practice by addressing self-plagiarism in the 2010 sixth edition of the publication manual, a discussion, which is absent from previous editions. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Avoiding Self-plagiarism Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for -- -- Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for avoiding plagiarism, four of which deal specifically with self-plagiarism, as follows: * Guideline 10: Authors who submit a manuscript for publication containing data, reviews, conclusions, etc., that have already been -- -- that is subsequently presented as a new study is an equally serious ethical breach. * Guideline 12: Because some instances of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and even some writing practices that might otherwise be acceptable (e.g., extensive paraphrasing or quoting of key elements of a book) can constitute copyright infringement, -- -- Technology like iThenticate by Turnitin is another way to avoid self-plagiarism. By comparing written work against the largest database of scholarly, full-text content, authors and researchers can screen their work prior to publication submission and organizations can -- -- Conclusion The issue of self-plagiarism is becoming more and more prevalent, and some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, -- some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, have seen a rising trend in self-plagiarism. The APA publication manual has no discussion of self-plagiarism in its fifth edition, but addresses it twice in the sixth edition, perhaps to prevent such practices. Organizations and individual authors and researchers can -- -- take preventative measures in their writing practices and editing processes, including the use of technology that helps detect potential self-plagiarism before submitting their work for publication. References -- -- Style Chicago. 16th Edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. * “Plagiarize.” (2011). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com. -- http://www.merriam-webster.com. * “Plagiarism, n.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed.). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * “Plagiarize, v.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed. ). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * Roig, Miguel. (2006). Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. -- other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. Retrieved from http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/plagiarism.doc * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in -- -- * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification, 57-66. * Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright. (2010). Copyright. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Copyright Office. Retrived from Programme of activities/ Academic integrity and plagiarism/ -- Academic integrity and plagiarism [icon-twitter-rounded.png] [icon-facebook-rounded.png] -- -- Protecting, developing and enhancing academic integrity in general is the second theme for action, with a particular focus to the issue of plagiarism. Higher education has indeed its own particularities and potential -- -- Another activity under this priority line would be the organisation of a specific seminar on plagiarism, which could be held in 2016. One possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes -- possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes towards plagiarism coexist in Europe and that approaches differ from one Member State to another. -- -- 2. Drafting of guidelines together with measurement indexes; 3. Promotion of capacity building in higher education institutions to evaluate plagiarism. -- -- + Programme of activities o Ethical behaviour of all actors in education o Academic integrity and plagiarism o Recognition of qualifications o Other activities #RSS 2.0 Thomas Lancaster » Feed Thomas Lancaster » Comments Feed Thomas Lancaster » Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 Comments Feed Contract Cheating – A Decade (Plus One) Of Contract Cheating Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 1 – Academic Integrity and Contract -- -- ____________________ Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 -- -- use a third party to have work completed for them. Sessions at the 2017 international conference on Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond ended up heavily focused on contract cheating. Having been part of contact cheating research since the term first formed part -- -- I’ve already shared my conference presentation on contract cheating in examinations and provided general collected thoughts about Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. -- -- 05 Emerging Issues In Contract Cheating Wider challenges surrounding educational integrity also influence how contract cheating practice could develop. These include traditional areas of student plagiarism, the use of translation and essay spinning software, as well as the risks posed by students using smart drugs. -- -- these posts are compiled, runs to nearly 8,000 words, so that just shows how much value there was in the presentations and discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. ← Next post Previous post → -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Please browse around the blog and the links, and feel free to leave your thoughts. -- -- Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: brno, conference, contract cheating, essay mills, plagiarism across europe and beyond, research Read 127 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:14 am […] This is Part 1 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 2 – Inside The Contract Cheating Industry | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:30 am […] This is Part 2 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 3 – Contract Cheating by Academics | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:31 am […] This is Part 3 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 4 – Detecting Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:43 am […] This is Part 4 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 5 – Emerging Issues in Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:54 am […] This is Part 5 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 6 – Which Students Are Contract Cheating And What Does This Mean For -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:18 pm […] This is Part 6 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 7 – Understanding Contract Cheating From The Student Viewpoint | Thomas -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:28 pm […] This is Part 7 (the final part) of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 | ContractCheating.com says: October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm -- -- October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm […] This blog post provides lots of details about contract cheating from discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. […] Leave a Reply Cancel reply -- -- Recent Posts * Student Plagiarism And How To Stop An International Problem – With A Focus On Kosovo -- A Focus On Kosovo * Emerging Issues In Plagiarism Prevention And Detection – My View From 2004 * Beyond Contract Cheating – Towards Academic Integrity -- -- Recommendations To Address Essay Mill Use – Video * Cutting The Costs Of Open Access Research * Plagiarism and Assessment * Examining The State of Academic Integrity in Europe – Recommendations From SEEPPAI this work is produced, it is a concern. Since contract cheating produces original work, this is unlikely to be picked up using standard text matching plagiarism detection services such as Turnitin. Some of the more interesting findings across our research have related -- -- Beyond this, there are parallels with the research into the anti-plagiarism fields, in particular looking at the policies, processes and penalties surrounding contract cheating, and how to write assignments to prevent contract cheating. The research I’ve been -- -- Feel free to contact me regarding contract cheating. I often deliver keynote talks, research seminars and training related to plagiarism and contract cheating. I’m happy to discuss the issues further, to assist with staff development and to support requests from the media. -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Much more information about what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. -- -- what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: contract cheating, plagiarism, robert clarke, thomas lancaster Read 8 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- March 28, 2017 at 7:03 am Dear professor My research subject is plagiarism. Since you coined the term contract cheating in 2006, would you mind clarifying how a “contarct cheater” is different from a “ghost writer”? -- -- https://t.co/rzBOjVHu5K 8 hours ago * @DoctorMikeReddy I really can't remember the "gym analogy" from during my PhD years (2000-2003) when the plagiarism… https://t.co/pOKTEXmudT 8 hours ago #Plagiarism.org RSS Feed IFRAME: https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NST4MH8 -- -- (BUTTON) Toggle navigation [p-dot-org-logo-1512156951.png] * Understanding Plagiarism * Preventing Plagiarism * Teaching about Plagiarism * Plagiarism Checking * Plagiarism Research * Plagiarism Policy ____________________ -- -- ____________________ European Responses to Student Plagiarism in Higher Education Irene Glendinning -- -- A significant amount of research has been undertaken in response to the recent flood of student plagiarism now being detected in higher education institutions (HEI). Based on deeper understanding of the underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for -- -- underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for strategies and systems for detection, penalties and mitigation of student plagiarism. So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from -- -- So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from English speaking countries, particularly the UK, North America and Australia. Their work has included research into plagiarism from students from other countries, including Sweden, Germany, Lithuania, Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of -- -- Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of countries in Europe is not well understood and there has not yet been a comparative study of plagiarism in HEIs across Europe. -- The IPPHEAE project (Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), -- Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), aims to plug the identified gap by focusing on plagiarism in European HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and -- -- HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and deterring plagiarism. Surveys are being conducted in HEIs at three levels: students, teaching staff and senior managers, to determine how well any procedures are understood, to what extent they are operating -- -- Where possible representatives from national quality agencies are being interviewed in order to gain overarching national perspectives on issues such as national policies and how plagiarism impacts on quality and standards. This dimension also provides a means of highlighting the importance of the research to people who can influence educational -- -- IPPHEAE project including an overview of in-depth institutional studies and interventions for reducing the number of incidences of student plagiarism. -- This paper was submitted to the International Integrity & Plagiarism Conference which ran between 2004-2014. The paper was peer reviewed by an independent editorial board and features in the conference (GO) GO UK leads Europe in the fight against plagiarism Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study -- -- integrity among students, a study has found. The analysis looked at factors such as universities’ use of plagiarism software, consistency of sanctions, transparency, training, efficacy of prevention policies and efforts to address the issue at a national -- -- countries, in most aspects,” said Irene Glendinning, academic manager for student experience at Coventry University and principal investigator on the Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe project. -- -- Ms Glendinning said that unlike in the UK, where efforts to prevent and detect plagiarism have been growing since 2001, in Spain students reported that tools to detect plagiarism were rarely used, and only one-third said there were policies for dealing with the problem. -- -- Ms Glendinning also acknowledged that the survey looked at policies and their implementation rather than the prevalence of plagiarism because, she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that -- she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of plagiarism around … but there are no statistics anywhere,” she said. Consistent recording would mean “we can have a handle on whether what we’re doing is actually having an effect”. -- -- and Cyprus. Among suggestions for the UK will be that the Quality Assurance Agency should, as part of existing audits, require institutions to explain their plagiarism policies and demonstrate their effectiveness and consistency. (GO) GO Plagiarism software can be beaten by simple tech tricks IT scholar says PDF tweaks allow students' copied work to evade -- -- Technological loopholes allow savvy students to beat academic plagiarism software, an IT expert has warned. -- -- James Heather, senior lecturer in computing at the University of Surrey, has revealed that plagiarism detection systems such as Turnitin that are routinely used by universities are open to simple cheats allowing students to evade detection when submitting copied material. -- -- But in a new paper, "Turnitoff: identifying and fixing a hole in current plagiarism detection software", Dr Heather reveals that beating the system is simple. -- -- "In their current incarnation, one can easily create a document that passes the plagiarism check regardless of how much copied material it contains. When there are loopholes that can be exploited, they give the operator a false assurance that a submission is original." -- -- The study, which appears in the journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, demonstrates ways in which students can modify plagiarised work to avoid detection. "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the -- -- "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the document, without affecting how the document looks and prints, then the software will not be able to identify any plagiarised material," Dr Heather writes. -- -- Students aware of this loophole could get around the system by converting a plagiarised essay to PDF format, he says, and then altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually -- -- altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually unaltered, extracts tested by the plagiarism software would be garbled, and so matches would not be detected. -- -- themselves. "If there is no text, then the plagiarism detection cannot function," the paper notes. -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests Read more -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests August 15, 2016 Universities seem to be struggling to catch up. The big concern is that bespoke essays, written to order, without being plagiarised themselves, are difficult if not impossible to detect. -- -- are difficult if not impossible to detect. Almost all universities use anti-plagiarism software, called Turnitin, which checks a submitted essay against published sources, looking for copied phrases. But this software will not raise suspicions about an -- -- * More oral presentations, sometimes called a viva * More exams * Almost all UK universities use anti-plagiarism software such as Turnitin. But software has little success in detecting a genuine bespoke essay -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism Officer Sarah Allen, at the UEA Business School, recently investigated a post-graduate student who submitted an excellent piece of work which stood out to the marker simply because it contained one Home Viewpoint: The spectre of plagiarism haunting Europe By Debora Weber-Wulff Professor of Media and Computing, University of -- -- A spectre is haunting Europe, and this time it is the spectre of plagiarism and scientific misconduct. Some high-profile politicians have had to resign in the last 18 months - but the revelations are also shaking respected European universities. -- -- Many European countries, especially Germany, have long considered it unnecessary to give plagiarism more than a cursory look. One trusts in the self-cleansing powers of science, end of story. -- -- Last February, a reviewer of German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's doctoral dissertation discovered and documented some plagiarised passages. When the papers pounced on this, zu Guttenberg denied any wrongdoing, -- -- That was not the end of it. Soon it was suspected that a major ex-politician's daughter was guilty of plagiarism in her dissertation, and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite -- and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite soon plagiarism was discovered in yet another dissertation, and it has not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. -- -- not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised... Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education -- -- Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education minister lasted just a week in office before having to step down, accused of plagiarising academic papers. Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the -- -- Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the Romanian prime minister of plagiarising part of his PhD. He denies wrongdoing and has been backed by a Research Ethics Council, but the accusations have now been upheld by two academic panels in Romania, -- -- The Hungarian president has already lost his doctorate and resigned on account of plagiarism, and the Russian Minister of Culture is facing accusations that 16 passages of his doctoral dissertation were copied from other sources. He denies the allegations. -- -- let them have their fun." However, it seems that the plague of plagiarism has also reached the level of the professorships in Germany. Those who are supposed to be teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last -- -- teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last month it was revealed that more than a third of a new book for law students on how to write papers properly was plagiarised, including liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. -- -- liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised. And just to show how contagious the disease is, the authors also cite zu Guttenberg's dissertation - albeit incorrectly. -- -- to the VroniPlag Wiki.) Image caption VroniPlag wiki uses coloured bands to show distribution of plagiarised content In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics -- -- In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics councils and there is a wide discussion of ethical practices. There are procedures in place for dealing with plagiarism. In Germany, though, professors wanting to address plagiarism are pretty much left to their own devices. They don't have much in the way of tools or formal procedures. -- -- procedures. There is so-called plagiarism detection software available that does find some plagiarism, especially word-for-word copies. These programmes do not find everything by a long shot, but German universities are currently rushing to purchase them. -- -- been officially declared to suffer only from "technical weaknesses". But people are speaking up, and plagiarism is being discussed in every university, even if many are unsure what to do. -- -- university, even if many are unsure what to do. Better education about plagiarism and good scientific practice is essential. -- -- years needs to be reviewed in order to identify weak points. However, there is currently no funding for such measures, so it's unclear whether German universities will really get serious about plagiarism, or keep muddling on. Entertainment & Arts Burt Bacharach calls for change in music plagiarism law * 3 August 2017 -- -- Veteran songwriter Burt Bacharach has called for a change in the law over music plagiarism. He said recent court cases - like the ones involving Blurred Lines and (BUTTON) More Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- consumers. Photograph: Wavebreak Media/Alamy Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- Every now and then there is an outburst of concern about the curse of plagiarism in higher education. The Department for Education has indicated it is considering cracking down by not only fining, but also handing out criminal records, to students submitting commercially -- -- The targets of this mini crusade are essay mill websites, which market “original” professionally produced essays that allow students to circumvent their university’s plagiarism detection system. These paid-for essays allow students to buy a degree. -- -- But this is only a small part of the culture of cheating in higher education. A long time before the commercialisation of plagiarism, cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief -- cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief examiner for my department, I was shocked by the amount of plagiarised coursework brought to my attention. When I consulted colleagues at other universities it became evident that the problem was not confined -- -- rather than rich kids, was identified as the source of the problem. Academic discussions on plagiarism sometimes sought to deflect the problem by claiming that overseas students were disproportionately involved in copying. Some suggested they had come from different -- -- external to university life is driven by the institutional imperative to minimise the significance of this practice. All universities have policies on this problem; most have made plagiarism detection software available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the -- -- available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the problem – which is that plagiarism is not a technical issue but one that raises questions about the working of academic culture. -- -- that raises questions about the working of academic culture. Plagiarism is a mortal sin and last taboo – or is it? Read more -- -- them to embark on a quest for knowledge. But if higher education continues to treat students according to a business model it is only a matter of time before plagiarism loses its stigma. Topics -- -- Topics * Plagiarism * Higher education -- -- * Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers -- -- cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers Published: 9 Oct 2017 Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown * -- -- Now a degree is a commodity, no wonder more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Plagiarism%2CEducation%2CHigh er+education%2CExams%2CTuition+fees%2CStudents] A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- headlines. With examples like these, what's so wrong with a bit of plagiarism? Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian -- -- Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian University and who had his book, Succeeding with Your Masters Dissertation, plagiarised by another lecturer on the web. -- "A lot of students think it is acceptable to copy or plagiarise somebody else's work because there's this idea that everyone is doing it anyway," he says. "It seems like it's not really a serious issue, -- -- but it is. If it's a minor case, you could end up losing marks on a dissertation or having to resit a module. If it's widespread and a student has been found to have plagiarised often, then the most extreme punishment they could face would be expulsion." -- -- easier to adopt someone else's work as your own. According to Biggam, the definition of plagiarism within an academic context is: "Where a student copies text verbatim without providing sufficient acknowledgement of the source, thereby giving the impression -- -- permanent record." Cole was lucky to get off relatively lightly. For others, plagiarising can spell the end of your degree – even if you are unwittingly involved. -- -- and the only marks it did give me were much lower than I'd anticipated. Then when I got home, there was a letter from the university saying that I was suspected of colluding with another student in plagiarism. I completely freaked out." -- -- behind my back was simply unbelievable. " If you are caught in serious and deliberate plagiarism, it could end up on your final academic transcript. If a potential employer asks to see your transcript as part of the selection process, you can probably say -- -- "It certainly wouldn't look good to a future employer if they knew you had engaged in plagiarism," Biggam says. -- But how can you avoid plagiarism, when part of the university learning process is to absorb expert theories and demonstrate your grasp of them by reproducing them in written work? -- -- At Glasgow Caledonian University, Biggam is testing the use of plagiarism detection software, called Turnitin, which monitors work for any copied phrases. "Often, it might be a genuine mistake – a student might simply forget to reference a quote or a source. In which case, a It was, says Hiscock, "the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across." He was so angry he wrote to Mail Online's editor, Martin Clarke, and to -- -- "sexually abused" by a magician during her eighth birthday party.' It is the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across and if it happens again I will take steps to ensure I am adequately compensated for the theft of my interview." -- -- * Greenslade * Plagiarism * Daily Mail * Martin Clarke Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- This article is 1 year old Republicans scrambled to prevent a plagiarism scandal from overshadowing the coronation of Donald Trump on Tuesday after his wife Melania borrowed large chunks of her opening night speech from Michelle -- -- As delegates prepared to formally offer Donald Trump the party’s presidential nomination on Tuesday evening, the plagiarism controversy reopened internal wounds and undermined his campaign’s attempts to present a more polished appearance ahead of November’s general -- -- election. A campaign source said responsibility for the plagiarism incident lay with a longtime aide to top Trump strategist Paul Manafort. The source said the aide had signed off on the speech and edited it. -- -- Online critics also highlighted a lighter hearted instance of apparent plagiarism, noting that Melania Trump’s claim that her husband “will never ever give up, and most importantly, he will never ever let you down,” echoed Rick Astley’s 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up – a song cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- Gill, five miles south-west of Newcastle, a narrow man with a curly mess of dark red hair. He’d just made a routine visit to the Facebook group Plagiarism Alerts. There, a woman named Kathy Figueroa had posted something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet -- something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet laureates has plagiarised a poem by Maya Angelou.” Lightman clicked the link. It led to a Canadian government webpage -- -- Rise. Incredible. But could it really be plagiarism? How likely was it that a poet laureate would steal anything at all, let alone a keystone work by a modern legend? How could he think he’d get away with that? Then -- -- uncomfortable and distressing experiences of my life”, admitting, “I have made several stupid mistakes during my time as a poet and there is simply no excuse for plagiarism.” But he also pushed back: “I have been bullied, victimised and abused by a number of ‘poets’ who thought it necessary to act like a lynch mob.” -- -- Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’m absolutely furious’: plagiarised poet Joan Johnston. Photograph: Gary Calton for the Guardian -- -- copy of A Particular Blue, so he could see for himself. “He returned both poems to me, having highlighted the changes Sheree had made, saying, ‘I don’t think it’s plagiarism. I think she’s taken your poem and made something new out of it.’ At which point, I went for another walk.” -- -- considerable distress.” Croft explained that he planned to pulp the remaining copies of Laventille and reprint a corrected version. “I do not believe that your accusations of plagiarism regarding Laventille are justified. But I am not prepared to have this beautiful and important book dirtied by the grubby little fingers of Pooterish -- -- broke/and threatening light/brought into the long night.” How close would two poems have to be for it to be plagiarism, I ask Croft. -- -- their name at the bottom, I’d say, why are you doing that?” And would it be plagiarism? “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying -- -- “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying my name is Will Storr. No, it’s not! You’d say that was stupid. You wouldn’t say I was plagiarising you.” *** -- -- Meanwhile, what of the Canadian mystery? Could former laureate DesRuisseaux really have blatantly plagiarised all those canonical poets? It seemed too mad to be true. When Lightman got hold of DesRuisseaux’s book Tranches De Vie, he found even more apparent -- -- findings to Éditions du Noiroît, who appeared to accept his verdict; in emails Lightman showed me, DesRuisseaux’s editor wrote that it was his first experience of plagiarism, and expressed regret at having to tell the poet’s family that he would have to remove the title from circulation. -- -- * Poetry * Plagiarism * Maya Angelou * features -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Poetry%2CPlagiarism%2CBooks%2 CMaya+Angelou] Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- The organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have unveiled a new official logo, seven months after being forced to scrap the previous design amid accusations of plagiarism. Selecting an emblem they hope will be simple, effective and most of all -- -- the Théâtre de Liège in Belgium. Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo scrapped after allegations of plagiarism Read more -- -- Japanese officials initially rejected accusations that Sano had plagiarised the image, which was based around a stylised capital T with a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied -- -- a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied plagiarism. But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings -- -- But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings to block Tokyo 2020 from using the image. Further allegations of plagiarism also emerged against Sano, including claims that his initial submission resembled a work by the late German typographer Jan Tschichold. -- -- + Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video Published: 15 Jan 2016 -- Published: 15 Jan 2016 Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video + Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Some four years ago I wrote about the strange case of a Canadian columnist accused of plagiarism. The Toronto-based Globe & Mail had found it necessary to add “clarifications” to articles written by Margaret Wente after complaints about her work. -- -- same structure, analogies, and phrasing in numerous instances.” In addition, the Canadaland news website, accused Wente of plagiarising “at least four times from three different publications... in addition -- “at least four times from three different publications... in addition to the two cases of plagiarism outlined in BuzzFeed Canada.” The first two instances, by Wainio and BuzzFeed, were addressed by the -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Media%2CPlagiarism%2CCanada%2 CNewspapers%2CAmericas] The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- Fresh evidence of Independent journalist Johann Hari's habit of alleged plagiarism has emerged from a lengthy interview with Afghan women's rights activist Malalai Joya in July 2009. -- -- * Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row Interviewer and columnist has been suspended for two months pending outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss -- -- outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss Published: 12 Jul 2011 Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row * -- -- Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Independent editor-in-chief defends columnist involved in 'politically motivated' plagiarism furore. By Josh Halliday Published: 29 Jun 2011 Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- The Orwell prize committee has accused Independent columnist Johann Hari of plagiarism over an article that won him the prestigious award in 2008. -- -- of contrition for the errors I made elsewhere, in my interviews." Hari apologised for plagiarising the work of others to improve interviews and for editing the Wikipedia entries of people he had clashed with, using the pseudonym David Rose, "in ways that were Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- [ ] Johann Hari has been writing for the Independent since 2002 but faced allegations of plagiarism last year. Photograph: Nick Harvey/WireImage -- -- Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- Johann Hari, the journalist at the Independent who was suspended for plagiarism, has announced that he will not return to the newspaper. Hari had been undergoing retraining in the United States and was -- -- Independent editor Andreas Whittam Smith. The findings of the inquiry were not made public but the newspaper reported in September 2011 that Hari admitted the plagiarism allegations and would attend a journalism training course before returning to the paper. -- -- Blackhurst was asked several questions about Hari when he gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry into journalistic ethics earlier this month. "On the plagiarism, Johann genuinely believed he was doing nothing wrong. The fact that nobody complained, Johann did not believe he was doing anything wrong. His reputation has been very, very severely damaged; Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism Raj Persaud -- -- Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism David Batty -- -- * (BUTTON) Close Britain's best-known psychiatrist today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and several articles he wrote for newspapers and medical journals. -- -- Raj Persaud, famous for his appearances alongside Richard and Judy on the This Morning sofa, also admitted to a General Medical Council (GMC) disciplinary hearing that his plagiarism was inappropriate and misleading. -- -- The psychiatrist, who used to present BBC Radio 4's All In The Mind programme, admitted plagiarising four articles for his book From The Edge Of The Couch published in 2003. -- -- He also admitted that four articles he wrote in 2005 contained passages plagiarised from an article and book by Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. -- -- University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. He also admitted using material plagiarised from an article by Professor Stephen Kant in a piece he wrote for the Independent in the same year. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. His book -- -- He said Persaud blamed subeditors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Blass complained about the article and was told, in an email -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." At the time the allegations of plagiarism first emerged two years ago, Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, a position he still holds. -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- In Britain it is left to individual institutions to develop their own plagiarism policies. But the QAA said it wanted a consistent approach among higher education providers to tackle the problem. It called on universities and colleges to record incidents of this and other kinds -- -- fix.” A Universities UK spokesperson said: “Universities take plagiarism and cheating extremely seriously. Submitting work written by someone else is cheating and devalues the efforts of students who work hard to -- -- * Higher education * Plagiarism * Jo Johnson * news -- -- Now a degree is a commodity, no wonder more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi Efforts to prevent student cheating have always been about -- -- of the problem Published: 27 Feb 2017 Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Higher+education%2CPlagiarism %2CEducation%2CUK+news%2CJo+Johnson%2CPolitics] Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students -- -- Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students -- -- In the past few days, however, it is said that the master has become the pupil, as Dylan has been accused of plagiarism. Writer Ben Greenman was the first to blog about how he couldn’t find a quotation that Dylan had cited in Moby-Dick: “Some men who receive injuries are led to God, -- -- While universities habitually run students’ work through plagiarism-detection software such as TurnItIn, there is no such equivalent for Nobel prize speeches, assumed to be the moment at which an eminent economist, physician, writer or peace-maker has earned a few -- -- text, preferring that you “check your comprehension” against their interpretation. The company does, however, have advice on its website for avoiding plagiarism: “By citing words and ideas that came from our site or books (to see instructions on how to do that, see How to Cite This SparkNote within each study guide), or by putting your own spin on -- -- * Nobel prize in literature * Awards and prizes * Plagiarism * features -- -- [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Bob+Dylan%2CMusic%2CNobel+pri ze+in+literature%2CAwards+and+prizes%2CBooks%2CPlagiarism] * Education University students could be fined or handed criminal records for plagiarised essays, new proposals suggest -- -- University students who buy essays online face fines and a criminal record under plans to punish plagiarism being considered by the government. -- -- more than 100 online essay services are now in operation. Whilst universities already use complex anti-plagiarism software to detect the copying of academic texts, the process of contract cheating - students submitting paid-for essays as their own original work - -- -- Speaking to The Telegraph, Lord Storey, who is leading efforts to make the practice illegal, said that the consequences of plagiarism must be made clear, adding that many “rich students” are now effectively “paying their way” to a top honours degree. -- -- Leading academics are also in favour of a ban, with Professor Phil Newton and Michael Draper, leading experts on essay plagiarism, calling on the Government to tighten up the legal loopholes being exploited by professional writing services. 3. Education News £1,700 for a dissertation, but what's the real cost of plagiarism? As one ghost writing service sees an 80 per cent increase in sales in one -- -- It’s a heavy sum to pay for something that the majority of people - not to mention universities - would class as plagiarism. Yet Nemet is quick to separate his company from this accusation. -- -- Whether or not this is an easy way of passing responsibility on to the client, ghost writing – along with other forms of plagiarism – remains an issue at universities across Britain. -- -- declined by 60 per cent since 2005 While 2013 figures from plagiarism detection service, Turnitin, reveal that the number of serious cases has declined by 60 per cent since 2005, Phil Newton, superintendent of assessment at Swansea University, -- -- topic I had set. It really opened my eyes to the issue. “We regard [ghost writing] as plagiarism, pure and simple. It’s is a form of dishonesty, it’s a form of cheating, and where students are found guilty of it, there will be serious academic repercussions.” -- -- passing off work as their own. For students that are caught, there can be serious consequences, from the deduction of marks on an essay, to expulsion from the university. Even if the plagiarism is unintended, there may still be penalties. -- -- “The University also employs a series of sophisticated software applications to detect plagiarism in submitted examination work, both in terms of copying and collusion,” the spokesman adds. -- -- “It regularly monitors online essay banks, essay-writing services, and other potential sources of material. Anyone who submits plagiarised material as part of their course can expect to be dealt with severely.” -- -- ongoing advancements in technology – incorporating more sophisticated methods of detection – will continue to play a role in combating plagiarism; however, educating students should also help prevent the initial interest. -- -- where they are in their course. If they are in their final year, we regard that as much more serious, if they do it in their first year, they probably just need some advice on how to avoid plagiarism and what constitutes plagiarism. “I don’t condone it, but I can understand why a student who is 4. Health News 'Hero' GP suspended for plagiarising fellow doctor's work A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent -- -- A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent patients has been suspended for six months for plagiarising another doctor’s work. -- -- The General Medical Council heard that Dr Margaret Staley initially came under suspicion herself after computer anti-plagiarism software picked out striking similarities between a case study she had written and Dr Kumar's coursework. -- -- Dr Staley endured weeks of uncertainty before eventually being completely exonerated when it became clear she was the victim rather than the perpetrator of the plagiarism. Public school-educated Dr Kumar was hailed as a hero in 2009 after Johnson called it an “unacceptable and pernicious” practice, while universities will generally expel anybody they catch – though given the essays aren’t plagiarised, identifying a paid-for piece of work isn’t easy. Using an essay mill, on the other hand, very much is. * News Canadian poet laureate revealed to have plagiarised Maya Angelou, Tupac and others -- -- [tupac_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jp g?imwidth=450] The Canadian poet Pierre DesRuisseaux, who has been found to have plagiarised numerous poets, including Tupac Shakur * Telegraph Reporters -- -- Pierre DesRuisseaux, who died last year, served as the parliamentary poet laureate between 2009 and 2011, and has now been accused of plagiarising the work of up to 20 poets, among them world-famous names and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. -- -- and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- DesRuisseaux The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux Credit: Wayne Miller/Magnum/BBC -- -- The duplicity was unearthed by poet and literary sleuth Ira Lightman, a member of a Facebook group called Plagiarism Alerts, whose mission involves tracking down plagiarism in the poetry world. Lightman was tipped off by a Canadian poet named Kathy Figueroa, who -- -- But still, like dust, I'll rise." The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- by DesRuisseaux The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- -- Figueroa told Canada's CBC News that DesRuisseaux's widespread plagiarism came as a shock: "It was just mind-boggling, the audacity of someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." -- -- someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." Upon the discovery of the plagiarism, DesRuisseaux's Montreal-based publishers Éditions du Noroît pulled the book from shelves, while claiming that only between 50 and 100 copies of the book had actually show ad Last-ditch attack on Neil Gorsuch amid claims Supreme Court pick plagiarized academic papers in his book -- -- The White House punched back hard, and assembled its own team of experts to debunk claims that the writing constituted plagiarism. 'This false attack has been strongly refuted by highly-regarded -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' HARD FEELINGS: Democrats are furious that the Senate never scheduled a hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court -- -- hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court seat PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- “Each of the individual incidents constitutes a violation of academic ethics. I've never seen a college plagiarism code that this would not be in violation of,” said Syracuse University professor Rebecca Moore Howard. -- -- Howard. 'I would certainly call it plagiarism,” she added. At this late date, the information is likely to have little effect on show ad Tokyo 2020 gets new logo proposals after plagiarism scandal By Afp -- -- Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers said Tuesday they have received more than 14,500 suggestions for a new logo after the original choice was withdrawn because of a plagiarism scandal. The organising committee in August dropped the emblem put forward by -- -- The Tokyo committee has insisted the move to drop the original logo was not in response to the legal action. It said Sano, who denies plagiarism, asked that his design be withdrawn to avoid harming the Tokyo Games. show ad Monica Crowley out of Trump White House team after plagiarism revealed * Crowley is a syndicated talk show host who was set to takeover as -- -- administration after all. More than 50 charges of plagiarism, based on discoveries made by CNN's KFile division, led publisher HarperCollins to pull her 2012 book from its shelves last week. -- -- currently unavailable for purchase on Amazon. Crowley appears to have plagiarized large sections of the book, according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than -- according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than 50 examples of apparent plagiarism. Politico separately charged that her 2000 dissertation wasn't properly -- -- decision to suspend sales of her book. Crowley also faced plagiarism allegations in 1999 after a piece she wrote on the 25th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's resignation ran in The Wall Street Journal. -- -- article.' Crowley also plagiarized several sections of her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University, Politico Magazine said. The publication found more than a dozen instances in which Crowley appeared to lift from -- -- developer!' DID MONICA CROWLEY PLAGIARIZE THESE PASSAGES? Crowley's book -- -- Source: CNN Read more: * Trump pick Monica Crowley plagiarized multiple sources in 2012 book - CNNMoney -- - CNNMoney * Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation - POLITICO Magazine * Monica Crowley to forgo post in Trump White House - Washington 'Dishonest' TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud suspended after admitting plagiarism By Daily Mail Reporter -- -- 'The Panel has determined that a three-month period of suspension is sufficient to send out a signal to you, the profession and the public that plagiarism is unacceptable behaviour.' The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the -- -- The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, is now in tatters after he admitted plagiarism. Before the ruling, GMC members heard from some of Dr Persaud's -- -- proceedings.' He added: 'The panel has determined that your actions, in plagiarising the work of others, were liable to bring the profession into disrepute.' -- -- the doctor's book. He also said he had uncovered more examples of plagiarism in Dr Persaud's book after comparing passages in it with material on the internet. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- DEJA VU Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago -- -- Republicans candidate Fillon was still in the presidential race when he delivered the speech two weeks ago France election candidate Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarising speech The incident is bizarrely reminiscent of Melania Trump's July 2016 -- -- state. And the sight of her having to plagiarise a discredited rival’s words will come as a blow to her electoral ambitions. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- Under the bed bugs Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? -- -- Beedle The Bard. Why has Chris Riddell accused John Lewis of plagiarism? Chris Riddell believes there are many similarities between the two * Health News Fears of plagiarism crisis as probe finds foreign university students ‘cheats’ -- -- Updated: 6th April 2016, 8:55 am FOREIGN students are claimed to be fuelling a surge in plagiarism at British universities amid fears of a cheating crisis. / Sean Gallup/Getty Images Findings come months after The Times exposes 'plagiarism epidemic' among Britain's institutions -- -- Half of the nation’s university students are losing marks for not referencing their work correctly, according to a new survey into attitudes towards plagiarism. Citation tool RefME - which polled just under 2,900 of the country’s -- -- almost 80 per cent are worried about referencing correctly, while a majority of 71 per cent expressed concern about facing disciplinary actions for plagiarism. [GettyImages-170380536.jpg] Read more -- -- Read more Universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students cheat RefMe said: “This widespread concern over facing disciplinary actions -- -- ‘ghostwriter’ to complete their work for them constitutes academic misconduct, more than 20 per cent were unable to identify this as plagiarism. The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times -- -- The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed there to be a “plagiarism epidemic” among Britain’s universities with almost 50,000 students being caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- However, RefME said that, although its study unearthed some “concerning” statistics around plagiarism in academia, students are increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using -- -- increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using plagiarism tools prior to submitting. Tom Hatton, CEO and founder of RefME, described how, as a university -- -- “The hope is that we can look back at these numbers in a couple of years and see evidence that the sentiment towards plagiarism has changed.” * More about: -- -- * More about: * RefMe * plagiarism * University of Kent * University of Westminster 1. INDYSTUDENT UK universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students caught cheating over last 3 years -- -- The Independent Online Britain’s universities are said to be in the midst of a “plagiarism epidemic” after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed how almost 50,000 students were caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- of the student population, requests from 70 universities showed. 75 per cent of postgraduates found plagiarising at Queen Mary University of London were from abroad, including a third from China. -- -- One professor from the University of Buckingham told The Times “type-1 plagiarism,” copying and pasting, is decreasing because it’s “so easy to detect.” 1. INDYPULSE TV doctor Raj Persaud admits plagiarism * PA -- -- Indy/Life TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and articles he wrote. -- -- The doctor, who is famed for his regular appearances on daytime TV shows such as This Morning, admitted plagiarising four articles for his 2003 book 'From The Edge Of The Couch'. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. -- -- He said Dr Persaud blamed sub-editors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, USA, complained -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." The GMC panel heard that allegations of plagiarism against Dr Persaud were first made in a Sunday Times article published in April 2006. -- -- The article alleged that sections of Dr Persaud's book, published three years earlier, were plagiarised from academic articles. At the time Dr Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Mr Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Plan to prosecute firms who offer paid-for essays to students While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address ‘essay mills’ -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 -- -- The move is a response to mounting concern over the practice which allows students to circumvent their college’s plagiarism detection systems. The use of these services is not easily detected as software used by universities only detects where students have copied from -- -- Paid-for essays While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address the issue of so-called contact cheating or the use of paid-for essays. -- -- The QQI’s guidelines advise colleges that they “should have effective policies and procedures in place to prevent, detect, combat and deter plagiarism at all levels”. * Tackling teacher supply is complex - but we are making progress * Revenues crest €4m at top boys’ private school Glenstal Abbey -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, according to figures compiled by The Irish Times last year. -- -- Of those that did, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). The scale of detected issues is likely to be bigger at IT Tallaght as it has extensive detection policies. -- -- Online source The company insists it does not condone plagiarism, and says all “clients are expected to use and reference it as they would any other online source”. -- -- growing and it was typically completing roughly 350 projects a year. Mr Bruton’s spokesman said: “Plagiarism is currently subject to institutional disciplinary sanctions up to and including exclusion from the programme. -- -- offering the ‘service’ will not disclose it, those buying it will not, and there is no system-wide recording of detected instances of this or any other form of plagiarism”. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Essays for sale: a new wave of plagiarism Students who use online essay-writing services face sanction if caught. As -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Rigorous testing Would this essay be red-flagged for plagiarism? Colleges nowadays have access to a range of computer programmes, such as Turnitin and Safeassign, that test whether articles have been copied from other -- -- However, these programmes only work if they detect parts of the essay that exist elsewhere; they might not flag plagiarised content if they are custom-written pieces. -- -- To test the essay, we put it through Safeassign and it came back clean. But it’s not just the plagiarism-detection programmes: it has to get past the beady eye of a lecturer. We presented the essay to a number of lecturers in communications and media without telling them about its -- -- It’s difficult to say how commonly these services are being used, but colleges are increasingly aware of plagiarism on campus. There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being -- -- There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, and the numbers are on the rise (see panel). -- -- In the UK, some academics have warned that essay-writing services are behind an “epidemic” of plagiarism. Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected -- -- Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected plagiarism tends to involve students simply cutting and pasting in a section and putting inverted commas around it. -- -- section and putting inverted commas around it. “Students don’t realise that this is plagiarism, but these [essay-writing] services are blatant plagiarism,” he says. Trinity College Dublin’s education officer, Molly Kenny, said these -- -- reference it as they would any other online source,” she says. In the terms and conditions of the website they state they do not condone plagiarism. Foley says the site and demands for their services continue to grow. -- -- Glynn says this could be an option in Ireland: “I would endorse it if it came in here – enforcing it is the challenge – anything to discourage student plagiarism.” Students should be aware that using these services can be risky, -- -- the paper it’s written on. PLAGIARISM: A GROWING PROBLEM Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases -- Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases of students disciplined for plagiarism across the Irish higher-education sector. -- -- Of the colleges that supplied figures, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). -- -- Institute of Technology Tallaght has one of the most extensive approaches to dealing with plagiarism, involving a sliding case of penalties, ranging from written warnings to potential disqualification from the institution. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Plagiarism Sat, Mar 5, 2011, 00:00 -- -- Plagiarism: from Latin “plagiarius” (“kidnapper”), use pioneered by Roman poet Martial who complained that another poet had “kidnapped his verses”.– (Wikipedia) -- -- charismatic and aristocratic defence minister, key ally to Chancellor Angela Merkel, a shooting star brought down this week by claims that he had engaged in plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. The website GuttenPlag Wiki says it has detected plagiaristic “lifts” -- -- Coincidentally, a new anti-Gadafy front has opened up in the London School of Economics where the doctoral thesis written by his son Seif al-Islam is also being checked for plagiarism following complaints by online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, -- online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, plagiarism is claiming high-profile political casualties. Academics in Ireland worry at what they see as a serious cultural -- -- at the threat to the country’s ’s reputation as a source of quality research, the Royal Irish Academy in September urged new procedures to protect against falsification and plagiarism. -- A recent US survey in Education Week, cited by plagiarism.org, reports 54 per cent of student respondents admitting to plagiarising from the internet; 74 per cent, to “serious” cheating at least once in the past year; while half believed teachers sometimes chose to ignore cheating. -- -- And then, of course, there’s that truly scandalous hardy annual – claims of plagiarism in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year Denmark’s A Friend In Londonis accused. The melody of their New Tomorrowis apparently similar to Face 2 Faceby Future Trance United. was to be written in 4 weeks. All of the four websites guaranteed a money back scheme if the work does not achieve the grade and if the paper was accused of plagiarism then the customer would receive their money back. -- -- Latest figures from the BBC article reveal that half of Welsh universities have seen an increase in the number of plagiarism cases With students being targeted on social media through 'sponsored -- -- https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/essay-mills-university-co urse-work-to-order/2007934.article MORE:higher educationplagiarismcollege essaysessaysacademiawalescustom essays Credit Where It's Due - Why Are Half of UK Students Losing Marks for Plagiarism? * -- -- Photo by CollegeDegrees360 under a CC license We are in the grips of a 'plagiarism epidemic' according to The Times. An investigation conducted by the paper earlier this year revealed that 50,000 university students have been caught over the last three years, -- -- Further research published this month by RefME, a digital reference management tool for students, has found that 50% of students surveyed say they have lost marks due to plagiarism arising from inaccurate citations. -- -- citations. But plagiarism falls on a spectrum and shouldn't be confused with cheating. -- -- conventions and were unaware of resources available to help them. But regardless of whether plagiarism is deliberate (and often it is not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in -- not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in their adoption of plagiarism detection, with software such as Turnitin now used by the majority. Facing the risk of a damaged reputation, suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of -- -- suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of the students surveyed say that they worry about committing accidental plagiarism. While a minor infringement is more likely to result in lost marks than -- -- person's ideas begin and another's end. In the Twittersphere, for instance, ideas are endlessly retweeted and recycled. But digital tools also exist to prevent plagiarism. Using RefME, referencing can be as simple as scanning a barcode or -- -- student support, embedding academic writing skills more deeply into the curriculum and communicating expectations from the outset. But certainly, the majority of students do not intend to commit plagiarism. On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. -- On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. MORE:plagiarismuniversitiesstudentshigher education SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW Universities use expensive software designed to detect students who cheat, but Turnitin can only detect plagiarised work, not original work that has not been penned by the student. Thus, it is nigh on impossible to detect students who use professional essay-writing services. And, -- -- I would like to see action taken to stop degree ghost-writers in their tracks. Perhaps the industry should be regulated, forcing any ghost-written essay to be submitted by the seller to plagiarism detection sites so that should the student try to pass it off as their own, they will be caught. This won't stop the rogue sites, but at least -- -- ghost-write student essays. After all, I could end up having to mark my own essay one day. MORE:universitystudentscheatingplagiarismUniversitiescheating at examsghost-writing THE BLOG The Problem With Political Speeches Isn't Plagiarism, It's Platitudes * -- -- the road" and you've won political cliché bingo. As for plagiarism, how many different ways can you express those basic concepts in simple, accessible language to describe another person? Not many. It begins with "he/she believes..." and ends in simple -- -- Ms. Obama. Trump just had a lousy proofreader who failed to spot the direct similarities. If the nouns had been replaced by synonyms, verbs exchanged, the sequence of clauses varied... who would cry plagiarism? Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the -- -- Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the news media pounce on the plagiarism as opposed to criticising the fact Melania Trump avoided saying anything interesting about the man who would be king. -- -- Trump handles that issue, unlike the speeches, will be interesting to watch. MORE:Melania TrumpDonald TrumpplagiarismRepublican convention SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW POLITICS Home»Today's Stories Chair of institute has plagiarism ruling overturned Saturday, May 04, 2013 -- -- An external investigation has found that Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) chairman Flan Garvey committed unintentional plagiarism in a 2008 master’s thesis but this has been overturned on a technical appeal. -- -- The three academics appointed in December to probe a complaint by 26 ITT academics found plagiarism in two chapters of the thesis about his Co Clare parish. -- -- It has upheld the appeal on grounds relating to the understanding of the nature of plagiarism, in a report finalised this week and also seen by the Irish Examiner. -- -- by the Irish Examiner. It found that college rules around plagiarism were not clearly formulated or clearly communicated to postgraduate students. On that basis, it said, a finding of an award being unjustified would be unfair -- -- However, a source told the Irish Examiner that staff are baffled at the outcome and many believe it places a question mark over any previous cases of students sanctioned for plagiarism. -- Plagiarism finding After word-for-word comparisons with texts cited by the complainants, -- -- interspersed with occasional references to another. One section complained of in chapter 4 was found not to be plagiarism after the investigators were made aware of Mr Garvey’s contribution to the authorship of a local history pamphlet. more serious (getting someone else to do coursework). Plagiarism is the most widespread form, with 6% disclosing that they had passed off information copied from other sources as their own work, while 5% admitting that they have carried on writing once an 29 July 2013 Parasite journalism: is aggregation as bad as plagiarism? When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing -- -- When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing work, we call it plagiarism. But news organisations do the same, and call it aggregation. Sign up for our weekly email * -- -- any better. In my opinion, it happens all the time, it's just that people don't get caught very often. Johann Hari is the classic example - the only absolutely rock solid piece of plagiarism that could be pinned on him was a piece from a German newspaper article that he'd translated. -- -- copy of being free. In my opinion, some of this stuff is just as bad as plagiarism. Aggregators are parasites, only slightly more benign than plagiarists - and sooner or later, parasites kill the host. Someone has to actually Share on Reddit HomeOxford studentsAcademic mattersStudy guidanceStudy skills and trainingPlagiarism -- Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether -- -- full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or -- unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or reckless plagiarism is a disciplinary offence. Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been -- -- Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been developed to provide a useful overview of the issues surrounding plagiarism and practical ways to avoid it. The necessity to acknowledge others’ work or ideas applies not only to -- -- text, data, or other resources downloaded from websites. The best way of avoiding plagiarism is to learn and employ the principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your -- principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your university career. Avoiding plagiarism is not simply a matter of making sure your references are all correct, or changing enough words so the examiner will not notice your paraphrase; it is about deploying your -- -- academic skills to make your work as good as it can be. Forms of plagiarism Verbatim (word for word) quotation without clear acknowledgement -- -- Paraphrasing the work of others by altering a few words and changing their order, or by closely following the structure of their argument, is plagiarism if you do not give due acknowledgement to the author whose work you are using. -- -- doing so, than to paraphrase particular sections of his or her writing. This will ensure you have a genuine grasp of the argument and will avoid the difficulty of paraphrasing without plagiarising. You must also properly attribute all material you derive from lectures. -- -- University or elsewhere. Auto-plagiarism You must not submit work for assessment that you have already submitted (partially or in full), either for your current course or for another -- -- Where earlier work by you is citable, ie. it has already been published, you must reference it clearly. Identical pieces of work submitted concurrently will also be considered to be auto-plagiarism. -- Why does plagiarism matter? -- Plagiarism is a breach of academic integrity. It is a principle of intellectual honesty that all members of the academic community should acknowledge their debt to the originators of the ideas, words, and data -- -- which form the basis for their own work. Passing off another’s work as your own is not only poor scholarship, but also means that you have failed to complete the learning process. Plagiarism is unethical and can have serious consequences for your future career; it also undermines the standards of your institution and of the degrees it -- -- issues. Why should you avoid plagiarism? -- There are many reasons to avoid plagiarism. You have come to university to learn to know and speak your own mind, not merely to reproduce the opinions of others - at least not without attribution. At first it may -- -- independent one - by learning to assess critically the work of others, weigh up differing arguments and draw your own conclusions. Students who plagiarise undermine the ethos of academic scholarship while avoiding an essential part of the learning process. -- -- avoiding an essential part of the learning process. You should avoid plagiarism because you aspire to produce work of the highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear -- -- highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear of plagiarism. Moreover, you will reap the additional benefits of improvements to both the lucidity and quality of your writing. It is important to appreciate that mastery of the techniques of academic -- -- commitment to the principle of intellectual honesty in scholarship. What happens if you are thought to have plagiarised? -- The University regards plagiarism in examinations as a serious matter. Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of -- -- Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of the occurrence. Even if plagiarism is inadvertent, it can result in a penalty. The forms of plagiarism listed above are all potentially disciplinary offences in the context of formal assessment requirements. -- -- award’. Additionally, this includes the transfer and confirmation of status exercises undertaken by graduate students. Cases of suspected plagiarism in assessed work are investigated under the disciplinary regulations concerning conduct in examinations. Intentional plagiarism in this context means that you understood that you were breaching the regulations and did so intending to gain advantage in the examination. -- -- expected to have understood (even if you did not specifically consider it) that your work might breach the regulations, but you took no action to avoid doing so. Intentional or reckless plagiarism may incur severe penalties, including failure of your degree or expulsion from the university. -- -- university. If plagiarism is suspected in a piece of work submitted for assessment in an examination, the matter will be referred to the Proctors. They will thoroughly investigate the claim and call the student concerned -- -- refer the case to the Student Disciplinary Panel. If you are suspected of plagiarism your College Secretary/Academic Administrator and subject tutor will support you through the process and arrange for a member of Congregation to accompany you to all -- -- involve the use and discussion of material written by others, and, with due acknowledgement and proper referencing, this is clearly distinguishable from plagiarism. The knowledge in your discipline has developed cumulatively as a result of years of research, innovation and debate. You need to give credit to the authors of the ideas and -- -- Does this only matter in exams? Although plagiarism in weekly essays does not constitute a University disciplinary offence, it may well lead to College disciplinary measures. Persistent academic under-performance can even result in your -- -- Borrowing essays from other students to adapt and submit as your own is plagiarism, and will develop none of these necessary skills, holding back your academic development. Students who lend essays for this purpose are doing their peers no favours. -- -- purpose are doing their peers no favours. Unintentional plagiarism -- Not all cases of plagiarism arise from a deliberate intention to cheat. Sometimes students may omit to take down citation details when taking notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. -- -- notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. However, these excuses offer no sure protection against a charge of plagiarism. Even in cases where the plagiarism is found to have been neither intentional nor reckless, there may still be an academic penalty for poor practice. -- -- It is your responsibility to find out the prevailing referencing conventions in your discipline, to take adequate notes, and to avoid close paraphrasing. If you are offered induction sessions on plagiarism and study skills, you should attend. Together with the advice contained in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common -- -- in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common errors. If you are undertaking a project or dissertation you should ensure that you have information on plagiarism and collusion. If ever in doubt about referencing, paraphrasing or plagiarism, you have only to ask your tutor. -- -- to ask your tutor. Examples of plagiarism -- There are some helpful examples of plagiarism-by-paraphrase and you will also find extensive advice on the referencing and library skills pages. -- -- London Hanged, p. 213.] Plagiarised 1. Although they did not question the inegalitarian hierarchy of their -- -- of a submissive workforce. (This is a mixture of verbatim copying and acceptable paraphrase. Although only one phrase has been copied from the source, this would still count as plagiarism. The idea expressed in the first sentence has not been attributed at all, and the reference to ‘some historians’ in the second is insufficient. -- -- original.) Non-plagiarised 1. Peter Linebaugh argues that although highwaymen posed no overt -- -- Student conduct Related websites Online plagiarism course Policy on the use of third party proof-readers Related documents * Turnitin UK Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Turnitin FAQs * Plagiarism * Turnitin UK -- -- + Turnitin FAQs + Turnitin information for Faculties and Departments * What is plagiarism? * Information for staff * Resources and support -- -- Participation in a course at Cambridge is deemed as acceptance of the University's right to apply specialist software (like Turnitin) to your work for the purposes of plagiarism education and detection; the University's Statement on Plagiarism includes this consent. However, you do have the right to request that your work is not retained in the Turnitin UK database after it has been submitted. For -- -- be used as source material for future submissions; this will help to maximise the effectiveness of the software and to protect your work from future attempts to plagiarise it. However, you have the right to request that your work is removed from the database. This can only be done on an individual basis for each piece of work, and in some cases -- -- Q. I have been asked to attend an investigative meeting because Turnitin highlighted matched text, but I know I didn't plagiarise; what do I do? Firstly, don't panic; the meeting will be investigative, not -- -- Turnitin reports will be reviewed in detail in order to make an academic judgement on whether the matched text may be a result of plagiarism, or whether it may reflect commonly-used phrases or correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the -- -- correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the University's Definition of Plagiarism, plagiarism is the submission of someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to -- someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to deceive; this means that you have plagiarised even if you did it accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine -- accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine that the matches are the result of plagiarism, they then judge whether this is minor, or more serious/extensive. If it is minor, they may adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor -- -- adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor scholarship, so you will receive a lower mark than you otherwise would have, if you had referenced appropriately. If the plagiarism is more serious or extensive, they may deem that it merits disciplinary action. -- -- Turnitin UK, the University’s use of the software complies with this requirement. The University has identified ‘providers of anti-plagiarism software’ in its information to students as organisations with whom data may be shared. For more information about data protection and the way the University uses your data, see the -- -- Q. What support is available? If you have any queries about plagiarism or good academic practice, you should contact your Tutor or Director of Studies in the first instance. Our Resources and support pages may also be of help; these contain a * Home * What is plagiarism? -- Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- The University's definition of plagiarism -- * Plagiarism -- * What is plagiarism? + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Turnitin UK University-wide Statement on Plagiarism The General Board, with the agreement of the Board of Examinations and -- -- Departments. Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. It is both poor -- -- scholarship and a breach of academic integrity. Examples of plagiarism include copying (using another person's language and/or ideas as if they are a candidate's own), by: * quoting verbatim another person's work without due acknowledgement -- -- to a joint project. Plagiarism might also arise from colluding with another person, including another candidate, other than as permitted for joint project work (i.e. where collaboration is concealed or has been forbidden). A -- -- piece of written work. Plagiarism can occur in respect to all types of sources and media: * text, illustrations, musical quotations, mathematical derivations, computer code, etc; -- -- not referencing sources) in examinations or assessed work may affect the mark given to the candidate's work. In addition, suspected cases of the use of unfair means (of which plagiarism is one form) will be investigated and may be brought to one of the University's Courts. The Courts have wide powers to discipline those found guilty of using -- -- The University makes use of text-matching software for the purpose of plagiarism education and detection, and reserves the right to submit a candidate’s work to such a service. For this purpose, candidates consent to the submission of their papers to the service and for the -- -- No candidate shall make use of unfair means in any University examination. Unfair means shall include plagiarism* and, unless such possession is specifically authorized, the possession of any book, paper or other material relevant to the examination. No member of the -- -- (Statutes and Ordinances 2016, p. 191). * Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. -- -- known as Discipline Regulation 6. Proctorial Notice on plagiarism The Proctorial Notice for 2016 can be viewed on the Proctors' website. * Information for staff Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Forms of plagiarism and collusion -- * Plagiarism * Information for staff -- -- * Information for staff + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * What is plagiarism? * Resources and support * Turnitin UK -- -- * Turnitin UK This page outlines some common forms of plagiarism and collusion, and suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. -- -- suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. * Plagiarism in invigilated examinations * Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework * Collusion in dissertations and other assessed coursework __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in invigilated examinations Collusion (perhaps by candidates exchanging notes) is extremely rare in -- -- invigilated examinations; this is clearly an offence which would be reported immediately to the Proctors. The most common forms of plagiarism in invigilated exams are: Reproducing material committed to memory -- -- heart. Those brought up with rote learning often don't realise that reproducing such material in a written examination constitutes plagiarism if it is reproduced without attribution. In technical subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as -- -- subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as plagiarism. * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it -- * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it clear that plagiarism can occur in written examinations and explain how candidates should acknowledge sources in such examinations. Examiners are strongly advised to include an appropriate rubric on -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework There are numerous forms of assessed work which are not produced under -- -- strict examination conditions, including: dissertations, assessed essays, practical work, seminar-style presentations, and musical compositions. Cases of both plagiarism and collusion are regularly reported in these forms of assessment and some are taken to the Court of Discipline. -- -- of Discipline. 'Classic' plagiarism -- * Overview: plagiarism most commonly involves copying from the Internet, published works, lecture handouts or private communications. Work copied from the Internet can be detected by -- -- the requirements and explain that serious penalties can be imposed. In cases of supervised work, Supervisors are expected to play a role: the Proctors may ask why the plagiarism wasn’t detected before the work reached the Examiners. -- -- before the work reached the Examiners. Third-party plagiarism -- * Overview: a more troublesome form of plagiarism is the use of work commissioned from a third party. These may be purchased from organisations which supply dissertations and essays on a -- -- candidate normally submits. Review-section plagiarism -- * Overview: a common form of plagiarism, which is usually more or less innocent, occurs in review sections. A final-year dissertation may legitimately build on the work described in a dissertation -- -- permitted and what is not. Guidance on proofreading is available on the collusion pages of this website. * Treatment of cases: unlike cases of plagiarism, work produced by unauthorised collusion cannot be made good by proper attribution. The Board of Examinations has agreed that it is inappropriate to -- -- A copies from B without B's knowledge Strictly, this is plagiarism rather than collusion but plagiarism that cannot be made good by any form of attribution. It may be necessary to interview both A and B at an investigative meeting. If it is clear that -- -- This example is much like the former except that B may now be in trouble too. It should perhaps be regarded as a case of collusion rather than plagiarism. Again A should not be awarded any marks for the copied elements of the University of Birmingham Intranet > Academic Services > Student Services > Student Conduct > Plagiarism > Guidance for students -- Guidance on plagiarism for students -- In 'Plagiarism' -- * Plagiarism * Plagiarism awareness starting points * Guidance for students -- * Guidance for students * Plagiarism Information for staff * Interactive plagiarism course Back to 'Student Conduct' -- -- Back to 'Student Conduct' * Defining plagiarism * A student's responsibilities -- * A student's responsibilities * 'Accidental' plagiarism * Plagiarism-detecting software * How Schools deal with plagiarism * The Learning Agreement and plagiarism * Plagiarism and postgraduate study * Student background and plagiarism * Referral to College Misconduct Committee * Appealing the decision -- -- * Confidentiality Defining plagiarism -- Plagiarism is a form of cheating and is a serious academic offence. It arises where work submitted by a student is not their own and has been taken from another source. The original material is then hidden from -- -- or by not mentioning it at all. The most common forms of plagiarism are: * copying -- * copying * self-plagiarism (also called auto-plagiarism) * collusion * fabrication or misrepresentation -- -- * unacceptable proof-reading Plagiarism may occur in a number of other forms, as well as in conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the -- conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the plagiarism may arise from the misuse of sources outside the University. The key is proper attribution of source material. None of the -- -- activities listed above is, of itself, necessarily wrong. Plagiarism is a serious matter for the University. If not dealt with, it will ultimately devalue all University degrees to the detriment of both students and the University. It also introduces a fundamental and -- -- It should be clear from a consideration of these two key requirements why plagiarism is unacceptable. By definition, a piece of work that has been plagiarised will never be able to meet either of the above criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely -- -- criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely to be a problem with plagiarism. It is ironic that students sometimes seem to go to great lengths to -- -- in jeopardy. 'Accidental' plagiarism The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the -- -- The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the severe penalties that may be applied in cases of serious plagiarism, will be anxious to avoid inadvertently submitting plagiarised work. It is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography -- is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography and still commit plagiarism by then incorporating a significant amount of un-attributed material taken directly or indirectly (through paraphrasing) from that source into the body of the assignment. -- -- Above all, the student body is not a single grouping and the University is aware of the need for a sympathetic approach to plagiarism, particularly in the first year of undergraduate studies and where there is no conscious attempt by the student to deceive. However, this is not -- -- ensure that you have clear guidance on what is expected of you in terms of the referencing of source material. If you are worried about committing plagiarism, always seek help and advice from your tutor, supervisor or other academic advisor within your School. Members of staff are experienced in dealing with questions about proper -- -- * Endnote information and training Plagiarism-detecting software Schools are making use of software systems, in addition to the existing -- -- You should be assured that academic judgement is always brought into play when analysing the results. A School will not take action against you for plagiarism as a result of the findings of Turnitin unless it has looked very carefully at the report obtained from the software and assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will -- -- assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will be able to see the relevant report and to challenge the School's case if you are accused of plagiarism following a software-based analysis of your work. -- -- However, the University reserves the right to protect the academic integrity of its degree awards by whatever means available to it. This will benefit those students who did not plagiarise. -- How Schools deal with plagiarism This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: -- -- This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: * If an Academic Integrity Officer suspects that plagiarism may have occurred they will undertake an investigation which would normally involve considering any evidence. This may include a report -- -- the marker or invigilator; * If, following the investigation, the Academic Integrity Officer has a reasonable suspicion that plagiarism has occurred, they will invite you to respond to the allegation and you will be invited to a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); -- -- a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); * Following on from the meeting, the principal academic unit will determine the level of plagiarism (if any) that it believes has arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, -- arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, moderate plagiarism and serious plagiarism. -- The consequences of a finding that plagiarism has occurred in any of these above ways can be found under Section 6 of the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. -- -- on Academic Integrity. In cases where serious plagiarism is found, the matter will be dealt with under University Regulation Section 8 Student Conduct. -- -- You should consult the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. This provides detailed definitive information on how plagiarism is dealt with. -- -- with. The Learning Agreement and plagiarism This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for -- -- This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for your part, will not submit plagiarised work and that your School, for its part, will help and support you to avoid plagiarism. It is seen by the University as a helpful expression of good faith and intentions by both sides of the academic partnership involving you and the -- -- University. Plagiarism and postgraduate study Given that you are likely to hold a First Degree already, there is an -- -- You should be assured that your School will not, provided it is satisfied that there has not been a deliberate attempt to deceive, treat any instance of plagiarism in the early stage of your postgraduate career as a matter normally requiring the imposition of a penalty. However, you must quickly come to terms with the University's -- -- dissertation element of the programme. Student background and plagiarism The educational background of students may make unintentional -- -- The educational background of students may make unintentional plagiarism more likely. Given the diversity of student background in the University, previous experience of formal education in the UK cannot be assumed. The expectations of learning and the learning styles -- -- and circumstance, as well as by individual preferences. Student work that stays close to the original source and is therefore at risk of an allegation of plagiarism may, in some cases, be the result of: * past experience of what has proven to be successful in other academic contexts but which is now a liability to the student; -- -- The University accepts that one (or more) of the above factors may play a role in a case of alleged plagiarism. Each case will therefore be treated on its individual merits and taking account of all relevant circumstances. #University of Derby Blog » Feed University of Derby Blog » Comments Feed University of Derby Blog » How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? Comments Feed alternate alternate [tr?id=263182877367236&ev=PageView&noscript=1] -- -- + Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Home > Blog > How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? James Elander -- -- Student Life How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? -- Be it in music or writing, plagiarism – “stealing other’s ideas” – is a complicated and yet serious offence. So how can universities help students improve their writing and avoid it? Professor James Elander, Head of -- -- Psychological Research, gives his top tips. Plagiarism happens so quickly and easily in these days of ‘cut and paste’, multiple deadlines and pressure to produce excellent work. -- -- Universities, therefore, need active strategies to help students learn not to plagiarise, and one approach focuses on improving their ‘authorial identity’ – a concept I have developed with Derby PhD student Kevin Cheung, which centres on how writers see themselves as -- -- students to understand the values of integrity and transparency associated with academic writing and to write assignments without plagiarising. My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction -- -- My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction session about plagiarism. I asked myself, what is the opposite of plagiarism? Surely the answer to that is authorship and, if authorship is the desired outcome, what are the behavioural or psychological characteristics needed for students to achieve that? -- -- To qualify genuinely as the authors of their written work, students must understand the role of an author, and must be able to identify with that role. This protects them from accidental plagiarism, which often happens when students produce written work without being really in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for -- -- in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for several projects with different groups of colleagues to help students not to plagiarise. Supervised by myself and Ed Stupple in the Department of Psychology at -- -- with lecturers were used to get insights into what university lecturers think about authorial identity, and how we can get them more involved in helping students write better and avoid plagiarism. These showed that changing identity, or how one sees oneself, is -- -- When students were asked afterwards about these workshops, 86% agreed they helped them understand how to avoid plagiarism and 66% agreed they helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, -- -- helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, understanding of authorship and knowledge to avoid plagiarism. The changes were greatest for year one students, supporting the common -- -- It’s important that universities spend time speaking to their students about what plagiarism means and the impact it can have. However, rather than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like -- than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like we did, and discussing how to write assignments without plagiarising, is of much better value. -- -- We hope this research will help to guide future efforts to help students improve their writing and avoid plagiarism, and also give us a simple tool to measure how students’ change through taking part in those efforts. -- -- those efforts. Top tips to avoid plagiarism Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental -- -- Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental plagiarism. Some of these are related to the early stages of work on a written assignment: * Think about what your own position (opinion) is before you start -- -- * Put yourself in the role of the author. How to use quotations without plagiarising * Think about what point you are making with the quote; -- -- * #Derby * #higher education * #plagiarism * #Press * #psychology You are here: Home / Offices / Student and Academic Services / Exams and Assessment / Plagiarism and Collusion Info -- -- Info Plagiarism and Collusion -- * Plagiarism: Plagiarism is used as a general term to describe taking and using another’s thoughts and writings as one’s own. Plagiarism can occur not only in essays and dissertations, but also in scientific experimentation, diagrams, maps, fieldwork, computer -- -- the application of very severe penalties. Avoiding plagiarism and/or collusion -- Learning Development runs a workshop on avoiding plagiarism and has study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on -- study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on avoiding plagiarism. Your student handbook is also a useful resource for plagiarism avoidance and will set out your department's policy about identifying plagiarism. Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of -- -- Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of plagiarism and/or collusion Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Senate Regulation 11: Regulations governing -- -- Departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion: Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations -- -- Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations governing student discipline when investigating and considering allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in work that is not assessed by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of -- by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of the case by the department's Plagiarism Officer. -- Departmental level consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion may be followed by a hearing of a Student Discipline Panel if the severity of the offence or the complexity of the case deems it -- -- * See regulation 11.60 to 11.70 for full details of the University's procedures for departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in assessed work (excluding written examinations) -- -- assessed work (excluding written examinations) Departmental penalties for plagiarism/collusion: The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student -- -- The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student if he/she is found to have committed plagiarism/collusion are also defined in the regulations. A disciplinary panel has the power to impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. -- -- impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. * See regulation 11.71 to 11.75 for full details of departmental penalties for plagiarism and/or collusion (extract of regulations) Cheating in written examinations -- -- staff in your department (e.g. your Programme Director or Head of Department) without any delay if you are still unsure about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. Don't risk a penalty. * For departments: -- * For departments: Contact your Plagiarism Officer or the Secretary to the Senate Student Discipline Committee (qualoffice@le.ac.uk | x2605), for advice on the operation of Senate Regulation 11. -- -- o Undergraduate Progression and Award o Taught Postgraduate Progression and Award o Plagiarism and Collusion # Penalties o Student Results You are here Home » General Regulations » Plagiarism Sitemap -- -- + University Calendar + Academic credit system (ECTS) + Plagiarism * Course Documentation + Course handbooks -- -- * Sitemap Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is interpreted by the University as the act of presenting the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. -- -- the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. Plagiarism is considered as academically fraudulent, and an offence against University discipline. The University considers plagiarism to be a major offence, and subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- University. Visit http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism -- -- Template for Plagiarism Summary Procedure -- Calendar Statement on Plagiarism for Undergraduates - Part II, 82-91 -- Plagiarism 82 General -- -- and explicit manner, and with due acknowledgement. Plagiarism is the act of presenting the work or ideas of others as one's own, without due acknowledgement. -- one's own, without due acknowledgement. Plagiarism can arise from deliberate actions and also through careless thinking and/or methodology. The offence lies not in the attitude or intention of the perpetrator, but in the action and in its -- -- It is the responsibility of the author of any work to ensure that he/she does not commit plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered to be academically fraudulent, and an offence against academic integrity that is subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- procedures of the University. 83 Examples of Plagiarism Plagiarism can arise from actions such as: (a) copying another student's work; (b) enlisting another person or persons to complete an assignment on -- -- All the above serve only as examples and are not exhaustive. 84 Plagiarism in the context of group work Students should normally submit work done in co-operation with other students only when it is done with the full knowledge and permission of -- -- the lecturer concerned. Without this, submitting work which is the product of collusion with other students may be considered to be plagiarism. When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is -- -- When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is possible, that no work submitted by the group is plagiarised. -- 85 Self plagiarism student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one -- -- student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one assessment for credit is normally considered self-plagiarism. -- 86 Avoiding plagiarism Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice -- Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice from their lecturers, tutor or supervisor on avoiding plagiarism. All schools and departments must include, in their handbooks or other literature given to students, guidelines on the appropriate methodology -- -- for the kind of work that students will be expected to undertake. In addition, a general set of guidelines for students on avoiding plagiarism is available on http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism. -- 87 If plagiarism as referred to in §82 above is suspected, in the first instance, the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or their designate, will write to the student, and the student’s tutor -- -- 88 If the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or designate, forms the view that plagiarism has taken place, he/she must decide if the offence can be dealt with under the summary procedure set out below. In order for this summary procedure to be followed, all -- -- (a) Level 1: Student receives an informal verbal warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will be assessed and marked without penalty; -- -- (b) Level 2: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissable. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped -- not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped mark depending on the seriousness/extent of plagiarism; (c) Level 3: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. There is no opportunity for #RSS 2.0 RSS .92 Atom 0.3 Ninth Level Ireland » Plagiarism Comments Feed alternate alternate alternate -- -- Plagiarism -- Of plagiarism, little new can be written (Schwartz, The culture of the copy (1998), p. 311) -- -- “Plagiarism” is defined in various ways. The core meaning seems to be inappropriate copying of another’s ideas or expressions. An important analytical distinction is between: -- -- behaviour, whether acknowledged or not. There is no legal definition of plagiarism, though it forms part of many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often -- -- many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often described as “self-plagiarism”; and two students who hand in identical essays may both find themselves accused of plagiarism, even though the essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of -- essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of them. Many examples of plagiarism will also be examples of breach of intellectual property rights, such as copyright or droit moral / droit à la paternité. -- -- à la paternité. Objections to plagiarism are numerous, so much so that it may be doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much -- doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much that used to be called “cheating” is now labelled “plagiarism”, often confusingly. The attitude of the person whose work is copied is sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as -- -- sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as your own is objectionable whether or not the true author objects.) There is a modern tendency to define “plagiarism” quite broadly, in some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme -- -- some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme hostility to plagiarism (such as stating, inaccurately, that it is a form of theft) it can sound as if large portions of the student community are being accused of crime. -- -- community are being accused of crime. Many argue that there is now a crisis of plagiarism, even a war against plagiarism. Of course, it has always been the case that some students look for illegitimate short cuts to achieving their qualifications. Various factors are blamed for the modern “crisis”: the growth of IT -- -- for intellectual development, not an occasion for open warfare between students and their teachers; the crisis, if there is one, is not so much a “crisis of plagiarism” as a crisis of how to test core competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. -- -- competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. The very difficulties experienced in trying to define plagiarism are evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how -- evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how it is to be established; further, those who condemn “plagiarism” the loudest often seem to have a quite unrealistic idea of the level of originality that can be expected at student level. -- -- originality that can be expected at student level. Plagiarism by academics is not so much discussed, though there is a general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. -- -- general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. “Persaud’s plagiarism was dishonesty, rules medical council”). It may, as in Raj Persaud’s case, come to the attention of a relevant professional body; or it might be a matter of university internal -- -- It is in this academic context that there are complaints of self-plagiarism, that academics are accused of reproducing their own work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether -- work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether “self-plagiarism” is really the right term may be doubted. Artificially padding one’s c.v. by submitting the same article to more than one journal is certainly reprehensible, and may in some circumstances even -- -- publications. Plagiarism by students, by contrast, has become a major preoccupation of universities. The rise of IT and access to online information, which has coincided with a greater emphasis on marked coursework rather than -- -- that the material could quite properly be included in a legitimate piece of writing, if referenced in the appropriate way. Any detailed university policy on plagiarism must necessarily distinguish between disciplines, as each discipline has its own nuanced attitude to materials that may be cited and how they may be used in argument. But -- -- equally, a failure to abide by a discipline’s rules is only culpable if those rules are understood – which leads many to suspect that rampant plagiarism really represents a teaching failure, such that the rules have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. -- -- have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. Many say, then, that plagiarism is to a certain extent a cultural problem. Does this mean that it is particularly a difficulty with students whose native language is not English? Some argue precisely -- -- of suspicion that is not applied to home students. There is little incentive for non-English speakers to improve their grasp of the language if they are met with “S/He must have plagiarised, s/he doesn’t speak English that well!”. If the local attitude to plagiarism is not well understood by foreign students, then presumably at least some of the blame lies with their teachers, and so a harsh response is not -- -- If there is a cultural problem, then, it is equally to do with domestic students. Academic horror at plagiarism reflects a set of value-judgments that students do not necessarily share, and the academics’ version of what their students are supposed to be doing -- -- achieve any level of expressive freedom. Constrained by an overwhelming consensus over the ‘facts’ and established modes of knowing, students may almost be forced to plagiarise. To devise a way to operate within a disciplinary context, without plagiarising, may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – -- may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – meaning, plagiarism and power, 2006) -- (See also Bill Marsh, Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education, 2007.) -- -- make no sense to be told that a failure to paraphrase counts as dishonesty. For discussion see “It’s culture, not morality”; “Using assessment on the front-line in the battle against plagiarism”. Academic conventions in these matters are framed on an assumption that -- -- dealing with intellectual problems is to find someone who has solved the problem before and to copy their work. (Without this skill, indeed, most university plagiarism policies would never have seen the light of day.) There are indeed other skills which university degrees must teach, and there are also behaviours which must be identified as -- -- required. As it is, plagiarism is increasingly being seen as a disciplinary matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an -- -- matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an unfortunate tendency both to define plagiarism broadly (as including any failure to follow established citation conventions, even if there is no attempt to claim originality for the cited material), coupled -- -- cheats off hook”; “‘Plagiarist’ to sue university”. Much attention has been focussed on plagiarism detection software (notably TURNITIN (website¦wikipedia)), which can take some of the drudgery out of identifying copied passages, and can be a useful -- -- o Irish Law Blogs o Overpayments o Plagiarism o Quality assurance o Tenure o Sample Dissertation o Sample Dissertation Proposal Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- + Referencing + Help Guides + Plagiarism Checker + Exam Revision Guides + -- -- o PhD Help Guides o Guide to Writing an Essay Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- * Call us What plagiarism is and how to avoid it One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of -- -- One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of study is that you must not plagiarise. If this is told to you early in your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there -- -- your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there are many different definitions of plagiarism. -- Plagiarism is stealing! -- This is the simplest way to explain plagiarism, it is stealing. What's more, it's stealing of the worst kind because it's taking another's idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. -- -- idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. Schools, colleges, and universities levy severe punishments on any student caught plagiarising and, in professional life, you would be prosecuted for it - plagiarism is illegal! -- The Internet and plagiarism: The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much -- -- The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much easier to plagiarise, but it has also made it easier to detect since most schools, colleges, and universities automatically scan work against millions of other sources to try and discover whether or not a -- -- teachers - they were students once themselves and during their careers have probably encountered every trick in the book! Therefore, make no mistake about it, if you deliberately plagiarise, you will be caught. -- Accidental plagiarism: -- Usually, however, a student is not guilty of direct plagiarism but plagiarising by accident. Unfortunately, it is too easy to do this when you are carrying out extensive research. Writing notes will, undoubtedly, incorporate the ideas of others alongside your own as this -- -- over an extended period of time (as with a thesis or dissertation), then it is easy to forget where your ideas end and another's begin. This is where accidental plagiarism can easily occur. -- How to avoid plagiarism: -- A very good way to avoid accidental plagiarism is to carefully record every single reference you make in your notes and put them into a list at the end of each referencing session that you carry out. It is also -- -- it) in the referencing style required by your school, college, or university. Not only will this help you to avoid an accusation of plagiarism, it will also enable you to grow accustomed to the required referencing style of your academic institution. This way of working will also allow your reference list and/or bibliography to evolve over -- -- footnote/bibliography style (employed by referencing styles such as Oxford). It is important to get this right because, like accidental plagiarism, getting it wrong will harm your academic career. Referencing and Citation Links -- -- of misuse. It is how you use these 'model answers' that makes the difference between availing yourself of a valuable academic resource and plagiarising. The best way to use a 'model answer' from a custom essay writing -- -- website is to think of the resource as you would a book i.e. make notes from it. Some of the key points you might take as a model without plagiarising are: * Structuring * Use of evidence -- -- Do not copy any words down from sources exactly as they are written unless you intend to cite them correctly within your work, otherwise you will be plagiarising. -- The good news is that nobody could, or should, accuse you of plagiarism if you simply use a source to aid your own quality of work. You are, after all, expected to research your topic, you just need to ensure you -- -- of others. Another frustrating form of accidental plagiarism can occur when you genuinely thought an idea was your own but later find that it is replicated in a book, journal, or other resource. The only way to avoid -- -- work such like a Masters or doctoral theses. Plagiarise and you're the one who suffers: -- Remember that plagiarism is a crime and that, like all forms of cheating, it ultimately harms no-one more than it does you. The best way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. -- -- way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. Does buying an essay count as plagiarism? If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this -- -- If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this constitute as plagiarism? The act of buying the essay is perfectly legitimate. You're allowed to -- -- answer or journal article you're given to look at. If you copy the essay word for word, reorganise sections or hand it in as your own, you'll be conducting plagiarism. Your university will take this very seriously and will be likely to issue you with a penalty. -- -- Our essay writing service guarantees that any work delivered to our customers is plagiarism free. -- If I buy an essay, how can I be sure it's not plagiarised? If you do decide to buy an essay it's wise to ensure the work you -- -- If you do decide to buy an essay it's wise to ensure the work you purchase is backed up with a 'no-plagiarism' guarantee. Ask the company you're buying from if they'll send you a free plagiarism scan with the essay. -- -- Check the company's policy on whether they offer compensation if you later find that your essay is plagiarised. Unlike most other essay writing companies, we promise that if you find that the essay you have -- writing companies, we promise that if you find that the essay you have purchased is plagiarised, we'll give you £5,000 as compensation. UK Essays will give you these guarantees as standard when you buy an -- -- essay from our website. If you are thinking about purchasing an essay, you can be sure that UK Essays will provide work that is 100% original and plagiarism free. Essay Writing Service -- -- 1. UKEssays 2. Plagiarism Scanner * 0115 966 7955 -- -- + Study Guides * Part of All Answers Ltd + Viper the anti-plagiarism checker + Law Teacher Logo + Academic Knowledge Logo o Sample Dissertation o Sample Dissertation Proposal Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- + Referencing + Help Guides + Plagiarism Checker + Exam Revision Guides + -- -- o PhD Help Guides o Guide to Writing an Essay Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- 3. Education The Plagiarism Laws In The UK Education Essay (BUTTON) Print -- -- 1. Introduction Plagiarism is robbery of words. A burglar doesnt have to break into peoples house to steal some of their most precious belongings. Even if a plagiarist takes the words of someone else who had written and passes -- -- creation, the fruit of the writer's hard work. As we know when we enter a word "plagiarism" in Internet we find almost 100,000 links to know the purpose of plagiarism, is a severe issue for writers, lawyers, authors, publishers, teachers, and students. Why should students think about? So what happens if a student downloads a -- -- piece of writing and hands it inside the same as his or her own. What is plagiarism? -- The word plagiarism must be important because it can change ones future and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good -- -- and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good intentions of doing it and not plagiarizing, but at times they get so besieged with the assignment leads to plagiarize. -- Defining plagiarism Definitions may be different but the central theme is copying from -- -- act of lying, cheating, and stealing." At UNC, plagiarism is "the deliberate or reckless representation of another's word, thoughts, or ideas as one's own without attribution about submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise." -- -- (Instrument of Student Judicial Governance,) Because it is considered a form of cheating, the Office of the Dean of Students can punish students who plagiarize with course failure and suspension. -- The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the act of plagiarism as:"To steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". -- steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". Plagiarism is "a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work." -- -- 2. Results or findings Cost of plagiarism The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of -- -- The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of intellectual creation of mind is illegal according to the intellectual property law. The plagiarism laws are there to protect the intellectual ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught -- ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught in plagiarizing, not only you will be removed from course and institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students -- institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students in the UK were expelled in 2007 for plagiarism offences". (2) -- Forms of plagiarism -- On purpose plagiarism: it states that using of someone's work for time since his/her own work -- -- If once tutor started reading the task and ends that you have just copied from a book which I have already read it earlier. This type of plagiarism can be done on purpose and it will not work. Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we -- -- Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we read more books and form points and patch them together could be easily detectable, unfair and can be Accomplice by online plagiarism Bluffing: Reading texts, picking few phrases and writing them different -- -- Stitching sources: when complete task is mentioned correctly and cited even then student needs to develop analytical skills because they need to produce work truly as their own. So this is still plagiarism due to inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of -- inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of plagiarism. -- All these types of plagiarism should be avoided at all cost lesser or greater. -- -- Methods of awareness: Why student committed to plagiarism: Many of the students are committed plagiarism because of improper time management or fear about the language and writing skills, poor knowledge regarding the subject. Some of us having thrill about breaking the rules and unawareness towards -- -- the assignments and most of them causes by laziness. Educate you self about plagiarism: Copying a text from the Internet or online or e database will have the important text and type of cite that we are using for academic research papers that are estimated. If you -- -- leads to a high standard than the conclusion and introduction, because the introduction and conclusion are frequently written by a student. Improper citation is also Leads to plagiarism because of some students copy the text from Internet and shows the matter into quotations by giving wrong references. -- -- Before to start working with assignments first find the appropriate source for referencing and arrange the matter according to the way that you studied. Other method is to detect the plagiarism by some software's that are available to detect. -- -- location where you copied. How to avoid plagiarism: -- Plagiarism is avoided by the following four methods. They are, Effective note taking habits, before you start doing assignment write -- -- 4. Conclusion and recommendation As stated that plagiarism is a rising problem in schools, colleges and universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. -- universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. 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The Human Rights Act 1998 is also available to ensure that the student -- -- Higher Education Law Solicitors Links * Academic Dishonesty and fitness to practice * Plagiarism * University Grievance Procedure including Breach of Contract Claims * Lawyers who are experts in Academic Appeals and the OIA #LRB blog RSS Feed LRB blog Atom Feed LRB blog » On Being Plagiarised Comments Feed First Person Singular Hochwasser in Passau alternate alternate -- -- « Previous | Home | Next » On Being Plagiarised Charles Hartman 6 June 2013 -- -- Charles Hartman 6 June 2013 Tags: plagiarism | poetry On 17 May I received an email from a stranger in Qatar, telling me that -- -- On 17 May I received an email from a stranger in Qatar, telling me that someone in England had plagiarised one of my poems. Patty Paine, who teaches at the campus I did not know Virginia Commonwealth University has in Doha, and edits Diode, an online poetry magazine, pointed me to -- -- Mortification was expressed at every turn. The editors of targeted publications are in some ways more obviously victims than the poets plagiarised. My first reaction was: what a dim thing to do these days. The tracking -- -- learn such a thing than to find out whether a particular poem has been published under more than one author’s name. It took me slightly longer to see why this response felt so off the mark. But of course plagiarism isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve -- isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve watched someone else go through. Defining plagiarism is trickier than you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other -- you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other kinds of copying (allusion, quotation) fairly easily: it’s plagiarism if the copyist hopes no one will notice. -- -- before he had the pleasure of pointing it out to me. This is probably relatively common, conscious or not. Still, I can’t bring myself to really care. Plagiarism has always seemed to me more pathetic than criminal. Log in to Reply -- -- 2. Timothy Rogers says: 13 June 2013 at 6:53 pm There’s a humorous side to plagiarized poetry, especially when it can be tied into the follies (or impostures) of youth. Here’s an illustrative story. When I was in the ninth grade in 1963 our #UK Human Rights Blog » Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Comments Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste Comments Feed Bipolar patient has capacity to decide to terminate pregnancy Right to Blog, Lord Chancellor’s Legacy and -- -- May 26, 2013 by David Hart QC Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste CutandPaste Crinion v. IG Markets [2013] EWCA (Civ) 587 read judgment -- -- Mr Mustafa, the Masters student at QMC in the second case, did rather less well; he tried to get a finding of plagiarism reversed by the Independent Adjudicator. Males J, after commencing his judgment on a judicial review from this refusal thus: -- -- The Harvard academic and songwriter Tom Lehrer recommended plagiarism as the route to academic success, wealth and fame, but his tongue was firmly in his cheek, -- -- proceeded to decide that (a) most questions of plagiarism involved some degree of academic judgment; -- -- Crimes – The Human Rights Roundup → 6 thoughts on “Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste” 1. A100plus | May 26, 2013 at 1:07 pm -- -- another 3 or 4 years … 2. Lofthouse Jnr. | May 26, 2013 at 3:46 pm Allegations of academic plagiarism tend to involve lecturers running essays through SEO tools like -- running essays through SEO tools like http://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ but these rely on other content being posted on the internet (like the ‘dodgy dossier’ was) #Sunfish » Feed Sunfish » Comments Feed Sunfish » Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Comments Feed 99 Outrageously Simple Openings For Emails Your Reader Will Be Powerless To Resist 12 steps to saying sorry -- -- * Contact us Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook -- -- Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook Plagiarism. For us writers, it’s an ugly word. -- -- joy, obviously. But is it really plagiarism? And what is plagiarism anyway? -- Plagiarism is an ethical offence, not a legal one -- I defer, as usual to the OED, which defines plagiarism thus: To take, use and/or pass off the thoughts, writings, inventions etc of -- -- Notice that it doesn’t say ‘copy’. Nor is the offence reserved exclusively for taking writing. You can plagiarise someone else’s ideas. -- -- ideas. Plagiarism is also an ethical offence, not a legal one. There is no legal remedy. -- -- I found myself in this unwelcome situation recently (of the plagiarised, I mean). I clicked a link in a fellow copywriter’s tweet to a blog post whose -- -- content, style, tone and, in some cases, entire phrases, of my post. So, it passed the first part of the plagiarism test. It took my ideas and writings. -- -- In this particular case I didn’t feel my reputation or commercial fortunes were damaged by the plagiarism. I had very little to gain for seeking any sort of remedy. And, to be -- -- But what about if it happens to you? What then? 15 steps you should take if you think you’ve been plagiarised Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a -- -- Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a potential act of plagiarism. First, get answers to these seven questions: -- -- To what extent? 6 Are you being damaged in any way by the plagiarism (other than wounded pride)? -- -- The more times you answer yes, the more likely the act is to be plagiarism. Let’s say you feel you have a case to make. Here are the eight steps -- -- Post Comment 1. Good advice. I once plagiarised an article without realising it. I published a press release, which I assumed to be public domain. It turned out that the PR person who had written the press release #RSS Feed Plagiarism Checker | WriteCheck by Turnitin * Features -- -- Get Started Now! Plagiarism in the UK In the United Kingdom, the Channel 4 news program Dispatches aired a -- -- Though much of the segment focused on cheating on standardized tests, the network used Freedom of Information requests to also gain access to statistics on plagiarism at universities in the country. According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been -- -- According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been accused of plagiarism in the past four years, of which some 40,000 were disciplined. Of those disciplined, 400 were expelled (excluded) and another 12,000 had a deduction in their grades. -- -- Those statistics are interesting for a variety of reasons. First is that, while the majority of plagiarism cases did result in disciplinary action, a full third did not. How many of these cases were because of the student being exonerated versus a decision that it didn’t warrant -- -- Still, this means that, in the UK at least, punishment for an alleged plagiarism infraction is far from automatic, resulting in a punishment rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of -- rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of plagiarism, they are more favorable than those faced by those accused of actual crimes. District attorneys in the United States, for example, routinely see conviction rates well above 90%. -- -- It’s also worth noting that only one fifth of the students accused of plagiarism suffered a reduction in their grades and only .6% of all students accused of plagiarism were expelled. This means that, in the UK, an allegation of plagiarism does not automatically mean a grade reduction, much less an expulsion. Those are actually very unlikely outcomes. -- -- However, perhaps most interesting is that the number of students accused of plagiarism is significantly smaller than the number who likely actually do it. A recent survey of college students in the U.S. showed that 38% of undergraduates and 25% of graduates admitted to -- -- While the United States is a different country, even if the UK rate of plagiarism is just 20% that means the vast majority of students who plagiarized never even faced an accusation. This is because there are approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means -- approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means approximately 2.6% were accused of plagiarism. That number, 2.6%, feels both extraordinarily high and extraordinarily -- -- low at the same time. On one hand, it’s stunning to think that, on average, in every class of 38 students, one will face allegations of plagiarism. On the other hand, given the high rate of admitted plagiarism, it means that the amount detected truly is just the tip of the iceberg. -- -- More than anything, the Channel 4 report shows just how complex the problem of plagiarism in universities is and. more importantly, how deep the issue runs. -- -- Fortunately, while there are no easy solutions to this problem, universities in the UK have made great strides in the fight. Not only have they adopted plagiarism policies and the use of plagiarism-detection software nationwide, but they’ve nearly cut in half the number of papers with high similarity rates turned in over the first 10 years of the program. -- -- first 10 years of the program. Still, as these statistics show, the battle against plagiarism is not a sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but -- -- sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but all areas of plagiarism policy. Further, it requires regular analysis to ensure that it’s working as designed so that adjustments can be made as time goes on. -- -- Fortunately, that is what the UK is doing and that’s why we have such powerful statistics from it. That data, in the end, is powerful and, as shown above, indicates the UK is turning the tide against plagiarism, even if there is still much work to be done. -- -- The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today, and do not reflect the opinions of WriteCheck. -- WriteCheck. 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Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, -- -- activities. Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, there is also evidence that a generation brought up using the Internet has very different views on what constitutes ‘plagiarism’. -- Plagiarism is usually seen as being ‘wrong’, ‘immoral’ or at least undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the -- -- undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the learning process. Furthermore, ‘plagiarism’ should not be confused with ‘copyright’, as what may be plagiarism is not necessarily copyright infringement. Thus while plagiarism is often ‘unlawful’ it may not always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute -- always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute ‘plagiarism’, such as the improper referencing of sources in student essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for -- -- essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for plagiarism, and the academic and professional penalties that can be imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. -- -- imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. SECTION ONE – TYPES OF PLAGIARISM Definitions -- -- Definitions The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines ‘plagiarism’ as ‘to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: to use (another's production) without crediting the source: to commit literary -- -- The word ‘plagiarist’ is derived from the Latin word ‘plagiarus’, meaning, ‘kidnapper’^3. Yet as we shall see, plagiarism does not need to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans -- to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans points out: ‘Everyone seems to know [plagiarism] is wrong... but few know how to completely define it’^4. -- -- know how to completely define it’^4. Oxford University states that plagiarism is ‘the copying or paraphrasing of other people’s work or ideas into your own work without full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. -- -- full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. It also includes ‘collusion’, i.e. the unauthorised working with others. The university states that students may be guilty of plagiarism even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This -- even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This suggests that ‘plagiarism’ is an all-embracing term that covers a huge variety of activities. -- -- variety of activities. Types of plagiarism The Harvard Guide to Using Sources^7 provides useful examples of -- -- unacceptable conduct. Many of these involve the practice of ‘cutting and pasting’ from electronic sources such as the Internet^8. The Guide divides plagiarisms into several different types. -- The first is ‘Verbatim plagiarism’. This is word for word copying from another source without placing the copied text in quotation marks and providing a clear citation, i.e. an acknowledgement of where the -- -- material came from. Another category is ‘Mosaic plagiarism’^9. This involves copying parts of another’s material but changing a few words here and there without placing the material in quotes or providing a citation. The Guide -- -- An example can be found in How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, an unpublished novel Kaavya Viswanathan, which was found to contain numerous instances of plagiarism, notably from two previously published books by author Megan McCafferty^10. -- -- first in a long string of boyfriends got on.’^12 Here, mosaic plagiarism can be seen in the way certain words are changed while others are left unaltered. The result is very close to the original in its expression. -- -- the original in its expression. ‘Inadequate paraphrasing’ is a similar type of plagiarism where the student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a -- -- student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a citation, this is not enough to prevent plagiarism. The new passage must instead restate the original work using completely new words. The Guide suggests that students should make accurate notes of the original -- -- citation immediately afterwards^15. Other types of plagiarism can include providing inaccurate information about the sources in citations and using too many sources without enough interconnecting original material, with the result that the -- -- paper contains almost no original work^16. Another type of plagiarism is ‘self-plagiarism’. This is a practice mainly found among academics where the author recycles their own work, ‘dressing up’ old research to make it appear original and new^17, and -- -- Problems with definitions However, though examples of plagiarism are numerous, there is much disagreement about when the rules should apply. -- -- topics which a first year undergraduate may be ignorant of. Similarly, arts students tend to cite things differently than science students^19. This undermines any solid definitions of plagiarism. -- Another problem when defining plagiarism is that educational institutions’ plagiarism policies tend to give students more leeway in examinations. For instance, Yale College’s plagiarism guide states that for its purposes the term ‘plagiarism’ will be usually confined to coursework only^20. -- -- Administrators (an advisory body for institutions providing writing programs) takes the view that institutions should treat intentional and unintentional plagiarism differently^21. They state that if a student tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be -- -- tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be classed as ‘plagiarism’^22. In fact, they regard it as part of the natural learning process for students. They also state that using ‘common knowledge’ is acceptable. However this again does not address -- -- acknowledgment^24. This definition appears self-contradictory, as it recognizes that some institutions and even academic programmes define ‘plagiarism’ differently. What use then is the definition? Such definitions are unhelpful and serve only to confuse the issue. -- -- is part of the learning process, where students assimilate phrases, terminology and ideas to gain understanding of a particular subject. However she states that this is still plagiarism, regardless of whether the student acknowledges their sources^26. -- -- If that wasn’t enough for the student to contend with, there is evidence to suggest that the present generation of students views ‘plagiarism’ differently from previous generations. In American colleges 68% of all students admit cutting and pasting from the Internet without giving acknowledgments^27. Blum suggests that this -- -- forms part of a cultural pattern. McCabe and Trevino also note that this ‘may be due to a changing definition among students of what constitutes plagiarism’, particularly when it comes it paraphrasing^28. Blum says: ‘Contemporary students are swimming in a sea of texts’^29. -- -- Contrasted to this, the academic world has strict rules on referencing even when direct quotations are not used. This may explain the rise in the amount of plagiarism seen in colleges and universities recently. Conclusion -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. It can encompass a wide variety of activities, not all of which involve professional ‘cheating’. Unintentional plagiarism can also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as -- -- also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as ‘plagiarism’. A problem for students is that some disciplines and forms of assessment are more stringent than others. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot -- -- some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot when they are plagiarizing another’s work. -- Copyright symbol SECTION TWO – Plagiarism v Copyright UK law -- -- to exploit a work^30. The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) governs UK copyright law. One of the main differences between copyright and plagiarism is that copyright generally does not protect ideas, only the expression of those ideas. However this distinction is not as clear cut as it sounds. -- -- What is copyright? Plagiarism covers a variety of material. It includes academic papers, professional publications, works of fiction and even scientific formulae. In short, where there is any potential for the use of -- -- recorded in some permanent form, such as in writing^42. Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright is that copyright only lasts for a fixed period. For original works this is seventy years from the death of the author^43, while for sound -- -- arrangements last for twenty-five years^45. If a work’s copyright expires it becomes ‘public domain’ and can be used freely without a licence. By contrast, plagiarism is not concerned with whether a source is public domain or not, but whether it has been adequately referenced. -- -- Infringement Plagiarism policies and copyright law both cover a wide variety of activities. However copyright law is more rigid, in that it sets out what activities may constitute copyright infringement. -- -- work to the public, adapting the work or authorizing any of these acts to be done without a licence There is no need to show any intention on the part of the infringer. Therefore, as with plagiarism, infringement may be unintentional. -- -- author^46, or joint authors if there are more than one^47, of by the author’s employer if the work was created during the course of their employment^48. This is unlike plagiarism, where it does not matter whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone -- whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone else to produce a piece of work may be plagiarism in itself^49. How much can be copied? -- -- How much can be copied? Plagiarism policies allow for some copying provided that any text lifted from the original is surrounded in quotation marks and referenced properly^50. Similarly, you can legally copy material from a -- -- that the work must originate from its creator and not be copied from somewhere else^54. One of the consequences of this is that facts cannot generally be protected. This contrasts with plagiarism, which suggests that it is the failure to say where the facts came from that incurs a penalty^55. -- -- Sufficient acknowledgment Plagiarism is concerned with originality of work. For instance, plagiarists who recycle old ideas are criticized for undermining the pursuit of original knowledge and enriching themselves, sometimes at -- -- Publication: does it matter? Plagiarism does not require anything to be made public. However, except for ‘copying’, copyright infringement must involve the work being made available to the public^59. Bainbridge notes that the approach courts -- -- Ideas v Expression Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, -- is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, not the ideas behind it. Plagiarism however, can be committed by stealing ideas as well as by copying text. -- -- Saunders states that this means that an academic can copy ideas from someone else’s work, as long as he presents them in an original way. Such behaviour may be plagiarism, but it is not copyright infringement^63. -- -- copyright infringement^74. Therefore if you reproduce a section of an original work without crediting the author, you may also violate this right as well as commit plagiarism. Under s.80(1) CDPA 1988, an author or director also has a right to -- -- Conclusion Therefore copyright infringement in the UK differs from plagiarism in that only certain works are protected for a limited duration. Infringement also requires that the amount used from the copyright work -- -- family^87. This is all very different from the position regarding plagiarism, where it does not matter if the work is public domain or not. -- -- Moral Rights in the US are much more limited than in the UK, and are of little assistance to the copyright owner in preventing plagiarism. Authors in the US have rights of paternity and integrity similar to -- -- unscripted portions of the film are written down verbatim. Such use may well not infringe copyright. This is, of course, different to plagiarism, which includes non-literal copying from any source. There must also be ‘substantial similarity’ between the infringing copy -- -- to reproducing or exhibiting work, communicating work to public, and falsely attributing work to the author. This covers all possible forms of plagiarism and may be an alternative remedy to infringement for plagiarized authors. However these rights are more limited than in English law. The rights -- -- i) ‘ILLEGAL’ v ‘UNLAWFUL’ Plagiarism may be unlawful, but it is not necessarily illegal. Although these two terms are often used interchangeably, they do have different technical meanings. “Illegal” has been defined as an act’ which the law -- -- Therefore to infringe copyright is to violate law and commit an ‘illegal’ act. However while plagiarism is considered unethical, it is not ‘illegal’ unless it also infringes copyright or some other rule of law. -- -- law. In fact, some plagiarisms may not even be unlawful, as even plagiarized work is capable of subsisting in copyright. A plagiarized essay still qualifies as a literary work under the CDPA 1988 even if it has not been created to academic standards. The plagiarist would still be able -- -- students. For purely academic work, the UK law does not require that source material be acknowledged. However this will not protect students from allegations of plagiarism. Someone writing an essay or journal article may claim they are writing -- -- Conclusion Plagiarism is therefore be illegal only if it infringes copyright or some other law. Even infringement may be lawful if it amounts to ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. The UK law provides little certainty on the -- -- This makes cases hard to predict in the UK and the US. SECTION SIX – CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES -- -- i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES If plagiarism involves a violation of copyright law, the infringer may commit criminal offences. -- -- dishonestly make a representation with a view to causing gain or loss to anyone^176, for instance, if an academic secures a publishing advance for an original article but delivers a plagiarized version. Australia -- -- where the origins of a work have been deliberately disguised, such as by removing copyright notices or modifying it so it cannot be recognized^187. This may apply to plagiarized written work. Australia -- -- Even if a plagiarist escapes civil or criminal sanctions, they may still face serious consequences. Plagiarism can result in the cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have -- -- cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have plagiarized several works, including those by Megan McCafferty and Salman Rushdie , the publishers cancelled her publishing contract ^198. The publisher may also ban the author in the future and withdraw copies -- -- author to provide a warranty that their work is original^200 Plagiarism can cause severe embarrassment and damage the copier’s career and good standing in the academic community. The publisher may complain to the academic’s departmental head, resulting in internal -- -- governed by the Human Rights Act 1998, which enshrines the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law^206. University Disciplinary Committees decide what penalties to impose on students for plagiarism. These are distinct from Examination Boards, which grade students based on their academic performance. Disciplinary Committees are subject to -- -- In one recent case, a student accused his university of negligence for failing to bring plagiarism to his notice. Michael Gunn sued the University of Kent for failing him for plagiarism days before he was due to graduate, having said nothing about this while he carried on his studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation -- -- studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation for changing a student’s grade after they have graduated on grounds of plagiarism^212. -- Plagiarism policies may discriminate against students from overseas. The JISC recognizes that for some students, such as those who are home-schooled, reproducing large amounts of text is a way of showing -- -- under the Human Rights Act 1998. Many academic institutions also utilize plagiarism detection sites and software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and -- software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and plagiarismchecker.net. In the USA, their use has already sparked a court case. In AV v iParadigms LLC^217, high school students in Virginia and Arizona sued Turnitin.com’s owners, iParadigms. The -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright -- process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright infringement and plagiarism are not the same thing, and one may be a plagiarist without infringing copyright, and vice versa. While there are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are -- -- are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are generally less well protected in the US and Australia. Also, moral rights are much weaker in these two countries. Plagiarism is not always illegal, thanks to defences such as ‘fair use’. However what is ‘fair’ can be very hard to pin down, and the potential infringer would be well -- -- advised to always err on the side of caution. There are severe criminal and civil penalties for commercial copyright infringement, and plagiarism can also have damaging academic and professional consequences. However, in a culture that is becoming increasingly reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next -- -- reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next generation of scholars may well have very different ideas about what is ‘plagiarism’. One answer would be to change the way university courses are taught, placing less reliance on traditional essay-writing, which encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly -- -- encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly different form. Instead universities appear to be resorting to technology themselves to stamp out plagiarism. Whether these methods are legal themselves remains to be seen. -- -- Blum, S, My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture, Cornell University Press, New York, 2009 -- -- International: The Netherlands, 2010 Carroll, J and Appleton, J, Plagiarism: A Good Practice Guide, 2001, retrieved 7 November 2012, -- -- The Council of Writing Program Administrators, Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices, 2003, retrieved 7 November 2012, Deazley, R, ‘Copyright in the House of Lords: recent cases, judicial -- -- reasoning and academic writing’ IPQ, no.2, 2004, pp.121-137 Evans, R, ‘The New Plagiarism in Higher Education`, 2000, retrieved 14 May 2001, -- -- 054> Howard, R, ‘Plagiarisms, Authorships, and the Academic Death Penalty.’ College English, vol. 57, no.7, 1995, pp. 708-36 -- -- College English, vol. 57, no.7, 1995, pp. 708-36 King, R, Understanding Copyright Law, Fair Use, Plagiarism and Public Domain, King & Associates, Arizona, 2012 (e-book). -- -- The Lawbook Exchange, New Jersey, 1997 Merriam-Website Online Dictionary, Plagiarize, 2012, retrieved 7 November 2012, Oxford University, Academic Guidance, 2012, retrieved 7 November 2012, -- -- plaints-against-universities-soar-by-a-fifth.html>. 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The Little Oxford English Dictionary, 6th edn, Oxford -- -- Harlow 2010, p.29. 4 J Evans, ‘The New Plagiarism in Higher Education`, 2000, retrieved 14 May 2001, . -- -- 15 Ibid. 16 Plagiarism.org, Types of Plagiarism, 2012, retrieved 21 November 2012, . 17 R Attwood, ‘Allow me to rephrase, and boost my tally of articles’, -- -- de=402598>. 18 J Carroll and J Appleton, Plagiarism: A Good Practice Guide, 2001, retrieved 7 November 2012, , p. 14. -- -- 19 Ibid. 20 Yale College, Definitions of Plagiarism, Cheating, and Documentation of Sources, 2012, retrieved 7 November 2012, -- of Sources, 2012, retrieved 7 November 2012, . -- -- 21 The Council of Writing Program Administrators, Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices, 2003, retrieved 7 November 2012, p.1. 22 Ibid, p.2. -- -- 24 Ibid. 25 R Howard, ‘Plagiarisms, Authorships, and the Academic Death Penalty.’ College English, vol. 57, no.7, 1995, pp. 708-36. -- -- 26 Ibid. 27 S Blum, My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture, Cornell University Press, New York, 2009, p.1. -- -- de=402598>. 57 J Saunders, ‘Plagiarism and the law: a guide to plagiarism and the law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, -- law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, , p.2. 58 [2007] EWCA Civ 247. -- -- 86 Ibid. 87 R King, Understanding Copyright Law, Fair Use, Plagiarism and Public Domain, King & Associates, Arizona, 2012 (e-book). -- -- Features * Plagiarism detection * Plagiarism checker reviews * Types of plagiarism * Is plagiarism illegal? * Plagiarism articles * Ask the Doctor -- * Ask the Doctor * Plagiarism pictures * Plagiarism scanner (BETA) Guides -- -- * Referencing guides * Lesson plans * NEW: Free plagiarism workbook (PDF) About -- -- About PlagiarismChecker.net is the free website for plagiarism software, reviews, articles, lesson plans and commentary on detection methods. -- -- XML | TXT | HTML | ROR | Images © Copyright 2015 by PlagiarismChecker.net. 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You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be -- -- You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be familiar with the definition, investigation process and potential implications regarding plagiarism and collusion. Plagarism -- -- Collusion A form of plagiarism that involves unauthorised co-operation between at least two people with the intent to deliberately mislead or deceive -- -- * allowing work to be copied e.g. posting written coursework on social networking sites prior to an assessment * The offence of encouraging or enabling plagiarism includes the act of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done -- of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done with the intention of enabling or encouraging plagiarism. Investigation process -- -- Investigation process In all suspected cases of Plagiarism and/ or Collusion, the centre is required to notify the awarding organisation within 10 working days. -- -- City & Guilds ILM: Plagiarism, Collusion and Cheating Policy OCR: Joint Council for Qualifications Suspected Malpractice in -- -- + Information, advice and guidance statement of service + Learner charter + Plagiarism and Collusion Your questions * What is academic integrity? * What is plagiarism? * How do I avoid plagiarism? * What is referencing? * Why should I reference? -- -- Students working together where this is not permitted, with the intention of gaining an unfair advantage or cheating in the preparation of coursework. A form of plagiarism. See also collaboration. Common knowledge -- -- * exam techniques (eg preparation, timing, etc). Plagiarism In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas -- -- In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas or writings as your own without acknowledgement. In an academic context (see page What is is plagiarism?). This includes taking another person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of -- -- person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of plagiarism in the General Regulations Appendix A: * reproducing in any work submitted for assessment or review(for example, examination answers, essays, project reports, -- -- Turnitin In full this refers to the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software supplied under license from Turnitin UK . Submitted work is matched against a database of previously submitted work from every institution -- -- which subscribes to Turnitin, (including international institutions); current and archived internet pages and databases of journals and periodicals (Gale and Emerald). Turnitin does not detect plagiarism: it is a text-matching software which provides a report on whether a student's work is original (no matching text) or unoriginal. All * PlagiarismDetection.org * plans & pricing -- -- * login Reliable plagiarism detector -- Fast and accurate plagiarism checker for teachers, students, publishers, bloggers. Since 2008. -- -- bloggers. Since 2008. Plagiarism prevention in Europe -- Plagiarism is a controversial issue in institutions of higher learning across Europe. Various views have been raised concerning this topic vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different -- -- vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different European countries. It is prudent to understand what each country perceives regarding plagiarism for the sake of students who wish to study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the -- study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the plagiarism policy means in countries such as Poland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought -- -- Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought about the definition of plagiarism, different answers were gathered. This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various -- This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various attitudes towards plagiarism. According to the respondents, students from Czech Republic highlighted that plagiarism simply meant “copying without referencing the original author”. British students simply stated that it had something to do with “taking another person’s work -- -- simply meant “copying”. Polish answers were a bit long making reference to intellectual property rights, illegal, copying and cheating. Plagiarism policy in Europe has had different opinions. This may be attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to -- attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to measures taken by institutions to control and prevent plagiarism. As much as the situation may look similar in most countries, a few scenarios differ. A clear similarity is apparent between Cyprus and the -- -- academic writing. Most universities and colleges in the US and UK report high cases of plagiarism despite plagiarism checkers put in place to avoid it. A number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students -- number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students and lecturers concerning plagiarism. Despite having these guidelines, originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding -- originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding what really constitutes plagiarism. In some instances, poor academic discipline may qualify as plagiarism as opposed to the actual misconduct. This has been labeled as a demeaning factor in achieving consistency among institutions of higher learning. -- -- In 2012 an anonymous survey of 617 students conducted at the University of Graz in Austria showed that about one-third students reported that they had already plagiarized at least once. Reasons for plagiarism were comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 -- comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 percent), unintended plagiarism (34 percent) and uncertainty about the source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that -- source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that "comfort", which primary reason for students to plagiarize is indeed lack of a plagiarism checker being used by teachers to control works submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and -- -- submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and the UK have adopted plagiarism detectors. In the UK, much emphasis has been relayed on penalties on students who plagiarize. Universities in the US are quite strict on matters of plagiarism hence prompting students to pay attention to details when attributing works. In contrast with Europe, university students in the US are constantly -- -- reference list and parenthesis on materials cited in the text. To some extent, these attribution systems have managed to streamline issues of plagiarism as well as bring consistency in the US. Institutions of higher learning in both countries have equally faced challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public -- -- challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public domain. In the current era of information explosion, more knowledge is becoming common hence presenting the challenge on what is plagiarized or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, -- or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, plagiarism checkers think otherwise. On the contrary, it is easier to assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and -- assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and does not require citing. In the overall, plagiarism is still an issue to solve in many countries given the fact that knowledge is dynamic. -- -- all articles * Academic plagiarism * Checker supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish languages. -- -- * Twitter+ © 2008-2018 PlagiarismDetection.org ____________________ Student Circus Blog Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments -- -- Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? 14 Nov,2016 -- -- 14 Nov,2016 Plagiarism is a foreign word for most of the international students coming to the UK. Plagiarism means copying someone else’s ideas or work and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are -- -- and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are found to be plagiarising your content, you could fail the exam or assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian -- -- assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian countries, plagiarism is not strictly enforced or frowned upon, which leads to complacency and lack of knowledge of plagiarism when students go to west for further education. Plagiarism can be of various types such as*: a.Copying or paraphrasing text from websites, articles, research -- -- c.Duplicating your work, for instance by submitting almost the same work for two different tasks. So, how to avoid plagiarism? The answer is referencing, paraphrasing and citing the sources. The most common citation styles are as follows: -- -- marks. *Avoiding plagiarism: A guide for international students. (n.d.). Retrieved from -- Retrieved from http://www.educationuk.org/india/articles/avoiding-plagiarism-guide-for -international-students/ Disclaimer: www.studentcircus.com (Student Circus UK ) is not #Teaching Matters blog » Feed Teaching Matters blog » Comments Feed Teaching Matters blog » Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? Comments Feed Exploring research-led teaching at Senate Training and support for postgraduate students who teach (PGWT) alternate -- -- 27th July 20175th September 2017IAD user Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? PhD nightmare crop Poor academic practice and academic misconduct cases -- -- occur and the consequences are potentially catastrophic and extremely distressing for all concerned. Cases we are aware of have involved the external examiner identifying plagiarised material with an almost forensic level of rigor – exactly what we expect of any external examiners doing their job. It has struck us that there is currently an -- -- Our pilot of this approach has already proved valuable by identifying patterns of poor scholarship including plagiarism among year 1 progression papers; issues we have identified would definitely land students in trouble if they had submitted work for UG or taught PG -- -- of Turnitin. Undetected problems could persist within a final submitted thesis and this could be catastrophic; in 2013 the Education Minister for Germany had their PhD rescinded because of plagiarised content. PhD theses are still a special case and the nature of similarity needs Written on May 23 2013. Misconception 15: Turnitin employs legions of writing experts to read and evaluate papers for plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin receives over 200,000 papers daily, and no human reads the papers at Turnitin. All papers are processed by our -- -- Reality: Turnitin matches text similarity and does not grade papers for the instructors. It is up to the instructor and/or student to determine whether the assignment exhibits plagiarism. Misconception 13: Turnitin has expertise in plagiarism and can render judgment on specific cases. 
Reality: There is no "threshold" Similarity Index that is either -- -- at the Originality Report. Misconception 3: The "Similarity Index" shows the percentage of paper that is plagiarized.
 Reality: The Similarity Index is just a percentage of material in the paper that matches sources in the Turnitin databases. Text that is -- -- Instructors can decide to let their students see their reports, do re-submissions, get revised reports -- or not. Misconception 1: Turnitin detects plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin matches to text in our databases and leaves the judgment up to the instructor. As mentioned above, instructors MUST Blog Is Recycling Your Own Work Plagiarism? Written on July 20 2016. -- -- Written on July 20 2016. [self-plagiarism-blog-image.png] This post is excerpted from an article originally published on -- -- Writers often claim that because they are the authors, they can reuse their work, either in full or in excerpts, over and over again. How can republishing one’s own work be defined as plagiarism if the author has only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the -- only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the definition of self-plagiarism, how it crosses into copyright laws and ethical issues, and the different ways an author can avoid this increasingly controversial act of scholarly misconduct. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ What is Self-plagiarism? Let's look at one scenario: Leslie is an assistant professor going -- -- number of publications for tenure, but from the same work. Doing so, Leslie might commit what Scanlon (2007) calls “academic fraud,” a form of selfplagiarism (pg. 57). -- Self-plagiarism is defined as a type of plagiarism in which the writer republishes a work in its entirety or reuses portions of a previously written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that -- -- written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that because they are the authors, they can use the work again as they wish; they can’t really plagiarize themselves because they are not taking any words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on -- words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on whether self-plagiarism is possible, the ethical issue of self-plagiarism is significant, especially because self-plagiarism can infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of -- infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of plagiarism do not account for self-plagiarism, so writers may be unaware of the ethics and laws involved in reusing or repurposing texts. -- -- texts. The American Psychological Association (2010) explains how plagiarism differs from self-plagiarism: “Whereas plagiarism refers to the practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of -- practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of others, self-plagiarism refers to the practice of presenting one’s own previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). -- -- previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). As Roig (2006) suggests, self-plagiarism occurs “when authors reuse their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared -- -- their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared elsewhere” (pg. 16). Roig identifies a few types of self-plagiarism: * Republishing the same paper that is published elsewhere without notifying the reader nor publisher of the journal -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Definitions of Plagiarism -- The question of whether self-plagiarism exists or not—is it possible to plagiarize oneself?—is rooted in the definition of plagiarism. Plagiarism is typically defined as stealing the work of another and presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary -- presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary (2011) defines plagiarism as taking the work of another as “literary theft.” The verb to “plagiarize” is defined as: * “To take and use as one's own (the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another person);” -- -- According to the OED definition, in the strict sense recycling papers would not be plagiarism. -- However, Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2011) defines to “plagiarize” similarly with the addition description in the second definition below: * To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: -- -- So, in the Webster definition, recycling one’s own papers would fall under “to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source” and is, therefore, considered plagiarism. But what is more important than the definition of plagiarism, and whether it is possible to “self-plagiarize,” is the ethics behind self-plagiarism. __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Ethical Issues of Self-plagiarism -- Publications manuals have a set standard regarding self-plagiarism. When an author publishes in a journal, the author often signs over rights to the publisher; thus, copyright infringement is possible if an -- -- Biomedical journals in particular have had significant problems with copyright due to self-plagiarism and many have taken a stance against the practice in publication. Some have gone so far as to request the author’s previous manuscripts to ensure that the work is original (Roig -- -- It seems that even the American Psychological Association (APA) has taken a recent position against the practice by addressing self-plagiarism in the 2010 sixth edition of the publication manual, a discussion, which is absent from previous editions. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Avoiding Self-plagiarism Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for -- -- Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for avoiding plagiarism, four of which deal specifically with self-plagiarism, as follows: * Guideline 10: Authors who submit a manuscript for publication containing data, reviews, conclusions, etc., that have already been -- -- that is subsequently presented as a new study is an equally serious ethical breach. * Guideline 12: Because some instances of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and even some writing practices that might otherwise be acceptable (e.g., extensive paraphrasing or quoting of key elements of a book) can constitute copyright infringement, -- -- Technology like iThenticate by Turnitin is another way to avoid self-plagiarism. By comparing written work against the largest database of scholarly, full-text content, authors and researchers can screen their work prior to publication submission and organizations can -- -- Conclusion The issue of self-plagiarism is becoming more and more prevalent, and some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, -- some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, have seen a rising trend in self-plagiarism. The APA publication manual has no discussion of self-plagiarism in its fifth edition, but addresses it twice in the sixth edition, perhaps to prevent such practices. Organizations and individual authors and researchers can -- -- take preventative measures in their writing practices and editing processes, including the use of technology that helps detect potential self-plagiarism before submitting their work for publication. References -- -- Style Chicago. 16th Edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. * “Plagiarize.” (2011). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com. -- http://www.merriam-webster.com. * “Plagiarism, n.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed.). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * “Plagiarize, v.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed. ). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * Roig, Miguel. (2006). Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. -- other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. Retrieved from http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/plagiarism.doc * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in -- -- * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification, 57-66. * Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright. (2010). Copyright. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Copyright Office. Retrived from Programme of activities/ Academic integrity and plagiarism/ -- Academic integrity and plagiarism [icon-twitter-rounded.png] [icon-facebook-rounded.png] -- -- Protecting, developing and enhancing academic integrity in general is the second theme for action, with a particular focus to the issue of plagiarism. Higher education has indeed its own particularities and potential -- -- Another activity under this priority line would be the organisation of a specific seminar on plagiarism, which could be held in 2016. One possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes -- possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes towards plagiarism coexist in Europe and that approaches differ from one Member State to another. -- -- 2. Drafting of guidelines together with measurement indexes; 3. Promotion of capacity building in higher education institutions to evaluate plagiarism. -- -- + Programme of activities o Ethical behaviour of all actors in education o Academic integrity and plagiarism o Recognition of qualifications o Other activities #RSS 2.0 Thomas Lancaster » Feed Thomas Lancaster » Comments Feed Thomas Lancaster » Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 Comments Feed Contract Cheating – A Decade (Plus One) Of Contract Cheating Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 1 – Academic Integrity and Contract -- -- ____________________ Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 -- -- use a third party to have work completed for them. Sessions at the 2017 international conference on Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond ended up heavily focused on contract cheating. Having been part of contact cheating research since the term first formed part -- -- I’ve already shared my conference presentation on contract cheating in examinations and provided general collected thoughts about Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. -- -- 05 Emerging Issues In Contract Cheating Wider challenges surrounding educational integrity also influence how contract cheating practice could develop. These include traditional areas of student plagiarism, the use of translation and essay spinning software, as well as the risks posed by students using smart drugs. -- -- these posts are compiled, runs to nearly 8,000 words, so that just shows how much value there was in the presentations and discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. ← Next post Previous post → -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Please browse around the blog and the links, and feel free to leave your thoughts. -- -- Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: brno, conference, contract cheating, essay mills, plagiarism across europe and beyond, research Read 127 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:14 am […] This is Part 1 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 2 – Inside The Contract Cheating Industry | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:30 am […] This is Part 2 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 3 – Contract Cheating by Academics | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:31 am […] This is Part 3 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 4 – Detecting Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:43 am […] This is Part 4 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 5 – Emerging Issues in Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:54 am […] This is Part 5 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 6 – Which Students Are Contract Cheating And What Does This Mean For -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:18 pm […] This is Part 6 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 7 – Understanding Contract Cheating From The Student Viewpoint | Thomas -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:28 pm […] This is Part 7 (the final part) of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 | ContractCheating.com says: October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm -- -- October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm […] This blog post provides lots of details about contract cheating from discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. […] Leave a Reply Cancel reply -- -- Recent Posts * Student Plagiarism And How To Stop An International Problem – With A Focus On Kosovo -- A Focus On Kosovo * Emerging Issues In Plagiarism Prevention And Detection – My View From 2004 * Beyond Contract Cheating – Towards Academic Integrity -- -- Recommendations To Address Essay Mill Use – Video * Cutting The Costs Of Open Access Research * Plagiarism and Assessment * Examining The State of Academic Integrity in Europe – Recommendations From SEEPPAI this work is produced, it is a concern. Since contract cheating produces original work, this is unlikely to be picked up using standard text matching plagiarism detection services such as Turnitin. Some of the more interesting findings across our research have related -- -- Beyond this, there are parallels with the research into the anti-plagiarism fields, in particular looking at the policies, processes and penalties surrounding contract cheating, and how to write assignments to prevent contract cheating. The research I’ve been -- -- Feel free to contact me regarding contract cheating. I often deliver keynote talks, research seminars and training related to plagiarism and contract cheating. I’m happy to discuss the issues further, to assist with staff development and to support requests from the media. -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Much more information about what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. -- -- what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: contract cheating, plagiarism, robert clarke, thomas lancaster Read 8 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- March 28, 2017 at 7:03 am Dear professor My research subject is plagiarism. Since you coined the term contract cheating in 2006, would you mind clarifying how a “contarct cheater” is different from a “ghost writer”? -- -- https://t.co/rzBOjVHu5K 1 day ago * @DoctorMikeReddy I really can't remember the "gym analogy" from during my PhD years (2000-2003) when the plagiarism… https://t.co/pOKTEXmudT 1 day ago #Plagiarism.org RSS Feed IFRAME: https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NST4MH8 -- -- (BUTTON) Toggle navigation [p-dot-org-logo-1512156951.png] * Understanding Plagiarism * Preventing Plagiarism * Teaching about Plagiarism * Plagiarism Checking * Plagiarism Research * Plagiarism Policy ____________________ -- -- ____________________ European Responses to Student Plagiarism in Higher Education Irene Glendinning -- -- A significant amount of research has been undertaken in response to the recent flood of student plagiarism now being detected in higher education institutions (HEI). Based on deeper understanding of the underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for -- -- underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for strategies and systems for detection, penalties and mitigation of student plagiarism. So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from -- -- So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from English speaking countries, particularly the UK, North America and Australia. Their work has included research into plagiarism from students from other countries, including Sweden, Germany, Lithuania, Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of -- -- Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of countries in Europe is not well understood and there has not yet been a comparative study of plagiarism in HEIs across Europe. -- The IPPHEAE project (Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), -- Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), aims to plug the identified gap by focusing on plagiarism in European HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and -- -- HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and deterring plagiarism. Surveys are being conducted in HEIs at three levels: students, teaching staff and senior managers, to determine how well any procedures are understood, to what extent they are operating -- -- Where possible representatives from national quality agencies are being interviewed in order to gain overarching national perspectives on issues such as national policies and how plagiarism impacts on quality and standards. This dimension also provides a means of highlighting the importance of the research to people who can influence educational -- -- IPPHEAE project including an overview of in-depth institutional studies and interventions for reducing the number of incidences of student plagiarism. -- This paper was submitted to the International Integrity & Plagiarism Conference which ran between 2004-2014. The paper was peer reviewed by an independent editorial board and features in the conference (GO) GO UK leads Europe in the fight against plagiarism Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study -- -- integrity among students, a study has found. The analysis looked at factors such as universities’ use of plagiarism software, consistency of sanctions, transparency, training, efficacy of prevention policies and efforts to address the issue at a national -- -- countries, in most aspects,” said Irene Glendinning, academic manager for student experience at Coventry University and principal investigator on the Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe project. -- -- Ms Glendinning said that unlike in the UK, where efforts to prevent and detect plagiarism have been growing since 2001, in Spain students reported that tools to detect plagiarism were rarely used, and only one-third said there were policies for dealing with the problem. -- -- Ms Glendinning also acknowledged that the survey looked at policies and their implementation rather than the prevalence of plagiarism because, she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that -- she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of plagiarism around … but there are no statistics anywhere,” she said. Consistent recording would mean “we can have a handle on whether what we’re doing is actually having an effect”. -- -- and Cyprus. Among suggestions for the UK will be that the Quality Assurance Agency should, as part of existing audits, require institutions to explain their plagiarism policies and demonstrate their effectiveness and consistency. (GO) GO Plagiarism software can be beaten by simple tech tricks IT scholar says PDF tweaks allow students' copied work to evade -- -- Technological loopholes allow savvy students to beat academic plagiarism software, an IT expert has warned. -- -- James Heather, senior lecturer in computing at the University of Surrey, has revealed that plagiarism detection systems such as Turnitin that are routinely used by universities are open to simple cheats allowing students to evade detection when submitting copied material. -- -- But in a new paper, "Turnitoff: identifying and fixing a hole in current plagiarism detection software", Dr Heather reveals that beating the system is simple. -- -- "In their current incarnation, one can easily create a document that passes the plagiarism check regardless of how much copied material it contains. When there are loopholes that can be exploited, they give the operator a false assurance that a submission is original." -- -- The study, which appears in the journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, demonstrates ways in which students can modify plagiarised work to avoid detection. "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the -- -- "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the document, without affecting how the document looks and prints, then the software will not be able to identify any plagiarised material," Dr Heather writes. -- -- Students aware of this loophole could get around the system by converting a plagiarised essay to PDF format, he says, and then altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually -- -- altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually unaltered, extracts tested by the plagiarism software would be garbled, and so matches would not be detected. -- -- themselves. "If there is no text, then the plagiarism detection cannot function," the paper notes. -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests Read more -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests August 15, 2016 Universities seem to be struggling to catch up. The big concern is that bespoke essays, written to order, without being plagiarised themselves, are difficult if not impossible to detect. -- -- are difficult if not impossible to detect. Almost all universities use anti-plagiarism software, called Turnitin, which checks a submitted essay against published sources, looking for copied phrases. But this software will not raise suspicions about an -- -- * More oral presentations, sometimes called a viva * More exams * Almost all UK universities use anti-plagiarism software such as Turnitin. But software has little success in detecting a genuine bespoke essay -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism Officer Sarah Allen, at the UEA Business School, recently investigated a post-graduate student who submitted an excellent piece of work which stood out to the marker simply because it contained one Home Viewpoint: The spectre of plagiarism haunting Europe By Debora Weber-Wulff Professor of Media and Computing, University of -- -- A spectre is haunting Europe, and this time it is the spectre of plagiarism and scientific misconduct. Some high-profile politicians have had to resign in the last 18 months - but the revelations are also shaking respected European universities. -- -- Many European countries, especially Germany, have long considered it unnecessary to give plagiarism more than a cursory look. One trusts in the self-cleansing powers of science, end of story. -- -- Last February, a reviewer of German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's doctoral dissertation discovered and documented some plagiarised passages. When the papers pounced on this, zu Guttenberg denied any wrongdoing, -- -- That was not the end of it. Soon it was suspected that a major ex-politician's daughter was guilty of plagiarism in her dissertation, and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite -- and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite soon plagiarism was discovered in yet another dissertation, and it has not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. -- -- not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised... Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education -- -- Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education minister lasted just a week in office before having to step down, accused of plagiarising academic papers. Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the -- -- Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the Romanian prime minister of plagiarising part of his PhD. He denies wrongdoing and has been backed by a Research Ethics Council, but the accusations have now been upheld by two academic panels in Romania, -- -- The Hungarian president has already lost his doctorate and resigned on account of plagiarism, and the Russian Minister of Culture is facing accusations that 16 passages of his doctoral dissertation were copied from other sources. He denies the allegations. -- -- let them have their fun." However, it seems that the plague of plagiarism has also reached the level of the professorships in Germany. Those who are supposed to be teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last -- -- teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last month it was revealed that more than a third of a new book for law students on how to write papers properly was plagiarised, including liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. -- -- liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised. And just to show how contagious the disease is, the authors also cite zu Guttenberg's dissertation - albeit incorrectly. -- -- to the VroniPlag Wiki.) Image caption VroniPlag wiki uses coloured bands to show distribution of plagiarised content In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics -- -- In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics councils and there is a wide discussion of ethical practices. There are procedures in place for dealing with plagiarism. In Germany, though, professors wanting to address plagiarism are pretty much left to their own devices. They don't have much in the way of tools or formal procedures. -- -- procedures. There is so-called plagiarism detection software available that does find some plagiarism, especially word-for-word copies. These programmes do not find everything by a long shot, but German universities are currently rushing to purchase them. -- -- been officially declared to suffer only from "technical weaknesses". But people are speaking up, and plagiarism is being discussed in every university, even if many are unsure what to do. -- -- university, even if many are unsure what to do. Better education about plagiarism and good scientific practice is essential. -- -- years needs to be reviewed in order to identify weak points. However, there is currently no funding for such measures, so it's unclear whether German universities will really get serious about plagiarism, or keep muddling on. Entertainment & Arts Burt Bacharach calls for change in music plagiarism law * 3 August 2017 -- -- Veteran songwriter Burt Bacharach has called for a change in the law over music plagiarism. He said recent court cases - like the ones involving Blurred Lines and (BUTTON) More Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- Every now and then there is an outburst of concern about the curse of plagiarism in higher education. The Department for Education has indicated it is considering cracking down by not only fining, but also handing out criminal records, to students submitting commercially -- -- The targets of this mini crusade are essay mill websites, which market “original” professionally produced essays that allow students to circumvent their university’s plagiarism detection system. These paid-for essays allow students to buy a degree. -- -- But this is only a small part of the culture of cheating in higher education. A long time before the commercialisation of plagiarism, cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief -- cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief examiner for my department, I was shocked by the amount of plagiarised coursework brought to my attention. When I consulted colleagues at other universities it became evident that the problem was not confined -- -- rather than rich kids, was identified as the source of the problem. Academic discussions on plagiarism sometimes sought to deflect the problem by claiming that overseas students were disproportionately involved in copying. Some suggested they had come from different -- -- external to university life is driven by the institutional imperative to minimise the significance of this practice. All universities have policies on this problem; most have made plagiarism detection software available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the -- -- available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the problem – which is that plagiarism is not a technical issue but one that raises questions about the working of academic culture. -- -- that raises questions about the working of academic culture. Plagiarism is a mortal sin and last taboo – or is it? Read more -- -- them to embark on a quest for knowledge. But if higher education continues to treat students according to a business model it is only a matter of time before plagiarism loses its stigma. Topics -- -- Topics * Plagiarism * Higher education -- -- * Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers -- -- cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers Published: 9 Oct 2017 Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown * -- -- more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Plagiarism%2CEducation%2CHigh er+education%2CExams%2CTuition+fees%2CStudents] A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- headlines. With examples like these, what's so wrong with a bit of plagiarism? Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian -- -- Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian University and who had his book, Succeeding with Your Masters Dissertation, plagiarised by another lecturer on the web. -- "A lot of students think it is acceptable to copy or plagiarise somebody else's work because there's this idea that everyone is doing it anyway," he says. "It seems like it's not really a serious issue, -- -- but it is. If it's a minor case, you could end up losing marks on a dissertation or having to resit a module. If it's widespread and a student has been found to have plagiarised often, then the most extreme punishment they could face would be expulsion." -- -- easier to adopt someone else's work as your own. According to Biggam, the definition of plagiarism within an academic context is: "Where a student copies text verbatim without providing sufficient acknowledgement of the source, thereby giving the impression -- -- permanent record." Cole was lucky to get off relatively lightly. For others, plagiarising can spell the end of your degree – even if you are unwittingly involved. -- -- and the only marks it did give me were much lower than I'd anticipated. Then when I got home, there was a letter from the university saying that I was suspected of colluding with another student in plagiarism. I completely freaked out." -- -- behind my back was simply unbelievable. " If you are caught in serious and deliberate plagiarism, it could end up on your final academic transcript. If a potential employer asks to see your transcript as part of the selection process, you can probably say -- -- "It certainly wouldn't look good to a future employer if they knew you had engaged in plagiarism," Biggam says. -- But how can you avoid plagiarism, when part of the university learning process is to absorb expert theories and demonstrate your grasp of them by reproducing them in written work? -- -- At Glasgow Caledonian University, Biggam is testing the use of plagiarism detection software, called Turnitin, which monitors work for any copied phrases. "Often, it might be a genuine mistake – a student might simply forget to reference a quote or a source. In which case, a It was, says Hiscock, "the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across." He was so angry he wrote to Mail Online's editor, Martin Clarke, and to -- -- "sexually abused" by a magician during her eighth birthday party.' It is the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across and if it happens again I will take steps to ensure I am adequately compensated for the theft of my interview." -- -- * Greenslade * Plagiarism * Daily Mail * Martin Clarke Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- Compare Melania Trump’s speech with Michelle Obama’s 2008 address Republicans scrambled to prevent a plagiarism scandal from overshadowing the coronation of Donald Trump on Tuesday after his wife Melania borrowed large chunks of her opening night speech from Michelle -- -- As delegates prepared to formally offer Donald Trump the party’s presidential nomination on Tuesday evening, the plagiarism controversy reopened internal wounds and undermined his campaign’s attempts to present a more polished appearance ahead of November’s general -- -- election. A campaign source said responsibility for the plagiarism incident lay with a longtime aide to top Trump strategist Paul Manafort. The source said the aide had signed off on the speech and edited it. -- -- Online critics also highlighted a lighter hearted instance of apparent plagiarism, noting that Melania Trump’s claim that her husband “will never ever give up, and most importantly, he will never ever let you down,” echoed Rick Astley’s 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up – a song cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- Gill, five miles south-west of Newcastle, a narrow man with a curly mess of dark red hair. He’d just made a routine visit to the Facebook group Plagiarism Alerts. There, a woman named Kathy Figueroa had posted something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet -- something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet laureates has plagiarised a poem by Maya Angelou.” Lightman clicked the link. It led to a Canadian government webpage -- -- Rise. Incredible. But could it really be plagiarism? How likely was it that a poet laureate would steal anything at all, let alone a keystone work by a modern legend? How could he think he’d get away with that? Then -- -- uncomfortable and distressing experiences of my life”, admitting, “I have made several stupid mistakes during my time as a poet and there is simply no excuse for plagiarism.” But he also pushed back: “I have been bullied, victimised and abused by a number of ‘poets’ who thought it necessary to act like a lynch mob.” -- -- Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’m absolutely furious’: plagiarised poet Joan Johnston. Photograph: Gary Calton for the Guardian -- -- copy of A Particular Blue, so he could see for himself. “He returned both poems to me, having highlighted the changes Sheree had made, saying, ‘I don’t think it’s plagiarism. I think she’s taken your poem and made something new out of it.’ At which point, I went for another walk.” -- -- considerable distress.” Croft explained that he planned to pulp the remaining copies of Laventille and reprint a corrected version. “I do not believe that your accusations of plagiarism regarding Laventille are justified. But I am not prepared to have this beautiful and important book dirtied by the grubby little fingers of Pooterish -- -- broke/and threatening light/brought into the long night.” How close would two poems have to be for it to be plagiarism, I ask Croft. -- -- their name at the bottom, I’d say, why are you doing that?” And would it be plagiarism? “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying -- -- “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying my name is Will Storr. No, it’s not! You’d say that was stupid. You wouldn’t say I was plagiarising you.” *** -- -- Meanwhile, what of the Canadian mystery? Could former laureate DesRuisseaux really have blatantly plagiarised all those canonical poets? It seemed too mad to be true. When Lightman got hold of DesRuisseaux’s book Tranches De Vie, he found even more apparent -- -- findings to Éditions du Noiroît, who appeared to accept his verdict; in emails Lightman showed me, DesRuisseaux’s editor wrote that it was his first experience of plagiarism, and expressed regret at having to tell the poet’s family that he would have to remove the title from circulation. -- -- * Poetry * Plagiarism * Maya Angelou * features -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Poetry%2CPlagiarism%2CBooks%2 CMaya+Angelou] Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- The organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have unveiled a new official logo, seven months after being forced to scrap the previous design amid accusations of plagiarism. Selecting an emblem they hope will be simple, effective and most of all -- -- the Théâtre de Liège in Belgium. Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo scrapped after allegations of plagiarism Read more -- -- Japanese officials initially rejected accusations that Sano had plagiarised the image, which was based around a stylised capital T with a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied -- -- a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied plagiarism. But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings -- -- But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings to block Tokyo 2020 from using the image. Further allegations of plagiarism also emerged against Sano, including claims that his initial submission resembled a work by the late German typographer Jan Tschichold. -- -- + Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video 0:50 Published: 15 Jan 2016 -- -- 0:50 Published: 15 Jan 2016 Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video + Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Some four years ago I wrote about the strange case of a Canadian columnist accused of plagiarism. The Toronto-based Globe & Mail had found it necessary to add “clarifications” to articles written by Margaret Wente after complaints about her work. -- -- same structure, analogies, and phrasing in numerous instances.” In addition, the Canadaland news website, accused Wente of plagiarising “at least four times from three different publications... in addition -- “at least four times from three different publications... in addition to the two cases of plagiarism outlined in BuzzFeed Canada.” The first two instances, by Wainio and BuzzFeed, were addressed by the -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Media%2CPlagiarism%2CCanada%2 CNewspapers%2CAmericas] The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- Fresh evidence of Independent journalist Johann Hari's habit of alleged plagiarism has emerged from a lengthy interview with Afghan women's rights activist Malalai Joya in July 2009. -- -- * Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row Interviewer and columnist has been suspended for two months pending outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss -- -- outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss Published: 12 Jul 2011 Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row * -- -- Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Independent editor-in-chief defends columnist involved in 'politically motivated' plagiarism furore. By Josh Halliday Published: 29 Jun 2011 Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- The Orwell prize committee has accused Independent columnist Johann Hari of plagiarism over an article that won him the prestigious award in 2008. -- -- of contrition for the errors I made elsewhere, in my interviews." Hari apologised for plagiarising the work of others to improve interviews and for editing the Wikipedia entries of people he had clashed with, using the pseudonym David Rose, "in ways that were Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- [ ] Johann Hari has been writing for the Independent since 2002 but faced allegations of plagiarism last year. Photograph: Nick Harvey/WireImage -- -- Johann Hari, the journalist at the Independent who was suspended for plagiarism, has announced that he will not return to the newspaper. Hari had been undergoing retraining in the United States and was -- -- Independent editor Andreas Whittam Smith. The findings of the inquiry were not made public but the newspaper reported in September 2011 that Hari admitted the plagiarism allegations and would attend a journalism training course before returning to the paper. -- -- Blackhurst was asked several questions about Hari when he gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry into journalistic ethics earlier this month. "On the plagiarism, Johann genuinely believed he was doing nothing wrong. The fact that nobody complained, Johann did not believe he was doing anything wrong. His reputation has been very, very severely damaged; Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism David Batty -- -- [ ] Raj Persaud. Photograph: Andy Butterton/PA Britain's best-known psychiatrist today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and several articles he wrote for newspapers and medical journals. -- -- Raj Persaud, famous for his appearances alongside Richard and Judy on the This Morning sofa, also admitted to a General Medical Council (GMC) disciplinary hearing that his plagiarism was inappropriate and misleading. -- -- The psychiatrist, who used to present BBC Radio 4's All In The Mind programme, admitted plagiarising four articles for his book From The Edge Of The Couch published in 2003. -- -- He also admitted that four articles he wrote in 2005 contained passages plagiarised from an article and book by Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. -- -- University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. He also admitted using material plagiarised from an article by Professor Stephen Kant in a piece he wrote for the Independent in the same year. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. His book -- -- He said Persaud blamed subeditors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Blass complained about the article and was told, in an email -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." At the time the allegations of plagiarism first emerged two years ago, Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, a position he still holds. -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- In Britain it is left to individual institutions to develop their own plagiarism policies. But the QAA said it wanted a consistent approach among higher education providers to tackle the problem. It called on universities and colleges to record incidents of this and other kinds -- -- fix.” A Universities UK spokesperson said: “Universities take plagiarism and cheating extremely seriously. Submitting work written by someone else is cheating and devalues the efforts of students who work hard to -- -- * Higher education * Plagiarism * Jo Johnson * news -- -- more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- of the problem Published: 27 Feb 2017 Published: 27 Feb 2017 Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Higher+education%2CPlagiarism %2CEducation%2CUK+news%2CJo+Johnson%2CPolitics] Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students Gavin Haynes -- -- In the past few days, however, it is said that the master has become the pupil, as Dylan has been accused of plagiarism. Writer Ben Greenman was the first to blog about how he couldn’t find a quotation that Dylan had cited in Moby-Dick: “Some men who receive injuries are led to God, -- -- While universities habitually run students’ work through plagiarism-detection software such as TurnItIn, there is no such equivalent for Nobel prize speeches, assumed to be the moment at which an eminent economist, physician, writer or peace-maker has earned a few -- -- text, preferring that you “check your comprehension” against their interpretation. The company does, however, have advice on its website for avoiding plagiarism: “By citing words and ideas that came from our site or books (to see instructions on how to do that, see How to Cite This SparkNote within each study guide), or by putting your own spin on -- -- * Nobel prize in literature * Awards and prizes * Plagiarism * features -- -- [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Bob+Dylan%2CMusic%2CNobel+pri ze+in+literature%2CAwards+and+prizes%2CBooks%2CPlagiarism] * Education University students could be fined or handed criminal records for plagiarised essays, new proposals suggest -- -- University students who buy essays online face fines and a criminal record under plans to punish plagiarism being considered by the government. -- -- more than 100 online essay services are now in operation. Whilst universities already use complex anti-plagiarism software to detect the copying of academic texts, the process of contract cheating - students submitting paid-for essays as their own original work - -- -- Speaking to The Telegraph, Lord Storey, who is leading efforts to make the practice illegal, said that the consequences of plagiarism must be made clear, adding that many “rich students” are now effectively “paying their way” to a top honours degree. -- -- Leading academics are also in favour of a ban, with Professor Phil Newton and Michael Draper, leading experts on essay plagiarism, calling on the Government to tighten up the legal loopholes being exploited by professional writing services. 3. Education News £1,700 for a dissertation, but what's the real cost of plagiarism? As one ghost writing service sees an 80 per cent increase in sales in one -- -- It’s a heavy sum to pay for something that the majority of people - not to mention universities - would class as plagiarism. Yet Nemet is quick to separate his company from this accusation. -- -- Whether or not this is an easy way of passing responsibility on to the client, ghost writing – along with other forms of plagiarism – remains an issue at universities across Britain. -- -- declined by 60 per cent since 2005 While 2013 figures from plagiarism detection service, Turnitin, reveal that the number of serious cases has declined by 60 per cent since 2005, Phil Newton, superintendent of assessment at Swansea University, -- -- topic I had set. It really opened my eyes to the issue. “We regard [ghost writing] as plagiarism, pure and simple. It’s is a form of dishonesty, it’s a form of cheating, and where students are found guilty of it, there will be serious academic repercussions.” -- -- passing off work as their own. For students that are caught, there can be serious consequences, from the deduction of marks on an essay, to expulsion from the university. Even if the plagiarism is unintended, there may still be penalties. -- -- “The University also employs a series of sophisticated software applications to detect plagiarism in submitted examination work, both in terms of copying and collusion,” the spokesman adds. -- -- “It regularly monitors online essay banks, essay-writing services, and other potential sources of material. Anyone who submits plagiarised material as part of their course can expect to be dealt with severely.” -- -- ongoing advancements in technology – incorporating more sophisticated methods of detection – will continue to play a role in combating plagiarism; however, educating students should also help prevent the initial interest. -- -- where they are in their course. If they are in their final year, we regard that as much more serious, if they do it in their first year, they probably just need some advice on how to avoid plagiarism and what constitutes plagiarism. “I don’t condone it, but I can understand why a student who is 4. Health News 'Hero' GP suspended for plagiarising fellow doctor's work A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent -- -- A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent patients has been suspended for six months for plagiarising another doctor’s work. -- -- The General Medical Council heard that Dr Margaret Staley initially came under suspicion herself after computer anti-plagiarism software picked out striking similarities between a case study she had written and Dr Kumar's coursework. -- -- Dr Staley endured weeks of uncertainty before eventually being completely exonerated when it became clear she was the victim rather than the perpetrator of the plagiarism. Public school-educated Dr Kumar was hailed as a hero in 2009 after Johnson called it an “unacceptable and pernicious” practice, while universities will generally expel anybody they catch – though given the essays aren’t plagiarised, identifying a paid-for piece of work isn’t easy. Using an essay mill, on the other hand, very much is. * News Canadian poet laureate revealed to have plagiarised Maya Angelou, Tupac and others -- -- [tupac_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jp g?imwidth=450] The Canadian poet Pierre DesRuisseaux, who has been found to have plagiarised numerous poets, including Tupac Shakur * Telegraph Reporters -- -- Pierre DesRuisseaux, who died last year, served as the parliamentary poet laureate between 2009 and 2011, and has now been accused of plagiarising the work of up to 20 poets, among them world-famous names and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. -- -- and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- DesRuisseaux The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux Credit: Wayne Miller/Magnum/BBC -- -- The duplicity was unearthed by poet and literary sleuth Ira Lightman, a member of a Facebook group called Plagiarism Alerts, whose mission involves tracking down plagiarism in the poetry world. Lightman was tipped off by a Canadian poet named Kathy Figueroa, who -- -- But still, like dust, I'll rise." The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- by DesRuisseaux The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- -- Figueroa told Canada's CBC News that DesRuisseaux's widespread plagiarism came as a shock: "It was just mind-boggling, the audacity of someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." -- -- someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." Upon the discovery of the plagiarism, DesRuisseaux's Montreal-based publishers Éditions du Noroît pulled the book from shelves, while claiming that only between 50 and 100 copies of the book had actually show ad Last-ditch attack on Neil Gorsuch amid claims Supreme Court pick plagiarized academic papers in his book -- -- The White House punched back hard, and assembled its own team of experts to debunk claims that the writing constituted plagiarism. 'This false attack has been strongly refuted by highly-regarded -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' HARD FEELINGS: Democrats are furious that the Senate never scheduled a hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court -- -- hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court seat PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- “Each of the individual incidents constitutes a violation of academic ethics. I've never seen a college plagiarism code that this would not be in violation of,” said Syracuse University professor Rebecca Moore Howard. -- -- Howard. 'I would certainly call it plagiarism,” she added. At this late date, the information is likely to have little effect on show ad Tokyo 2020 gets new logo proposals after plagiarism scandal By Afp -- -- Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers said Tuesday they have received more than 14,500 suggestions for a new logo after the original choice was withdrawn because of a plagiarism scandal. The organising committee in August dropped the emblem put forward by -- -- The Tokyo committee has insisted the move to drop the original logo was not in response to the legal action. It said Sano, who denies plagiarism, asked that his design be withdrawn to avoid harming the Tokyo Games. show ad Monica Crowley out of Trump White House team after plagiarism revealed * Crowley is a syndicated talk show host who was set to takeover as -- -- administration after all. More than 50 charges of plagiarism, based on discoveries made by CNN's KFile division, led publisher HarperCollins to pull her 2012 book from its shelves last week. -- -- currently unavailable for purchase on Amazon. Crowley appears to have plagiarized large sections of the book, according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than -- according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than 50 examples of apparent plagiarism. Politico separately charged that her 2000 dissertation wasn't properly -- -- decision to suspend sales of her book. Crowley also faced plagiarism allegations in 1999 after a piece she wrote on the 25th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's resignation ran in The Wall Street Journal. -- -- article.' Crowley also plagiarized several sections of her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University, Politico Magazine said. The publication found more than a dozen instances in which Crowley appeared to lift from -- -- developer!' DID MONICA CROWLEY PLAGIARIZE THESE PASSAGES? Crowley's book -- -- Source: CNN Read more: * Trump pick Monica Crowley plagiarized multiple sources in 2012 book - CNNMoney -- - CNNMoney * Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation - POLITICO Magazine * Monica Crowley to forgo post in Trump White House - Washington 'Dishonest' TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud suspended after admitting plagiarism By Daily Mail Reporter -- -- 'The Panel has determined that a three-month period of suspension is sufficient to send out a signal to you, the profession and the public that plagiarism is unacceptable behaviour.' The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the -- -- The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, is now in tatters after he admitted plagiarism. Before the ruling, GMC members heard from some of Dr Persaud's -- -- proceedings.' He added: 'The panel has determined that your actions, in plagiarising the work of others, were liable to bring the profession into disrepute.' -- -- the doctor's book. He also said he had uncovered more examples of plagiarism in Dr Persaud's book after comparing passages in it with material on the internet. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- DEJA VU Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago -- -- Republicans candidate Fillon was still in the presidential race when he delivered the speech two weeks ago France election candidate Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarising speech The incident is bizarrely reminiscent of Melania Trump's July 2016 -- -- state. And the sight of her having to plagiarise a discredited rival’s words will come as a blow to her electoral ambitions. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- Under the bed bugs Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? -- -- Beedle The Bard. Why has Chris Riddell accused John Lewis of plagiarism? Chris Riddell believes there are many similarities between the two * Health News Fears of plagiarism crisis as probe finds foreign university students ‘cheats’ -- -- Updated: 6th April 2016, 8:55 am FOREIGN students are claimed to be fuelling a surge in plagiarism at British universities amid fears of a cheating crisis. / Sean Gallup/Getty Images Findings come months after The Times exposes 'plagiarism epidemic' among Britain's institutions -- -- Half of the nation’s university students are losing marks for not referencing their work correctly, according to a new survey into attitudes towards plagiarism. Citation tool RefME - which polled just under 2,900 of the country’s -- -- almost 80 per cent are worried about referencing correctly, while a majority of 71 per cent expressed concern about facing disciplinary actions for plagiarism. [GettyImages-170380536.jpg] Read more -- -- Read more Universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students cheat RefMe said: “This widespread concern over facing disciplinary actions -- -- ‘ghostwriter’ to complete their work for them constitutes academic misconduct, more than 20 per cent were unable to identify this as plagiarism. The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times -- -- The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed there to be a “plagiarism epidemic” among Britain’s universities with almost 50,000 students being caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- However, RefME said that, although its study unearthed some “concerning” statistics around plagiarism in academia, students are increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using -- -- increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using plagiarism tools prior to submitting. Tom Hatton, CEO and founder of RefME, described how, as a university -- -- “The hope is that we can look back at these numbers in a couple of years and see evidence that the sentiment towards plagiarism has changed.” * More about: -- -- * More about: * RefMe * plagiarism * University of Kent * University of Westminster 1. INDYSTUDENT UK universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students caught cheating over last 3 years -- -- The Independent Online Britain’s universities are said to be in the midst of a “plagiarism epidemic” after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed how almost 50,000 students were caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- of the student population, requests from 70 universities showed. 75 per cent of postgraduates found plagiarising at Queen Mary University of London were from abroad, including a third from China. -- -- One professor from the University of Buckingham told The Times “type-1 plagiarism,” copying and pasting, is decreasing because it’s “so easy to detect.” 1. INDYPULSE TV doctor Raj Persaud admits plagiarism * PA -- -- Indy/Life TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and articles he wrote. -- -- The doctor, who is famed for his regular appearances on daytime TV shows such as This Morning, admitted plagiarising four articles for his 2003 book 'From The Edge Of The Couch'. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. -- -- He said Dr Persaud blamed sub-editors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, USA, complained -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." The GMC panel heard that allegations of plagiarism against Dr Persaud were first made in a Sunday Times article published in April 2006. -- -- The article alleged that sections of Dr Persaud's book, published three years earlier, were plagiarised from academic articles. At the time Dr Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Mr Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Plan to prosecute firms who offer paid-for essays to students While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address ‘essay mills’ -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 -- -- The move is a response to mounting concern over the practice which allows students to circumvent their college’s plagiarism detection systems. The use of these services is not easily detected as software used by universities only detects where students have copied from -- -- Paid-for essays While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address the issue of so-called contact cheating or the use of paid-for essays. -- -- The QQI’s guidelines advise colleges that they “should have effective policies and procedures in place to prevent, detect, combat and deter plagiarism at all levels”. * Tackling teacher supply is complex - but we are making progress * Revenues crest €4m at top boys’ private school Glenstal Abbey -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, according to figures compiled by The Irish Times last year. -- -- Of those that did, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). The scale of detected issues is likely to be bigger at IT Tallaght as it has extensive detection policies. -- -- Online source The company insists it does not condone plagiarism, and says all “clients are expected to use and reference it as they would any other online source”. -- -- growing and it was typically completing roughly 350 projects a year. Mr Bruton’s spokesman said: “Plagiarism is currently subject to institutional disciplinary sanctions up to and including exclusion from the programme. -- -- offering the ‘service’ will not disclose it, those buying it will not, and there is no system-wide recording of detected instances of this or any other form of plagiarism”. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Essays for sale: a new wave of plagiarism Students who use online essay-writing services face sanction if caught. As -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Rigorous testing Would this essay be red-flagged for plagiarism? Colleges nowadays have access to a range of computer programmes, such as Turnitin and Safeassign, that test whether articles have been copied from other -- -- However, these programmes only work if they detect parts of the essay that exist elsewhere; they might not flag plagiarised content if they are custom-written pieces. -- -- To test the essay, we put it through Safeassign and it came back clean. But it’s not just the plagiarism-detection programmes: it has to get past the beady eye of a lecturer. We presented the essay to a number of lecturers in communications and media without telling them about its -- -- It’s difficult to say how commonly these services are being used, but colleges are increasingly aware of plagiarism on campus. There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being -- -- There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, and the numbers are on the rise (see panel). -- -- In the UK, some academics have warned that essay-writing services are behind an “epidemic” of plagiarism. Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected -- -- Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected plagiarism tends to involve students simply cutting and pasting in a section and putting inverted commas around it. -- -- section and putting inverted commas around it. “Students don’t realise that this is plagiarism, but these [essay-writing] services are blatant plagiarism,” he says. Trinity College Dublin’s education officer, Molly Kenny, said these -- -- reference it as they would any other online source,” she says. In the terms and conditions of the website they state they do not condone plagiarism. Foley says the site and demands for their services continue to grow. -- -- Glynn says this could be an option in Ireland: “I would endorse it if it came in here – enforcing it is the challenge – anything to discourage student plagiarism.” Students should be aware that using these services can be risky, -- -- the paper it’s written on. PLAGIARISM: A GROWING PROBLEM Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases -- Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases of students disciplined for plagiarism across the Irish higher-education sector. -- -- Of the colleges that supplied figures, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). -- -- Institute of Technology Tallaght has one of the most extensive approaches to dealing with plagiarism, involving a sliding case of penalties, ranging from written warnings to potential disqualification from the institution. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Plagiarism Sat, Mar 5, 2011, 00:00 -- -- Plagiarism: from Latin “plagiarius” (“kidnapper”), use pioneered by Roman poet Martial who complained that another poet had “kidnapped his verses”.– (Wikipedia) -- -- charismatic and aristocratic defence minister, key ally to Chancellor Angela Merkel, a shooting star brought down this week by claims that he had engaged in plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. The website GuttenPlag Wiki says it has detected plagiaristic “lifts” -- -- Coincidentally, a new anti-Gadafy front has opened up in the London School of Economics where the doctoral thesis written by his son Seif al-Islam is also being checked for plagiarism following complaints by online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, -- online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, plagiarism is claiming high-profile political casualties. Academics in Ireland worry at what they see as a serious cultural -- -- at the threat to the country’s ’s reputation as a source of quality research, the Royal Irish Academy in September urged new procedures to protect against falsification and plagiarism. -- A recent US survey in Education Week, cited by plagiarism.org, reports 54 per cent of student respondents admitting to plagiarising from the internet; 74 per cent, to “serious” cheating at least once in the past year; while half believed teachers sometimes chose to ignore cheating. -- -- And then, of course, there’s that truly scandalous hardy annual – claims of plagiarism in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year Denmark’s A Friend In Londonis accused. The melody of their New Tomorrowis apparently similar to Face 2 Faceby Future Trance United. was to be written in 4 weeks. All of the four websites guaranteed a money back scheme if the work does not achieve the grade and if the paper was accused of plagiarism then the customer would receive their money back. -- -- Latest figures from the BBC article reveal that half of Welsh universities have seen an increase in the number of plagiarism cases With students being targeted on social media through 'sponsored -- -- https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/essay-mills-university-co urse-work-to-order/2007934.article MORE:higher educationplagiarismcollege essaysessaysacademiawalescustom essays Credit Where It's Due - Why Are Half of UK Students Losing Marks for Plagiarism? * -- -- Photo by CollegeDegrees360 under a CC license We are in the grips of a 'plagiarism epidemic' according to The Times. An investigation conducted by the paper earlier this year revealed that 50,000 university students have been caught over the last three years, -- -- Further research published this month by RefME, a digital reference management tool for students, has found that 50% of students surveyed say they have lost marks due to plagiarism arising from inaccurate citations. -- -- citations. But plagiarism falls on a spectrum and shouldn't be confused with cheating. -- -- conventions and were unaware of resources available to help them. But regardless of whether plagiarism is deliberate (and often it is not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in -- not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in their adoption of plagiarism detection, with software such as Turnitin now used by the majority. Facing the risk of a damaged reputation, suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of -- -- suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of the students surveyed say that they worry about committing accidental plagiarism. While a minor infringement is more likely to result in lost marks than -- -- person's ideas begin and another's end. In the Twittersphere, for instance, ideas are endlessly retweeted and recycled. But digital tools also exist to prevent plagiarism. Using RefME, referencing can be as simple as scanning a barcode or -- -- student support, embedding academic writing skills more deeply into the curriculum and communicating expectations from the outset. But certainly, the majority of students do not intend to commit plagiarism. On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. -- On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. MORE:plagiarismuniversitiesstudentshigher education SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW Universities use expensive software designed to detect students who cheat, but Turnitin can only detect plagiarised work, not original work that has not been penned by the student. Thus, it is nigh on impossible to detect students who use professional essay-writing services. And, -- -- I would like to see action taken to stop degree ghost-writers in their tracks. Perhaps the industry should be regulated, forcing any ghost-written essay to be submitted by the seller to plagiarism detection sites so that should the student try to pass it off as their own, they will be caught. This won't stop the rogue sites, but at least -- -- ghost-write student essays. After all, I could end up having to mark my own essay one day. MORE:universitystudentscheatingplagiarismUniversitiescheating at examsghost-writing THE BLOG The Problem With Political Speeches Isn't Plagiarism, It's Platitudes * -- -- the road" and you've won political cliché bingo. As for plagiarism, how many different ways can you express those basic concepts in simple, accessible language to describe another person? Not many. It begins with "he/she believes..." and ends in simple -- -- Ms. Obama. Trump just had a lousy proofreader who failed to spot the direct similarities. If the nouns had been replaced by synonyms, verbs exchanged, the sequence of clauses varied... who would cry plagiarism? Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the -- -- Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the news media pounce on the plagiarism as opposed to criticising the fact Melania Trump avoided saying anything interesting about the man who would be king. -- -- Trump handles that issue, unlike the speeches, will be interesting to watch. MORE:Melania TrumpDonald TrumpplagiarismRepublican convention SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW POLITICS Home»Today's Stories Chair of institute has plagiarism ruling overturned Saturday, May 04, 2013 -- -- An external investigation has found that Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) chairman Flan Garvey committed unintentional plagiarism in a 2008 master’s thesis but this has been overturned on a technical appeal. -- -- The three academics appointed in December to probe a complaint by 26 ITT academics found plagiarism in two chapters of the thesis about his Co Clare parish. -- -- It has upheld the appeal on grounds relating to the understanding of the nature of plagiarism, in a report finalised this week and also seen by the Irish Examiner. -- -- by the Irish Examiner. It found that college rules around plagiarism were not clearly formulated or clearly communicated to postgraduate students. On that basis, it said, a finding of an award being unjustified would be unfair -- -- However, a source told the Irish Examiner that staff are baffled at the outcome and many believe it places a question mark over any previous cases of students sanctioned for plagiarism. -- Plagiarism finding After word-for-word comparisons with texts cited by the complainants, -- -- interspersed with occasional references to another. One section complained of in chapter 4 was found not to be plagiarism after the investigators were made aware of Mr Garvey’s contribution to the authorship of a local history pamphlet. more serious (getting someone else to do coursework). Plagiarism is the most widespread form, with 6% disclosing that they had passed off information copied from other sources as their own work, while 5% admitting that they have carried on writing once an 29 July 2013 Parasite journalism: is aggregation as bad as plagiarism? When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing -- -- When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing work, we call it plagiarism. But news organisations do the same, and call it aggregation. Sign up for our weekly email * -- -- any better. In my opinion, it happens all the time, it's just that people don't get caught very often. Johann Hari is the classic example - the only absolutely rock solid piece of plagiarism that could be pinned on him was a piece from a German newspaper article that he'd translated. -- -- copy of being free. In my opinion, some of this stuff is just as bad as plagiarism. Aggregators are parasites, only slightly more benign than plagiarists - and sooner or later, parasites kill the host. Someone has to actually Share on Reddit HomeOxford studentsAcademic mattersStudy guidanceStudy skills and trainingPlagiarism -- Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether -- -- full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or -- unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or reckless plagiarism is a disciplinary offence. Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been -- -- Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been developed to provide a useful overview of the issues surrounding plagiarism and practical ways to avoid it. The necessity to acknowledge others’ work or ideas applies not only to -- -- text, data, or other resources downloaded from websites. The best way of avoiding plagiarism is to learn and employ the principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your -- principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your university career. Avoiding plagiarism is not simply a matter of making sure your references are all correct, or changing enough words so the examiner will not notice your paraphrase; it is about deploying your -- -- academic skills to make your work as good as it can be. Forms of plagiarism Verbatim (word for word) quotation without clear acknowledgement -- -- Paraphrasing the work of others by altering a few words and changing their order, or by closely following the structure of their argument, is plagiarism if you do not give due acknowledgement to the author whose work you are using. -- -- doing so, than to paraphrase particular sections of his or her writing. This will ensure you have a genuine grasp of the argument and will avoid the difficulty of paraphrasing without plagiarising. You must also properly attribute all material you derive from lectures. -- -- University or elsewhere. Auto-plagiarism You must not submit work for assessment that you have already submitted (partially or in full), either for your current course or for another -- -- Where earlier work by you is citable, ie. it has already been published, you must reference it clearly. Identical pieces of work submitted concurrently will also be considered to be auto-plagiarism. -- Why does plagiarism matter? -- Plagiarism is a breach of academic integrity. It is a principle of intellectual honesty that all members of the academic community should acknowledge their debt to the originators of the ideas, words, and data -- -- which form the basis for their own work. Passing off another’s work as your own is not only poor scholarship, but also means that you have failed to complete the learning process. Plagiarism is unethical and can have serious consequences for your future career; it also undermines the standards of your institution and of the degrees it -- -- issues. Why should you avoid plagiarism? -- There are many reasons to avoid plagiarism. You have come to university to learn to know and speak your own mind, not merely to reproduce the opinions of others - at least not without attribution. At first it may -- -- independent one - by learning to assess critically the work of others, weigh up differing arguments and draw your own conclusions. Students who plagiarise undermine the ethos of academic scholarship while avoiding an essential part of the learning process. -- -- avoiding an essential part of the learning process. You should avoid plagiarism because you aspire to produce work of the highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear -- -- highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear of plagiarism. Moreover, you will reap the additional benefits of improvements to both the lucidity and quality of your writing. It is important to appreciate that mastery of the techniques of academic -- -- commitment to the principle of intellectual honesty in scholarship. What happens if you are thought to have plagiarised? -- The University regards plagiarism in examinations as a serious matter. Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of -- -- Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of the occurrence. Even if plagiarism is inadvertent, it can result in a penalty. The forms of plagiarism listed above are all potentially disciplinary offences in the context of formal assessment requirements. -- -- award’. Additionally, this includes the transfer and confirmation of status exercises undertaken by graduate students. Cases of suspected plagiarism in assessed work are investigated under the disciplinary regulations concerning conduct in examinations. Intentional plagiarism in this context means that you understood that you were breaching the regulations and did so intending to gain advantage in the examination. -- -- expected to have understood (even if you did not specifically consider it) that your work might breach the regulations, but you took no action to avoid doing so. Intentional or reckless plagiarism may incur severe penalties, including failure of your degree or expulsion from the university. -- -- university. If plagiarism is suspected in a piece of work submitted for assessment in an examination, the matter will be referred to the Proctors. They will thoroughly investigate the claim and call the student concerned -- -- refer the case to the Student Disciplinary Panel. If you are suspected of plagiarism your College Secretary/Academic Administrator and subject tutor will support you through the process and arrange for a member of Congregation to accompany you to all -- -- involve the use and discussion of material written by others, and, with due acknowledgement and proper referencing, this is clearly distinguishable from plagiarism. The knowledge in your discipline has developed cumulatively as a result of years of research, innovation and debate. You need to give credit to the authors of the ideas and -- -- Does this only matter in exams? Although plagiarism in weekly essays does not constitute a University disciplinary offence, it may well lead to College disciplinary measures. Persistent academic under-performance can even result in your -- -- Borrowing essays from other students to adapt and submit as your own is plagiarism, and will develop none of these necessary skills, holding back your academic development. Students who lend essays for this purpose are doing their peers no favours. -- -- purpose are doing their peers no favours. Unintentional plagiarism -- Not all cases of plagiarism arise from a deliberate intention to cheat. Sometimes students may omit to take down citation details when taking notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. -- -- notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. However, these excuses offer no sure protection against a charge of plagiarism. Even in cases where the plagiarism is found to have been neither intentional nor reckless, there may still be an academic penalty for poor practice. -- -- It is your responsibility to find out the prevailing referencing conventions in your discipline, to take adequate notes, and to avoid close paraphrasing. If you are offered induction sessions on plagiarism and study skills, you should attend. Together with the advice contained in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common -- -- in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common errors. If you are undertaking a project or dissertation you should ensure that you have information on plagiarism and collusion. If ever in doubt about referencing, paraphrasing or plagiarism, you have only to ask your tutor. -- -- to ask your tutor. Examples of plagiarism -- There are some helpful examples of plagiarism-by-paraphrase and you will also find extensive advice on the referencing and library skills pages. -- -- London Hanged, p. 213.] Plagiarised 1. Although they did not question the inegalitarian hierarchy of their -- -- of a submissive workforce. (This is a mixture of verbatim copying and acceptable paraphrase. Although only one phrase has been copied from the source, this would still count as plagiarism. The idea expressed in the first sentence has not been attributed at all, and the reference to ‘some historians’ in the second is insufficient. -- -- original.) Non-plagiarised 1. Peter Linebaugh argues that although highwaymen posed no overt -- -- Student conduct Related websites Online plagiarism course Policy on the use of third party proof-readers Related documents * Turnitin UK Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Turnitin FAQs * Plagiarism * Turnitin UK -- -- + Turnitin FAQs + Turnitin information for Faculties and Departments * What is plagiarism? * Information for staff * Resources and support -- -- Participation in a course at Cambridge is deemed as acceptance of the University's right to apply specialist software (like Turnitin) to your work for the purposes of plagiarism education and detection; the University's Statement on Plagiarism includes this consent. However, you do have the right to request that your work is not retained in the Turnitin UK database after it has been submitted. For -- -- be used as source material for future submissions; this will help to maximise the effectiveness of the software and to protect your work from future attempts to plagiarise it. However, you have the right to request that your work is removed from the database. This can only be done on an individual basis for each piece of work, and in some cases -- -- Q. I have been asked to attend an investigative meeting because Turnitin highlighted matched text, but I know I didn't plagiarise; what do I do? Firstly, don't panic; the meeting will be investigative, not -- -- Turnitin reports will be reviewed in detail in order to make an academic judgement on whether the matched text may be a result of plagiarism, or whether it may reflect commonly-used phrases or correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the -- -- correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the University's Definition of Plagiarism, plagiarism is the submission of someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to -- someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to deceive; this means that you have plagiarised even if you did it accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine -- accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine that the matches are the result of plagiarism, they then judge whether this is minor, or more serious/extensive. If it is minor, they may adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor -- -- adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor scholarship, so you will receive a lower mark than you otherwise would have, if you had referenced appropriately. If the plagiarism is more serious or extensive, they may deem that it merits disciplinary action. -- -- Turnitin UK, the University’s use of the software complies with this requirement. The University has identified ‘providers of anti-plagiarism software’ in its information to students as organisations with whom data may be shared. For more information about data protection and the way the University uses your data, see the -- -- Q. What support is available? If you have any queries about plagiarism or good academic practice, you should contact your Tutor or Director of Studies in the first instance. Our Resources and support pages may also be of help; these contain a * Home * What is plagiarism? -- Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- The University's definition of plagiarism -- * Plagiarism -- * What is plagiarism? + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Turnitin UK University-wide Statement on Plagiarism The General Board, with the agreement of the Board of Examinations and -- -- Departments. Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. It is both poor -- -- scholarship and a breach of academic integrity. Examples of plagiarism include copying (using another person's language and/or ideas as if they are a candidate's own), by: * quoting verbatim another person's work without due acknowledgement -- -- to a joint project. Plagiarism might also arise from colluding with another person, including another candidate, other than as permitted for joint project work (i.e. where collaboration is concealed or has been forbidden). A -- -- piece of written work. Plagiarism can occur in respect to all types of sources and media: * text, illustrations, musical quotations, mathematical derivations, computer code, etc; -- -- not referencing sources) in examinations or assessed work may affect the mark given to the candidate's work. In addition, suspected cases of the use of unfair means (of which plagiarism is one form) will be investigated and may be brought to one of the University's Courts. The Courts have wide powers to discipline those found guilty of using -- -- The University makes use of text-matching software for the purpose of plagiarism education and detection, and reserves the right to submit a candidate’s work to such a service. For this purpose, candidates consent to the submission of their papers to the service and for the -- -- No candidate shall make use of unfair means in any University examination. Unfair means shall include plagiarism* and, unless such possession is specifically authorized, the possession of any book, paper or other material relevant to the examination. No member of the -- -- (Statutes and Ordinances 2016, p. 191). * Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. -- -- known as Discipline Regulation 6. Proctorial Notice on plagiarism The Proctorial Notice for 2016 can be viewed on the Proctors' website. * Information for staff Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Forms of plagiarism and collusion -- * Plagiarism * Information for staff -- -- * Information for staff + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * What is plagiarism? * Resources and support * Turnitin UK -- -- * Turnitin UK This page outlines some common forms of plagiarism and collusion, and suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. -- -- suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. * Plagiarism in invigilated examinations * Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework * Collusion in dissertations and other assessed coursework __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in invigilated examinations Collusion (perhaps by candidates exchanging notes) is extremely rare in -- -- invigilated examinations; this is clearly an offence which would be reported immediately to the Proctors. The most common forms of plagiarism in invigilated exams are: Reproducing material committed to memory -- -- heart. Those brought up with rote learning often don't realise that reproducing such material in a written examination constitutes plagiarism if it is reproduced without attribution. In technical subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as -- -- subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as plagiarism. * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it -- * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it clear that plagiarism can occur in written examinations and explain how candidates should acknowledge sources in such examinations. Examiners are strongly advised to include an appropriate rubric on -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework There are numerous forms of assessed work which are not produced under -- -- strict examination conditions, including: dissertations, assessed essays, practical work, seminar-style presentations, and musical compositions. Cases of both plagiarism and collusion are regularly reported in these forms of assessment and some are taken to the Court of Discipline. -- -- of Discipline. 'Classic' plagiarism -- * Overview: plagiarism most commonly involves copying from the Internet, published works, lecture handouts or private communications. Work copied from the Internet can be detected by -- -- the requirements and explain that serious penalties can be imposed. In cases of supervised work, Supervisors are expected to play a role: the Proctors may ask why the plagiarism wasn’t detected before the work reached the Examiners. -- -- before the work reached the Examiners. Third-party plagiarism -- * Overview: a more troublesome form of plagiarism is the use of work commissioned from a third party. These may be purchased from organisations which supply dissertations and essays on a -- -- candidate normally submits. Review-section plagiarism -- * Overview: a common form of plagiarism, which is usually more or less innocent, occurs in review sections. A final-year dissertation may legitimately build on the work described in a dissertation -- -- permitted and what is not. Guidance on proofreading is available on the collusion pages of this website. * Treatment of cases: unlike cases of plagiarism, work produced by unauthorised collusion cannot be made good by proper attribution. The Board of Examinations has agreed that it is inappropriate to -- -- A copies from B without B's knowledge Strictly, this is plagiarism rather than collusion but plagiarism that cannot be made good by any form of attribution. It may be necessary to interview both A and B at an investigative meeting. If it is clear that -- -- This example is much like the former except that B may now be in trouble too. It should perhaps be regarded as a case of collusion rather than plagiarism. Again A should not be awarded any marks for the copied elements of the University of Birmingham Intranet > Academic Services > Student Services > Student Conduct > Plagiarism > Guidance for students -- Guidance on plagiarism for students -- In 'Plagiarism' -- * Plagiarism * Plagiarism awareness starting points * Guidance for students -- * Guidance for students * Plagiarism Information for staff * Interactive plagiarism course Back to 'Student Conduct' -- -- Back to 'Student Conduct' * Defining plagiarism * A student's responsibilities -- * A student's responsibilities * 'Accidental' plagiarism * Plagiarism-detecting software * How Schools deal with plagiarism * The Learning Agreement and plagiarism * Plagiarism and postgraduate study * Student background and plagiarism * Referral to College Misconduct Committee * Appealing the decision -- -- * Confidentiality Defining plagiarism -- Plagiarism is a form of cheating and is a serious academic offence. It arises where work submitted by a student is not their own and has been taken from another source. The original material is then hidden from -- -- or by not mentioning it at all. The most common forms of plagiarism are: * copying -- * copying * self-plagiarism (also called auto-plagiarism) * collusion * fabrication or misrepresentation -- -- * unacceptable proof-reading Plagiarism may occur in a number of other forms, as well as in conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the -- conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the plagiarism may arise from the misuse of sources outside the University. The key is proper attribution of source material. None of the -- -- activities listed above is, of itself, necessarily wrong. Plagiarism is a serious matter for the University. If not dealt with, it will ultimately devalue all University degrees to the detriment of both students and the University. It also introduces a fundamental and -- -- It should be clear from a consideration of these two key requirements why plagiarism is unacceptable. By definition, a piece of work that has been plagiarised will never be able to meet either of the above criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely -- -- criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely to be a problem with plagiarism. It is ironic that students sometimes seem to go to great lengths to -- -- in jeopardy. 'Accidental' plagiarism The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the -- -- The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the severe penalties that may be applied in cases of serious plagiarism, will be anxious to avoid inadvertently submitting plagiarised work. It is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography -- is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography and still commit plagiarism by then incorporating a significant amount of un-attributed material taken directly or indirectly (through paraphrasing) from that source into the body of the assignment. -- -- Above all, the student body is not a single grouping and the University is aware of the need for a sympathetic approach to plagiarism, particularly in the first year of undergraduate studies and where there is no conscious attempt by the student to deceive. However, this is not -- -- ensure that you have clear guidance on what is expected of you in terms of the referencing of source material. If you are worried about committing plagiarism, always seek help and advice from your tutor, supervisor or other academic advisor within your School. Members of staff are experienced in dealing with questions about proper -- -- * Endnote information and training Plagiarism-detecting software Schools are making use of software systems, in addition to the existing -- -- You should be assured that academic judgement is always brought into play when analysing the results. A School will not take action against you for plagiarism as a result of the findings of Turnitin unless it has looked very carefully at the report obtained from the software and assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will -- -- assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will be able to see the relevant report and to challenge the School's case if you are accused of plagiarism following a software-based analysis of your work. -- -- However, the University reserves the right to protect the academic integrity of its degree awards by whatever means available to it. This will benefit those students who did not plagiarise. -- How Schools deal with plagiarism This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: -- -- This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: * If an Academic Integrity Officer suspects that plagiarism may have occurred they will undertake an investigation which would normally involve considering any evidence. This may include a report -- -- the marker or invigilator; * If, following the investigation, the Academic Integrity Officer has a reasonable suspicion that plagiarism has occurred, they will invite you to respond to the allegation and you will be invited to a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); -- -- a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); * Following on from the meeting, the principal academic unit will determine the level of plagiarism (if any) that it believes has arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, -- arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, moderate plagiarism and serious plagiarism. -- The consequences of a finding that plagiarism has occurred in any of these above ways can be found under Section 6 of the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. -- -- on Academic Integrity. In cases where serious plagiarism is found, the matter will be dealt with under University Regulation Section 8 Student Conduct. -- -- You should consult the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. This provides detailed definitive information on how plagiarism is dealt with. -- -- with. The Learning Agreement and plagiarism This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for -- -- This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for your part, will not submit plagiarised work and that your School, for its part, will help and support you to avoid plagiarism. It is seen by the University as a helpful expression of good faith and intentions by both sides of the academic partnership involving you and the -- -- University. Plagiarism and postgraduate study Given that you are likely to hold a First Degree already, there is an -- -- You should be assured that your School will not, provided it is satisfied that there has not been a deliberate attempt to deceive, treat any instance of plagiarism in the early stage of your postgraduate career as a matter normally requiring the imposition of a penalty. However, you must quickly come to terms with the University's -- -- dissertation element of the programme. Student background and plagiarism The educational background of students may make unintentional -- -- The educational background of students may make unintentional plagiarism more likely. Given the diversity of student background in the University, previous experience of formal education in the UK cannot be assumed. The expectations of learning and the learning styles -- -- and circumstance, as well as by individual preferences. Student work that stays close to the original source and is therefore at risk of an allegation of plagiarism may, in some cases, be the result of: * past experience of what has proven to be successful in other academic contexts but which is now a liability to the student; -- -- The University accepts that one (or more) of the above factors may play a role in a case of alleged plagiarism. Each case will therefore be treated on its individual merits and taking account of all relevant circumstances. #University of Derby Blog » Feed University of Derby Blog » Comments Feed University of Derby Blog » How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? Comments Feed alternate alternate [tr?id=263182877367236&ev=PageView&noscript=1] -- -- + Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Home > Blog > How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? James Elander -- -- Student Life How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? -- Be it in music or writing, plagiarism – “stealing other’s ideas” – is a complicated and yet serious offence. So how can universities help students improve their writing and avoid it? Professor James Elander, Head of -- -- Psychological Research, gives his top tips. Plagiarism happens so quickly and easily in these days of ‘cut and paste’, multiple deadlines and pressure to produce excellent work. -- -- Universities, therefore, need active strategies to help students learn not to plagiarise, and one approach focuses on improving their ‘authorial identity’ – a concept I have developed with Derby PhD student Kevin Cheung, which centres on how writers see themselves as -- -- students to understand the values of integrity and transparency associated with academic writing and to write assignments without plagiarising. My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction -- -- My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction session about plagiarism. I asked myself, what is the opposite of plagiarism? Surely the answer to that is authorship and, if authorship is the desired outcome, what are the behavioural or psychological characteristics needed for students to achieve that? -- -- To qualify genuinely as the authors of their written work, students must understand the role of an author, and must be able to identify with that role. This protects them from accidental plagiarism, which often happens when students produce written work without being really in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for -- -- in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for several projects with different groups of colleagues to help students not to plagiarise. Supervised by myself and Ed Stupple in the Department of Psychology at -- -- with lecturers were used to get insights into what university lecturers think about authorial identity, and how we can get them more involved in helping students write better and avoid plagiarism. These showed that changing identity, or how one sees oneself, is -- -- When students were asked afterwards about these workshops, 86% agreed they helped them understand how to avoid plagiarism and 66% agreed they helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, -- -- helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, understanding of authorship and knowledge to avoid plagiarism. The changes were greatest for year one students, supporting the common -- -- It’s important that universities spend time speaking to their students about what plagiarism means and the impact it can have. However, rather than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like -- than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like we did, and discussing how to write assignments without plagiarising, is of much better value. -- -- We hope this research will help to guide future efforts to help students improve their writing and avoid plagiarism, and also give us a simple tool to measure how students’ change through taking part in those efforts. -- -- those efforts. Top tips to avoid plagiarism Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental -- -- Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental plagiarism. Some of these are related to the early stages of work on a written assignment: * Think about what your own position (opinion) is before you start -- -- * Put yourself in the role of the author. How to use quotations without plagiarising * Think about what point you are making with the quote; -- -- * #Derby * #higher education * #plagiarism * #Press * #psychology You are here: Home / Offices / Student and Academic Services / Exams and Assessment / Plagiarism and Collusion Info -- -- Info Plagiarism and Collusion -- * Plagiarism: Plagiarism is used as a general term to describe taking and using another’s thoughts and writings as one’s own. Plagiarism can occur not only in essays and dissertations, but also in scientific experimentation, diagrams, maps, fieldwork, computer -- -- the application of very severe penalties. Avoiding plagiarism and/or collusion -- Learning Development runs a workshop on avoiding plagiarism and has study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on -- study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on avoiding plagiarism. Your student handbook is also a useful resource for plagiarism avoidance and will set out your department's policy about identifying plagiarism. Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of -- -- Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of plagiarism and/or collusion Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Senate Regulation 11: Regulations governing -- -- Departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion: Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations -- -- Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations governing student discipline when investigating and considering allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in work that is not assessed by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of -- by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of the case by the department's Plagiarism Officer. -- Departmental level consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion may be followed by a hearing of a Student Discipline Panel if the severity of the offence or the complexity of the case deems it -- -- * See regulation 11.60 to 11.70 for full details of the University's procedures for departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in assessed work (excluding written examinations) -- -- assessed work (excluding written examinations) Departmental penalties for plagiarism/collusion: The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student -- -- The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student if he/she is found to have committed plagiarism/collusion are also defined in the regulations. A disciplinary panel has the power to impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. -- -- impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. * See regulation 11.71 to 11.75 for full details of departmental penalties for plagiarism and/or collusion (extract of regulations) Cheating in written examinations -- -- staff in your department (e.g. your Programme Director or Head of Department) without any delay if you are still unsure about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. Don't risk a penalty. * For departments: -- * For departments: Contact your Plagiarism Officer or the Secretary to the Senate Student Discipline Committee (qualoffice@le.ac.uk | x2605), for advice on the operation of Senate Regulation 11. -- -- o Undergraduate Progression and Award o Taught Postgraduate Progression and Award o Plagiarism and Collusion # Penalties o Student Results You are here Home » General Regulations » Plagiarism Sitemap -- -- + University Calendar + Academic credit system (ECTS) + Plagiarism * Course Documentation + Course handbooks -- -- * Sitemap Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is interpreted by the University as the act of presenting the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. -- -- the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. Plagiarism is considered as academically fraudulent, and an offence against University discipline. The University considers plagiarism to be a major offence, and subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- University. Visit http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism -- -- Template for Plagiarism Summary Procedure -- Calendar Statement on Plagiarism for Undergraduates - Part II, 82-91 -- Plagiarism 82 General -- -- and explicit manner, and with due acknowledgement. Plagiarism is the act of presenting the work or ideas of others as one's own, without due acknowledgement. -- one's own, without due acknowledgement. Plagiarism can arise from deliberate actions and also through careless thinking and/or methodology. The offence lies not in the attitude or intention of the perpetrator, but in the action and in its -- -- It is the responsibility of the author of any work to ensure that he/she does not commit plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered to be academically fraudulent, and an offence against academic integrity that is subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- procedures of the University. 83 Examples of Plagiarism Plagiarism can arise from actions such as: (a) copying another student's work; (b) enlisting another person or persons to complete an assignment on -- -- All the above serve only as examples and are not exhaustive. 84 Plagiarism in the context of group work Students should normally submit work done in co-operation with other students only when it is done with the full knowledge and permission of -- -- the lecturer concerned. Without this, submitting work which is the product of collusion with other students may be considered to be plagiarism. When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is -- -- When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is possible, that no work submitted by the group is plagiarised. -- 85 Self plagiarism student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one -- -- student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one assessment for credit is normally considered self-plagiarism. -- 86 Avoiding plagiarism Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice -- Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice from their lecturers, tutor or supervisor on avoiding plagiarism. All schools and departments must include, in their handbooks or other literature given to students, guidelines on the appropriate methodology -- -- for the kind of work that students will be expected to undertake. In addition, a general set of guidelines for students on avoiding plagiarism is available on http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism. -- 87 If plagiarism as referred to in §82 above is suspected, in the first instance, the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or their designate, will write to the student, and the student’s tutor -- -- 88 If the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or designate, forms the view that plagiarism has taken place, he/she must decide if the offence can be dealt with under the summary procedure set out below. In order for this summary procedure to be followed, all -- -- (a) Level 1: Student receives an informal verbal warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will be assessed and marked without penalty; -- -- (b) Level 2: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissable. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped -- not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped mark depending on the seriousness/extent of plagiarism; (c) Level 3: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. There is no opportunity for #RSS 2.0 RSS .92 Atom 0.3 Ninth Level Ireland » Plagiarism Comments Feed alternate alternate alternate -- -- Plagiarism -- Of plagiarism, little new can be written (Schwartz, The culture of the copy (1998), p. 311) -- -- “Plagiarism” is defined in various ways. The core meaning seems to be inappropriate copying of another’s ideas or expressions. An important analytical distinction is between: -- -- behaviour, whether acknowledged or not. There is no legal definition of plagiarism, though it forms part of many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often -- -- many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often described as “self-plagiarism”; and two students who hand in identical essays may both find themselves accused of plagiarism, even though the essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of -- essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of them. Many examples of plagiarism will also be examples of breach of intellectual property rights, such as copyright or droit moral / droit à la paternité. -- -- à la paternité. Objections to plagiarism are numerous, so much so that it may be doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much -- doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much that used to be called “cheating” is now labelled “plagiarism”, often confusingly. The attitude of the person whose work is copied is sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as -- -- sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as your own is objectionable whether or not the true author objects.) There is a modern tendency to define “plagiarism” quite broadly, in some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme -- -- some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme hostility to plagiarism (such as stating, inaccurately, that it is a form of theft) it can sound as if large portions of the student community are being accused of crime. -- -- community are being accused of crime. Many argue that there is now a crisis of plagiarism, even a war against plagiarism. Of course, it has always been the case that some students look for illegitimate short cuts to achieving their qualifications. Various factors are blamed for the modern “crisis”: the growth of IT -- -- for intellectual development, not an occasion for open warfare between students and their teachers; the crisis, if there is one, is not so much a “crisis of plagiarism” as a crisis of how to test core competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. -- -- competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. The very difficulties experienced in trying to define plagiarism are evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how -- evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how it is to be established; further, those who condemn “plagiarism” the loudest often seem to have a quite unrealistic idea of the level of originality that can be expected at student level. -- -- originality that can be expected at student level. Plagiarism by academics is not so much discussed, though there is a general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. -- -- general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. “Persaud’s plagiarism was dishonesty, rules medical council”). It may, as in Raj Persaud’s case, come to the attention of a relevant professional body; or it might be a matter of university internal -- -- It is in this academic context that there are complaints of self-plagiarism, that academics are accused of reproducing their own work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether -- work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether “self-plagiarism” is really the right term may be doubted. Artificially padding one’s c.v. by submitting the same article to more than one journal is certainly reprehensible, and may in some circumstances even -- -- publications. Plagiarism by students, by contrast, has become a major preoccupation of universities. The rise of IT and access to online information, which has coincided with a greater emphasis on marked coursework rather than -- -- that the material could quite properly be included in a legitimate piece of writing, if referenced in the appropriate way. Any detailed university policy on plagiarism must necessarily distinguish between disciplines, as each discipline has its own nuanced attitude to materials that may be cited and how they may be used in argument. But -- -- equally, a failure to abide by a discipline’s rules is only culpable if those rules are understood – which leads many to suspect that rampant plagiarism really represents a teaching failure, such that the rules have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. -- -- have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. Many say, then, that plagiarism is to a certain extent a cultural problem. Does this mean that it is particularly a difficulty with students whose native language is not English? Some argue precisely -- -- of suspicion that is not applied to home students. There is little incentive for non-English speakers to improve their grasp of the language if they are met with “S/He must have plagiarised, s/he doesn’t speak English that well!”. If the local attitude to plagiarism is not well understood by foreign students, then presumably at least some of the blame lies with their teachers, and so a harsh response is not -- -- If there is a cultural problem, then, it is equally to do with domestic students. Academic horror at plagiarism reflects a set of value-judgments that students do not necessarily share, and the academics’ version of what their students are supposed to be doing -- -- achieve any level of expressive freedom. Constrained by an overwhelming consensus over the ‘facts’ and established modes of knowing, students may almost be forced to plagiarise. To devise a way to operate within a disciplinary context, without plagiarising, may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – -- may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – meaning, plagiarism and power, 2006) -- (See also Bill Marsh, Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education, 2007.) -- -- make no sense to be told that a failure to paraphrase counts as dishonesty. For discussion see “It’s culture, not morality”; “Using assessment on the front-line in the battle against plagiarism”. Academic conventions in these matters are framed on an assumption that -- -- dealing with intellectual problems is to find someone who has solved the problem before and to copy their work. (Without this skill, indeed, most university plagiarism policies would never have seen the light of day.) There are indeed other skills which university degrees must teach, and there are also behaviours which must be identified as -- -- required. As it is, plagiarism is increasingly being seen as a disciplinary matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an -- -- matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an unfortunate tendency both to define plagiarism broadly (as including any failure to follow established citation conventions, even if there is no attempt to claim originality for the cited material), coupled -- -- cheats off hook”; “‘Plagiarist’ to sue university”. Much attention has been focussed on plagiarism detection software (notably TURNITIN (website¦wikipedia)), which can take some of the drudgery out of identifying copied passages, and can be a useful -- -- o Irish Law Blogs o Overpayments o Plagiarism o Quality assurance o Tenure o Sample Dissertation o Sample Dissertation Proposal Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- + Referencing + Help Guides + Plagiarism Checker + Exam Revision Guides + -- -- o PhD Help Guides o Guide to Writing an Essay Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- * Call us What plagiarism is and how to avoid it One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of -- -- One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of study is that you must not plagiarise. If this is told to you early in your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there -- -- your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there are many different definitions of plagiarism. -- Plagiarism is stealing! -- This is the simplest way to explain plagiarism, it is stealing. What's more, it's stealing of the worst kind because it's taking another's idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. -- -- idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. Schools, colleges, and universities levy severe punishments on any student caught plagiarising and, in professional life, you would be prosecuted for it - plagiarism is illegal! -- The Internet and plagiarism: The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much -- -- The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much easier to plagiarise, but it has also made it easier to detect since most schools, colleges, and universities automatically scan work against millions of other sources to try and discover whether or not a -- -- teachers - they were students once themselves and during their careers have probably encountered every trick in the book! Therefore, make no mistake about it, if you deliberately plagiarise, you will be caught. -- Accidental plagiarism: -- Usually, however, a student is not guilty of direct plagiarism but plagiarising by accident. Unfortunately, it is too easy to do this when you are carrying out extensive research. Writing notes will, undoubtedly, incorporate the ideas of others alongside your own as this -- -- over an extended period of time (as with a thesis or dissertation), then it is easy to forget where your ideas end and another's begin. This is where accidental plagiarism can easily occur. -- How to avoid plagiarism: -- A very good way to avoid accidental plagiarism is to carefully record every single reference you make in your notes and put them into a list at the end of each referencing session that you carry out. It is also -- -- it) in the referencing style required by your school, college, or university. Not only will this help you to avoid an accusation of plagiarism, it will also enable you to grow accustomed to the required referencing style of your academic institution. This way of working will also allow your reference list and/or bibliography to evolve over -- -- footnote/bibliography style (employed by referencing styles such as Oxford). It is important to get this right because, like accidental plagiarism, getting it wrong will harm your academic career. Referencing and Citation Links -- -- of misuse. It is how you use these 'model answers' that makes the difference between availing yourself of a valuable academic resource and plagiarising. The best way to use a 'model answer' from a custom essay writing -- -- website is to think of the resource as you would a book i.e. make notes from it. Some of the key points you might take as a model without plagiarising are: * Structuring * Use of evidence -- -- Do not copy any words down from sources exactly as they are written unless you intend to cite them correctly within your work, otherwise you will be plagiarising. -- The good news is that nobody could, or should, accuse you of plagiarism if you simply use a source to aid your own quality of work. You are, after all, expected to research your topic, you just need to ensure you -- -- of others. Another frustrating form of accidental plagiarism can occur when you genuinely thought an idea was your own but later find that it is replicated in a book, journal, or other resource. The only way to avoid -- -- work such like a Masters or doctoral theses. Plagiarise and you're the one who suffers: -- Remember that plagiarism is a crime and that, like all forms of cheating, it ultimately harms no-one more than it does you. The best way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. -- -- way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. Does buying an essay count as plagiarism? If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this -- -- If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this constitute as plagiarism? The act of buying the essay is perfectly legitimate. You're allowed to -- -- answer or journal article you're given to look at. If you copy the essay word for word, reorganise sections or hand it in as your own, you'll be conducting plagiarism. 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Even if a plagiarist takes the words of someone else who had written and passes -- -- creation, the fruit of the writer's hard work. As we know when we enter a word "plagiarism" in Internet we find almost 100,000 links to know the purpose of plagiarism, is a severe issue for writers, lawyers, authors, publishers, teachers, and students. Why should students think about? So what happens if a student downloads a -- -- piece of writing and hands it inside the same as his or her own. What is plagiarism? -- The word plagiarism must be important because it can change ones future and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good -- -- and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good intentions of doing it and not plagiarizing, but at times they get so besieged with the assignment leads to plagiarize. -- Defining plagiarism Definitions may be different but the central theme is copying from -- -- act of lying, cheating, and stealing." At UNC, plagiarism is "the deliberate or reckless representation of another's word, thoughts, or ideas as one's own without attribution about submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise." -- -- (Instrument of Student Judicial Governance,) Because it is considered a form of cheating, the Office of the Dean of Students can punish students who plagiarize with course failure and suspension. -- The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the act of plagiarism as:"To steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". -- steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". Plagiarism is "a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work." -- -- 2. Results or findings Cost of plagiarism The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of -- -- The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of intellectual creation of mind is illegal according to the intellectual property law. The plagiarism laws are there to protect the intellectual ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught -- ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught in plagiarizing, not only you will be removed from course and institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students -- institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students in the UK were expelled in 2007 for plagiarism offences". (2) -- Forms of plagiarism -- On purpose plagiarism: it states that using of someone's work for time since his/her own work -- -- If once tutor started reading the task and ends that you have just copied from a book which I have already read it earlier. This type of plagiarism can be done on purpose and it will not work. Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we -- -- Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we read more books and form points and patch them together could be easily detectable, unfair and can be Accomplice by online plagiarism Bluffing: Reading texts, picking few phrases and writing them different -- -- Stitching sources: when complete task is mentioned correctly and cited even then student needs to develop analytical skills because they need to produce work truly as their own. So this is still plagiarism due to inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of -- inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of plagiarism. -- All these types of plagiarism should be avoided at all cost lesser or greater. -- -- Methods of awareness: Why student committed to plagiarism: Many of the students are committed plagiarism because of improper time management or fear about the language and writing skills, poor knowledge regarding the subject. Some of us having thrill about breaking the rules and unawareness towards -- -- the assignments and most of them causes by laziness. Educate you self about plagiarism: Copying a text from the Internet or online or e database will have the important text and type of cite that we are using for academic research papers that are estimated. If you -- -- leads to a high standard than the conclusion and introduction, because the introduction and conclusion are frequently written by a student. Improper citation is also Leads to plagiarism because of some students copy the text from Internet and shows the matter into quotations by giving wrong references. -- -- Before to start working with assignments first find the appropriate source for referencing and arrange the matter according to the way that you studied. Other method is to detect the plagiarism by some software's that are available to detect. -- -- location where you copied. How to avoid plagiarism: -- Plagiarism is avoided by the following four methods. They are, Effective note taking habits, before you start doing assignment write -- -- 4. Conclusion and recommendation As stated that plagiarism is a rising problem in schools, colleges and universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. -- universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. "It is true plagiarism is sometimes ignored by academic institutions because students mean money and in the current financial climate, -- because students mean money and in the current financial climate, no-one wants to lose students". This doesn't mean that plagiarism is okay even your academic body doesn't understand it. Plagiarism finally states never fool yourself. -- -- states never fool yourself. The fear of plagiarism is that need to understand the difference among discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. It is -- discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. It is possible to avoid plagiarism by using resources effectively like use of tutor's, presentations, reading essays and textbooks and Internet. -- -- Cheating is not crime However, you should be conscious when caught in plagiarizing ultimately, no-one gains from it because it would be worthless of the belief in academic institution. -- -- + Study Guides * Part of All Answers Ltd + Viper the anti-plagiarism checker + Law Teacher Logo + Academic Knowledge Logo Q. It is often claimed that companies like yours encourage cheating. How do you respond? Q. How do I know that the work you provide hasn’t been plagiarised? Q. How should I use the model essay I order from you? Q. 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The editors of targeted publications are in some ways more obviously victims than the poets plagiarised. My first reaction was: what a dim thing to do these days. The tracking -- -- learn such a thing than to find out whether a particular poem has been published under more than one author’s name. It took me slightly longer to see why this response felt so off the mark. But of course plagiarism isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve -- isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve watched someone else go through. Defining plagiarism is trickier than you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other -- you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other kinds of copying (allusion, quotation) fairly easily: it’s plagiarism if the copyist hopes no one will notice. -- -- before he had the pleasure of pointing it out to me. This is probably relatively common, conscious or not. Still, I can’t bring myself to really care. Plagiarism has always seemed to me more pathetic than criminal. Log in to Reply -- -- 2. Timothy Rogers says: 13 June 2013 at 6:53 pm There’s a humorous side to plagiarized poetry, especially when it can be tied into the follies (or impostures) of youth. Here’s an illustrative story. When I was in the ninth grade in 1963 our #UK Human Rights Blog » Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Comments Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste Comments Feed Bipolar patient has capacity to decide to terminate pregnancy Right to Blog, Lord Chancellor’s Legacy and -- -- May 26, 2013 by David Hart QC Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste CutandPaste Crinion v. IG Markets [2013] EWCA (Civ) 587 read judgment -- -- Mr Mustafa, the Masters student at QMC in the second case, did rather less well; he tried to get a finding of plagiarism reversed by the Independent Adjudicator. 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Lofthouse Jnr. | May 26, 2013 at 3:46 pm Allegations of academic plagiarism tend to involve lecturers running essays through SEO tools like -- running essays through SEO tools like http://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ but these rely on other content being posted on the internet (like the ‘dodgy dossier’ was) #Sunfish » Feed Sunfish » Comments Feed Sunfish » Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Comments Feed 99 Outrageously Simple Openings For Emails Your Reader Will Be Powerless To Resist 12 steps to saying sorry -- -- * Contact us Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook -- -- Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook Plagiarism. For us writers, it’s an ugly word. -- -- joy, obviously. But is it really plagiarism? And what is plagiarism anyway? -- Plagiarism is an ethical offence, not a legal one -- I defer, as usual to the OED, which defines plagiarism thus: To take, use and/or pass off the thoughts, writings, inventions etc of -- -- Notice that it doesn’t say ‘copy’. Nor is the offence reserved exclusively for taking writing. You can plagiarise someone else’s ideas. -- -- ideas. Plagiarism is also an ethical offence, not a legal one. There is no legal remedy. -- -- I found myself in this unwelcome situation recently (of the plagiarised, I mean). I clicked a link in a fellow copywriter’s tweet to a blog post whose -- -- content, style, tone and, in some cases, entire phrases, of my post. So, it passed the first part of the plagiarism test. It took my ideas and writings. -- -- In this particular case I didn’t feel my reputation or commercial fortunes were damaged by the plagiarism. I had very little to gain for seeking any sort of remedy. And, to be -- -- But what about if it happens to you? What then? 15 steps you should take if you think you’ve been plagiarised Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a -- -- Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a potential act of plagiarism. First, get answers to these seven questions: -- -- To what extent? 6 Are you being damaged in any way by the plagiarism (other than wounded pride)? -- -- The more times you answer yes, the more likely the act is to be plagiarism. Let’s say you feel you have a case to make. Here are the eight steps -- -- Post Comment 1. Good advice. I once plagiarised an article without realising it. I published a press release, which I assumed to be public domain. It turned out that the PR person who had written the press release #RSS Feed Plagiarism Checker | WriteCheck by Turnitin * Features -- -- Get Started Now! Plagiarism in the UK In the United Kingdom, the Channel 4 news program Dispatches aired a -- -- Though much of the segment focused on cheating on standardized tests, the network used Freedom of Information requests to also gain access to statistics on plagiarism at universities in the country. According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been -- -- According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been accused of plagiarism in the past four years, of which some 40,000 were disciplined. Of those disciplined, 400 were expelled (excluded) and another 12,000 had a deduction in their grades. -- -- Those statistics are interesting for a variety of reasons. First is that, while the majority of plagiarism cases did result in disciplinary action, a full third did not. How many of these cases were because of the student being exonerated versus a decision that it didn’t warrant -- -- Still, this means that, in the UK at least, punishment for an alleged plagiarism infraction is far from automatic, resulting in a punishment rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of -- rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of plagiarism, they are more favorable than those faced by those accused of actual crimes. District attorneys in the United States, for example, routinely see conviction rates well above 90%. -- -- It’s also worth noting that only one fifth of the students accused of plagiarism suffered a reduction in their grades and only .6% of all students accused of plagiarism were expelled. This means that, in the UK, an allegation of plagiarism does not automatically mean a grade reduction, much less an expulsion. Those are actually very unlikely outcomes. -- -- However, perhaps most interesting is that the number of students accused of plagiarism is significantly smaller than the number who likely actually do it. A recent survey of college students in the U.S. showed that 38% of undergraduates and 25% of graduates admitted to -- -- While the United States is a different country, even if the UK rate of plagiarism is just 20% that means the vast majority of students who plagiarized never even faced an accusation. This is because there are approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means -- approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means approximately 2.6% were accused of plagiarism. That number, 2.6%, feels both extraordinarily high and extraordinarily -- -- low at the same time. On one hand, it’s stunning to think that, on average, in every class of 38 students, one will face allegations of plagiarism. On the other hand, given the high rate of admitted plagiarism, it means that the amount detected truly is just the tip of the iceberg. -- -- More than anything, the Channel 4 report shows just how complex the problem of plagiarism in universities is and. more importantly, how deep the issue runs. -- -- Fortunately, while there are no easy solutions to this problem, universities in the UK have made great strides in the fight. Not only have they adopted plagiarism policies and the use of plagiarism-detection software nationwide, but they’ve nearly cut in half the number of papers with high similarity rates turned in over the first 10 years of the program. -- -- first 10 years of the program. Still, as these statistics show, the battle against plagiarism is not a sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but -- -- sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but all areas of plagiarism policy. Further, it requires regular analysis to ensure that it’s working as designed so that adjustments can be made as time goes on. -- -- Fortunately, that is what the UK is doing and that’s why we have such powerful statistics from it. That data, in the end, is powerful and, as shown above, indicates the UK is turning the tide against plagiarism, even if there is still much work to be done. -- -- The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today, and do not reflect the opinions of WriteCheck. -- WriteCheck. 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Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, -- -- activities. Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, there is also evidence that a generation brought up using the Internet has very different views on what constitutes ‘plagiarism’. -- Plagiarism is usually seen as being ‘wrong’, ‘immoral’ or at least undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the -- -- undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the learning process. Furthermore, ‘plagiarism’ should not be confused with ‘copyright’, as what may be plagiarism is not necessarily copyright infringement. Thus while plagiarism is often ‘unlawful’ it may not always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute -- always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute ‘plagiarism’, such as the improper referencing of sources in student essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for -- -- essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for plagiarism, and the academic and professional penalties that can be imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. -- -- imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. SECTION ONE – TYPES OF PLAGIARISM Definitions -- -- Definitions The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines ‘plagiarism’ as ‘to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: to use (another's production) without crediting the source: to commit literary -- -- The word ‘plagiarist’ is derived from the Latin word ‘plagiarus’, meaning, ‘kidnapper’^3. Yet as we shall see, plagiarism does not need to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans -- to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans points out: ‘Everyone seems to know [plagiarism] is wrong... but few know how to completely define it’^4. -- -- know how to completely define it’^4. Oxford University states that plagiarism is ‘the copying or paraphrasing of other people’s work or ideas into your own work without full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. -- -- full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. It also includes ‘collusion’, i.e. the unauthorised working with others. The university states that students may be guilty of plagiarism even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This -- even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This suggests that ‘plagiarism’ is an all-embracing term that covers a huge variety of activities. -- -- variety of activities. Types of plagiarism The Harvard Guide to Using Sources^7 provides useful examples of -- -- unacceptable conduct. Many of these involve the practice of ‘cutting and pasting’ from electronic sources such as the Internet^8. The Guide divides plagiarisms into several different types. -- The first is ‘Verbatim plagiarism’. This is word for word copying from another source without placing the copied text in quotation marks and providing a clear citation, i.e. an acknowledgement of where the -- -- material came from. Another category is ‘Mosaic plagiarism’^9. This involves copying parts of another’s material but changing a few words here and there without placing the material in quotes or providing a citation. The Guide -- -- An example can be found in How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, an unpublished novel Kaavya Viswanathan, which was found to contain numerous instances of plagiarism, notably from two previously published books by author Megan McCafferty^10. -- -- first in a long string of boyfriends got on.’^12 Here, mosaic plagiarism can be seen in the way certain words are changed while others are left unaltered. The result is very close to the original in its expression. -- -- the original in its expression. ‘Inadequate paraphrasing’ is a similar type of plagiarism where the student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a -- -- student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a citation, this is not enough to prevent plagiarism. The new passage must instead restate the original work using completely new words. The Guide suggests that students should make accurate notes of the original -- -- citation immediately afterwards^15. Other types of plagiarism can include providing inaccurate information about the sources in citations and using too many sources without enough interconnecting original material, with the result that the -- -- paper contains almost no original work^16. Another type of plagiarism is ‘self-plagiarism’. This is a practice mainly found among academics where the author recycles their own work, ‘dressing up’ old research to make it appear original and new^17, and -- -- Problems with definitions However, though examples of plagiarism are numerous, there is much disagreement about when the rules should apply. -- -- topics which a first year undergraduate may be ignorant of. Similarly, arts students tend to cite things differently than science students^19. This undermines any solid definitions of plagiarism. -- Another problem when defining plagiarism is that educational institutions’ plagiarism policies tend to give students more leeway in examinations. For instance, Yale College’s plagiarism guide states that for its purposes the term ‘plagiarism’ will be usually confined to coursework only^20. -- -- Administrators (an advisory body for institutions providing writing programs) takes the view that institutions should treat intentional and unintentional plagiarism differently^21. They state that if a student tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be -- -- tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be classed as ‘plagiarism’^22. In fact, they regard it as part of the natural learning process for students. They also state that using ‘common knowledge’ is acceptable. However this again does not address -- -- acknowledgment^24. This definition appears self-contradictory, as it recognizes that some institutions and even academic programmes define ‘plagiarism’ differently. What use then is the definition? Such definitions are unhelpful and serve only to confuse the issue. -- -- is part of the learning process, where students assimilate phrases, terminology and ideas to gain understanding of a particular subject. However she states that this is still plagiarism, regardless of whether the student acknowledges their sources^26. -- -- If that wasn’t enough for the student to contend with, there is evidence to suggest that the present generation of students views ‘plagiarism’ differently from previous generations. In American colleges 68% of all students admit cutting and pasting from the Internet without giving acknowledgments^27. Blum suggests that this -- -- forms part of a cultural pattern. McCabe and Trevino also note that this ‘may be due to a changing definition among students of what constitutes plagiarism’, particularly when it comes it paraphrasing^28. Blum says: ‘Contemporary students are swimming in a sea of texts’^29. -- -- Contrasted to this, the academic world has strict rules on referencing even when direct quotations are not used. This may explain the rise in the amount of plagiarism seen in colleges and universities recently. Conclusion -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. It can encompass a wide variety of activities, not all of which involve professional ‘cheating’. Unintentional plagiarism can also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as -- -- also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as ‘plagiarism’. A problem for students is that some disciplines and forms of assessment are more stringent than others. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot -- -- some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot when they are plagiarizing another’s work. -- Copyright symbol SECTION TWO – Plagiarism v Copyright UK law -- -- to exploit a work^30. The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) governs UK copyright law. One of the main differences between copyright and plagiarism is that copyright generally does not protect ideas, only the expression of those ideas. However this distinction is not as clear cut as it sounds. -- -- What is copyright? Plagiarism covers a variety of material. It includes academic papers, professional publications, works of fiction and even scientific formulae. In short, where there is any potential for the use of -- -- recorded in some permanent form, such as in writing^42. Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright is that copyright only lasts for a fixed period. For original works this is seventy years from the death of the author^43, while for sound -- -- arrangements last for twenty-five years^45. If a work’s copyright expires it becomes ‘public domain’ and can be used freely without a licence. By contrast, plagiarism is not concerned with whether a source is public domain or not, but whether it has been adequately referenced. -- -- Infringement Plagiarism policies and copyright law both cover a wide variety of activities. However copyright law is more rigid, in that it sets out what activities may constitute copyright infringement. -- -- work to the public, adapting the work or authorizing any of these acts to be done without a licence There is no need to show any intention on the part of the infringer. Therefore, as with plagiarism, infringement may be unintentional. -- -- author^46, or joint authors if there are more than one^47, of by the author’s employer if the work was created during the course of their employment^48. This is unlike plagiarism, where it does not matter whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone -- whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone else to produce a piece of work may be plagiarism in itself^49. How much can be copied? -- -- How much can be copied? Plagiarism policies allow for some copying provided that any text lifted from the original is surrounded in quotation marks and referenced properly^50. Similarly, you can legally copy material from a -- -- that the work must originate from its creator and not be copied from somewhere else^54. One of the consequences of this is that facts cannot generally be protected. This contrasts with plagiarism, which suggests that it is the failure to say where the facts came from that incurs a penalty^55. -- -- Sufficient acknowledgment Plagiarism is concerned with originality of work. For instance, plagiarists who recycle old ideas are criticized for undermining the pursuit of original knowledge and enriching themselves, sometimes at -- -- Publication: does it matter? Plagiarism does not require anything to be made public. However, except for ‘copying’, copyright infringement must involve the work being made available to the public^59. Bainbridge notes that the approach courts -- -- Ideas v Expression Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, -- is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, not the ideas behind it. Plagiarism however, can be committed by stealing ideas as well as by copying text. -- -- Saunders states that this means that an academic can copy ideas from someone else’s work, as long as he presents them in an original way. Such behaviour may be plagiarism, but it is not copyright infringement^63. -- -- copyright infringement^74. Therefore if you reproduce a section of an original work without crediting the author, you may also violate this right as well as commit plagiarism. Under s.80(1) CDPA 1988, an author or director also has a right to -- -- Conclusion Therefore copyright infringement in the UK differs from plagiarism in that only certain works are protected for a limited duration. Infringement also requires that the amount used from the copyright work -- -- family^87. This is all very different from the position regarding plagiarism, where it does not matter if the work is public domain or not. -- -- Moral Rights in the US are much more limited than in the UK, and are of little assistance to the copyright owner in preventing plagiarism. Authors in the US have rights of paternity and integrity similar to -- -- unscripted portions of the film are written down verbatim. Such use may well not infringe copyright. This is, of course, different to plagiarism, which includes non-literal copying from any source. There must also be ‘substantial similarity’ between the infringing copy -- -- to reproducing or exhibiting work, communicating work to public, and falsely attributing work to the author. This covers all possible forms of plagiarism and may be an alternative remedy to infringement for plagiarized authors. However these rights are more limited than in English law. The rights -- -- i) ‘ILLEGAL’ v ‘UNLAWFUL’ Plagiarism may be unlawful, but it is not necessarily illegal. Although these two terms are often used interchangeably, they do have different technical meanings. “Illegal” has been defined as an act’ which the law -- -- Therefore to infringe copyright is to violate law and commit an ‘illegal’ act. However while plagiarism is considered unethical, it is not ‘illegal’ unless it also infringes copyright or some other rule of law. -- -- law. In fact, some plagiarisms may not even be unlawful, as even plagiarized work is capable of subsisting in copyright. A plagiarized essay still qualifies as a literary work under the CDPA 1988 even if it has not been created to academic standards. The plagiarist would still be able -- -- students. For purely academic work, the UK law does not require that source material be acknowledged. However this will not protect students from allegations of plagiarism. Someone writing an essay or journal article may claim they are writing -- -- Conclusion Plagiarism is therefore be illegal only if it infringes copyright or some other law. Even infringement may be lawful if it amounts to ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. The UK law provides little certainty on the -- -- This makes cases hard to predict in the UK and the US. SECTION SIX – CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES -- -- i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES If plagiarism involves a violation of copyright law, the infringer may commit criminal offences. -- -- dishonestly make a representation with a view to causing gain or loss to anyone^176, for instance, if an academic secures a publishing advance for an original article but delivers a plagiarized version. Australia -- -- where the origins of a work have been deliberately disguised, such as by removing copyright notices or modifying it so it cannot be recognized^187. This may apply to plagiarized written work. Australia -- -- Even if a plagiarist escapes civil or criminal sanctions, they may still face serious consequences. Plagiarism can result in the cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have -- -- cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have plagiarized several works, including those by Megan McCafferty and Salman Rushdie , the publishers cancelled her publishing contract ^198. The publisher may also ban the author in the future and withdraw copies -- -- author to provide a warranty that their work is original^200 Plagiarism can cause severe embarrassment and damage the copier’s career and good standing in the academic community. The publisher may complain to the academic’s departmental head, resulting in internal -- -- governed by the Human Rights Act 1998, which enshrines the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law^206. University Disciplinary Committees decide what penalties to impose on students for plagiarism. These are distinct from Examination Boards, which grade students based on their academic performance. Disciplinary Committees are subject to -- -- In one recent case, a student accused his university of negligence for failing to bring plagiarism to his notice. Michael Gunn sued the University of Kent for failing him for plagiarism days before he was due to graduate, having said nothing about this while he carried on his studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation -- -- studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation for changing a student’s grade after they have graduated on grounds of plagiarism^212. -- Plagiarism policies may discriminate against students from overseas. The JISC recognizes that for some students, such as those who are home-schooled, reproducing large amounts of text is a way of showing -- -- under the Human Rights Act 1998. Many academic institutions also utilize plagiarism detection sites and software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and -- software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and plagiarismchecker.net. In the USA, their use has already sparked a court case. In AV v iParadigms LLC^217, high school students in Virginia and Arizona sued Turnitin.com’s owners, iParadigms. The -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright -- process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright infringement and plagiarism are not the same thing, and one may be a plagiarist without infringing copyright, and vice versa. While there are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are -- -- are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are generally less well protected in the US and Australia. Also, moral rights are much weaker in these two countries. Plagiarism is not always illegal, thanks to defences such as ‘fair use’. However what is ‘fair’ can be very hard to pin down, and the potential infringer would be well -- -- advised to always err on the side of caution. There are severe criminal and civil penalties for commercial copyright infringement, and plagiarism can also have damaging academic and professional consequences. However, in a culture that is becoming increasingly reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next -- -- reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next generation of scholars may well have very different ideas about what is ‘plagiarism’. One answer would be to change the way university courses are taught, placing less reliance on traditional essay-writing, which encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly -- -- encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly different form. Instead universities appear to be resorting to technology themselves to stamp out plagiarism. Whether these methods are legal themselves remains to be seen. -- -- Blum, S, My Word! 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The Little Oxford English Dictionary, 6th edn, Oxford -- -- Harlow 2010, p.29. 4 J Evans, ‘The New Plagiarism in Higher Education`, 2000, retrieved 14 May 2001, . -- -- 15 Ibid. 16 Plagiarism.org, Types of Plagiarism, 2012, retrieved 21 November 2012, . 17 R Attwood, ‘Allow me to rephrase, and boost my tally of articles’, -- -- de=402598>. 18 J Carroll and J Appleton, Plagiarism: A Good Practice Guide, 2001, retrieved 7 November 2012, , p. 14. -- -- 19 Ibid. 20 Yale College, Definitions of Plagiarism, Cheating, and Documentation of Sources, 2012, retrieved 7 November 2012, -- of Sources, 2012, retrieved 7 November 2012, . -- -- 21 The Council of Writing Program Administrators, Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices, 2003, retrieved 7 November 2012, p.1. 22 Ibid, p.2. -- -- 24 Ibid. 25 R Howard, ‘Plagiarisms, Authorships, and the Academic Death Penalty.’ College English, vol. 57, no.7, 1995, pp. 708-36. -- -- 26 Ibid. 27 S Blum, My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture, Cornell University Press, New York, 2009, p.1. -- -- de=402598>. 57 J Saunders, ‘Plagiarism and the law: a guide to plagiarism and the law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, -- law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, , p.2. 58 [2007] EWCA Civ 247. -- -- 86 Ibid. 87 R King, Understanding Copyright Law, Fair Use, Plagiarism and Public Domain, King & Associates, Arizona, 2012 (e-book). -- -- Features * Plagiarism detection * Plagiarism checker reviews * Types of plagiarism * Is plagiarism illegal? * Plagiarism articles * Ask the Doctor -- * Ask the Doctor * Plagiarism pictures * Plagiarism scanner (BETA) Guides -- -- * Referencing guides * Lesson plans * NEW: Free plagiarism workbook (PDF) About -- -- About PlagiarismChecker.net is the free website for plagiarism software, reviews, articles, lesson plans and commentary on detection methods. -- -- XML | TXT | HTML | ROR | Images © Copyright 2015 by PlagiarismChecker.net. 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Copying the work of others would be -- -- Submitting work that has been done by someone else is an obvious instance of plagiarism and is regarded as cheating. It is intellectually dishonest to cheat in this way. -- -- If you make available, sell or advertise for sale work in any form or by any means (print, electronic, recording or otherwise) so as to enable plagiarism whether or not the work includes marks, comments or any other materials produced by an assessor, unless prior consent has been given by the VQ Assessment Centre you are encouraging or enabling -- -- any other materials produced by an assessor, unless prior consent has been given by the VQ Assessment Centre you are encouraging or enabling plagiarism. Such cases will be investigated as potential Collusion. You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be -- -- You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be familiar with the definition, investigation process and potential implications regarding plagiarism and collusion. Plagarism -- -- Collusion A form of plagiarism that involves unauthorised co-operation between at least two people with the intent to deliberately mislead or deceive -- -- * allowing work to be copied e.g. posting written coursework on social networking sites prior to an assessment * The offence of encouraging or enabling plagiarism includes the act of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done -- of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done with the intention of enabling or encouraging plagiarism. Investigation process -- -- Investigation process In all suspected cases of Plagiarism and/ or Collusion, the centre is required to notify the awarding organisation within 10 working days. -- -- City & Guilds ILM: Plagiarism, Collusion and Cheating Policy OCR: Joint Council for Qualifications Suspected Malpractice in -- -- + Information, advice and guidance statement of service + Learner charter + Plagiarism and Collusion Your questions * What is academic integrity? * What is plagiarism? * How do I avoid plagiarism? * What is referencing? * Why should I reference? -- -- Students working together where this is not permitted, with the intention of gaining an unfair advantage or cheating in the preparation of coursework. A form of plagiarism. See also collaboration. Common knowledge -- -- * exam techniques (eg preparation, timing, etc). Plagiarism In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas -- -- In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas or writings as your own without acknowledgement. In an academic context (see page What is is plagiarism?). This includes taking another person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of -- -- person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of plagiarism in the General Regulations Appendix A: * reproducing in any work submitted for assessment or review(for example, examination answers, essays, project reports, -- -- Turnitin In full this refers to the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software supplied under license from Turnitin UK . Submitted work is matched against a database of previously submitted work from every institution -- -- which subscribes to Turnitin, (including international institutions); current and archived internet pages and databases of journals and periodicals (Gale and Emerald). Turnitin does not detect plagiarism: it is a text-matching software which provides a report on whether a student's work is original (no matching text) or unoriginal. All * PlagiarismDetection.org * plans & pricing -- -- * login Reliable plagiarism detector -- Fast and accurate plagiarism checker for teachers, students, publishers, bloggers. Since 2008. -- -- bloggers. Since 2008. Plagiarism prevention in Europe -- Plagiarism is a controversial issue in institutions of higher learning across Europe. Various views have been raised concerning this topic vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different -- -- vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different European countries. It is prudent to understand what each country perceives regarding plagiarism for the sake of students who wish to study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the -- study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the plagiarism policy means in countries such as Poland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought -- -- Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought about the definition of plagiarism, different answers were gathered. This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various -- This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various attitudes towards plagiarism. According to the respondents, students from Czech Republic highlighted that plagiarism simply meant “copying without referencing the original author”. British students simply stated that it had something to do with “taking another person’s work -- -- simply meant “copying”. Polish answers were a bit long making reference to intellectual property rights, illegal, copying and cheating. Plagiarism policy in Europe has had different opinions. This may be attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to -- attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to measures taken by institutions to control and prevent plagiarism. As much as the situation may look similar in most countries, a few scenarios differ. A clear similarity is apparent between Cyprus and the -- -- academic writing. Most universities and colleges in the US and UK report high cases of plagiarism despite plagiarism checkers put in place to avoid it. A number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students -- number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students and lecturers concerning plagiarism. Despite having these guidelines, originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding -- originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding what really constitutes plagiarism. In some instances, poor academic discipline may qualify as plagiarism as opposed to the actual misconduct. This has been labeled as a demeaning factor in achieving consistency among institutions of higher learning. -- -- In 2012 an anonymous survey of 617 students conducted at the University of Graz in Austria showed that about one-third students reported that they had already plagiarized at least once. Reasons for plagiarism were comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 -- comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 percent), unintended plagiarism (34 percent) and uncertainty about the source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that -- source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that "comfort", which primary reason for students to plagiarize is indeed lack of a plagiarism checker being used by teachers to control works submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and -- -- submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and the UK have adopted plagiarism detectors. In the UK, much emphasis has been relayed on penalties on students who plagiarize. Universities in the US are quite strict on matters of plagiarism hence prompting students to pay attention to details when attributing works. In contrast with Europe, university students in the US are constantly -- -- reference list and parenthesis on materials cited in the text. To some extent, these attribution systems have managed to streamline issues of plagiarism as well as bring consistency in the US. Institutions of higher learning in both countries have equally faced challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public -- -- challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public domain. In the current era of information explosion, more knowledge is becoming common hence presenting the challenge on what is plagiarized or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, -- or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, plagiarism checkers think otherwise. On the contrary, it is easier to assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and -- assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and does not require citing. In the overall, plagiarism is still an issue to solve in many countries given the fact that knowledge is dynamic. -- -- all articles * Academic plagiarism * Checker supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish languages. -- -- * Twitter+ © 2008-2018 PlagiarismDetection.org ____________________ Student Circus Blog Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments -- -- Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? 14 Nov,2016 -- -- 14 Nov,2016 Plagiarism is a foreign word for most of the international students coming to the UK. Plagiarism means copying someone else’s ideas or work and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are -- -- and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are found to be plagiarising your content, you could fail the exam or assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian -- -- assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian countries, plagiarism is not strictly enforced or frowned upon, which leads to complacency and lack of knowledge of plagiarism when students go to west for further education. Plagiarism can be of various types such as*: a.Copying or paraphrasing text from websites, articles, research -- -- c.Duplicating your work, for instance by submitting almost the same work for two different tasks. So, how to avoid plagiarism? The answer is referencing, paraphrasing and citing the sources. The most common citation styles are as follows: -- -- marks. *Avoiding plagiarism: A guide for international students. (n.d.). Retrieved from -- Retrieved from http://www.educationuk.org/india/articles/avoiding-plagiarism-guide-for -international-students/ Disclaimer: www.studentcircus.com (Student Circus UK ) is not #Teaching Matters blog » Feed Teaching Matters blog » Comments Feed Teaching Matters blog » Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? Comments Feed Exploring research-led teaching at Senate Training and support for postgraduate students who teach (PGWT) alternate -- -- 27th July 20175th September 2017IAD user Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? PhD nightmare crop Poor academic practice and academic misconduct cases -- -- occur and the consequences are potentially catastrophic and extremely distressing for all concerned. Cases we are aware of have involved the external examiner identifying plagiarised material with an almost forensic level of rigor – exactly what we expect of any external examiners doing their job. It has struck us that there is currently an -- -- Our pilot of this approach has already proved valuable by identifying patterns of poor scholarship including plagiarism among year 1 progression papers; issues we have identified would definitely land students in trouble if they had submitted work for UG or taught PG -- -- of Turnitin. Undetected problems could persist within a final submitted thesis and this could be catastrophic; in 2013 the Education Minister for Germany had their PhD rescinded because of plagiarised content. PhD theses are still a special case and the nature of similarity needs Written on May 23 2013. Misconception 15: Turnitin employs legions of writing experts to read and evaluate papers for plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin receives over 200,000 papers daily, and no human reads the papers at Turnitin. All papers are processed by our -- -- Reality: Turnitin matches text similarity and does not grade papers for the instructors. It is up to the instructor and/or student to determine whether the assignment exhibits plagiarism. Misconception 13: Turnitin has expertise in plagiarism and can render judgment on specific cases. 
Reality: There is no "threshold" Similarity Index that is either -- -- at the Originality Report. Misconception 3: The "Similarity Index" shows the percentage of paper that is plagiarized.
 Reality: The Similarity Index is just a percentage of material in the paper that matches sources in the Turnitin databases. Text that is -- -- Instructors can decide to let their students see their reports, do re-submissions, get revised reports -- or not. Misconception 1: Turnitin detects plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin matches to text in our databases and leaves the judgment up to the instructor. As mentioned above, instructors MUST Blog Is Recycling Your Own Work Plagiarism? Written on July 20 2016. -- -- Written on July 20 2016. [self-plagiarism-blog-image.png] This post is excerpted from an article originally published on -- -- Writers often claim that because they are the authors, they can reuse their work, either in full or in excerpts, over and over again. How can republishing one’s own work be defined as plagiarism if the author has only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the -- only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the definition of self-plagiarism, how it crosses into copyright laws and ethical issues, and the different ways an author can avoid this increasingly controversial act of scholarly misconduct. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ What is Self-plagiarism? Let's look at one scenario: Leslie is an assistant professor going -- -- number of publications for tenure, but from the same work. Doing so, Leslie might commit what Scanlon (2007) calls “academic fraud,” a form of selfplagiarism (pg. 57). -- Self-plagiarism is defined as a type of plagiarism in which the writer republishes a work in its entirety or reuses portions of a previously written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that -- -- written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that because they are the authors, they can use the work again as they wish; they can’t really plagiarize themselves because they are not taking any words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on -- words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on whether self-plagiarism is possible, the ethical issue of self-plagiarism is significant, especially because self-plagiarism can infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of -- infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of plagiarism do not account for self-plagiarism, so writers may be unaware of the ethics and laws involved in reusing or repurposing texts. -- -- texts. The American Psychological Association (2010) explains how plagiarism differs from self-plagiarism: “Whereas plagiarism refers to the practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of -- practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of others, self-plagiarism refers to the practice of presenting one’s own previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). -- -- previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). As Roig (2006) suggests, self-plagiarism occurs “when authors reuse their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared -- -- their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared elsewhere” (pg. 16). Roig identifies a few types of self-plagiarism: * Republishing the same paper that is published elsewhere without notifying the reader nor publisher of the journal -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Definitions of Plagiarism -- The question of whether self-plagiarism exists or not—is it possible to plagiarize oneself?—is rooted in the definition of plagiarism. Plagiarism is typically defined as stealing the work of another and presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary -- presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary (2011) defines plagiarism as taking the work of another as “literary theft.” The verb to “plagiarize” is defined as: * “To take and use as one's own (the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another person);” -- -- According to the OED definition, in the strict sense recycling papers would not be plagiarism. -- However, Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2011) defines to “plagiarize” similarly with the addition description in the second definition below: * To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: -- -- So, in the Webster definition, recycling one’s own papers would fall under “to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source” and is, therefore, considered plagiarism. But what is more important than the definition of plagiarism, and whether it is possible to “self-plagiarize,” is the ethics behind self-plagiarism. __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Ethical Issues of Self-plagiarism -- Publications manuals have a set standard regarding self-plagiarism. When an author publishes in a journal, the author often signs over rights to the publisher; thus, copyright infringement is possible if an -- -- Biomedical journals in particular have had significant problems with copyright due to self-plagiarism and many have taken a stance against the practice in publication. Some have gone so far as to request the author’s previous manuscripts to ensure that the work is original (Roig -- -- It seems that even the American Psychological Association (APA) has taken a recent position against the practice by addressing self-plagiarism in the 2010 sixth edition of the publication manual, a discussion, which is absent from previous editions. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Avoiding Self-plagiarism Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for -- -- Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for avoiding plagiarism, four of which deal specifically with self-plagiarism, as follows: * Guideline 10: Authors who submit a manuscript for publication containing data, reviews, conclusions, etc., that have already been -- -- that is subsequently presented as a new study is an equally serious ethical breach. * Guideline 12: Because some instances of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and even some writing practices that might otherwise be acceptable (e.g., extensive paraphrasing or quoting of key elements of a book) can constitute copyright infringement, -- -- Technology like iThenticate by Turnitin is another way to avoid self-plagiarism. By comparing written work against the largest database of scholarly, full-text content, authors and researchers can screen their work prior to publication submission and organizations can -- -- Conclusion The issue of self-plagiarism is becoming more and more prevalent, and some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, -- some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, have seen a rising trend in self-plagiarism. The APA publication manual has no discussion of self-plagiarism in its fifth edition, but addresses it twice in the sixth edition, perhaps to prevent such practices. Organizations and individual authors and researchers can -- -- take preventative measures in their writing practices and editing processes, including the use of technology that helps detect potential self-plagiarism before submitting their work for publication. References -- -- Style Chicago. 16th Edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. * “Plagiarize.” (2011). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com. -- http://www.merriam-webster.com. * “Plagiarism, n.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed.). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * “Plagiarize, v.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed. ). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * Roig, Miguel. (2006). Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. -- other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. Retrieved from http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/plagiarism.doc * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in -- -- * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification, 57-66. * Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright. (2010). Copyright. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Copyright Office. Retrived from Programme of activities/ Academic integrity and plagiarism/ -- Academic integrity and plagiarism [icon-twitter-rounded.png] [icon-facebook-rounded.png] -- -- Protecting, developing and enhancing academic integrity in general is the second theme for action, with a particular focus to the issue of plagiarism. Higher education has indeed its own particularities and potential -- -- Another activity under this priority line would be the organisation of a specific seminar on plagiarism, which could be held in 2016. One possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes -- possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes towards plagiarism coexist in Europe and that approaches differ from one Member State to another. -- -- 2. Drafting of guidelines together with measurement indexes; 3. Promotion of capacity building in higher education institutions to evaluate plagiarism. -- -- + Programme of activities o Ethical behaviour of all actors in education o Academic integrity and plagiarism o Recognition of qualifications o Other activities #RSS 2.0 Thomas Lancaster » Feed Thomas Lancaster » Comments Feed Thomas Lancaster » Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 Comments Feed Contract Cheating – A Decade (Plus One) Of Contract Cheating Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 1 – Academic Integrity and Contract -- -- ____________________ Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 -- -- use a third party to have work completed for them. Sessions at the 2017 international conference on Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond ended up heavily focused on contract cheating. Having been part of contact cheating research since the term first formed part -- -- I’ve already shared my conference presentation on contract cheating in examinations and provided general collected thoughts about Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. -- -- 05 Emerging Issues In Contract Cheating Wider challenges surrounding educational integrity also influence how contract cheating practice could develop. These include traditional areas of student plagiarism, the use of translation and essay spinning software, as well as the risks posed by students using smart drugs. -- -- these posts are compiled, runs to nearly 8,000 words, so that just shows how much value there was in the presentations and discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. ← Next post Previous post → -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Please browse around the blog and the links, and feel free to leave your thoughts. -- -- Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: brno, conference, contract cheating, essay mills, plagiarism across europe and beyond, research Read 127 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:14 am […] This is Part 1 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 2 – Inside The Contract Cheating Industry | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:30 am […] This is Part 2 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 3 – Contract Cheating by Academics | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:31 am […] This is Part 3 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 4 – Detecting Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:43 am […] This is Part 4 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 5 – Emerging Issues in Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:54 am […] This is Part 5 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 6 – Which Students Are Contract Cheating And What Does This Mean For -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:18 pm […] This is Part 6 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 7 – Understanding Contract Cheating From The Student Viewpoint | Thomas -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:28 pm […] This is Part 7 (the final part) of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 | ContractCheating.com says: October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm -- -- October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm […] This blog post provides lots of details about contract cheating from discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. […] Leave a Reply Cancel reply -- -- Recent Posts * Student Plagiarism And How To Stop An International Problem – With A Focus On Kosovo -- A Focus On Kosovo * Emerging Issues In Plagiarism Prevention And Detection – My View From 2004 * Beyond Contract Cheating – Towards Academic Integrity -- -- Recommendations To Address Essay Mill Use – Video * Cutting The Costs Of Open Access Research * Plagiarism and Assessment * Examining The State of Academic Integrity in Europe – Recommendations From SEEPPAI this work is produced, it is a concern. Since contract cheating produces original work, this is unlikely to be picked up using standard text matching plagiarism detection services such as Turnitin. Some of the more interesting findings across our research have related -- -- Beyond this, there are parallels with the research into the anti-plagiarism fields, in particular looking at the policies, processes and penalties surrounding contract cheating, and how to write assignments to prevent contract cheating. The research I’ve been -- -- Feel free to contact me regarding contract cheating. I often deliver keynote talks, research seminars and training related to plagiarism and contract cheating. I’m happy to discuss the issues further, to assist with staff development and to support requests from the media. -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Much more information about what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. -- -- what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: contract cheating, plagiarism, robert clarke, thomas lancaster Read 8 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- March 28, 2017 at 7:03 am Dear professor My research subject is plagiarism. Since you coined the term contract cheating in 2006, would you mind clarifying how a “contarct cheater” is different from a “ghost writer”? -- -- https://t.co/rzBOjVHu5K 1 day ago * @DoctorMikeReddy I really can't remember the "gym analogy" from during my PhD years (2000-2003) when the plagiarism… https://t.co/pOKTEXmudT 1 day ago #Plagiarism.org RSS Feed IFRAME: https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NST4MH8 -- -- (BUTTON) Toggle navigation [p-dot-org-logo-1512156951.png] * Understanding Plagiarism * Preventing Plagiarism * Teaching about Plagiarism * Plagiarism Checking * Plagiarism Research * Plagiarism Policy ____________________ -- -- ____________________ European Responses to Student Plagiarism in Higher Education Irene Glendinning -- -- A significant amount of research has been undertaken in response to the recent flood of student plagiarism now being detected in higher education institutions (HEI). Based on deeper understanding of the underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for -- -- underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for strategies and systems for detection, penalties and mitigation of student plagiarism. So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from -- -- So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from English speaking countries, particularly the UK, North America and Australia. Their work has included research into plagiarism from students from other countries, including Sweden, Germany, Lithuania, Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of -- -- Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of countries in Europe is not well understood and there has not yet been a comparative study of plagiarism in HEIs across Europe. -- The IPPHEAE project (Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), -- Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), aims to plug the identified gap by focusing on plagiarism in European HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and -- -- HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and deterring plagiarism. Surveys are being conducted in HEIs at three levels: students, teaching staff and senior managers, to determine how well any procedures are understood, to what extent they are operating -- -- Where possible representatives from national quality agencies are being interviewed in order to gain overarching national perspectives on issues such as national policies and how plagiarism impacts on quality and standards. This dimension also provides a means of highlighting the importance of the research to people who can influence educational -- -- IPPHEAE project including an overview of in-depth institutional studies and interventions for reducing the number of incidences of student plagiarism. -- This paper was submitted to the International Integrity & Plagiarism Conference which ran between 2004-2014. The paper was peer reviewed by an independent editorial board and features in the conference (GO) GO UK leads Europe in the fight against plagiarism Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study -- -- integrity among students, a study has found. The analysis looked at factors such as universities’ use of plagiarism software, consistency of sanctions, transparency, training, efficacy of prevention policies and efforts to address the issue at a national -- -- countries, in most aspects,” said Irene Glendinning, academic manager for student experience at Coventry University and principal investigator on the Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe project. -- -- Ms Glendinning said that unlike in the UK, where efforts to prevent and detect plagiarism have been growing since 2001, in Spain students reported that tools to detect plagiarism were rarely used, and only one-third said there were policies for dealing with the problem. -- -- Ms Glendinning also acknowledged that the survey looked at policies and their implementation rather than the prevalence of plagiarism because, she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that -- she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of plagiarism around … but there are no statistics anywhere,” she said. Consistent recording would mean “we can have a handle on whether what we’re doing is actually having an effect”. -- -- and Cyprus. Among suggestions for the UK will be that the Quality Assurance Agency should, as part of existing audits, require institutions to explain their plagiarism policies and demonstrate their effectiveness and consistency. (GO) GO Plagiarism software can be beaten by simple tech tricks IT scholar says PDF tweaks allow students' copied work to evade -- -- Technological loopholes allow savvy students to beat academic plagiarism software, an IT expert has warned. -- -- James Heather, senior lecturer in computing at the University of Surrey, has revealed that plagiarism detection systems such as Turnitin that are routinely used by universities are open to simple cheats allowing students to evade detection when submitting copied material. -- -- But in a new paper, "Turnitoff: identifying and fixing a hole in current plagiarism detection software", Dr Heather reveals that beating the system is simple. -- -- "In their current incarnation, one can easily create a document that passes the plagiarism check regardless of how much copied material it contains. When there are loopholes that can be exploited, they give the operator a false assurance that a submission is original." -- -- The study, which appears in the journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, demonstrates ways in which students can modify plagiarised work to avoid detection. "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the -- -- "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the document, without affecting how the document looks and prints, then the software will not be able to identify any plagiarised material," Dr Heather writes. -- -- Students aware of this loophole could get around the system by converting a plagiarised essay to PDF format, he says, and then altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually -- -- altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually unaltered, extracts tested by the plagiarism software would be garbled, and so matches would not be detected. -- -- themselves. "If there is no text, then the plagiarism detection cannot function," the paper notes. -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests Read more -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests August 15, 2016 Universities seem to be struggling to catch up. The big concern is that bespoke essays, written to order, without being plagiarised themselves, are difficult if not impossible to detect. -- -- are difficult if not impossible to detect. Almost all universities use anti-plagiarism software, called Turnitin, which checks a submitted essay against published sources, looking for copied phrases. But this software will not raise suspicions about an -- -- * More oral presentations, sometimes called a viva * More exams * Almost all UK universities use anti-plagiarism software such as Turnitin. But software has little success in detecting a genuine bespoke essay -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism Officer Sarah Allen, at the UEA Business School, recently investigated a post-graduate student who submitted an excellent piece of work which stood out to the marker simply because it contained one Home Viewpoint: The spectre of plagiarism haunting Europe By Debora Weber-Wulff Professor of Media and Computing, University of -- -- A spectre is haunting Europe, and this time it is the spectre of plagiarism and scientific misconduct. Some high-profile politicians have had to resign in the last 18 months - but the revelations are also shaking respected European universities. -- -- Many European countries, especially Germany, have long considered it unnecessary to give plagiarism more than a cursory look. One trusts in the self-cleansing powers of science, end of story. -- -- Last February, a reviewer of German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's doctoral dissertation discovered and documented some plagiarised passages. When the papers pounced on this, zu Guttenberg denied any wrongdoing, -- -- That was not the end of it. Soon it was suspected that a major ex-politician's daughter was guilty of plagiarism in her dissertation, and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite -- and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite soon plagiarism was discovered in yet another dissertation, and it has not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. -- -- not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised... Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education -- -- Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education minister lasted just a week in office before having to step down, accused of plagiarising academic papers. Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the -- -- Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the Romanian prime minister of plagiarising part of his PhD. He denies wrongdoing and has been backed by a Research Ethics Council, but the accusations have now been upheld by two academic panels in Romania, -- -- The Hungarian president has already lost his doctorate and resigned on account of plagiarism, and the Russian Minister of Culture is facing accusations that 16 passages of his doctoral dissertation were copied from other sources. He denies the allegations. -- -- let them have their fun." However, it seems that the plague of plagiarism has also reached the level of the professorships in Germany. Those who are supposed to be teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last -- -- teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last month it was revealed that more than a third of a new book for law students on how to write papers properly was plagiarised, including liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. -- -- liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised. And just to show how contagious the disease is, the authors also cite zu Guttenberg's dissertation - albeit incorrectly. -- -- to the VroniPlag Wiki.) Image caption VroniPlag wiki uses coloured bands to show distribution of plagiarised content In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics -- -- In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics councils and there is a wide discussion of ethical practices. There are procedures in place for dealing with plagiarism. In Germany, though, professors wanting to address plagiarism are pretty much left to their own devices. They don't have much in the way of tools or formal procedures. -- -- procedures. There is so-called plagiarism detection software available that does find some plagiarism, especially word-for-word copies. These programmes do not find everything by a long shot, but German universities are currently rushing to purchase them. -- -- been officially declared to suffer only from "technical weaknesses". But people are speaking up, and plagiarism is being discussed in every university, even if many are unsure what to do. -- -- university, even if many are unsure what to do. Better education about plagiarism and good scientific practice is essential. -- -- years needs to be reviewed in order to identify weak points. However, there is currently no funding for such measures, so it's unclear whether German universities will really get serious about plagiarism, or keep muddling on. Entertainment & Arts Burt Bacharach calls for change in music plagiarism law * 3 August 2017 -- -- Veteran songwriter Burt Bacharach has called for a change in the law over music plagiarism. He said recent court cases - like the ones involving Blurred Lines and (BUTTON) More Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- Every now and then there is an outburst of concern about the curse of plagiarism in higher education. The Department for Education has indicated it is considering cracking down by not only fining, but also handing out criminal records, to students submitting commercially -- -- The targets of this mini crusade are essay mill websites, which market “original” professionally produced essays that allow students to circumvent their university’s plagiarism detection system. These paid-for essays allow students to buy a degree. -- -- But this is only a small part of the culture of cheating in higher education. A long time before the commercialisation of plagiarism, cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief -- cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief examiner for my department, I was shocked by the amount of plagiarised coursework brought to my attention. When I consulted colleagues at other universities it became evident that the problem was not confined -- -- rather than rich kids, was identified as the source of the problem. Academic discussions on plagiarism sometimes sought to deflect the problem by claiming that overseas students were disproportionately involved in copying. Some suggested they had come from different -- -- external to university life is driven by the institutional imperative to minimise the significance of this practice. All universities have policies on this problem; most have made plagiarism detection software available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the -- -- available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the problem – which is that plagiarism is not a technical issue but one that raises questions about the working of academic culture. -- -- that raises questions about the working of academic culture. Plagiarism is a mortal sin and last taboo – or is it? Read more -- -- them to embark on a quest for knowledge. But if higher education continues to treat students according to a business model it is only a matter of time before plagiarism loses its stigma. Topics -- -- Topics * Plagiarism * Higher education -- -- * Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers -- -- cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers Published: 9 Oct 2017 Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown * -- -- more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Plagiarism%2CEducation%2CHigh er+education%2CExams%2CTuition+fees%2CStudents] A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- headlines. With examples like these, what's so wrong with a bit of plagiarism? Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian -- -- Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian University and who had his book, Succeeding with Your Masters Dissertation, plagiarised by another lecturer on the web. -- "A lot of students think it is acceptable to copy or plagiarise somebody else's work because there's this idea that everyone is doing it anyway," he says. "It seems like it's not really a serious issue, -- -- but it is. If it's a minor case, you could end up losing marks on a dissertation or having to resit a module. If it's widespread and a student has been found to have plagiarised often, then the most extreme punishment they could face would be expulsion." -- -- easier to adopt someone else's work as your own. According to Biggam, the definition of plagiarism within an academic context is: "Where a student copies text verbatim without providing sufficient acknowledgement of the source, thereby giving the impression -- -- permanent record." Cole was lucky to get off relatively lightly. For others, plagiarising can spell the end of your degree – even if you are unwittingly involved. -- -- and the only marks it did give me were much lower than I'd anticipated. Then when I got home, there was a letter from the university saying that I was suspected of colluding with another student in plagiarism. I completely freaked out." -- -- behind my back was simply unbelievable. " If you are caught in serious and deliberate plagiarism, it could end up on your final academic transcript. If a potential employer asks to see your transcript as part of the selection process, you can probably say -- -- "It certainly wouldn't look good to a future employer if they knew you had engaged in plagiarism," Biggam says. -- But how can you avoid plagiarism, when part of the university learning process is to absorb expert theories and demonstrate your grasp of them by reproducing them in written work? -- -- At Glasgow Caledonian University, Biggam is testing the use of plagiarism detection software, called Turnitin, which monitors work for any copied phrases. "Often, it might be a genuine mistake – a student might simply forget to reference a quote or a source. In which case, a It was, says Hiscock, "the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across." He was so angry he wrote to Mail Online's editor, Martin Clarke, and to -- -- "sexually abused" by a magician during her eighth birthday party.' It is the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across and if it happens again I will take steps to ensure I am adequately compensated for the theft of my interview." -- -- * Greenslade * Plagiarism * Daily Mail * Martin Clarke Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- Compare Melania Trump’s speech with Michelle Obama’s 2008 address Republicans scrambled to prevent a plagiarism scandal from overshadowing the coronation of Donald Trump on Tuesday after his wife Melania borrowed large chunks of her opening night speech from Michelle -- -- As delegates prepared to formally offer Donald Trump the party’s presidential nomination on Tuesday evening, the plagiarism controversy reopened internal wounds and undermined his campaign’s attempts to present a more polished appearance ahead of November’s general -- -- election. A campaign source said responsibility for the plagiarism incident lay with a longtime aide to top Trump strategist Paul Manafort. The source said the aide had signed off on the speech and edited it. -- -- Online critics also highlighted a lighter hearted instance of apparent plagiarism, noting that Melania Trump’s claim that her husband “will never ever give up, and most importantly, he will never ever let you down,” echoed Rick Astley’s 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up – a song cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- Gill, five miles south-west of Newcastle, a narrow man with a curly mess of dark red hair. He’d just made a routine visit to the Facebook group Plagiarism Alerts. There, a woman named Kathy Figueroa had posted something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet -- something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet laureates has plagiarised a poem by Maya Angelou.” Lightman clicked the link. It led to a Canadian government webpage -- -- Rise. Incredible. But could it really be plagiarism? How likely was it that a poet laureate would steal anything at all, let alone a keystone work by a modern legend? How could he think he’d get away with that? Then -- -- uncomfortable and distressing experiences of my life”, admitting, “I have made several stupid mistakes during my time as a poet and there is simply no excuse for plagiarism.” But he also pushed back: “I have been bullied, victimised and abused by a number of ‘poets’ who thought it necessary to act like a lynch mob.” -- -- Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’m absolutely furious’: plagiarised poet Joan Johnston. Photograph: Gary Calton for the Guardian -- -- copy of A Particular Blue, so he could see for himself. “He returned both poems to me, having highlighted the changes Sheree had made, saying, ‘I don’t think it’s plagiarism. I think she’s taken your poem and made something new out of it.’ At which point, I went for another walk.” -- -- considerable distress.” Croft explained that he planned to pulp the remaining copies of Laventille and reprint a corrected version. “I do not believe that your accusations of plagiarism regarding Laventille are justified. But I am not prepared to have this beautiful and important book dirtied by the grubby little fingers of Pooterish -- -- broke/and threatening light/brought into the long night.” How close would two poems have to be for it to be plagiarism, I ask Croft. -- -- their name at the bottom, I’d say, why are you doing that?” And would it be plagiarism? “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying -- -- “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying my name is Will Storr. No, it’s not! You’d say that was stupid. You wouldn’t say I was plagiarising you.” *** -- -- Meanwhile, what of the Canadian mystery? Could former laureate DesRuisseaux really have blatantly plagiarised all those canonical poets? It seemed too mad to be true. When Lightman got hold of DesRuisseaux’s book Tranches De Vie, he found even more apparent -- -- findings to Éditions du Noiroît, who appeared to accept his verdict; in emails Lightman showed me, DesRuisseaux’s editor wrote that it was his first experience of plagiarism, and expressed regret at having to tell the poet’s family that he would have to remove the title from circulation. -- -- * Poetry * Plagiarism * Maya Angelou * features -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Poetry%2CPlagiarism%2CBooks%2 CMaya+Angelou] Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- The organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have unveiled a new official logo, seven months after being forced to scrap the previous design amid accusations of plagiarism. Selecting an emblem they hope will be simple, effective and most of all -- -- the Théâtre de Liège in Belgium. Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo scrapped after allegations of plagiarism Read more -- -- Japanese officials initially rejected accusations that Sano had plagiarised the image, which was based around a stylised capital T with a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied -- -- a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied plagiarism. But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings -- -- But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings to block Tokyo 2020 from using the image. Further allegations of plagiarism also emerged against Sano, including claims that his initial submission resembled a work by the late German typographer Jan Tschichold. -- -- + Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video 0:50 Published: 15 Jan 2016 -- -- 0:50 Published: 15 Jan 2016 Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video + Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Some four years ago I wrote about the strange case of a Canadian columnist accused of plagiarism. The Toronto-based Globe & Mail had found it necessary to add “clarifications” to articles written by Margaret Wente after complaints about her work. -- -- same structure, analogies, and phrasing in numerous instances.” In addition, the Canadaland news website, accused Wente of plagiarising “at least four times from three different publications... in addition -- “at least four times from three different publications... in addition to the two cases of plagiarism outlined in BuzzFeed Canada.” The first two instances, by Wainio and BuzzFeed, were addressed by the -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Media%2CPlagiarism%2CCanada%2 CNewspapers%2CAmericas] The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- Fresh evidence of Independent journalist Johann Hari's habit of alleged plagiarism has emerged from a lengthy interview with Afghan women's rights activist Malalai Joya in July 2009. -- -- * Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row Interviewer and columnist has been suspended for two months pending outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss -- -- outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss Published: 12 Jul 2011 Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row * -- -- Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Independent editor-in-chief defends columnist involved in 'politically motivated' plagiarism furore. By Josh Halliday Published: 29 Jun 2011 Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- The Orwell prize committee has accused Independent columnist Johann Hari of plagiarism over an article that won him the prestigious award in 2008. -- -- of contrition for the errors I made elsewhere, in my interviews." Hari apologised for plagiarising the work of others to improve interviews and for editing the Wikipedia entries of people he had clashed with, using the pseudonym David Rose, "in ways that were Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- [ ] Johann Hari has been writing for the Independent since 2002 but faced allegations of plagiarism last year. Photograph: Nick Harvey/WireImage -- -- Johann Hari, the journalist at the Independent who was suspended for plagiarism, has announced that he will not return to the newspaper. Hari had been undergoing retraining in the United States and was -- -- Independent editor Andreas Whittam Smith. The findings of the inquiry were not made public but the newspaper reported in September 2011 that Hari admitted the plagiarism allegations and would attend a journalism training course before returning to the paper. -- -- Blackhurst was asked several questions about Hari when he gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry into journalistic ethics earlier this month. "On the plagiarism, Johann genuinely believed he was doing nothing wrong. The fact that nobody complained, Johann did not believe he was doing anything wrong. His reputation has been very, very severely damaged; Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism David Batty -- -- [ ] Raj Persaud. Photograph: Andy Butterton/PA Britain's best-known psychiatrist today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and several articles he wrote for newspapers and medical journals. -- -- Raj Persaud, famous for his appearances alongside Richard and Judy on the This Morning sofa, also admitted to a General Medical Council (GMC) disciplinary hearing that his plagiarism was inappropriate and misleading. -- -- The psychiatrist, who used to present BBC Radio 4's All In The Mind programme, admitted plagiarising four articles for his book From The Edge Of The Couch published in 2003. -- -- He also admitted that four articles he wrote in 2005 contained passages plagiarised from an article and book by Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. -- -- University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. He also admitted using material plagiarised from an article by Professor Stephen Kant in a piece he wrote for the Independent in the same year. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. His book -- -- He said Persaud blamed subeditors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Blass complained about the article and was told, in an email -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." At the time the allegations of plagiarism first emerged two years ago, Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, a position he still holds. -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- In Britain it is left to individual institutions to develop their own plagiarism policies. But the QAA said it wanted a consistent approach among higher education providers to tackle the problem. It called on universities and colleges to record incidents of this and other kinds -- -- fix.” A Universities UK spokesperson said: “Universities take plagiarism and cheating extremely seriously. Submitting work written by someone else is cheating and devalues the efforts of students who work hard to -- -- * Higher education * Plagiarism * Jo Johnson * news -- -- more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- of the problem Published: 27 Feb 2017 Published: 27 Feb 2017 Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Higher+education%2CPlagiarism %2CEducation%2CUK+news%2CJo+Johnson%2CPolitics] Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students Gavin Haynes -- -- In the past few days, however, it is said that the master has become the pupil, as Dylan has been accused of plagiarism. Writer Ben Greenman was the first to blog about how he couldn’t find a quotation that Dylan had cited in Moby-Dick: “Some men who receive injuries are led to God, -- -- While universities habitually run students’ work through plagiarism-detection software such as TurnItIn, there is no such equivalent for Nobel prize speeches, assumed to be the moment at which an eminent economist, physician, writer or peace-maker has earned a few -- -- text, preferring that you “check your comprehension” against their interpretation. The company does, however, have advice on its website for avoiding plagiarism: “By citing words and ideas that came from our site or books (to see instructions on how to do that, see How to Cite This SparkNote within each study guide), or by putting your own spin on -- -- * Nobel prize in literature * Awards and prizes * Plagiarism * features -- -- [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Bob+Dylan%2CMusic%2CNobel+pri ze+in+literature%2CAwards+and+prizes%2CBooks%2CPlagiarism] * Education University students could be fined or handed criminal records for plagiarised essays, new proposals suggest -- -- University students who buy essays online face fines and a criminal record under plans to punish plagiarism being considered by the government. -- -- more than 100 online essay services are now in operation. Whilst universities already use complex anti-plagiarism software to detect the copying of academic texts, the process of contract cheating - students submitting paid-for essays as their own original work - -- -- Speaking to The Telegraph, Lord Storey, who is leading efforts to make the practice illegal, said that the consequences of plagiarism must be made clear, adding that many “rich students” are now effectively “paying their way” to a top honours degree. -- -- Leading academics are also in favour of a ban, with Professor Phil Newton and Michael Draper, leading experts on essay plagiarism, calling on the Government to tighten up the legal loopholes being exploited by professional writing services. 3. Education News £1,700 for a dissertation, but what's the real cost of plagiarism? As one ghost writing service sees an 80 per cent increase in sales in one -- -- It’s a heavy sum to pay for something that the majority of people - not to mention universities - would class as plagiarism. Yet Nemet is quick to separate his company from this accusation. -- -- Whether or not this is an easy way of passing responsibility on to the client, ghost writing – along with other forms of plagiarism – remains an issue at universities across Britain. -- -- declined by 60 per cent since 2005 While 2013 figures from plagiarism detection service, Turnitin, reveal that the number of serious cases has declined by 60 per cent since 2005, Phil Newton, superintendent of assessment at Swansea University, -- -- topic I had set. It really opened my eyes to the issue. “We regard [ghost writing] as plagiarism, pure and simple. It’s is a form of dishonesty, it’s a form of cheating, and where students are found guilty of it, there will be serious academic repercussions.” -- -- passing off work as their own. For students that are caught, there can be serious consequences, from the deduction of marks on an essay, to expulsion from the university. Even if the plagiarism is unintended, there may still be penalties. -- -- “The University also employs a series of sophisticated software applications to detect plagiarism in submitted examination work, both in terms of copying and collusion,” the spokesman adds. -- -- “It regularly monitors online essay banks, essay-writing services, and other potential sources of material. Anyone who submits plagiarised material as part of their course can expect to be dealt with severely.” -- -- ongoing advancements in technology – incorporating more sophisticated methods of detection – will continue to play a role in combating plagiarism; however, educating students should also help prevent the initial interest. -- -- where they are in their course. If they are in their final year, we regard that as much more serious, if they do it in their first year, they probably just need some advice on how to avoid plagiarism and what constitutes plagiarism. “I don’t condone it, but I can understand why a student who is 4. Health News 'Hero' GP suspended for plagiarising fellow doctor's work A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent -- -- A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent patients has been suspended for six months for plagiarising another doctor’s work. -- -- The General Medical Council heard that Dr Margaret Staley initially came under suspicion herself after computer anti-plagiarism software picked out striking similarities between a case study she had written and Dr Kumar's coursework. -- -- Dr Staley endured weeks of uncertainty before eventually being completely exonerated when it became clear she was the victim rather than the perpetrator of the plagiarism. Public school-educated Dr Kumar was hailed as a hero in 2009 after Johnson called it an “unacceptable and pernicious” practice, while universities will generally expel anybody they catch – though given the essays aren’t plagiarised, identifying a paid-for piece of work isn’t easy. Using an essay mill, on the other hand, very much is. * News Canadian poet laureate revealed to have plagiarised Maya Angelou, Tupac and others -- -- [tupac_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jp g?imwidth=450] The Canadian poet Pierre DesRuisseaux, who has been found to have plagiarised numerous poets, including Tupac Shakur * Telegraph Reporters -- -- Pierre DesRuisseaux, who died last year, served as the parliamentary poet laureate between 2009 and 2011, and has now been accused of plagiarising the work of up to 20 poets, among them world-famous names and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. -- -- and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- DesRuisseaux The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux Credit: Wayne Miller/Magnum/BBC -- -- The duplicity was unearthed by poet and literary sleuth Ira Lightman, a member of a Facebook group called Plagiarism Alerts, whose mission involves tracking down plagiarism in the poetry world. Lightman was tipped off by a Canadian poet named Kathy Figueroa, who -- -- But still, like dust, I'll rise." The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- by DesRuisseaux The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- -- Figueroa told Canada's CBC News that DesRuisseaux's widespread plagiarism came as a shock: "It was just mind-boggling, the audacity of someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." -- -- someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." Upon the discovery of the plagiarism, DesRuisseaux's Montreal-based publishers Éditions du Noroît pulled the book from shelves, while claiming that only between 50 and 100 copies of the book had actually show ad Last-ditch attack on Neil Gorsuch amid claims Supreme Court pick plagiarized academic papers in his book -- -- The White House punched back hard, and assembled its own team of experts to debunk claims that the writing constituted plagiarism. 'This false attack has been strongly refuted by highly-regarded -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' HARD FEELINGS: Democrats are furious that the Senate never scheduled a hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court -- -- hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court seat PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- “Each of the individual incidents constitutes a violation of academic ethics. I've never seen a college plagiarism code that this would not be in violation of,” said Syracuse University professor Rebecca Moore Howard. -- -- Howard. 'I would certainly call it plagiarism,” she added. At this late date, the information is likely to have little effect on show ad Tokyo 2020 gets new logo proposals after plagiarism scandal By Afp -- -- Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers said Tuesday they have received more than 14,500 suggestions for a new logo after the original choice was withdrawn because of a plagiarism scandal. The organising committee in August dropped the emblem put forward by -- -- The Tokyo committee has insisted the move to drop the original logo was not in response to the legal action. It said Sano, who denies plagiarism, asked that his design be withdrawn to avoid harming the Tokyo Games. show ad Monica Crowley out of Trump White House team after plagiarism revealed * Crowley is a syndicated talk show host who was set to takeover as -- -- administration after all. More than 50 charges of plagiarism, based on discoveries made by CNN's KFile division, led publisher HarperCollins to pull her 2012 book from its shelves last week. -- -- currently unavailable for purchase on Amazon. Crowley appears to have plagiarized large sections of the book, according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than -- according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than 50 examples of apparent plagiarism. Politico separately charged that her 2000 dissertation wasn't properly -- -- decision to suspend sales of her book. Crowley also faced plagiarism allegations in 1999 after a piece she wrote on the 25th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's resignation ran in The Wall Street Journal. -- -- article.' Crowley also plagiarized several sections of her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University, Politico Magazine said. The publication found more than a dozen instances in which Crowley appeared to lift from -- -- developer!' DID MONICA CROWLEY PLAGIARIZE THESE PASSAGES? Crowley's book -- -- Source: CNN Read more: * Trump pick Monica Crowley plagiarized multiple sources in 2012 book - CNNMoney -- - CNNMoney * Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation - POLITICO Magazine * Monica Crowley to forgo post in Trump White House - Washington 'Dishonest' TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud suspended after admitting plagiarism By Daily Mail Reporter -- -- 'The Panel has determined that a three-month period of suspension is sufficient to send out a signal to you, the profession and the public that plagiarism is unacceptable behaviour.' The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the -- -- The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, is now in tatters after he admitted plagiarism. Before the ruling, GMC members heard from some of Dr Persaud's -- -- proceedings.' He added: 'The panel has determined that your actions, in plagiarising the work of others, were liable to bring the profession into disrepute.' -- -- the doctor's book. He also said he had uncovered more examples of plagiarism in Dr Persaud's book after comparing passages in it with material on the internet. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- DEJA VU Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago -- -- Republicans candidate Fillon was still in the presidential race when he delivered the speech two weeks ago France election candidate Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarising speech The incident is bizarrely reminiscent of Melania Trump's July 2016 -- -- state. And the sight of her having to plagiarise a discredited rival’s words will come as a blow to her electoral ambitions. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- Under the bed bugs Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? -- -- Beedle The Bard. Why has Chris Riddell accused John Lewis of plagiarism? Chris Riddell believes there are many similarities between the two * Health News Fears of plagiarism crisis as probe finds foreign university students ‘cheats’ -- -- Updated: 6th April 2016, 8:55 am FOREIGN students are claimed to be fuelling a surge in plagiarism at British universities amid fears of a cheating crisis. / Sean Gallup/Getty Images Findings come months after The Times exposes 'plagiarism epidemic' among Britain's institutions -- -- Half of the nation’s university students are losing marks for not referencing their work correctly, according to a new survey into attitudes towards plagiarism. Citation tool RefME - which polled just under 2,900 of the country’s -- -- almost 80 per cent are worried about referencing correctly, while a majority of 71 per cent expressed concern about facing disciplinary actions for plagiarism. [GettyImages-170380536.jpg] Read more -- -- Read more Universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students cheat RefMe said: “This widespread concern over facing disciplinary actions -- -- ‘ghostwriter’ to complete their work for them constitutes academic misconduct, more than 20 per cent were unable to identify this as plagiarism. The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times -- -- The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed there to be a “plagiarism epidemic” among Britain’s universities with almost 50,000 students being caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- However, RefME said that, although its study unearthed some “concerning” statistics around plagiarism in academia, students are increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using -- -- increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using plagiarism tools prior to submitting. Tom Hatton, CEO and founder of RefME, described how, as a university -- -- “The hope is that we can look back at these numbers in a couple of years and see evidence that the sentiment towards plagiarism has changed.” * More about: -- -- * More about: * RefMe * plagiarism * University of Kent * University of Westminster 1. INDYSTUDENT UK universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students caught cheating over last 3 years -- -- The Independent Online Britain’s universities are said to be in the midst of a “plagiarism epidemic” after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed how almost 50,000 students were caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- of the student population, requests from 70 universities showed. 75 per cent of postgraduates found plagiarising at Queen Mary University of London were from abroad, including a third from China. -- -- One professor from the University of Buckingham told The Times “type-1 plagiarism,” copying and pasting, is decreasing because it’s “so easy to detect.” 1. INDYPULSE TV doctor Raj Persaud admits plagiarism * PA -- -- Indy/Life TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and articles he wrote. -- -- The doctor, who is famed for his regular appearances on daytime TV shows such as This Morning, admitted plagiarising four articles for his 2003 book 'From The Edge Of The Couch'. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. -- -- He said Dr Persaud blamed sub-editors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, USA, complained -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." The GMC panel heard that allegations of plagiarism against Dr Persaud were first made in a Sunday Times article published in April 2006. -- -- The article alleged that sections of Dr Persaud's book, published three years earlier, were plagiarised from academic articles. At the time Dr Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Mr Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Plan to prosecute firms who offer paid-for essays to students While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address ‘essay mills’ -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 -- -- The move is a response to mounting concern over the practice which allows students to circumvent their college’s plagiarism detection systems. The use of these services is not easily detected as software used by universities only detects where students have copied from -- -- Paid-for essays While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address the issue of so-called contact cheating or the use of paid-for essays. -- -- The QQI’s guidelines advise colleges that they “should have effective policies and procedures in place to prevent, detect, combat and deter plagiarism at all levels”. * Tackling teacher supply is complex - but we are making progress * Revenues crest €4m at top boys’ private school Glenstal Abbey -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, according to figures compiled by The Irish Times last year. -- -- Of those that did, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). The scale of detected issues is likely to be bigger at IT Tallaght as it has extensive detection policies. -- -- Online source The company insists it does not condone plagiarism, and says all “clients are expected to use and reference it as they would any other online source”. -- -- growing and it was typically completing roughly 350 projects a year. Mr Bruton’s spokesman said: “Plagiarism is currently subject to institutional disciplinary sanctions up to and including exclusion from the programme. -- -- offering the ‘service’ will not disclose it, those buying it will not, and there is no system-wide recording of detected instances of this or any other form of plagiarism”. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Essays for sale: a new wave of plagiarism Students who use online essay-writing services face sanction if caught. As -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Rigorous testing Would this essay be red-flagged for plagiarism? Colleges nowadays have access to a range of computer programmes, such as Turnitin and Safeassign, that test whether articles have been copied from other -- -- However, these programmes only work if they detect parts of the essay that exist elsewhere; they might not flag plagiarised content if they are custom-written pieces. -- -- To test the essay, we put it through Safeassign and it came back clean. But it’s not just the plagiarism-detection programmes: it has to get past the beady eye of a lecturer. We presented the essay to a number of lecturers in communications and media without telling them about its -- -- It’s difficult to say how commonly these services are being used, but colleges are increasingly aware of plagiarism on campus. There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being -- -- There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, and the numbers are on the rise (see panel). -- -- In the UK, some academics have warned that essay-writing services are behind an “epidemic” of plagiarism. Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected -- -- Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected plagiarism tends to involve students simply cutting and pasting in a section and putting inverted commas around it. -- -- section and putting inverted commas around it. “Students don’t realise that this is plagiarism, but these [essay-writing] services are blatant plagiarism,” he says. Trinity College Dublin’s education officer, Molly Kenny, said these -- -- reference it as they would any other online source,” she says. In the terms and conditions of the website they state they do not condone plagiarism. Foley says the site and demands for their services continue to grow. -- -- Glynn says this could be an option in Ireland: “I would endorse it if it came in here – enforcing it is the challenge – anything to discourage student plagiarism.” Students should be aware that using these services can be risky, -- -- the paper it’s written on. PLAGIARISM: A GROWING PROBLEM Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases -- Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases of students disciplined for plagiarism across the Irish higher-education sector. -- -- Of the colleges that supplied figures, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). -- -- Institute of Technology Tallaght has one of the most extensive approaches to dealing with plagiarism, involving a sliding case of penalties, ranging from written warnings to potential disqualification from the institution. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Plagiarism Sat, Mar 5, 2011, 00:00 -- -- Plagiarism: from Latin “plagiarius” (“kidnapper”), use pioneered by Roman poet Martial who complained that another poet had “kidnapped his verses”.– (Wikipedia) -- -- charismatic and aristocratic defence minister, key ally to Chancellor Angela Merkel, a shooting star brought down this week by claims that he had engaged in plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. The website GuttenPlag Wiki says it has detected plagiaristic “lifts” -- -- Coincidentally, a new anti-Gadafy front has opened up in the London School of Economics where the doctoral thesis written by his son Seif al-Islam is also being checked for plagiarism following complaints by online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, -- online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, plagiarism is claiming high-profile political casualties. Academics in Ireland worry at what they see as a serious cultural -- -- at the threat to the country’s ’s reputation as a source of quality research, the Royal Irish Academy in September urged new procedures to protect against falsification and plagiarism. -- A recent US survey in Education Week, cited by plagiarism.org, reports 54 per cent of student respondents admitting to plagiarising from the internet; 74 per cent, to “serious” cheating at least once in the past year; while half believed teachers sometimes chose to ignore cheating. -- -- And then, of course, there’s that truly scandalous hardy annual – claims of plagiarism in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year Denmark’s A Friend In Londonis accused. The melody of their New Tomorrowis apparently similar to Face 2 Faceby Future Trance United. was to be written in 4 weeks. All of the four websites guaranteed a money back scheme if the work does not achieve the grade and if the paper was accused of plagiarism then the customer would receive their money back. -- -- Latest figures from the BBC article reveal that half of Welsh universities have seen an increase in the number of plagiarism cases With students being targeted on social media through 'sponsored -- -- https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/essay-mills-university-co urse-work-to-order/2007934.article MORE:higher educationplagiarismcollege essaysessaysacademiawalescustom essays Credit Where It's Due - Why Are Half of UK Students Losing Marks for Plagiarism? * -- -- Photo by CollegeDegrees360 under a CC license We are in the grips of a 'plagiarism epidemic' according to The Times. An investigation conducted by the paper earlier this year revealed that 50,000 university students have been caught over the last three years, -- -- Further research published this month by RefME, a digital reference management tool for students, has found that 50% of students surveyed say they have lost marks due to plagiarism arising from inaccurate citations. -- -- citations. But plagiarism falls on a spectrum and shouldn't be confused with cheating. -- -- conventions and were unaware of resources available to help them. But regardless of whether plagiarism is deliberate (and often it is not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in -- not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in their adoption of plagiarism detection, with software such as Turnitin now used by the majority. Facing the risk of a damaged reputation, suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of -- -- suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of the students surveyed say that they worry about committing accidental plagiarism. While a minor infringement is more likely to result in lost marks than -- -- person's ideas begin and another's end. In the Twittersphere, for instance, ideas are endlessly retweeted and recycled. But digital tools also exist to prevent plagiarism. Using RefME, referencing can be as simple as scanning a barcode or -- -- student support, embedding academic writing skills more deeply into the curriculum and communicating expectations from the outset. But certainly, the majority of students do not intend to commit plagiarism. On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. -- On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. MORE:plagiarismuniversitiesstudentshigher education SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW Universities use expensive software designed to detect students who cheat, but Turnitin can only detect plagiarised work, not original work that has not been penned by the student. Thus, it is nigh on impossible to detect students who use professional essay-writing services. And, -- -- I would like to see action taken to stop degree ghost-writers in their tracks. Perhaps the industry should be regulated, forcing any ghost-written essay to be submitted by the seller to plagiarism detection sites so that should the student try to pass it off as their own, they will be caught. This won't stop the rogue sites, but at least -- -- ghost-write student essays. After all, I could end up having to mark my own essay one day. MORE:universitystudentscheatingplagiarismUniversitiescheating at examsghost-writing THE BLOG The Problem With Political Speeches Isn't Plagiarism, It's Platitudes * -- -- the road" and you've won political cliché bingo. As for plagiarism, how many different ways can you express those basic concepts in simple, accessible language to describe another person? Not many. It begins with "he/she believes..." and ends in simple -- -- Ms. Obama. Trump just had a lousy proofreader who failed to spot the direct similarities. If the nouns had been replaced by synonyms, verbs exchanged, the sequence of clauses varied... who would cry plagiarism? Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the -- -- Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the news media pounce on the plagiarism as opposed to criticising the fact Melania Trump avoided saying anything interesting about the man who would be king. -- -- Trump handles that issue, unlike the speeches, will be interesting to watch. MORE:Melania TrumpDonald TrumpplagiarismRepublican convention SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW POLITICS Home»Today's Stories Chair of institute has plagiarism ruling overturned Saturday, May 04, 2013 -- -- An external investigation has found that Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) chairman Flan Garvey committed unintentional plagiarism in a 2008 master’s thesis but this has been overturned on a technical appeal. -- -- The three academics appointed in December to probe a complaint by 26 ITT academics found plagiarism in two chapters of the thesis about his Co Clare parish. -- -- It has upheld the appeal on grounds relating to the understanding of the nature of plagiarism, in a report finalised this week and also seen by the Irish Examiner. -- -- by the Irish Examiner. It found that college rules around plagiarism were not clearly formulated or clearly communicated to postgraduate students. On that basis, it said, a finding of an award being unjustified would be unfair -- -- However, a source told the Irish Examiner that staff are baffled at the outcome and many believe it places a question mark over any previous cases of students sanctioned for plagiarism. -- Plagiarism finding After word-for-word comparisons with texts cited by the complainants, -- -- interspersed with occasional references to another. One section complained of in chapter 4 was found not to be plagiarism after the investigators were made aware of Mr Garvey’s contribution to the authorship of a local history pamphlet. more serious (getting someone else to do coursework). Plagiarism is the most widespread form, with 6% disclosing that they had passed off information copied from other sources as their own work, while 5% admitting that they have carried on writing once an 29 July 2013 Parasite journalism: is aggregation as bad as plagiarism? When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing -- -- When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing work, we call it plagiarism. But news organisations do the same, and call it aggregation. Sign up for our weekly email * -- -- any better. In my opinion, it happens all the time, it's just that people don't get caught very often. Johann Hari is the classic example - the only absolutely rock solid piece of plagiarism that could be pinned on him was a piece from a German newspaper article that he'd translated. -- -- copy of being free. In my opinion, some of this stuff is just as bad as plagiarism. Aggregators are parasites, only slightly more benign than plagiarists - and sooner or later, parasites kill the host. Someone has to actually Share on Reddit HomeOxford studentsAcademic mattersStudy guidanceStudy skills and trainingPlagiarism -- Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether -- -- full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or -- unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or reckless plagiarism is a disciplinary offence. Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been -- -- Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been developed to provide a useful overview of the issues surrounding plagiarism and practical ways to avoid it. The necessity to acknowledge others’ work or ideas applies not only to -- -- text, data, or other resources downloaded from websites. The best way of avoiding plagiarism is to learn and employ the principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your -- principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your university career. Avoiding plagiarism is not simply a matter of making sure your references are all correct, or changing enough words so the examiner will not notice your paraphrase; it is about deploying your -- -- academic skills to make your work as good as it can be. Forms of plagiarism Verbatim (word for word) quotation without clear acknowledgement -- -- Paraphrasing the work of others by altering a few words and changing their order, or by closely following the structure of their argument, is plagiarism if you do not give due acknowledgement to the author whose work you are using. -- -- doing so, than to paraphrase particular sections of his or her writing. This will ensure you have a genuine grasp of the argument and will avoid the difficulty of paraphrasing without plagiarising. You must also properly attribute all material you derive from lectures. -- -- University or elsewhere. Auto-plagiarism You must not submit work for assessment that you have already submitted (partially or in full), either for your current course or for another -- -- Where earlier work by you is citable, ie. it has already been published, you must reference it clearly. Identical pieces of work submitted concurrently will also be considered to be auto-plagiarism. -- Why does plagiarism matter? -- Plagiarism is a breach of academic integrity. It is a principle of intellectual honesty that all members of the academic community should acknowledge their debt to the originators of the ideas, words, and data -- -- which form the basis for their own work. Passing off another’s work as your own is not only poor scholarship, but also means that you have failed to complete the learning process. Plagiarism is unethical and can have serious consequences for your future career; it also undermines the standards of your institution and of the degrees it -- -- issues. Why should you avoid plagiarism? -- There are many reasons to avoid plagiarism. You have come to university to learn to know and speak your own mind, not merely to reproduce the opinions of others - at least not without attribution. At first it may -- -- independent one - by learning to assess critically the work of others, weigh up differing arguments and draw your own conclusions. Students who plagiarise undermine the ethos of academic scholarship while avoiding an essential part of the learning process. -- -- avoiding an essential part of the learning process. You should avoid plagiarism because you aspire to produce work of the highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear -- -- highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear of plagiarism. Moreover, you will reap the additional benefits of improvements to both the lucidity and quality of your writing. It is important to appreciate that mastery of the techniques of academic -- -- commitment to the principle of intellectual honesty in scholarship. What happens if you are thought to have plagiarised? -- The University regards plagiarism in examinations as a serious matter. Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of -- -- Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of the occurrence. Even if plagiarism is inadvertent, it can result in a penalty. The forms of plagiarism listed above are all potentially disciplinary offences in the context of formal assessment requirements. -- -- award’. Additionally, this includes the transfer and confirmation of status exercises undertaken by graduate students. Cases of suspected plagiarism in assessed work are investigated under the disciplinary regulations concerning conduct in examinations. Intentional plagiarism in this context means that you understood that you were breaching the regulations and did so intending to gain advantage in the examination. -- -- expected to have understood (even if you did not specifically consider it) that your work might breach the regulations, but you took no action to avoid doing so. Intentional or reckless plagiarism may incur severe penalties, including failure of your degree or expulsion from the university. -- -- university. If plagiarism is suspected in a piece of work submitted for assessment in an examination, the matter will be referred to the Proctors. They will thoroughly investigate the claim and call the student concerned -- -- refer the case to the Student Disciplinary Panel. If you are suspected of plagiarism your College Secretary/Academic Administrator and subject tutor will support you through the process and arrange for a member of Congregation to accompany you to all -- -- involve the use and discussion of material written by others, and, with due acknowledgement and proper referencing, this is clearly distinguishable from plagiarism. The knowledge in your discipline has developed cumulatively as a result of years of research, innovation and debate. You need to give credit to the authors of the ideas and -- -- Does this only matter in exams? Although plagiarism in weekly essays does not constitute a University disciplinary offence, it may well lead to College disciplinary measures. Persistent academic under-performance can even result in your -- -- Borrowing essays from other students to adapt and submit as your own is plagiarism, and will develop none of these necessary skills, holding back your academic development. Students who lend essays for this purpose are doing their peers no favours. -- -- purpose are doing their peers no favours. Unintentional plagiarism -- Not all cases of plagiarism arise from a deliberate intention to cheat. Sometimes students may omit to take down citation details when taking notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. -- -- notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. However, these excuses offer no sure protection against a charge of plagiarism. Even in cases where the plagiarism is found to have been neither intentional nor reckless, there may still be an academic penalty for poor practice. -- -- It is your responsibility to find out the prevailing referencing conventions in your discipline, to take adequate notes, and to avoid close paraphrasing. If you are offered induction sessions on plagiarism and study skills, you should attend. Together with the advice contained in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common -- -- in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common errors. If you are undertaking a project or dissertation you should ensure that you have information on plagiarism and collusion. If ever in doubt about referencing, paraphrasing or plagiarism, you have only to ask your tutor. -- -- to ask your tutor. Examples of plagiarism -- There are some helpful examples of plagiarism-by-paraphrase and you will also find extensive advice on the referencing and library skills pages. -- -- London Hanged, p. 213.] Plagiarised 1. Although they did not question the inegalitarian hierarchy of their -- -- of a submissive workforce. (This is a mixture of verbatim copying and acceptable paraphrase. Although only one phrase has been copied from the source, this would still count as plagiarism. The idea expressed in the first sentence has not been attributed at all, and the reference to ‘some historians’ in the second is insufficient. -- -- original.) Non-plagiarised 1. Peter Linebaugh argues that although highwaymen posed no overt -- -- Student conduct Related websites Online plagiarism course Policy on the use of third party proof-readers Related documents * Turnitin UK Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Turnitin FAQs * Plagiarism * Turnitin UK -- -- + Turnitin FAQs + Turnitin information for Faculties and Departments * What is plagiarism? * Information for staff * Resources and support -- -- Participation in a course at Cambridge is deemed as acceptance of the University's right to apply specialist software (like Turnitin) to your work for the purposes of plagiarism education and detection; the University's Statement on Plagiarism includes this consent. However, you do have the right to request that your work is not retained in the Turnitin UK database after it has been submitted. For -- -- be used as source material for future submissions; this will help to maximise the effectiveness of the software and to protect your work from future attempts to plagiarise it. However, you have the right to request that your work is removed from the database. This can only be done on an individual basis for each piece of work, and in some cases -- -- Q. I have been asked to attend an investigative meeting because Turnitin highlighted matched text, but I know I didn't plagiarise; what do I do? Firstly, don't panic; the meeting will be investigative, not -- -- Turnitin reports will be reviewed in detail in order to make an academic judgement on whether the matched text may be a result of plagiarism, or whether it may reflect commonly-used phrases or correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the -- -- correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the University's Definition of Plagiarism, plagiarism is the submission of someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to -- someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to deceive; this means that you have plagiarised even if you did it accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine -- accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine that the matches are the result of plagiarism, they then judge whether this is minor, or more serious/extensive. If it is minor, they may adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor -- -- adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor scholarship, so you will receive a lower mark than you otherwise would have, if you had referenced appropriately. If the plagiarism is more serious or extensive, they may deem that it merits disciplinary action. -- -- Turnitin UK, the University’s use of the software complies with this requirement. The University has identified ‘providers of anti-plagiarism software’ in its information to students as organisations with whom data may be shared. For more information about data protection and the way the University uses your data, see the -- -- Q. What support is available? If you have any queries about plagiarism or good academic practice, you should contact your Tutor or Director of Studies in the first instance. Our Resources and support pages may also be of help; these contain a * Home * What is plagiarism? -- Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- The University's definition of plagiarism -- * Plagiarism -- * What is plagiarism? + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Turnitin UK University-wide Statement on Plagiarism The General Board, with the agreement of the Board of Examinations and -- -- Departments. Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. It is both poor -- -- scholarship and a breach of academic integrity. Examples of plagiarism include copying (using another person's language and/or ideas as if they are a candidate's own), by: * quoting verbatim another person's work without due acknowledgement -- -- to a joint project. Plagiarism might also arise from colluding with another person, including another candidate, other than as permitted for joint project work (i.e. where collaboration is concealed or has been forbidden). A -- -- piece of written work. Plagiarism can occur in respect to all types of sources and media: * text, illustrations, musical quotations, mathematical derivations, computer code, etc; -- -- not referencing sources) in examinations or assessed work may affect the mark given to the candidate's work. In addition, suspected cases of the use of unfair means (of which plagiarism is one form) will be investigated and may be brought to one of the University's Courts. The Courts have wide powers to discipline those found guilty of using -- -- The University makes use of text-matching software for the purpose of plagiarism education and detection, and reserves the right to submit a candidate’s work to such a service. For this purpose, candidates consent to the submission of their papers to the service and for the -- -- No candidate shall make use of unfair means in any University examination. Unfair means shall include plagiarism* and, unless such possession is specifically authorized, the possession of any book, paper or other material relevant to the examination. No member of the -- -- (Statutes and Ordinances 2016, p. 191). * Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. -- -- known as Discipline Regulation 6. Proctorial Notice on plagiarism The Proctorial Notice for 2016 can be viewed on the Proctors' website. * Information for staff Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Forms of plagiarism and collusion -- * Plagiarism * Information for staff -- -- * Information for staff + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * What is plagiarism? * Resources and support * Turnitin UK -- -- * Turnitin UK This page outlines some common forms of plagiarism and collusion, and suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. -- -- suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. * Plagiarism in invigilated examinations * Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework * Collusion in dissertations and other assessed coursework __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in invigilated examinations Collusion (perhaps by candidates exchanging notes) is extremely rare in -- -- invigilated examinations; this is clearly an offence which would be reported immediately to the Proctors. The most common forms of plagiarism in invigilated exams are: Reproducing material committed to memory -- -- heart. Those brought up with rote learning often don't realise that reproducing such material in a written examination constitutes plagiarism if it is reproduced without attribution. In technical subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as -- -- subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as plagiarism. * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it -- * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it clear that plagiarism can occur in written examinations and explain how candidates should acknowledge sources in such examinations. Examiners are strongly advised to include an appropriate rubric on -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework There are numerous forms of assessed work which are not produced under -- -- strict examination conditions, including: dissertations, assessed essays, practical work, seminar-style presentations, and musical compositions. Cases of both plagiarism and collusion are regularly reported in these forms of assessment and some are taken to the Court of Discipline. -- -- of Discipline. 'Classic' plagiarism -- * Overview: plagiarism most commonly involves copying from the Internet, published works, lecture handouts or private communications. Work copied from the Internet can be detected by -- -- the requirements and explain that serious penalties can be imposed. In cases of supervised work, Supervisors are expected to play a role: the Proctors may ask why the plagiarism wasn’t detected before the work reached the Examiners. -- -- before the work reached the Examiners. Third-party plagiarism -- * Overview: a more troublesome form of plagiarism is the use of work commissioned from a third party. These may be purchased from organisations which supply dissertations and essays on a -- -- candidate normally submits. Review-section plagiarism -- * Overview: a common form of plagiarism, which is usually more or less innocent, occurs in review sections. A final-year dissertation may legitimately build on the work described in a dissertation -- -- permitted and what is not. Guidance on proofreading is available on the collusion pages of this website. * Treatment of cases: unlike cases of plagiarism, work produced by unauthorised collusion cannot be made good by proper attribution. The Board of Examinations has agreed that it is inappropriate to -- -- A copies from B without B's knowledge Strictly, this is plagiarism rather than collusion but plagiarism that cannot be made good by any form of attribution. It may be necessary to interview both A and B at an investigative meeting. If it is clear that -- -- This example is much like the former except that B may now be in trouble too. It should perhaps be regarded as a case of collusion rather than plagiarism. Again A should not be awarded any marks for the copied elements of the University of Birmingham Intranet > Academic Services > Student Services > Student Conduct > Plagiarism > Guidance for students -- Guidance on plagiarism for students -- In 'Plagiarism' -- * Plagiarism * Plagiarism awareness starting points * Guidance for students -- * Guidance for students * Plagiarism Information for staff * Interactive plagiarism course Back to 'Student Conduct' -- -- Back to 'Student Conduct' * Defining plagiarism * A student's responsibilities -- * A student's responsibilities * 'Accidental' plagiarism * Plagiarism-detecting software * How Schools deal with plagiarism * The Learning Agreement and plagiarism * Plagiarism and postgraduate study * Student background and plagiarism * Referral to College Misconduct Committee * Appealing the decision -- -- * Confidentiality Defining plagiarism -- Plagiarism is a form of cheating and is a serious academic offence. It arises where work submitted by a student is not their own and has been taken from another source. The original material is then hidden from -- -- or by not mentioning it at all. The most common forms of plagiarism are: * copying -- * copying * self-plagiarism (also called auto-plagiarism) * collusion * fabrication or misrepresentation -- -- * unacceptable proof-reading Plagiarism may occur in a number of other forms, as well as in conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the -- conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the plagiarism may arise from the misuse of sources outside the University. The key is proper attribution of source material. None of the -- -- activities listed above is, of itself, necessarily wrong. Plagiarism is a serious matter for the University. If not dealt with, it will ultimately devalue all University degrees to the detriment of both students and the University. It also introduces a fundamental and -- -- It should be clear from a consideration of these two key requirements why plagiarism is unacceptable. By definition, a piece of work that has been plagiarised will never be able to meet either of the above criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely -- -- criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely to be a problem with plagiarism. It is ironic that students sometimes seem to go to great lengths to -- -- in jeopardy. 'Accidental' plagiarism The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the -- -- The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the severe penalties that may be applied in cases of serious plagiarism, will be anxious to avoid inadvertently submitting plagiarised work. It is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography -- is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography and still commit plagiarism by then incorporating a significant amount of un-attributed material taken directly or indirectly (through paraphrasing) from that source into the body of the assignment. -- -- Above all, the student body is not a single grouping and the University is aware of the need for a sympathetic approach to plagiarism, particularly in the first year of undergraduate studies and where there is no conscious attempt by the student to deceive. However, this is not -- -- ensure that you have clear guidance on what is expected of you in terms of the referencing of source material. If you are worried about committing plagiarism, always seek help and advice from your tutor, supervisor or other academic advisor within your School. Members of staff are experienced in dealing with questions about proper -- -- * Endnote information and training Plagiarism-detecting software Schools are making use of software systems, in addition to the existing -- -- You should be assured that academic judgement is always brought into play when analysing the results. A School will not take action against you for plagiarism as a result of the findings of Turnitin unless it has looked very carefully at the report obtained from the software and assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will -- -- assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will be able to see the relevant report and to challenge the School's case if you are accused of plagiarism following a software-based analysis of your work. -- -- However, the University reserves the right to protect the academic integrity of its degree awards by whatever means available to it. This will benefit those students who did not plagiarise. -- How Schools deal with plagiarism This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: -- -- This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: * If an Academic Integrity Officer suspects that plagiarism may have occurred they will undertake an investigation which would normally involve considering any evidence. This may include a report -- -- the marker or invigilator; * If, following the investigation, the Academic Integrity Officer has a reasonable suspicion that plagiarism has occurred, they will invite you to respond to the allegation and you will be invited to a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); -- -- a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); * Following on from the meeting, the principal academic unit will determine the level of plagiarism (if any) that it believes has arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, -- arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, moderate plagiarism and serious plagiarism. -- The consequences of a finding that plagiarism has occurred in any of these above ways can be found under Section 6 of the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. -- -- on Academic Integrity. In cases where serious plagiarism is found, the matter will be dealt with under University Regulation Section 8 Student Conduct. -- -- You should consult the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. This provides detailed definitive information on how plagiarism is dealt with. -- -- with. The Learning Agreement and plagiarism This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for -- -- This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for your part, will not submit plagiarised work and that your School, for its part, will help and support you to avoid plagiarism. It is seen by the University as a helpful expression of good faith and intentions by both sides of the academic partnership involving you and the -- -- University. Plagiarism and postgraduate study Given that you are likely to hold a First Degree already, there is an -- -- You should be assured that your School will not, provided it is satisfied that there has not been a deliberate attempt to deceive, treat any instance of plagiarism in the early stage of your postgraduate career as a matter normally requiring the imposition of a penalty. However, you must quickly come to terms with the University's -- -- dissertation element of the programme. Student background and plagiarism The educational background of students may make unintentional -- -- The educational background of students may make unintentional plagiarism more likely. Given the diversity of student background in the University, previous experience of formal education in the UK cannot be assumed. The expectations of learning and the learning styles -- -- and circumstance, as well as by individual preferences. Student work that stays close to the original source and is therefore at risk of an allegation of plagiarism may, in some cases, be the result of: * past experience of what has proven to be successful in other academic contexts but which is now a liability to the student; -- -- The University accepts that one (or more) of the above factors may play a role in a case of alleged plagiarism. Each case will therefore be treated on its individual merits and taking account of all relevant circumstances. #University of Derby Blog » Feed University of Derby Blog » Comments Feed University of Derby Blog » How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? Comments Feed alternate alternate [tr?id=263182877367236&ev=PageView&noscript=1] -- -- + Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Home > Blog > How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? James Elander -- -- Student Life How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? -- Be it in music or writing, plagiarism – “stealing other’s ideas” – is a complicated and yet serious offence. So how can universities help students improve their writing and avoid it? Professor James Elander, Head of -- -- Psychological Research, gives his top tips. Plagiarism happens so quickly and easily in these days of ‘cut and paste’, multiple deadlines and pressure to produce excellent work. -- -- Universities, therefore, need active strategies to help students learn not to plagiarise, and one approach focuses on improving their ‘authorial identity’ – a concept I have developed with Derby PhD student Kevin Cheung, which centres on how writers see themselves as -- -- students to understand the values of integrity and transparency associated with academic writing and to write assignments without plagiarising. My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction -- -- My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction session about plagiarism. I asked myself, what is the opposite of plagiarism? Surely the answer to that is authorship and, if authorship is the desired outcome, what are the behavioural or psychological characteristics needed for students to achieve that? -- -- To qualify genuinely as the authors of their written work, students must understand the role of an author, and must be able to identify with that role. This protects them from accidental plagiarism, which often happens when students produce written work without being really in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for -- -- in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for several projects with different groups of colleagues to help students not to plagiarise. Supervised by myself and Ed Stupple in the Department of Psychology at -- -- with lecturers were used to get insights into what university lecturers think about authorial identity, and how we can get them more involved in helping students write better and avoid plagiarism. These showed that changing identity, or how one sees oneself, is -- -- When students were asked afterwards about these workshops, 86% agreed they helped them understand how to avoid plagiarism and 66% agreed they helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, -- -- helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, understanding of authorship and knowledge to avoid plagiarism. The changes were greatest for year one students, supporting the common -- -- It’s important that universities spend time speaking to their students about what plagiarism means and the impact it can have. However, rather than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like -- than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like we did, and discussing how to write assignments without plagiarising, is of much better value. -- -- We hope this research will help to guide future efforts to help students improve their writing and avoid plagiarism, and also give us a simple tool to measure how students’ change through taking part in those efforts. -- -- those efforts. Top tips to avoid plagiarism Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental -- -- Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental plagiarism. Some of these are related to the early stages of work on a written assignment: * Think about what your own position (opinion) is before you start -- -- * Put yourself in the role of the author. How to use quotations without plagiarising * Think about what point you are making with the quote; -- -- * #Derby * #higher education * #plagiarism * #Press * #psychology You are here: Home / Offices / Student and Academic Services / Exams and Assessment / Plagiarism and Collusion Info -- -- Info Plagiarism and Collusion -- * Plagiarism: Plagiarism is used as a general term to describe taking and using another’s thoughts and writings as one’s own. Plagiarism can occur not only in essays and dissertations, but also in scientific experimentation, diagrams, maps, fieldwork, computer -- -- the application of very severe penalties. Avoiding plagiarism and/or collusion -- Learning Development runs a workshop on avoiding plagiarism and has study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on -- study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on avoiding plagiarism. Your student handbook is also a useful resource for plagiarism avoidance and will set out your department's policy about identifying plagiarism. Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of -- -- Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of plagiarism and/or collusion Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Senate Regulation 11: Regulations governing -- -- Departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion: Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations -- -- Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations governing student discipline when investigating and considering allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in work that is not assessed by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of -- by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of the case by the department's Plagiarism Officer. -- Departmental level consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion may be followed by a hearing of a Student Discipline Panel if the severity of the offence or the complexity of the case deems it -- -- * See regulation 11.60 to 11.70 for full details of the University's procedures for departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in assessed work (excluding written examinations) -- -- assessed work (excluding written examinations) Departmental penalties for plagiarism/collusion: The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student -- -- The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student if he/she is found to have committed plagiarism/collusion are also defined in the regulations. A disciplinary panel has the power to impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. -- -- impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. * See regulation 11.71 to 11.75 for full details of departmental penalties for plagiarism and/or collusion (extract of regulations) Cheating in written examinations -- -- staff in your department (e.g. your Programme Director or Head of Department) without any delay if you are still unsure about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. Don't risk a penalty. * For departments: -- * For departments: Contact your Plagiarism Officer or the Secretary to the Senate Student Discipline Committee (qualoffice@le.ac.uk | x2605), for advice on the operation of Senate Regulation 11. -- -- o Undergraduate Progression and Award o Taught Postgraduate Progression and Award o Plagiarism and Collusion # Penalties o Student Results You are here Home » General Regulations » Plagiarism Sitemap -- -- + University Calendar + Academic credit system (ECTS) + Plagiarism * Course Documentation + Course handbooks -- -- * Sitemap Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is interpreted by the University as the act of presenting the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. -- -- the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. Plagiarism is considered as academically fraudulent, and an offence against University discipline. The University considers plagiarism to be a major offence, and subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- University. Visit http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism -- -- Template for Plagiarism Summary Procedure -- Calendar Statement on Plagiarism for Undergraduates - Part II, 82-91 -- Plagiarism 82 General -- -- and explicit manner, and with due acknowledgement. Plagiarism is the act of presenting the work or ideas of others as one's own, without due acknowledgement. -- one's own, without due acknowledgement. Plagiarism can arise from deliberate actions and also through careless thinking and/or methodology. The offence lies not in the attitude or intention of the perpetrator, but in the action and in its -- -- It is the responsibility of the author of any work to ensure that he/she does not commit plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered to be academically fraudulent, and an offence against academic integrity that is subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- procedures of the University. 83 Examples of Plagiarism Plagiarism can arise from actions such as: (a) copying another student's work; (b) enlisting another person or persons to complete an assignment on -- -- All the above serve only as examples and are not exhaustive. 84 Plagiarism in the context of group work Students should normally submit work done in co-operation with other students only when it is done with the full knowledge and permission of -- -- the lecturer concerned. Without this, submitting work which is the product of collusion with other students may be considered to be plagiarism. When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is -- -- When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is possible, that no work submitted by the group is plagiarised. -- 85 Self plagiarism student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one -- -- student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one assessment for credit is normally considered self-plagiarism. -- 86 Avoiding plagiarism Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice -- Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice from their lecturers, tutor or supervisor on avoiding plagiarism. All schools and departments must include, in their handbooks or other literature given to students, guidelines on the appropriate methodology -- -- for the kind of work that students will be expected to undertake. In addition, a general set of guidelines for students on avoiding plagiarism is available on http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism. -- 87 If plagiarism as referred to in §82 above is suspected, in the first instance, the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or their designate, will write to the student, and the student’s tutor -- -- 88 If the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or designate, forms the view that plagiarism has taken place, he/she must decide if the offence can be dealt with under the summary procedure set out below. In order for this summary procedure to be followed, all -- -- (a) Level 1: Student receives an informal verbal warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will be assessed and marked without penalty; -- -- (b) Level 2: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissable. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped -- not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped mark depending on the seriousness/extent of plagiarism; (c) Level 3: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. There is no opportunity for #RSS 2.0 RSS .92 Atom 0.3 Ninth Level Ireland » Plagiarism Comments Feed alternate alternate alternate -- -- Plagiarism -- Of plagiarism, little new can be written (Schwartz, The culture of the copy (1998), p. 311) -- -- “Plagiarism” is defined in various ways. The core meaning seems to be inappropriate copying of another’s ideas or expressions. An important analytical distinction is between: -- -- behaviour, whether acknowledged or not. There is no legal definition of plagiarism, though it forms part of many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often -- -- many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often described as “self-plagiarism”; and two students who hand in identical essays may both find themselves accused of plagiarism, even though the essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of -- essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of them. Many examples of plagiarism will also be examples of breach of intellectual property rights, such as copyright or droit moral / droit à la paternité. -- -- à la paternité. Objections to plagiarism are numerous, so much so that it may be doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much -- doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much that used to be called “cheating” is now labelled “plagiarism”, often confusingly. The attitude of the person whose work is copied is sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as -- -- sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as your own is objectionable whether or not the true author objects.) There is a modern tendency to define “plagiarism” quite broadly, in some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme -- -- some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme hostility to plagiarism (such as stating, inaccurately, that it is a form of theft) it can sound as if large portions of the student community are being accused of crime. -- -- community are being accused of crime. Many argue that there is now a crisis of plagiarism, even a war against plagiarism. Of course, it has always been the case that some students look for illegitimate short cuts to achieving their qualifications. Various factors are blamed for the modern “crisis”: the growth of IT -- -- for intellectual development, not an occasion for open warfare between students and their teachers; the crisis, if there is one, is not so much a “crisis of plagiarism” as a crisis of how to test core competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. -- -- competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. The very difficulties experienced in trying to define plagiarism are evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how -- evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how it is to be established; further, those who condemn “plagiarism” the loudest often seem to have a quite unrealistic idea of the level of originality that can be expected at student level. -- -- originality that can be expected at student level. Plagiarism by academics is not so much discussed, though there is a general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. -- -- general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. “Persaud’s plagiarism was dishonesty, rules medical council”). It may, as in Raj Persaud’s case, come to the attention of a relevant professional body; or it might be a matter of university internal -- -- It is in this academic context that there are complaints of self-plagiarism, that academics are accused of reproducing their own work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether -- work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether “self-plagiarism” is really the right term may be doubted. Artificially padding one’s c.v. by submitting the same article to more than one journal is certainly reprehensible, and may in some circumstances even -- -- publications. Plagiarism by students, by contrast, has become a major preoccupation of universities. The rise of IT and access to online information, which has coincided with a greater emphasis on marked coursework rather than -- -- that the material could quite properly be included in a legitimate piece of writing, if referenced in the appropriate way. Any detailed university policy on plagiarism must necessarily distinguish between disciplines, as each discipline has its own nuanced attitude to materials that may be cited and how they may be used in argument. But -- -- equally, a failure to abide by a discipline’s rules is only culpable if those rules are understood – which leads many to suspect that rampant plagiarism really represents a teaching failure, such that the rules have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. -- -- have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. Many say, then, that plagiarism is to a certain extent a cultural problem. Does this mean that it is particularly a difficulty with students whose native language is not English? Some argue precisely -- -- of suspicion that is not applied to home students. There is little incentive for non-English speakers to improve their grasp of the language if they are met with “S/He must have plagiarised, s/he doesn’t speak English that well!”. If the local attitude to plagiarism is not well understood by foreign students, then presumably at least some of the blame lies with their teachers, and so a harsh response is not -- -- If there is a cultural problem, then, it is equally to do with domestic students. Academic horror at plagiarism reflects a set of value-judgments that students do not necessarily share, and the academics’ version of what their students are supposed to be doing -- -- achieve any level of expressive freedom. Constrained by an overwhelming consensus over the ‘facts’ and established modes of knowing, students may almost be forced to plagiarise. To devise a way to operate within a disciplinary context, without plagiarising, may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – -- may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – meaning, plagiarism and power, 2006) -- (See also Bill Marsh, Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education, 2007.) -- -- make no sense to be told that a failure to paraphrase counts as dishonesty. For discussion see “It’s culture, not morality”; “Using assessment on the front-line in the battle against plagiarism”. Academic conventions in these matters are framed on an assumption that -- -- dealing with intellectual problems is to find someone who has solved the problem before and to copy their work. (Without this skill, indeed, most university plagiarism policies would never have seen the light of day.) There are indeed other skills which university degrees must teach, and there are also behaviours which must be identified as -- -- required. As it is, plagiarism is increasingly being seen as a disciplinary matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an -- -- matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an unfortunate tendency both to define plagiarism broadly (as including any failure to follow established citation conventions, even if there is no attempt to claim originality for the cited material), coupled -- -- cheats off hook”; “‘Plagiarist’ to sue university”. Much attention has been focussed on plagiarism detection software (notably TURNITIN (website¦wikipedia)), which can take some of the drudgery out of identifying copied passages, and can be a useful -- -- o Irish Law Blogs o Overpayments o Plagiarism o Quality assurance o Tenure o Sample Dissertation o Sample Dissertation Proposal Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- + Referencing + Help Guides + Plagiarism Checker + Exam Revision Guides + -- -- o PhD Help Guides o Guide to Writing an Essay Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- * Call us What plagiarism is and how to avoid it One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of -- -- One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of study is that you must not plagiarise. If this is told to you early in your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there -- -- your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there are many different definitions of plagiarism. -- Plagiarism is stealing! -- This is the simplest way to explain plagiarism, it is stealing. What's more, it's stealing of the worst kind because it's taking another's idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. -- -- idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. Schools, colleges, and universities levy severe punishments on any student caught plagiarising and, in professional life, you would be prosecuted for it - plagiarism is illegal! -- The Internet and plagiarism: The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much -- -- The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much easier to plagiarise, but it has also made it easier to detect since most schools, colleges, and universities automatically scan work against millions of other sources to try and discover whether or not a -- -- teachers - they were students once themselves and during their careers have probably encountered every trick in the book! Therefore, make no mistake about it, if you deliberately plagiarise, you will be caught. -- Accidental plagiarism: -- Usually, however, a student is not guilty of direct plagiarism but plagiarising by accident. Unfortunately, it is too easy to do this when you are carrying out extensive research. Writing notes will, undoubtedly, incorporate the ideas of others alongside your own as this -- -- over an extended period of time (as with a thesis or dissertation), then it is easy to forget where your ideas end and another's begin. This is where accidental plagiarism can easily occur. -- How to avoid plagiarism: -- A very good way to avoid accidental plagiarism is to carefully record every single reference you make in your notes and put them into a list at the end of each referencing session that you carry out. It is also -- -- it) in the referencing style required by your school, college, or university. Not only will this help you to avoid an accusation of plagiarism, it will also enable you to grow accustomed to the required referencing style of your academic institution. This way of working will also allow your reference list and/or bibliography to evolve over -- -- footnote/bibliography style (employed by referencing styles such as Oxford). It is important to get this right because, like accidental plagiarism, getting it wrong will harm your academic career. Referencing and Citation Links -- -- of misuse. It is how you use these 'model answers' that makes the difference between availing yourself of a valuable academic resource and plagiarising. The best way to use a 'model answer' from a custom essay writing -- -- website is to think of the resource as you would a book i.e. make notes from it. Some of the key points you might take as a model without plagiarising are: * Structuring * Use of evidence -- -- Do not copy any words down from sources exactly as they are written unless you intend to cite them correctly within your work, otherwise you will be plagiarising. -- The good news is that nobody could, or should, accuse you of plagiarism if you simply use a source to aid your own quality of work. You are, after all, expected to research your topic, you just need to ensure you -- -- of others. Another frustrating form of accidental plagiarism can occur when you genuinely thought an idea was your own but later find that it is replicated in a book, journal, or other resource. The only way to avoid -- -- work such like a Masters or doctoral theses. Plagiarise and you're the one who suffers: -- Remember that plagiarism is a crime and that, like all forms of cheating, it ultimately harms no-one more than it does you. The best way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. -- -- way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. Does buying an essay count as plagiarism? If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this -- -- If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this constitute as plagiarism? The act of buying the essay is perfectly legitimate. You're allowed to -- -- answer or journal article you're given to look at. If you copy the essay word for word, reorganise sections or hand it in as your own, you'll be conducting plagiarism. Your university will take this very seriously and will be likely to issue you with a penalty. -- -- Our essay writing service guarantees that any work delivered to our customers is plagiarism free. -- If I buy an essay, how can I be sure it's not plagiarised? If you do decide to buy an essay it's wise to ensure the work you -- -- If you do decide to buy an essay it's wise to ensure the work you purchase is backed up with a 'no-plagiarism' guarantee. Ask the company you're buying from if they'll send you a free plagiarism scan with the essay. -- -- Check the company's policy on whether they offer compensation if you later find that your essay is plagiarised. Unlike most other essay writing companies, we promise that if you find that the essay you have -- writing companies, we promise that if you find that the essay you have purchased is plagiarised, we'll give you £5,000 as compensation. UK Essays will give you these guarantees as standard when you buy an -- -- essay from our website. If you are thinking about purchasing an essay, you can be sure that UK Essays will provide work that is 100% original and plagiarism free. Essay Writing Service -- -- 1. UKEssays 2. Plagiarism Scanner * 0115 966 7955 -- -- + Study Guides * Part of All Answers Ltd + Viper the anti-plagiarism checker + Law Teacher Logo + Academic Knowledge Logo o Sample Dissertation o Sample Dissertation Proposal Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- + Referencing + Help Guides + Plagiarism Checker + Exam Revision Guides + -- -- o PhD Help Guides o Guide to Writing an Essay Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- 3. Education The Plagiarism Laws In The UK Education Essay (BUTTON) Print -- -- 1. Introduction Plagiarism is robbery of words. A burglar doesnt have to break into peoples house to steal some of their most precious belongings. Even if a plagiarist takes the words of someone else who had written and passes -- -- creation, the fruit of the writer's hard work. As we know when we enter a word "plagiarism" in Internet we find almost 100,000 links to know the purpose of plagiarism, is a severe issue for writers, lawyers, authors, publishers, teachers, and students. Why should students think about? So what happens if a student downloads a -- -- piece of writing and hands it inside the same as his or her own. What is plagiarism? -- The word plagiarism must be important because it can change ones future and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good -- -- and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good intentions of doing it and not plagiarizing, but at times they get so besieged with the assignment leads to plagiarize. -- Defining plagiarism Definitions may be different but the central theme is copying from -- -- act of lying, cheating, and stealing." At UNC, plagiarism is "the deliberate or reckless representation of another's word, thoughts, or ideas as one's own without attribution about submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise." -- -- (Instrument of Student Judicial Governance,) Because it is considered a form of cheating, the Office of the Dean of Students can punish students who plagiarize with course failure and suspension. -- The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the act of plagiarism as:"To steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". -- steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". Plagiarism is "a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work." -- -- 2. Results or findings Cost of plagiarism The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of -- -- The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of intellectual creation of mind is illegal according to the intellectual property law. The plagiarism laws are there to protect the intellectual ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught -- ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught in plagiarizing, not only you will be removed from course and institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students -- institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students in the UK were expelled in 2007 for plagiarism offences". (2) -- Forms of plagiarism -- On purpose plagiarism: it states that using of someone's work for time since his/her own work -- -- If once tutor started reading the task and ends that you have just copied from a book which I have already read it earlier. This type of plagiarism can be done on purpose and it will not work. Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we -- -- Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we read more books and form points and patch them together could be easily detectable, unfair and can be Accomplice by online plagiarism Bluffing: Reading texts, picking few phrases and writing them different -- -- Stitching sources: when complete task is mentioned correctly and cited even then student needs to develop analytical skills because they need to produce work truly as their own. So this is still plagiarism due to inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of -- inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of plagiarism. -- All these types of plagiarism should be avoided at all cost lesser or greater. -- -- Methods of awareness: Why student committed to plagiarism: Many of the students are committed plagiarism because of improper time management or fear about the language and writing skills, poor knowledge regarding the subject. Some of us having thrill about breaking the rules and unawareness towards -- -- the assignments and most of them causes by laziness. Educate you self about plagiarism: Copying a text from the Internet or online or e database will have the important text and type of cite that we are using for academic research papers that are estimated. If you -- -- leads to a high standard than the conclusion and introduction, because the introduction and conclusion are frequently written by a student. Improper citation is also Leads to plagiarism because of some students copy the text from Internet and shows the matter into quotations by giving wrong references. -- -- Before to start working with assignments first find the appropriate source for referencing and arrange the matter according to the way that you studied. Other method is to detect the plagiarism by some software's that are available to detect. -- -- location where you copied. How to avoid plagiarism: -- Plagiarism is avoided by the following four methods. They are, Effective note taking habits, before you start doing assignment write -- -- 4. Conclusion and recommendation As stated that plagiarism is a rising problem in schools, colleges and universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. -- universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. "It is true plagiarism is sometimes ignored by academic institutions because students mean money and in the current financial climate, -- because students mean money and in the current financial climate, no-one wants to lose students". This doesn't mean that plagiarism is okay even your academic body doesn't understand it. Plagiarism finally states never fool yourself. -- -- states never fool yourself. The fear of plagiarism is that need to understand the difference among discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. It is -- discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. 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The editors of targeted publications are in some ways more obviously victims than the poets plagiarised. My first reaction was: what a dim thing to do these days. The tracking -- -- learn such a thing than to find out whether a particular poem has been published under more than one author’s name. It took me slightly longer to see why this response felt so off the mark. But of course plagiarism isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve -- isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve watched someone else go through. Defining plagiarism is trickier than you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other -- you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other kinds of copying (allusion, quotation) fairly easily: it’s plagiarism if the copyist hopes no one will notice. -- -- before he had the pleasure of pointing it out to me. This is probably relatively common, conscious or not. Still, I can’t bring myself to really care. Plagiarism has always seemed to me more pathetic than criminal. Log in to Reply -- -- 2. Timothy Rogers says: 13 June 2013 at 6:53 pm There’s a humorous side to plagiarized poetry, especially when it can be tied into the follies (or impostures) of youth. Here’s an illustrative story. When I was in the ninth grade in 1963 our #UK Human Rights Blog » Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Comments Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste Comments Feed Bipolar patient has capacity to decide to terminate pregnancy Right to Blog, Lord Chancellor’s Legacy and -- -- May 26, 2013 by David Hart QC Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste CutandPaste Crinion v. IG Markets [2013] EWCA (Civ) 587 read judgment -- -- Mr Mustafa, the Masters student at QMC in the second case, did rather less well; he tried to get a finding of plagiarism reversed by the Independent Adjudicator. Males J, after commencing his judgment on a judicial review from this refusal thus: -- -- The Harvard academic and songwriter Tom Lehrer recommended plagiarism as the route to academic success, wealth and fame, but his tongue was firmly in his cheek, -- -- proceeded to decide that (a) most questions of plagiarism involved some degree of academic judgment; -- -- Crimes – The Human Rights Roundup → 6 thoughts on “Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste” 1. A100plus | May 26, 2013 at 1:07 pm -- -- another 3 or 4 years … 2. Lofthouse Jnr. | May 26, 2013 at 3:46 pm Allegations of academic plagiarism tend to involve lecturers running essays through SEO tools like -- running essays through SEO tools like http://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ but these rely on other content being posted on the internet (like the ‘dodgy dossier’ was) #Sunfish » Feed Sunfish » Comments Feed Sunfish » Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Comments Feed 99 Outrageously Simple Openings For Emails Your Reader Will Be Powerless To Resist 12 steps to saying sorry -- -- * Contact us Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook -- -- Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook Plagiarism. For us writers, it’s an ugly word. -- -- joy, obviously. But is it really plagiarism? And what is plagiarism anyway? -- Plagiarism is an ethical offence, not a legal one -- I defer, as usual to the OED, which defines plagiarism thus: To take, use and/or pass off the thoughts, writings, inventions etc of -- -- Notice that it doesn’t say ‘copy’. Nor is the offence reserved exclusively for taking writing. You can plagiarise someone else’s ideas. -- -- ideas. Plagiarism is also an ethical offence, not a legal one. There is no legal remedy. -- -- I found myself in this unwelcome situation recently (of the plagiarised, I mean). I clicked a link in a fellow copywriter’s tweet to a blog post whose -- -- content, style, tone and, in some cases, entire phrases, of my post. So, it passed the first part of the plagiarism test. It took my ideas and writings. -- -- In this particular case I didn’t feel my reputation or commercial fortunes were damaged by the plagiarism. I had very little to gain for seeking any sort of remedy. And, to be -- -- But what about if it happens to you? What then? 15 steps you should take if you think you’ve been plagiarised Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a -- -- Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a potential act of plagiarism. First, get answers to these seven questions: -- -- To what extent? 6 Are you being damaged in any way by the plagiarism (other than wounded pride)? -- -- The more times you answer yes, the more likely the act is to be plagiarism. Let’s say you feel you have a case to make. Here are the eight steps -- -- Post Comment 1. Good advice. I once plagiarised an article without realising it. I published a press release, which I assumed to be public domain. It turned out that the PR person who had written the press release #RSS Feed Plagiarism Checker | WriteCheck by Turnitin * Features -- -- Get Started Now! Plagiarism in the UK In the United Kingdom, the Channel 4 news program Dispatches aired a -- -- Though much of the segment focused on cheating on standardized tests, the network used Freedom of Information requests to also gain access to statistics on plagiarism at universities in the country. According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been -- -- According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been accused of plagiarism in the past four years, of which some 40,000 were disciplined. Of those disciplined, 400 were expelled (excluded) and another 12,000 had a deduction in their grades. -- -- Those statistics are interesting for a variety of reasons. First is that, while the majority of plagiarism cases did result in disciplinary action, a full third did not. How many of these cases were because of the student being exonerated versus a decision that it didn’t warrant -- -- Still, this means that, in the UK at least, punishment for an alleged plagiarism infraction is far from automatic, resulting in a punishment rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of -- rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of plagiarism, they are more favorable than those faced by those accused of actual crimes. District attorneys in the United States, for example, routinely see conviction rates well above 90%. -- -- It’s also worth noting that only one fifth of the students accused of plagiarism suffered a reduction in their grades and only .6% of all students accused of plagiarism were expelled. This means that, in the UK, an allegation of plagiarism does not automatically mean a grade reduction, much less an expulsion. Those are actually very unlikely outcomes. -- -- However, perhaps most interesting is that the number of students accused of plagiarism is significantly smaller than the number who likely actually do it. A recent survey of college students in the U.S. showed that 38% of undergraduates and 25% of graduates admitted to -- -- While the United States is a different country, even if the UK rate of plagiarism is just 20% that means the vast majority of students who plagiarized never even faced an accusation. This is because there are approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means -- approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means approximately 2.6% were accused of plagiarism. That number, 2.6%, feels both extraordinarily high and extraordinarily -- -- low at the same time. On one hand, it’s stunning to think that, on average, in every class of 38 students, one will face allegations of plagiarism. On the other hand, given the high rate of admitted plagiarism, it means that the amount detected truly is just the tip of the iceberg. -- -- More than anything, the Channel 4 report shows just how complex the problem of plagiarism in universities is and. more importantly, how deep the issue runs. -- -- Fortunately, while there are no easy solutions to this problem, universities in the UK have made great strides in the fight. Not only have they adopted plagiarism policies and the use of plagiarism-detection software nationwide, but they’ve nearly cut in half the number of papers with high similarity rates turned in over the first 10 years of the program. -- -- first 10 years of the program. Still, as these statistics show, the battle against plagiarism is not a sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but -- -- sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but all areas of plagiarism policy. Further, it requires regular analysis to ensure that it’s working as designed so that adjustments can be made as time goes on. -- -- Fortunately, that is what the UK is doing and that’s why we have such powerful statistics from it. That data, in the end, is powerful and, as shown above, indicates the UK is turning the tide against plagiarism, even if there is still much work to be done. -- -- The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today, and do not reflect the opinions of WriteCheck. -- WriteCheck. 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Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, -- -- activities. Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, there is also evidence that a generation brought up using the Internet has very different views on what constitutes ‘plagiarism’. -- Plagiarism is usually seen as being ‘wrong’, ‘immoral’ or at least undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the -- -- undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the learning process. Furthermore, ‘plagiarism’ should not be confused with ‘copyright’, as what may be plagiarism is not necessarily copyright infringement. Thus while plagiarism is often ‘unlawful’ it may not always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute -- always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute ‘plagiarism’, such as the improper referencing of sources in student essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for -- -- essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for plagiarism, and the academic and professional penalties that can be imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. -- -- imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. SECTION ONE – TYPES OF PLAGIARISM Definitions -- -- Definitions The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines ‘plagiarism’ as ‘to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: to use (another's production) without crediting the source: to commit literary -- -- The word ‘plagiarist’ is derived from the Latin word ‘plagiarus’, meaning, ‘kidnapper’^3. Yet as we shall see, plagiarism does not need to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans -- to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans points out: ‘Everyone seems to know [plagiarism] is wrong... but few know how to completely define it’^4. -- -- know how to completely define it’^4. Oxford University states that plagiarism is ‘the copying or paraphrasing of other people’s work or ideas into your own work without full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. -- -- full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. It also includes ‘collusion’, i.e. the unauthorised working with others. The university states that students may be guilty of plagiarism even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This -- even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This suggests that ‘plagiarism’ is an all-embracing term that covers a huge variety of activities. -- -- variety of activities. Types of plagiarism The Harvard Guide to Using Sources^7 provides useful examples of -- -- unacceptable conduct. Many of these involve the practice of ‘cutting and pasting’ from electronic sources such as the Internet^8. The Guide divides plagiarisms into several different types. -- The first is ‘Verbatim plagiarism’. This is word for word copying from another source without placing the copied text in quotation marks and providing a clear citation, i.e. an acknowledgement of where the -- -- material came from. Another category is ‘Mosaic plagiarism’^9. This involves copying parts of another’s material but changing a few words here and there without placing the material in quotes or providing a citation. The Guide -- -- An example can be found in How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, an unpublished novel Kaavya Viswanathan, which was found to contain numerous instances of plagiarism, notably from two previously published books by author Megan McCafferty^10. -- -- first in a long string of boyfriends got on.’^12 Here, mosaic plagiarism can be seen in the way certain words are changed while others are left unaltered. The result is very close to the original in its expression. -- -- the original in its expression. ‘Inadequate paraphrasing’ is a similar type of plagiarism where the student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a -- -- student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a citation, this is not enough to prevent plagiarism. The new passage must instead restate the original work using completely new words. The Guide suggests that students should make accurate notes of the original -- -- citation immediately afterwards^15. Other types of plagiarism can include providing inaccurate information about the sources in citations and using too many sources without enough interconnecting original material, with the result that the -- -- paper contains almost no original work^16. Another type of plagiarism is ‘self-plagiarism’. This is a practice mainly found among academics where the author recycles their own work, ‘dressing up’ old research to make it appear original and new^17, and -- -- Problems with definitions However, though examples of plagiarism are numerous, there is much disagreement about when the rules should apply. -- -- topics which a first year undergraduate may be ignorant of. Similarly, arts students tend to cite things differently than science students^19. This undermines any solid definitions of plagiarism. -- Another problem when defining plagiarism is that educational institutions’ plagiarism policies tend to give students more leeway in examinations. For instance, Yale College’s plagiarism guide states that for its purposes the term ‘plagiarism’ will be usually confined to coursework only^20. -- -- Administrators (an advisory body for institutions providing writing programs) takes the view that institutions should treat intentional and unintentional plagiarism differently^21. They state that if a student tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be -- -- tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be classed as ‘plagiarism’^22. In fact, they regard it as part of the natural learning process for students. They also state that using ‘common knowledge’ is acceptable. However this again does not address -- -- acknowledgment^24. This definition appears self-contradictory, as it recognizes that some institutions and even academic programmes define ‘plagiarism’ differently. What use then is the definition? Such definitions are unhelpful and serve only to confuse the issue. -- -- is part of the learning process, where students assimilate phrases, terminology and ideas to gain understanding of a particular subject. However she states that this is still plagiarism, regardless of whether the student acknowledges their sources^26. -- -- If that wasn’t enough for the student to contend with, there is evidence to suggest that the present generation of students views ‘plagiarism’ differently from previous generations. In American colleges 68% of all students admit cutting and pasting from the Internet without giving acknowledgments^27. Blum suggests that this -- -- forms part of a cultural pattern. McCabe and Trevino also note that this ‘may be due to a changing definition among students of what constitutes plagiarism’, particularly when it comes it paraphrasing^28. Blum says: ‘Contemporary students are swimming in a sea of texts’^29. -- -- Contrasted to this, the academic world has strict rules on referencing even when direct quotations are not used. This may explain the rise in the amount of plagiarism seen in colleges and universities recently. Conclusion -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. It can encompass a wide variety of activities, not all of which involve professional ‘cheating’. Unintentional plagiarism can also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as -- -- also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as ‘plagiarism’. A problem for students is that some disciplines and forms of assessment are more stringent than others. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot -- -- some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot when they are plagiarizing another’s work. -- Copyright symbol SECTION TWO – Plagiarism v Copyright UK law -- -- to exploit a work^30. The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) governs UK copyright law. One of the main differences between copyright and plagiarism is that copyright generally does not protect ideas, only the expression of those ideas. However this distinction is not as clear cut as it sounds. -- -- What is copyright? Plagiarism covers a variety of material. It includes academic papers, professional publications, works of fiction and even scientific formulae. In short, where there is any potential for the use of -- -- recorded in some permanent form, such as in writing^42. Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright is that copyright only lasts for a fixed period. For original works this is seventy years from the death of the author^43, while for sound -- -- arrangements last for twenty-five years^45. If a work’s copyright expires it becomes ‘public domain’ and can be used freely without a licence. By contrast, plagiarism is not concerned with whether a source is public domain or not, but whether it has been adequately referenced. -- -- Infringement Plagiarism policies and copyright law both cover a wide variety of activities. However copyright law is more rigid, in that it sets out what activities may constitute copyright infringement. -- -- work to the public, adapting the work or authorizing any of these acts to be done without a licence There is no need to show any intention on the part of the infringer. Therefore, as with plagiarism, infringement may be unintentional. -- -- author^46, or joint authors if there are more than one^47, of by the author’s employer if the work was created during the course of their employment^48. This is unlike plagiarism, where it does not matter whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone -- whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone else to produce a piece of work may be plagiarism in itself^49. How much can be copied? -- -- How much can be copied? Plagiarism policies allow for some copying provided that any text lifted from the original is surrounded in quotation marks and referenced properly^50. Similarly, you can legally copy material from a -- -- that the work must originate from its creator and not be copied from somewhere else^54. One of the consequences of this is that facts cannot generally be protected. This contrasts with plagiarism, which suggests that it is the failure to say where the facts came from that incurs a penalty^55. -- -- Sufficient acknowledgment Plagiarism is concerned with originality of work. For instance, plagiarists who recycle old ideas are criticized for undermining the pursuit of original knowledge and enriching themselves, sometimes at -- -- Publication: does it matter? Plagiarism does not require anything to be made public. However, except for ‘copying’, copyright infringement must involve the work being made available to the public^59. Bainbridge notes that the approach courts -- -- Ideas v Expression Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, -- is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, not the ideas behind it. Plagiarism however, can be committed by stealing ideas as well as by copying text. -- -- Saunders states that this means that an academic can copy ideas from someone else’s work, as long as he presents them in an original way. Such behaviour may be plagiarism, but it is not copyright infringement^63. -- -- copyright infringement^74. Therefore if you reproduce a section of an original work without crediting the author, you may also violate this right as well as commit plagiarism. Under s.80(1) CDPA 1988, an author or director also has a right to -- -- Conclusion Therefore copyright infringement in the UK differs from plagiarism in that only certain works are protected for a limited duration. Infringement also requires that the amount used from the copyright work -- -- family^87. This is all very different from the position regarding plagiarism, where it does not matter if the work is public domain or not. -- -- Moral Rights in the US are much more limited than in the UK, and are of little assistance to the copyright owner in preventing plagiarism. Authors in the US have rights of paternity and integrity similar to -- -- unscripted portions of the film are written down verbatim. Such use may well not infringe copyright. This is, of course, different to plagiarism, which includes non-literal copying from any source. There must also be ‘substantial similarity’ between the infringing copy -- -- to reproducing or exhibiting work, communicating work to public, and falsely attributing work to the author. This covers all possible forms of plagiarism and may be an alternative remedy to infringement for plagiarized authors. However these rights are more limited than in English law. The rights -- -- i) ‘ILLEGAL’ v ‘UNLAWFUL’ Plagiarism may be unlawful, but it is not necessarily illegal. Although these two terms are often used interchangeably, they do have different technical meanings. “Illegal” has been defined as an act’ which the law -- -- Therefore to infringe copyright is to violate law and commit an ‘illegal’ act. However while plagiarism is considered unethical, it is not ‘illegal’ unless it also infringes copyright or some other rule of law. -- -- law. In fact, some plagiarisms may not even be unlawful, as even plagiarized work is capable of subsisting in copyright. A plagiarized essay still qualifies as a literary work under the CDPA 1988 even if it has not been created to academic standards. The plagiarist would still be able -- -- students. For purely academic work, the UK law does not require that source material be acknowledged. However this will not protect students from allegations of plagiarism. Someone writing an essay or journal article may claim they are writing -- -- Conclusion Plagiarism is therefore be illegal only if it infringes copyright or some other law. Even infringement may be lawful if it amounts to ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. The UK law provides little certainty on the -- -- This makes cases hard to predict in the UK and the US. SECTION SIX – CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES -- -- i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES If plagiarism involves a violation of copyright law, the infringer may commit criminal offences. -- -- dishonestly make a representation with a view to causing gain or loss to anyone^176, for instance, if an academic secures a publishing advance for an original article but delivers a plagiarized version. Australia -- -- where the origins of a work have been deliberately disguised, such as by removing copyright notices or modifying it so it cannot be recognized^187. This may apply to plagiarized written work. Australia -- -- Even if a plagiarist escapes civil or criminal sanctions, they may still face serious consequences. Plagiarism can result in the cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have -- -- cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have plagiarized several works, including those by Megan McCafferty and Salman Rushdie , the publishers cancelled her publishing contract ^198. The publisher may also ban the author in the future and withdraw copies -- -- author to provide a warranty that their work is original^200 Plagiarism can cause severe embarrassment and damage the copier’s career and good standing in the academic community. The publisher may complain to the academic’s departmental head, resulting in internal -- -- governed by the Human Rights Act 1998, which enshrines the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law^206. University Disciplinary Committees decide what penalties to impose on students for plagiarism. These are distinct from Examination Boards, which grade students based on their academic performance. Disciplinary Committees are subject to -- -- In one recent case, a student accused his university of negligence for failing to bring plagiarism to his notice. Michael Gunn sued the University of Kent for failing him for plagiarism days before he was due to graduate, having said nothing about this while he carried on his studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation -- -- studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation for changing a student’s grade after they have graduated on grounds of plagiarism^212. -- Plagiarism policies may discriminate against students from overseas. The JISC recognizes that for some students, such as those who are home-schooled, reproducing large amounts of text is a way of showing -- -- under the Human Rights Act 1998. Many academic institutions also utilize plagiarism detection sites and software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and -- software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and plagiarismchecker.net. In the USA, their use has already sparked a court case. In AV v iParadigms LLC^217, high school students in Virginia and Arizona sued Turnitin.com’s owners, iParadigms. The -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright -- process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright infringement and plagiarism are not the same thing, and one may be a plagiarist without infringing copyright, and vice versa. While there are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are -- -- are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are generally less well protected in the US and Australia. Also, moral rights are much weaker in these two countries. Plagiarism is not always illegal, thanks to defences such as ‘fair use’. However what is ‘fair’ can be very hard to pin down, and the potential infringer would be well -- -- advised to always err on the side of caution. There are severe criminal and civil penalties for commercial copyright infringement, and plagiarism can also have damaging academic and professional consequences. However, in a culture that is becoming increasingly reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next -- -- reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next generation of scholars may well have very different ideas about what is ‘plagiarism’. One answer would be to change the way university courses are taught, placing less reliance on traditional essay-writing, which encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly -- -- encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly different form. Instead universities appear to be resorting to technology themselves to stamp out plagiarism. Whether these methods are legal themselves remains to be seen. -- -- Blum, S, My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture, Cornell University Press, New York, 2009 -- -- International: The Netherlands, 2010 Carroll, J and Appleton, J, Plagiarism: A Good Practice Guide, 2001, retrieved 7 November 2012, -- -- The Council of Writing Program Administrators, Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices, 2003, retrieved 7 November 2012, Deazley, R, ‘Copyright in the House of Lords: recent cases, judicial -- -- reasoning and academic writing’ IPQ, no.2, 2004, pp.121-137 Evans, R, ‘The New Plagiarism in Higher Education`, 2000, retrieved 14 May 2001, -- -- 054> Howard, R, ‘Plagiarisms, Authorships, and the Academic Death Penalty.’ College English, vol. 57, no.7, 1995, pp. 708-36 -- -- College English, vol. 57, no.7, 1995, pp. 708-36 King, R, Understanding Copyright Law, Fair Use, Plagiarism and Public Domain, King & Associates, Arizona, 2012 (e-book). -- -- The Lawbook Exchange, New Jersey, 1997 Merriam-Website Online Dictionary, Plagiarize, 2012, retrieved 7 November 2012, Oxford University, Academic Guidance, 2012, retrieved 7 November 2012, -- -- plaints-against-universities-soar-by-a-fifth.html>. 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The Little Oxford English Dictionary, 6th edn, Oxford -- -- Harlow 2010, p.29. 4 J Evans, ‘The New Plagiarism in Higher Education`, 2000, retrieved 14 May 2001, . -- -- 15 Ibid. 16 Plagiarism.org, Types of Plagiarism, 2012, retrieved 21 November 2012, . 17 R Attwood, ‘Allow me to rephrase, and boost my tally of articles’, -- -- de=402598>. 18 J Carroll and J Appleton, Plagiarism: A Good Practice Guide, 2001, retrieved 7 November 2012, , p. 14. -- -- 19 Ibid. 20 Yale College, Definitions of Plagiarism, Cheating, and Documentation of Sources, 2012, retrieved 7 November 2012, -- of Sources, 2012, retrieved 7 November 2012, . -- -- 21 The Council of Writing Program Administrators, Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices, 2003, retrieved 7 November 2012, p.1. 22 Ibid, p.2. -- -- 24 Ibid. 25 R Howard, ‘Plagiarisms, Authorships, and the Academic Death Penalty.’ College English, vol. 57, no.7, 1995, pp. 708-36. -- -- 26 Ibid. 27 S Blum, My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture, Cornell University Press, New York, 2009, p.1. -- -- de=402598>. 57 J Saunders, ‘Plagiarism and the law: a guide to plagiarism and the law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, -- law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, , p.2. 58 [2007] EWCA Civ 247. -- -- 86 Ibid. 87 R King, Understanding Copyright Law, Fair Use, Plagiarism and Public Domain, King & Associates, Arizona, 2012 (e-book). -- -- Features * Plagiarism detection * Plagiarism checker reviews * Types of plagiarism * Is plagiarism illegal? * Plagiarism articles * Ask the Doctor -- * Ask the Doctor * Plagiarism pictures * Plagiarism scanner (BETA) Guides -- -- * Referencing guides * Lesson plans * NEW: Free plagiarism workbook (PDF) About -- -- About PlagiarismChecker.net is the free website for plagiarism software, reviews, articles, lesson plans and commentary on detection methods. -- -- XML | TXT | HTML | ROR | Images © Copyright 2015 by PlagiarismChecker.net. 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Copying the work of others would be -- -- Submitting work that has been done by someone else is an obvious instance of plagiarism and is regarded as cheating. It is intellectually dishonest to cheat in this way. -- -- If you make available, sell or advertise for sale work in any form or by any means (print, electronic, recording or otherwise) so as to enable plagiarism whether or not the work includes marks, comments or any other materials produced by an assessor, unless prior consent has been given by the VQ Assessment Centre you are encouraging or enabling -- -- any other materials produced by an assessor, unless prior consent has been given by the VQ Assessment Centre you are encouraging or enabling plagiarism. Such cases will be investigated as potential Collusion. You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be -- -- You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be familiar with the definition, investigation process and potential implications regarding plagiarism and collusion. Plagarism -- -- Collusion A form of plagiarism that involves unauthorised co-operation between at least two people with the intent to deliberately mislead or deceive -- -- * allowing work to be copied e.g. posting written coursework on social networking sites prior to an assessment * The offence of encouraging or enabling plagiarism includes the act of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done -- of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done with the intention of enabling or encouraging plagiarism. Investigation process -- -- Investigation process In all suspected cases of Plagiarism and/ or Collusion, the centre is required to notify the awarding organisation within 10 working days. -- -- City & Guilds ILM: Plagiarism, Collusion and Cheating Policy OCR: Joint Council for Qualifications Suspected Malpractice in -- -- + Information, advice and guidance statement of service + Learner charter + Plagiarism and Collusion Your questions * What is academic integrity? * What is plagiarism? * How do I avoid plagiarism? * What is referencing? * Why should I reference? -- -- Students working together where this is not permitted, with the intention of gaining an unfair advantage or cheating in the preparation of coursework. A form of plagiarism. See also collaboration. Common knowledge -- -- * exam techniques (eg preparation, timing, etc). Plagiarism In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas -- -- In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas or writings as your own without acknowledgement. In an academic context (see page What is is plagiarism?). This includes taking another person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of -- -- person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of plagiarism in the General Regulations Appendix A: * reproducing in any work submitted for assessment or review(for example, examination answers, essays, project reports, -- -- Turnitin In full this refers to the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software supplied under license from Turnitin UK . Submitted work is matched against a database of previously submitted work from every institution -- -- which subscribes to Turnitin, (including international institutions); current and archived internet pages and databases of journals and periodicals (Gale and Emerald). Turnitin does not detect plagiarism: it is a text-matching software which provides a report on whether a student's work is original (no matching text) or unoriginal. All * PlagiarismDetection.org * plans & pricing -- -- * login Reliable plagiarism detector -- Fast and accurate plagiarism checker for teachers, students, publishers, bloggers. Since 2008. -- -- bloggers. Since 2008. Plagiarism prevention in Europe -- Plagiarism is a controversial issue in institutions of higher learning across Europe. Various views have been raised concerning this topic vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different -- -- vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different European countries. It is prudent to understand what each country perceives regarding plagiarism for the sake of students who wish to study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the -- study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the plagiarism policy means in countries such as Poland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought -- -- Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought about the definition of plagiarism, different answers were gathered. This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various -- This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various attitudes towards plagiarism. According to the respondents, students from Czech Republic highlighted that plagiarism simply meant “copying without referencing the original author”. British students simply stated that it had something to do with “taking another person’s work -- -- simply meant “copying”. Polish answers were a bit long making reference to intellectual property rights, illegal, copying and cheating. Plagiarism policy in Europe has had different opinions. This may be attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to -- attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to measures taken by institutions to control and prevent plagiarism. As much as the situation may look similar in most countries, a few scenarios differ. A clear similarity is apparent between Cyprus and the -- -- academic writing. Most universities and colleges in the US and UK report high cases of plagiarism despite plagiarism checkers put in place to avoid it. A number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students -- number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students and lecturers concerning plagiarism. Despite having these guidelines, originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding -- originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding what really constitutes plagiarism. In some instances, poor academic discipline may qualify as plagiarism as opposed to the actual misconduct. This has been labeled as a demeaning factor in achieving consistency among institutions of higher learning. -- -- In 2012 an anonymous survey of 617 students conducted at the University of Graz in Austria showed that about one-third students reported that they had already plagiarized at least once. Reasons for plagiarism were comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 -- comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 percent), unintended plagiarism (34 percent) and uncertainty about the source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that -- source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that "comfort", which primary reason for students to plagiarize is indeed lack of a plagiarism checker being used by teachers to control works submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and -- -- submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and the UK have adopted plagiarism detectors. In the UK, much emphasis has been relayed on penalties on students who plagiarize. Universities in the US are quite strict on matters of plagiarism hence prompting students to pay attention to details when attributing works. In contrast with Europe, university students in the US are constantly -- -- reference list and parenthesis on materials cited in the text. To some extent, these attribution systems have managed to streamline issues of plagiarism as well as bring consistency in the US. Institutions of higher learning in both countries have equally faced challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public -- -- challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public domain. In the current era of information explosion, more knowledge is becoming common hence presenting the challenge on what is plagiarized or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, -- or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, plagiarism checkers think otherwise. On the contrary, it is easier to assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and -- assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and does not require citing. In the overall, plagiarism is still an issue to solve in many countries given the fact that knowledge is dynamic. -- -- all articles * Academic plagiarism * Checker supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish languages. -- -- * Twitter+ © 2008-2018 PlagiarismDetection.org ____________________ Student Circus Blog Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments -- -- Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? 14 Nov,2016 -- -- 14 Nov,2016 Plagiarism is a foreign word for most of the international students coming to the UK. Plagiarism means copying someone else’s ideas or work and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are -- -- and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are found to be plagiarising your content, you could fail the exam or assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian -- -- assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian countries, plagiarism is not strictly enforced or frowned upon, which leads to complacency and lack of knowledge of plagiarism when students go to west for further education. Plagiarism can be of various types such as*: a.Copying or paraphrasing text from websites, articles, research -- -- c.Duplicating your work, for instance by submitting almost the same work for two different tasks. So, how to avoid plagiarism? The answer is referencing, paraphrasing and citing the sources. The most common citation styles are as follows: -- -- marks. *Avoiding plagiarism: A guide for international students. (n.d.). Retrieved from -- Retrieved from http://www.educationuk.org/india/articles/avoiding-plagiarism-guide-for -international-students/ Disclaimer: www.studentcircus.com (Student Circus UK ) is not #Teaching Matters blog » Feed Teaching Matters blog » Comments Feed Teaching Matters blog » Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? Comments Feed Exploring research-led teaching at Senate Training and support for postgraduate students who teach (PGWT) alternate -- -- 27th July 20175th September 2017IAD user Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? PhD nightmare crop Poor academic practice and academic misconduct cases -- -- occur and the consequences are potentially catastrophic and extremely distressing for all concerned. Cases we are aware of have involved the external examiner identifying plagiarised material with an almost forensic level of rigor – exactly what we expect of any external examiners doing their job. It has struck us that there is currently an -- -- Our pilot of this approach has already proved valuable by identifying patterns of poor scholarship including plagiarism among year 1 progression papers; issues we have identified would definitely land students in trouble if they had submitted work for UG or taught PG -- -- of Turnitin. Undetected problems could persist within a final submitted thesis and this could be catastrophic; in 2013 the Education Minister for Germany had their PhD rescinded because of plagiarised content. PhD theses are still a special case and the nature of similarity needs Written on May 23 2013. Misconception 15: Turnitin employs legions of writing experts to read and evaluate papers for plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin receives over 200,000 papers daily, and no human reads the papers at Turnitin. All papers are processed by our -- -- Reality: Turnitin matches text similarity and does not grade papers for the instructors. It is up to the instructor and/or student to determine whether the assignment exhibits plagiarism. Misconception 13: Turnitin has expertise in plagiarism and can render judgment on specific cases. 
Reality: There is no "threshold" Similarity Index that is either -- -- at the Originality Report. Misconception 3: The "Similarity Index" shows the percentage of paper that is plagiarized.
 Reality: The Similarity Index is just a percentage of material in the paper that matches sources in the Turnitin databases. Text that is -- -- Instructors can decide to let their students see their reports, do re-submissions, get revised reports -- or not. Misconception 1: Turnitin detects plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin matches to text in our databases and leaves the judgment up to the instructor. As mentioned above, instructors MUST Blog Is Recycling Your Own Work Plagiarism? Written on July 20 2016. -- -- Written on July 20 2016. [self-plagiarism-blog-image.png] This post is excerpted from an article originally published on -- -- Writers often claim that because they are the authors, they can reuse their work, either in full or in excerpts, over and over again. How can republishing one’s own work be defined as plagiarism if the author has only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the -- only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the definition of self-plagiarism, how it crosses into copyright laws and ethical issues, and the different ways an author can avoid this increasingly controversial act of scholarly misconduct. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ What is Self-plagiarism? Let's look at one scenario: Leslie is an assistant professor going -- -- number of publications for tenure, but from the same work. Doing so, Leslie might commit what Scanlon (2007) calls “academic fraud,” a form of selfplagiarism (pg. 57). -- Self-plagiarism is defined as a type of plagiarism in which the writer republishes a work in its entirety or reuses portions of a previously written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that -- -- written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that because they are the authors, they can use the work again as they wish; they can’t really plagiarize themselves because they are not taking any words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on -- words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on whether self-plagiarism is possible, the ethical issue of self-plagiarism is significant, especially because self-plagiarism can infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of -- infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of plagiarism do not account for self-plagiarism, so writers may be unaware of the ethics and laws involved in reusing or repurposing texts. -- -- texts. The American Psychological Association (2010) explains how plagiarism differs from self-plagiarism: “Whereas plagiarism refers to the practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of -- practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of others, self-plagiarism refers to the practice of presenting one’s own previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). -- -- previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). As Roig (2006) suggests, self-plagiarism occurs “when authors reuse their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared -- -- their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared elsewhere” (pg. 16). Roig identifies a few types of self-plagiarism: * Republishing the same paper that is published elsewhere without notifying the reader nor publisher of the journal -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Definitions of Plagiarism -- The question of whether self-plagiarism exists or not—is it possible to plagiarize oneself?—is rooted in the definition of plagiarism. Plagiarism is typically defined as stealing the work of another and presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary -- presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary (2011) defines plagiarism as taking the work of another as “literary theft.” The verb to “plagiarize” is defined as: * “To take and use as one's own (the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another person);” -- -- According to the OED definition, in the strict sense recycling papers would not be plagiarism. -- However, Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2011) defines to “plagiarize” similarly with the addition description in the second definition below: * To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: -- -- So, in the Webster definition, recycling one’s own papers would fall under “to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source” and is, therefore, considered plagiarism. But what is more important than the definition of plagiarism, and whether it is possible to “self-plagiarize,” is the ethics behind self-plagiarism. __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Ethical Issues of Self-plagiarism -- Publications manuals have a set standard regarding self-plagiarism. When an author publishes in a journal, the author often signs over rights to the publisher; thus, copyright infringement is possible if an -- -- Biomedical journals in particular have had significant problems with copyright due to self-plagiarism and many have taken a stance against the practice in publication. Some have gone so far as to request the author’s previous manuscripts to ensure that the work is original (Roig -- -- It seems that even the American Psychological Association (APA) has taken a recent position against the practice by addressing self-plagiarism in the 2010 sixth edition of the publication manual, a discussion, which is absent from previous editions. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Avoiding Self-plagiarism Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for -- -- Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for avoiding plagiarism, four of which deal specifically with self-plagiarism, as follows: * Guideline 10: Authors who submit a manuscript for publication containing data, reviews, conclusions, etc., that have already been -- -- that is subsequently presented as a new study is an equally serious ethical breach. * Guideline 12: Because some instances of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and even some writing practices that might otherwise be acceptable (e.g., extensive paraphrasing or quoting of key elements of a book) can constitute copyright infringement, -- -- Technology like iThenticate by Turnitin is another way to avoid self-plagiarism. By comparing written work against the largest database of scholarly, full-text content, authors and researchers can screen their work prior to publication submission and organizations can -- -- Conclusion The issue of self-plagiarism is becoming more and more prevalent, and some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, -- some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, have seen a rising trend in self-plagiarism. The APA publication manual has no discussion of self-plagiarism in its fifth edition, but addresses it twice in the sixth edition, perhaps to prevent such practices. Organizations and individual authors and researchers can -- -- take preventative measures in their writing practices and editing processes, including the use of technology that helps detect potential self-plagiarism before submitting their work for publication. References -- -- Style Chicago. 16th Edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. * “Plagiarize.” (2011). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com. -- http://www.merriam-webster.com. * “Plagiarism, n.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed.). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * “Plagiarize, v.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed. ). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * Roig, Miguel. (2006). Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. -- other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. Retrieved from http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/plagiarism.doc * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in -- -- * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification, 57-66. * Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright. (2010). Copyright. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Copyright Office. Retrived from Programme of activities/ Academic integrity and plagiarism/ -- Academic integrity and plagiarism [icon-twitter-rounded.png] [icon-facebook-rounded.png] -- -- Protecting, developing and enhancing academic integrity in general is the second theme for action, with a particular focus to the issue of plagiarism. Higher education has indeed its own particularities and potential -- -- Another activity under this priority line would be the organisation of a specific seminar on plagiarism, which could be held in 2016. One possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes -- possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes towards plagiarism coexist in Europe and that approaches differ from one Member State to another. -- -- 2. Drafting of guidelines together with measurement indexes; 3. Promotion of capacity building in higher education institutions to evaluate plagiarism. -- -- + Programme of activities o Ethical behaviour of all actors in education o Academic integrity and plagiarism o Recognition of qualifications o Other activities #RSS 2.0 Thomas Lancaster » Feed Thomas Lancaster » Comments Feed Thomas Lancaster » Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 Comments Feed Contract Cheating – A Decade (Plus One) Of Contract Cheating Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 1 – Academic Integrity and Contract -- -- ____________________ Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 -- -- use a third party to have work completed for them. Sessions at the 2017 international conference on Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond ended up heavily focused on contract cheating. Having been part of contact cheating research since the term first formed part -- -- I’ve already shared my conference presentation on contract cheating in examinations and provided general collected thoughts about Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. -- -- 05 Emerging Issues In Contract Cheating Wider challenges surrounding educational integrity also influence how contract cheating practice could develop. These include traditional areas of student plagiarism, the use of translation and essay spinning software, as well as the risks posed by students using smart drugs. -- -- these posts are compiled, runs to nearly 8,000 words, so that just shows how much value there was in the presentations and discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. ← Next post Previous post → -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Please browse around the blog and the links, and feel free to leave your thoughts. -- -- Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: brno, conference, contract cheating, essay mills, plagiarism across europe and beyond, research Read 127 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:14 am […] This is Part 1 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 2 – Inside The Contract Cheating Industry | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:30 am […] This is Part 2 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 3 – Contract Cheating by Academics | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:31 am […] This is Part 3 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 4 – Detecting Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:43 am […] This is Part 4 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 5 – Emerging Issues in Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:54 am […] This is Part 5 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 6 – Which Students Are Contract Cheating And What Does This Mean For -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:18 pm […] This is Part 6 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 7 – Understanding Contract Cheating From The Student Viewpoint | Thomas -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:28 pm […] This is Part 7 (the final part) of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 | ContractCheating.com says: October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm -- -- October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm […] This blog post provides lots of details about contract cheating from discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. […] Leave a Reply Cancel reply -- -- Recent Posts * Student Plagiarism And How To Stop An International Problem – With A Focus On Kosovo -- A Focus On Kosovo * Emerging Issues In Plagiarism Prevention And Detection – My View From 2004 * Beyond Contract Cheating – Towards Academic Integrity -- -- Recommendations To Address Essay Mill Use – Video * Cutting The Costs Of Open Access Research * Plagiarism and Assessment * Examining The State of Academic Integrity in Europe – Recommendations From SEEPPAI this work is produced, it is a concern. Since contract cheating produces original work, this is unlikely to be picked up using standard text matching plagiarism detection services such as Turnitin. Some of the more interesting findings across our research have related -- -- Beyond this, there are parallels with the research into the anti-plagiarism fields, in particular looking at the policies, processes and penalties surrounding contract cheating, and how to write assignments to prevent contract cheating. The research I’ve been -- -- Feel free to contact me regarding contract cheating. I often deliver keynote talks, research seminars and training related to plagiarism and contract cheating. I’m happy to discuss the issues further, to assist with staff development and to support requests from the media. -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Much more information about what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. -- -- what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: contract cheating, plagiarism, robert clarke, thomas lancaster Read 8 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- March 28, 2017 at 7:03 am Dear professor My research subject is plagiarism. Since you coined the term contract cheating in 2006, would you mind clarifying how a “contarct cheater” is different from a “ghost writer”? -- -- https://t.co/rzBOjVHu5K 1 day ago * @DoctorMikeReddy I really can't remember the "gym analogy" from during my PhD years (2000-2003) when the plagiarism… https://t.co/pOKTEXmudT 1 day ago #Plagiarism.org RSS Feed IFRAME: https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NST4MH8 -- -- (BUTTON) Toggle navigation [p-dot-org-logo-1512156951.png] * Understanding Plagiarism * Preventing Plagiarism * Teaching about Plagiarism * Plagiarism Checking * Plagiarism Research * Plagiarism Policy ____________________ -- -- ____________________ European Responses to Student Plagiarism in Higher Education Irene Glendinning -- -- A significant amount of research has been undertaken in response to the recent flood of student plagiarism now being detected in higher education institutions (HEI). Based on deeper understanding of the underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for -- -- underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for strategies and systems for detection, penalties and mitigation of student plagiarism. So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from -- -- So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from English speaking countries, particularly the UK, North America and Australia. Their work has included research into plagiarism from students from other countries, including Sweden, Germany, Lithuania, Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of -- -- Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of countries in Europe is not well understood and there has not yet been a comparative study of plagiarism in HEIs across Europe. -- The IPPHEAE project (Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), -- Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), aims to plug the identified gap by focusing on plagiarism in European HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and -- -- HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and deterring plagiarism. Surveys are being conducted in HEIs at three levels: students, teaching staff and senior managers, to determine how well any procedures are understood, to what extent they are operating -- -- Where possible representatives from national quality agencies are being interviewed in order to gain overarching national perspectives on issues such as national policies and how plagiarism impacts on quality and standards. This dimension also provides a means of highlighting the importance of the research to people who can influence educational -- -- IPPHEAE project including an overview of in-depth institutional studies and interventions for reducing the number of incidences of student plagiarism. -- This paper was submitted to the International Integrity & Plagiarism Conference which ran between 2004-2014. The paper was peer reviewed by an independent editorial board and features in the conference (GO) GO UK leads Europe in the fight against plagiarism Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study -- -- integrity among students, a study has found. The analysis looked at factors such as universities’ use of plagiarism software, consistency of sanctions, transparency, training, efficacy of prevention policies and efforts to address the issue at a national -- -- countries, in most aspects,” said Irene Glendinning, academic manager for student experience at Coventry University and principal investigator on the Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe project. -- -- Ms Glendinning said that unlike in the UK, where efforts to prevent and detect plagiarism have been growing since 2001, in Spain students reported that tools to detect plagiarism were rarely used, and only one-third said there were policies for dealing with the problem. -- -- Ms Glendinning also acknowledged that the survey looked at policies and their implementation rather than the prevalence of plagiarism because, she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that -- she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of plagiarism around … but there are no statistics anywhere,” she said. Consistent recording would mean “we can have a handle on whether what we’re doing is actually having an effect”. -- -- and Cyprus. Among suggestions for the UK will be that the Quality Assurance Agency should, as part of existing audits, require institutions to explain their plagiarism policies and demonstrate their effectiveness and consistency. (GO) GO Plagiarism software can be beaten by simple tech tricks IT scholar says PDF tweaks allow students' copied work to evade -- -- Technological loopholes allow savvy students to beat academic plagiarism software, an IT expert has warned. -- -- James Heather, senior lecturer in computing at the University of Surrey, has revealed that plagiarism detection systems such as Turnitin that are routinely used by universities are open to simple cheats allowing students to evade detection when submitting copied material. -- -- But in a new paper, "Turnitoff: identifying and fixing a hole in current plagiarism detection software", Dr Heather reveals that beating the system is simple. -- -- "In their current incarnation, one can easily create a document that passes the plagiarism check regardless of how much copied material it contains. When there are loopholes that can be exploited, they give the operator a false assurance that a submission is original." -- -- The study, which appears in the journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, demonstrates ways in which students can modify plagiarised work to avoid detection. "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the -- -- "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the document, without affecting how the document looks and prints, then the software will not be able to identify any plagiarised material," Dr Heather writes. -- -- Students aware of this loophole could get around the system by converting a plagiarised essay to PDF format, he says, and then altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually -- -- altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually unaltered, extracts tested by the plagiarism software would be garbled, and so matches would not be detected. -- -- themselves. "If there is no text, then the plagiarism detection cannot function," the paper notes. -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests Read more -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests August 15, 2016 Universities seem to be struggling to catch up. The big concern is that bespoke essays, written to order, without being plagiarised themselves, are difficult if not impossible to detect. -- -- are difficult if not impossible to detect. Almost all universities use anti-plagiarism software, called Turnitin, which checks a submitted essay against published sources, looking for copied phrases. But this software will not raise suspicions about an -- -- * More oral presentations, sometimes called a viva * More exams * Almost all UK universities use anti-plagiarism software such as Turnitin. But software has little success in detecting a genuine bespoke essay -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism Officer Sarah Allen, at the UEA Business School, recently investigated a post-graduate student who submitted an excellent piece of work which stood out to the marker simply because it contained one Home Viewpoint: The spectre of plagiarism haunting Europe By Debora Weber-Wulff Professor of Media and Computing, University of -- -- A spectre is haunting Europe, and this time it is the spectre of plagiarism and scientific misconduct. Some high-profile politicians have had to resign in the last 18 months - but the revelations are also shaking respected European universities. -- -- Many European countries, especially Germany, have long considered it unnecessary to give plagiarism more than a cursory look. One trusts in the self-cleansing powers of science, end of story. -- -- Last February, a reviewer of German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's doctoral dissertation discovered and documented some plagiarised passages. When the papers pounced on this, zu Guttenberg denied any wrongdoing, -- -- That was not the end of it. Soon it was suspected that a major ex-politician's daughter was guilty of plagiarism in her dissertation, and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite -- and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite soon plagiarism was discovered in yet another dissertation, and it has not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. -- -- not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised... Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education -- -- Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education minister lasted just a week in office before having to step down, accused of plagiarising academic papers. Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the -- -- Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the Romanian prime minister of plagiarising part of his PhD. He denies wrongdoing and has been backed by a Research Ethics Council, but the accusations have now been upheld by two academic panels in Romania, -- -- The Hungarian president has already lost his doctorate and resigned on account of plagiarism, and the Russian Minister of Culture is facing accusations that 16 passages of his doctoral dissertation were copied from other sources. He denies the allegations. -- -- let them have their fun." However, it seems that the plague of plagiarism has also reached the level of the professorships in Germany. Those who are supposed to be teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last -- -- teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last month it was revealed that more than a third of a new book for law students on how to write papers properly was plagiarised, including liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. -- -- liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised. And just to show how contagious the disease is, the authors also cite zu Guttenberg's dissertation - albeit incorrectly. -- -- to the VroniPlag Wiki.) Image caption VroniPlag wiki uses coloured bands to show distribution of plagiarised content In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics -- -- In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics councils and there is a wide discussion of ethical practices. There are procedures in place for dealing with plagiarism. In Germany, though, professors wanting to address plagiarism are pretty much left to their own devices. They don't have much in the way of tools or formal procedures. -- -- procedures. There is so-called plagiarism detection software available that does find some plagiarism, especially word-for-word copies. These programmes do not find everything by a long shot, but German universities are currently rushing to purchase them. -- -- been officially declared to suffer only from "technical weaknesses". But people are speaking up, and plagiarism is being discussed in every university, even if many are unsure what to do. -- -- university, even if many are unsure what to do. Better education about plagiarism and good scientific practice is essential. -- -- years needs to be reviewed in order to identify weak points. However, there is currently no funding for such measures, so it's unclear whether German universities will really get serious about plagiarism, or keep muddling on. Entertainment & Arts Burt Bacharach calls for change in music plagiarism law * 3 August 2017 -- -- Veteran songwriter Burt Bacharach has called for a change in the law over music plagiarism. He said recent court cases - like the ones involving Blurred Lines and (BUTTON) More Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- Every now and then there is an outburst of concern about the curse of plagiarism in higher education. The Department for Education has indicated it is considering cracking down by not only fining, but also handing out criminal records, to students submitting commercially -- -- The targets of this mini crusade are essay mill websites, which market “original” professionally produced essays that allow students to circumvent their university’s plagiarism detection system. These paid-for essays allow students to buy a degree. -- -- But this is only a small part of the culture of cheating in higher education. A long time before the commercialisation of plagiarism, cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief -- cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief examiner for my department, I was shocked by the amount of plagiarised coursework brought to my attention. When I consulted colleagues at other universities it became evident that the problem was not confined -- -- rather than rich kids, was identified as the source of the problem. Academic discussions on plagiarism sometimes sought to deflect the problem by claiming that overseas students were disproportionately involved in copying. Some suggested they had come from different -- -- external to university life is driven by the institutional imperative to minimise the significance of this practice. All universities have policies on this problem; most have made plagiarism detection software available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the -- -- available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the problem – which is that plagiarism is not a technical issue but one that raises questions about the working of academic culture. -- -- that raises questions about the working of academic culture. Plagiarism is a mortal sin and last taboo – or is it? Read more -- -- them to embark on a quest for knowledge. But if higher education continues to treat students according to a business model it is only a matter of time before plagiarism loses its stigma. Topics -- -- Topics * Plagiarism * Higher education -- -- * Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers -- -- cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers Published: 9 Oct 2017 Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown * -- -- more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Plagiarism%2CEducation%2CHigh er+education%2CExams%2CTuition+fees%2CStudents] A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- headlines. With examples like these, what's so wrong with a bit of plagiarism? Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian -- -- Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian University and who had his book, Succeeding with Your Masters Dissertation, plagiarised by another lecturer on the web. -- "A lot of students think it is acceptable to copy or plagiarise somebody else's work because there's this idea that everyone is doing it anyway," he says. "It seems like it's not really a serious issue, -- -- but it is. If it's a minor case, you could end up losing marks on a dissertation or having to resit a module. If it's widespread and a student has been found to have plagiarised often, then the most extreme punishment they could face would be expulsion." -- -- easier to adopt someone else's work as your own. According to Biggam, the definition of plagiarism within an academic context is: "Where a student copies text verbatim without providing sufficient acknowledgement of the source, thereby giving the impression -- -- permanent record." Cole was lucky to get off relatively lightly. For others, plagiarising can spell the end of your degree – even if you are unwittingly involved. -- -- and the only marks it did give me were much lower than I'd anticipated. Then when I got home, there was a letter from the university saying that I was suspected of colluding with another student in plagiarism. I completely freaked out." -- -- behind my back was simply unbelievable. " If you are caught in serious and deliberate plagiarism, it could end up on your final academic transcript. If a potential employer asks to see your transcript as part of the selection process, you can probably say -- -- "It certainly wouldn't look good to a future employer if they knew you had engaged in plagiarism," Biggam says. -- But how can you avoid plagiarism, when part of the university learning process is to absorb expert theories and demonstrate your grasp of them by reproducing them in written work? -- -- At Glasgow Caledonian University, Biggam is testing the use of plagiarism detection software, called Turnitin, which monitors work for any copied phrases. "Often, it might be a genuine mistake – a student might simply forget to reference a quote or a source. In which case, a It was, says Hiscock, "the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across." He was so angry he wrote to Mail Online's editor, Martin Clarke, and to -- -- "sexually abused" by a magician during her eighth birthday party.' It is the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across and if it happens again I will take steps to ensure I am adequately compensated for the theft of my interview." -- -- * Greenslade * Plagiarism * Daily Mail * Martin Clarke Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- Compare Melania Trump’s speech with Michelle Obama’s 2008 address Republicans scrambled to prevent a plagiarism scandal from overshadowing the coronation of Donald Trump on Tuesday after his wife Melania borrowed large chunks of her opening night speech from Michelle -- -- As delegates prepared to formally offer Donald Trump the party’s presidential nomination on Tuesday evening, the plagiarism controversy reopened internal wounds and undermined his campaign’s attempts to present a more polished appearance ahead of November’s general -- -- election. A campaign source said responsibility for the plagiarism incident lay with a longtime aide to top Trump strategist Paul Manafort. The source said the aide had signed off on the speech and edited it. -- -- Online critics also highlighted a lighter hearted instance of apparent plagiarism, noting that Melania Trump’s claim that her husband “will never ever give up, and most importantly, he will never ever let you down,” echoed Rick Astley’s 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up – a song cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- Gill, five miles south-west of Newcastle, a narrow man with a curly mess of dark red hair. He’d just made a routine visit to the Facebook group Plagiarism Alerts. There, a woman named Kathy Figueroa had posted something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet -- something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet laureates has plagiarised a poem by Maya Angelou.” Lightman clicked the link. It led to a Canadian government webpage -- -- Rise. Incredible. But could it really be plagiarism? How likely was it that a poet laureate would steal anything at all, let alone a keystone work by a modern legend? How could he think he’d get away with that? Then -- -- uncomfortable and distressing experiences of my life”, admitting, “I have made several stupid mistakes during my time as a poet and there is simply no excuse for plagiarism.” But he also pushed back: “I have been bullied, victimised and abused by a number of ‘poets’ who thought it necessary to act like a lynch mob.” -- -- Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’m absolutely furious’: plagiarised poet Joan Johnston. Photograph: Gary Calton for the Guardian -- -- copy of A Particular Blue, so he could see for himself. “He returned both poems to me, having highlighted the changes Sheree had made, saying, ‘I don’t think it’s plagiarism. I think she’s taken your poem and made something new out of it.’ At which point, I went for another walk.” -- -- considerable distress.” Croft explained that he planned to pulp the remaining copies of Laventille and reprint a corrected version. “I do not believe that your accusations of plagiarism regarding Laventille are justified. But I am not prepared to have this beautiful and important book dirtied by the grubby little fingers of Pooterish -- -- broke/and threatening light/brought into the long night.” How close would two poems have to be for it to be plagiarism, I ask Croft. -- -- their name at the bottom, I’d say, why are you doing that?” And would it be plagiarism? “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying -- -- “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying my name is Will Storr. No, it’s not! You’d say that was stupid. You wouldn’t say I was plagiarising you.” *** -- -- Meanwhile, what of the Canadian mystery? Could former laureate DesRuisseaux really have blatantly plagiarised all those canonical poets? It seemed too mad to be true. When Lightman got hold of DesRuisseaux’s book Tranches De Vie, he found even more apparent -- -- findings to Éditions du Noiroît, who appeared to accept his verdict; in emails Lightman showed me, DesRuisseaux’s editor wrote that it was his first experience of plagiarism, and expressed regret at having to tell the poet’s family that he would have to remove the title from circulation. -- -- * Poetry * Plagiarism * Maya Angelou * features -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Poetry%2CPlagiarism%2CBooks%2 CMaya+Angelou] Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- The organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have unveiled a new official logo, seven months after being forced to scrap the previous design amid accusations of plagiarism. Selecting an emblem they hope will be simple, effective and most of all -- -- the Théâtre de Liège in Belgium. Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo scrapped after allegations of plagiarism Read more -- -- Japanese officials initially rejected accusations that Sano had plagiarised the image, which was based around a stylised capital T with a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied -- -- a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied plagiarism. But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings -- -- But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings to block Tokyo 2020 from using the image. Further allegations of plagiarism also emerged against Sano, including claims that his initial submission resembled a work by the late German typographer Jan Tschichold. -- -- + Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video 0:50 Published: 15 Jan 2016 -- -- 0:50 Published: 15 Jan 2016 Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video + Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Some four years ago I wrote about the strange case of a Canadian columnist accused of plagiarism. The Toronto-based Globe & Mail had found it necessary to add “clarifications” to articles written by Margaret Wente after complaints about her work. -- -- same structure, analogies, and phrasing in numerous instances.” In addition, the Canadaland news website, accused Wente of plagiarising “at least four times from three different publications... in addition -- “at least four times from three different publications... in addition to the two cases of plagiarism outlined in BuzzFeed Canada.” The first two instances, by Wainio and BuzzFeed, were addressed by the -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Media%2CPlagiarism%2CCanada%2 CNewspapers%2CAmericas] The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- Fresh evidence of Independent journalist Johann Hari's habit of alleged plagiarism has emerged from a lengthy interview with Afghan women's rights activist Malalai Joya in July 2009. -- -- * Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row Interviewer and columnist has been suspended for two months pending outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss -- -- outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss Published: 12 Jul 2011 Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row * -- -- Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Independent editor-in-chief defends columnist involved in 'politically motivated' plagiarism furore. By Josh Halliday Published: 29 Jun 2011 Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- The Orwell prize committee has accused Independent columnist Johann Hari of plagiarism over an article that won him the prestigious award in 2008. -- -- of contrition for the errors I made elsewhere, in my interviews." Hari apologised for plagiarising the work of others to improve interviews and for editing the Wikipedia entries of people he had clashed with, using the pseudonym David Rose, "in ways that were Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- [ ] Johann Hari has been writing for the Independent since 2002 but faced allegations of plagiarism last year. Photograph: Nick Harvey/WireImage -- -- Johann Hari, the journalist at the Independent who was suspended for plagiarism, has announced that he will not return to the newspaper. Hari had been undergoing retraining in the United States and was -- -- Independent editor Andreas Whittam Smith. The findings of the inquiry were not made public but the newspaper reported in September 2011 that Hari admitted the plagiarism allegations and would attend a journalism training course before returning to the paper. -- -- Blackhurst was asked several questions about Hari when he gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry into journalistic ethics earlier this month. "On the plagiarism, Johann genuinely believed he was doing nothing wrong. The fact that nobody complained, Johann did not believe he was doing anything wrong. His reputation has been very, very severely damaged; Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism David Batty -- -- [ ] Raj Persaud. Photograph: Andy Butterton/PA Britain's best-known psychiatrist today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and several articles he wrote for newspapers and medical journals. -- -- Raj Persaud, famous for his appearances alongside Richard and Judy on the This Morning sofa, also admitted to a General Medical Council (GMC) disciplinary hearing that his plagiarism was inappropriate and misleading. -- -- The psychiatrist, who used to present BBC Radio 4's All In The Mind programme, admitted plagiarising four articles for his book From The Edge Of The Couch published in 2003. -- -- He also admitted that four articles he wrote in 2005 contained passages plagiarised from an article and book by Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. -- -- University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. He also admitted using material plagiarised from an article by Professor Stephen Kant in a piece he wrote for the Independent in the same year. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. His book -- -- He said Persaud blamed subeditors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Blass complained about the article and was told, in an email -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." At the time the allegations of plagiarism first emerged two years ago, Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, a position he still holds. -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- In Britain it is left to individual institutions to develop their own plagiarism policies. But the QAA said it wanted a consistent approach among higher education providers to tackle the problem. It called on universities and colleges to record incidents of this and other kinds -- -- fix.” A Universities UK spokesperson said: “Universities take plagiarism and cheating extremely seriously. Submitting work written by someone else is cheating and devalues the efforts of students who work hard to -- -- * Higher education * Plagiarism * Jo Johnson * news -- -- more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- of the problem Published: 27 Feb 2017 Published: 27 Feb 2017 Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Higher+education%2CPlagiarism %2CEducation%2CUK+news%2CJo+Johnson%2CPolitics] Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students Gavin Haynes -- -- In the past few days, however, it is said that the master has become the pupil, as Dylan has been accused of plagiarism. Writer Ben Greenman was the first to blog about how he couldn’t find a quotation that Dylan had cited in Moby-Dick: “Some men who receive injuries are led to God, -- -- While universities habitually run students’ work through plagiarism-detection software such as TurnItIn, there is no such equivalent for Nobel prize speeches, assumed to be the moment at which an eminent economist, physician, writer or peace-maker has earned a few -- -- text, preferring that you “check your comprehension” against their interpretation. The company does, however, have advice on its website for avoiding plagiarism: “By citing words and ideas that came from our site or books (to see instructions on how to do that, see How to Cite This SparkNote within each study guide), or by putting your own spin on -- -- * Nobel prize in literature * Awards and prizes * Plagiarism * features -- -- [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Bob+Dylan%2CMusic%2CNobel+pri ze+in+literature%2CAwards+and+prizes%2CBooks%2CPlagiarism] * Education University students could be fined or handed criminal records for plagiarised essays, new proposals suggest -- -- University students who buy essays online face fines and a criminal record under plans to punish plagiarism being considered by the government. -- -- more than 100 online essay services are now in operation. Whilst universities already use complex anti-plagiarism software to detect the copying of academic texts, the process of contract cheating - students submitting paid-for essays as their own original work - -- -- Speaking to The Telegraph, Lord Storey, who is leading efforts to make the practice illegal, said that the consequences of plagiarism must be made clear, adding that many “rich students” are now effectively “paying their way” to a top honours degree. -- -- Leading academics are also in favour of a ban, with Professor Phil Newton and Michael Draper, leading experts on essay plagiarism, calling on the Government to tighten up the legal loopholes being exploited by professional writing services. 3. Education News £1,700 for a dissertation, but what's the real cost of plagiarism? As one ghost writing service sees an 80 per cent increase in sales in one -- -- It’s a heavy sum to pay for something that the majority of people - not to mention universities - would class as plagiarism. Yet Nemet is quick to separate his company from this accusation. -- -- Whether or not this is an easy way of passing responsibility on to the client, ghost writing – along with other forms of plagiarism – remains an issue at universities across Britain. -- -- declined by 60 per cent since 2005 While 2013 figures from plagiarism detection service, Turnitin, reveal that the number of serious cases has declined by 60 per cent since 2005, Phil Newton, superintendent of assessment at Swansea University, -- -- topic I had set. It really opened my eyes to the issue. “We regard [ghost writing] as plagiarism, pure and simple. It’s is a form of dishonesty, it’s a form of cheating, and where students are found guilty of it, there will be serious academic repercussions.” -- -- passing off work as their own. For students that are caught, there can be serious consequences, from the deduction of marks on an essay, to expulsion from the university. Even if the plagiarism is unintended, there may still be penalties. -- -- “The University also employs a series of sophisticated software applications to detect plagiarism in submitted examination work, both in terms of copying and collusion,” the spokesman adds. -- -- “It regularly monitors online essay banks, essay-writing services, and other potential sources of material. Anyone who submits plagiarised material as part of their course can expect to be dealt with severely.” -- -- ongoing advancements in technology – incorporating more sophisticated methods of detection – will continue to play a role in combating plagiarism; however, educating students should also help prevent the initial interest. -- -- where they are in their course. If they are in their final year, we regard that as much more serious, if they do it in their first year, they probably just need some advice on how to avoid plagiarism and what constitutes plagiarism. “I don’t condone it, but I can understand why a student who is 4. Health News 'Hero' GP suspended for plagiarising fellow doctor's work A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent -- -- A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent patients has been suspended for six months for plagiarising another doctor’s work. -- -- The General Medical Council heard that Dr Margaret Staley initially came under suspicion herself after computer anti-plagiarism software picked out striking similarities between a case study she had written and Dr Kumar's coursework. -- -- Dr Staley endured weeks of uncertainty before eventually being completely exonerated when it became clear she was the victim rather than the perpetrator of the plagiarism. Public school-educated Dr Kumar was hailed as a hero in 2009 after Johnson called it an “unacceptable and pernicious” practice, while universities will generally expel anybody they catch – though given the essays aren’t plagiarised, identifying a paid-for piece of work isn’t easy. Using an essay mill, on the other hand, very much is. * News Canadian poet laureate revealed to have plagiarised Maya Angelou, Tupac and others -- -- [tupac_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jp g?imwidth=450] The Canadian poet Pierre DesRuisseaux, who has been found to have plagiarised numerous poets, including Tupac Shakur * Telegraph Reporters -- -- Pierre DesRuisseaux, who died last year, served as the parliamentary poet laureate between 2009 and 2011, and has now been accused of plagiarising the work of up to 20 poets, among them world-famous names and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. -- -- and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- DesRuisseaux The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux Credit: Wayne Miller/Magnum/BBC -- -- The duplicity was unearthed by poet and literary sleuth Ira Lightman, a member of a Facebook group called Plagiarism Alerts, whose mission involves tracking down plagiarism in the poetry world. Lightman was tipped off by a Canadian poet named Kathy Figueroa, who -- -- But still, like dust, I'll rise." The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- by DesRuisseaux The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- -- Figueroa told Canada's CBC News that DesRuisseaux's widespread plagiarism came as a shock: "It was just mind-boggling, the audacity of someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." -- -- someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." Upon the discovery of the plagiarism, DesRuisseaux's Montreal-based publishers Éditions du Noroît pulled the book from shelves, while claiming that only between 50 and 100 copies of the book had actually show ad Last-ditch attack on Neil Gorsuch amid claims Supreme Court pick plagiarized academic papers in his book -- -- The White House punched back hard, and assembled its own team of experts to debunk claims that the writing constituted plagiarism. 'This false attack has been strongly refuted by highly-regarded -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' HARD FEELINGS: Democrats are furious that the Senate never scheduled a hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court -- -- hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court seat PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- “Each of the individual incidents constitutes a violation of academic ethics. I've never seen a college plagiarism code that this would not be in violation of,” said Syracuse University professor Rebecca Moore Howard. -- -- Howard. 'I would certainly call it plagiarism,” she added. At this late date, the information is likely to have little effect on show ad Tokyo 2020 gets new logo proposals after plagiarism scandal By Afp -- -- Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers said Tuesday they have received more than 14,500 suggestions for a new logo after the original choice was withdrawn because of a plagiarism scandal. The organising committee in August dropped the emblem put forward by -- -- The Tokyo committee has insisted the move to drop the original logo was not in response to the legal action. It said Sano, who denies plagiarism, asked that his design be withdrawn to avoid harming the Tokyo Games. show ad Monica Crowley out of Trump White House team after plagiarism revealed * Crowley is a syndicated talk show host who was set to takeover as -- -- administration after all. More than 50 charges of plagiarism, based on discoveries made by CNN's KFile division, led publisher HarperCollins to pull her 2012 book from its shelves last week. -- -- currently unavailable for purchase on Amazon. Crowley appears to have plagiarized large sections of the book, according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than -- according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than 50 examples of apparent plagiarism. Politico separately charged that her 2000 dissertation wasn't properly -- -- decision to suspend sales of her book. Crowley also faced plagiarism allegations in 1999 after a piece she wrote on the 25th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's resignation ran in The Wall Street Journal. -- -- article.' Crowley also plagiarized several sections of her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University, Politico Magazine said. The publication found more than a dozen instances in which Crowley appeared to lift from -- -- developer!' DID MONICA CROWLEY PLAGIARIZE THESE PASSAGES? Crowley's book -- -- Source: CNN Read more: * Trump pick Monica Crowley plagiarized multiple sources in 2012 book - CNNMoney -- - CNNMoney * Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation - POLITICO Magazine * Monica Crowley to forgo post in Trump White House - Washington 'Dishonest' TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud suspended after admitting plagiarism By Daily Mail Reporter -- -- 'The Panel has determined that a three-month period of suspension is sufficient to send out a signal to you, the profession and the public that plagiarism is unacceptable behaviour.' The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the -- -- The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, is now in tatters after he admitted plagiarism. Before the ruling, GMC members heard from some of Dr Persaud's -- -- proceedings.' He added: 'The panel has determined that your actions, in plagiarising the work of others, were liable to bring the profession into disrepute.' -- -- the doctor's book. He also said he had uncovered more examples of plagiarism in Dr Persaud's book after comparing passages in it with material on the internet. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- DEJA VU Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago -- -- Republicans candidate Fillon was still in the presidential race when he delivered the speech two weeks ago France election candidate Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarising speech The incident is bizarrely reminiscent of Melania Trump's July 2016 -- -- state. And the sight of her having to plagiarise a discredited rival’s words will come as a blow to her electoral ambitions. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- Under the bed bugs Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? -- -- Beedle The Bard. Why has Chris Riddell accused John Lewis of plagiarism? Chris Riddell believes there are many similarities between the two * Health News Fears of plagiarism crisis as probe finds foreign university students ‘cheats’ -- -- Updated: 6th April 2016, 8:55 am FOREIGN students are claimed to be fuelling a surge in plagiarism at British universities amid fears of a cheating crisis. / Sean Gallup/Getty Images Findings come months after The Times exposes 'plagiarism epidemic' among Britain's institutions -- -- Half of the nation’s university students are losing marks for not referencing their work correctly, according to a new survey into attitudes towards plagiarism. Citation tool RefME - which polled just under 2,900 of the country’s -- -- almost 80 per cent are worried about referencing correctly, while a majority of 71 per cent expressed concern about facing disciplinary actions for plagiarism. [GettyImages-170380536.jpg] Read more -- -- Read more Universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students cheat RefMe said: “This widespread concern over facing disciplinary actions -- -- ‘ghostwriter’ to complete their work for them constitutes academic misconduct, more than 20 per cent were unable to identify this as plagiarism. The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times -- -- The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed there to be a “plagiarism epidemic” among Britain’s universities with almost 50,000 students being caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- However, RefME said that, although its study unearthed some “concerning” statistics around plagiarism in academia, students are increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using -- -- increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using plagiarism tools prior to submitting. Tom Hatton, CEO and founder of RefME, described how, as a university -- -- “The hope is that we can look back at these numbers in a couple of years and see evidence that the sentiment towards plagiarism has changed.” * More about: -- -- * More about: * RefMe * plagiarism * University of Kent * University of Westminster 1. INDYSTUDENT UK universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students caught cheating over last 3 years -- -- The Independent Online Britain’s universities are said to be in the midst of a “plagiarism epidemic” after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed how almost 50,000 students were caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- of the student population, requests from 70 universities showed. 75 per cent of postgraduates found plagiarising at Queen Mary University of London were from abroad, including a third from China. -- -- One professor from the University of Buckingham told The Times “type-1 plagiarism,” copying and pasting, is decreasing because it’s “so easy to detect.” 1. INDYPULSE TV doctor Raj Persaud admits plagiarism * PA -- -- Indy/Life TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and articles he wrote. -- -- The doctor, who is famed for his regular appearances on daytime TV shows such as This Morning, admitted plagiarising four articles for his 2003 book 'From The Edge Of The Couch'. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. -- -- He said Dr Persaud blamed sub-editors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, USA, complained -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." The GMC panel heard that allegations of plagiarism against Dr Persaud were first made in a Sunday Times article published in April 2006. -- -- The article alleged that sections of Dr Persaud's book, published three years earlier, were plagiarised from academic articles. At the time Dr Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Mr Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Plan to prosecute firms who offer paid-for essays to students While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address ‘essay mills’ -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 -- -- The move is a response to mounting concern over the practice which allows students to circumvent their college’s plagiarism detection systems. The use of these services is not easily detected as software used by universities only detects where students have copied from -- -- Paid-for essays While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address the issue of so-called contact cheating or the use of paid-for essays. -- -- The QQI’s guidelines advise colleges that they “should have effective policies and procedures in place to prevent, detect, combat and deter plagiarism at all levels”. * Tackling teacher supply is complex - but we are making progress * Revenues crest €4m at top boys’ private school Glenstal Abbey -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, according to figures compiled by The Irish Times last year. -- -- Of those that did, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). The scale of detected issues is likely to be bigger at IT Tallaght as it has extensive detection policies. -- -- Online source The company insists it does not condone plagiarism, and says all “clients are expected to use and reference it as they would any other online source”. -- -- growing and it was typically completing roughly 350 projects a year. Mr Bruton’s spokesman said: “Plagiarism is currently subject to institutional disciplinary sanctions up to and including exclusion from the programme. -- -- offering the ‘service’ will not disclose it, those buying it will not, and there is no system-wide recording of detected instances of this or any other form of plagiarism”. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Essays for sale: a new wave of plagiarism Students who use online essay-writing services face sanction if caught. As -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Rigorous testing Would this essay be red-flagged for plagiarism? Colleges nowadays have access to a range of computer programmes, such as Turnitin and Safeassign, that test whether articles have been copied from other -- -- However, these programmes only work if they detect parts of the essay that exist elsewhere; they might not flag plagiarised content if they are custom-written pieces. -- -- To test the essay, we put it through Safeassign and it came back clean. But it’s not just the plagiarism-detection programmes: it has to get past the beady eye of a lecturer. We presented the essay to a number of lecturers in communications and media without telling them about its -- -- It’s difficult to say how commonly these services are being used, but colleges are increasingly aware of plagiarism on campus. There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being -- -- There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, and the numbers are on the rise (see panel). -- -- In the UK, some academics have warned that essay-writing services are behind an “epidemic” of plagiarism. Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected -- -- Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected plagiarism tends to involve students simply cutting and pasting in a section and putting inverted commas around it. -- -- section and putting inverted commas around it. “Students don’t realise that this is plagiarism, but these [essay-writing] services are blatant plagiarism,” he says. Trinity College Dublin’s education officer, Molly Kenny, said these -- -- reference it as they would any other online source,” she says. In the terms and conditions of the website they state they do not condone plagiarism. Foley says the site and demands for their services continue to grow. -- -- Glynn says this could be an option in Ireland: “I would endorse it if it came in here – enforcing it is the challenge – anything to discourage student plagiarism.” Students should be aware that using these services can be risky, -- -- the paper it’s written on. PLAGIARISM: A GROWING PROBLEM Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases -- Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases of students disciplined for plagiarism across the Irish higher-education sector. -- -- Of the colleges that supplied figures, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). -- -- Institute of Technology Tallaght has one of the most extensive approaches to dealing with plagiarism, involving a sliding case of penalties, ranging from written warnings to potential disqualification from the institution. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Plagiarism Sat, Mar 5, 2011, 00:00 -- -- Plagiarism: from Latin “plagiarius” (“kidnapper”), use pioneered by Roman poet Martial who complained that another poet had “kidnapped his verses”.– (Wikipedia) -- -- charismatic and aristocratic defence minister, key ally to Chancellor Angela Merkel, a shooting star brought down this week by claims that he had engaged in plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. The website GuttenPlag Wiki says it has detected plagiaristic “lifts” -- -- Coincidentally, a new anti-Gadafy front has opened up in the London School of Economics where the doctoral thesis written by his son Seif al-Islam is also being checked for plagiarism following complaints by online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, -- online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, plagiarism is claiming high-profile political casualties. Academics in Ireland worry at what they see as a serious cultural -- -- at the threat to the country’s ’s reputation as a source of quality research, the Royal Irish Academy in September urged new procedures to protect against falsification and plagiarism. -- A recent US survey in Education Week, cited by plagiarism.org, reports 54 per cent of student respondents admitting to plagiarising from the internet; 74 per cent, to “serious” cheating at least once in the past year; while half believed teachers sometimes chose to ignore cheating. -- -- And then, of course, there’s that truly scandalous hardy annual – claims of plagiarism in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year Denmark’s A Friend In Londonis accused. The melody of their New Tomorrowis apparently similar to Face 2 Faceby Future Trance United. was to be written in 4 weeks. All of the four websites guaranteed a money back scheme if the work does not achieve the grade and if the paper was accused of plagiarism then the customer would receive their money back. -- -- Latest figures from the BBC article reveal that half of Welsh universities have seen an increase in the number of plagiarism cases With students being targeted on social media through 'sponsored -- -- https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/essay-mills-university-co urse-work-to-order/2007934.article MORE:higher educationplagiarismcollege essaysessaysacademiawalescustom essays Credit Where It's Due - Why Are Half of UK Students Losing Marks for Plagiarism? * -- -- Photo by CollegeDegrees360 under a CC license We are in the grips of a 'plagiarism epidemic' according to The Times. An investigation conducted by the paper earlier this year revealed that 50,000 university students have been caught over the last three years, -- -- Further research published this month by RefME, a digital reference management tool for students, has found that 50% of students surveyed say they have lost marks due to plagiarism arising from inaccurate citations. -- -- citations. But plagiarism falls on a spectrum and shouldn't be confused with cheating. -- -- conventions and were unaware of resources available to help them. But regardless of whether plagiarism is deliberate (and often it is not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in -- not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in their adoption of plagiarism detection, with software such as Turnitin now used by the majority. Facing the risk of a damaged reputation, suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of -- -- suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of the students surveyed say that they worry about committing accidental plagiarism. While a minor infringement is more likely to result in lost marks than -- -- person's ideas begin and another's end. In the Twittersphere, for instance, ideas are endlessly retweeted and recycled. But digital tools also exist to prevent plagiarism. Using RefME, referencing can be as simple as scanning a barcode or -- -- student support, embedding academic writing skills more deeply into the curriculum and communicating expectations from the outset. But certainly, the majority of students do not intend to commit plagiarism. On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. -- On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. MORE:plagiarismuniversitiesstudentshigher education SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW Universities use expensive software designed to detect students who cheat, but Turnitin can only detect plagiarised work, not original work that has not been penned by the student. Thus, it is nigh on impossible to detect students who use professional essay-writing services. And, -- -- I would like to see action taken to stop degree ghost-writers in their tracks. Perhaps the industry should be regulated, forcing any ghost-written essay to be submitted by the seller to plagiarism detection sites so that should the student try to pass it off as their own, they will be caught. This won't stop the rogue sites, but at least -- -- ghost-write student essays. After all, I could end up having to mark my own essay one day. MORE:universitystudentscheatingplagiarismUniversitiescheating at examsghost-writing THE BLOG The Problem With Political Speeches Isn't Plagiarism, It's Platitudes * -- -- the road" and you've won political cliché bingo. As for plagiarism, how many different ways can you express those basic concepts in simple, accessible language to describe another person? Not many. It begins with "he/she believes..." and ends in simple -- -- Ms. Obama. Trump just had a lousy proofreader who failed to spot the direct similarities. If the nouns had been replaced by synonyms, verbs exchanged, the sequence of clauses varied... who would cry plagiarism? Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the -- -- Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the news media pounce on the plagiarism as opposed to criticising the fact Melania Trump avoided saying anything interesting about the man who would be king. -- -- Trump handles that issue, unlike the speeches, will be interesting to watch. MORE:Melania TrumpDonald TrumpplagiarismRepublican convention SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW POLITICS Home»Today's Stories Chair of institute has plagiarism ruling overturned Saturday, May 04, 2013 -- -- An external investigation has found that Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) chairman Flan Garvey committed unintentional plagiarism in a 2008 master’s thesis but this has been overturned on a technical appeal. -- -- The three academics appointed in December to probe a complaint by 26 ITT academics found plagiarism in two chapters of the thesis about his Co Clare parish. -- -- It has upheld the appeal on grounds relating to the understanding of the nature of plagiarism, in a report finalised this week and also seen by the Irish Examiner. -- -- by the Irish Examiner. It found that college rules around plagiarism were not clearly formulated or clearly communicated to postgraduate students. On that basis, it said, a finding of an award being unjustified would be unfair -- -- However, a source told the Irish Examiner that staff are baffled at the outcome and many believe it places a question mark over any previous cases of students sanctioned for plagiarism. -- Plagiarism finding After word-for-word comparisons with texts cited by the complainants, -- -- interspersed with occasional references to another. One section complained of in chapter 4 was found not to be plagiarism after the investigators were made aware of Mr Garvey’s contribution to the authorship of a local history pamphlet. more serious (getting someone else to do coursework). Plagiarism is the most widespread form, with 6% disclosing that they had passed off information copied from other sources as their own work, while 5% admitting that they have carried on writing once an 29 July 2013 Parasite journalism: is aggregation as bad as plagiarism? When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing -- -- When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing work, we call it plagiarism. But news organisations do the same, and call it aggregation. Sign up for our weekly email * -- -- any better. In my opinion, it happens all the time, it's just that people don't get caught very often. Johann Hari is the classic example - the only absolutely rock solid piece of plagiarism that could be pinned on him was a piece from a German newspaper article that he'd translated. -- -- copy of being free. In my opinion, some of this stuff is just as bad as plagiarism. Aggregators are parasites, only slightly more benign than plagiarists - and sooner or later, parasites kill the host. Someone has to actually Share on Reddit HomeOxford studentsAcademic mattersStudy guidanceStudy skills and trainingPlagiarism -- Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether -- -- full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or -- unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or reckless plagiarism is a disciplinary offence. Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been -- -- Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been developed to provide a useful overview of the issues surrounding plagiarism and practical ways to avoid it. The necessity to acknowledge others’ work or ideas applies not only to -- -- text, data, or other resources downloaded from websites. The best way of avoiding plagiarism is to learn and employ the principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your -- principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your university career. Avoiding plagiarism is not simply a matter of making sure your references are all correct, or changing enough words so the examiner will not notice your paraphrase; it is about deploying your -- -- academic skills to make your work as good as it can be. Forms of plagiarism Verbatim (word for word) quotation without clear acknowledgement -- -- Paraphrasing the work of others by altering a few words and changing their order, or by closely following the structure of their argument, is plagiarism if you do not give due acknowledgement to the author whose work you are using. -- -- doing so, than to paraphrase particular sections of his or her writing. This will ensure you have a genuine grasp of the argument and will avoid the difficulty of paraphrasing without plagiarising. You must also properly attribute all material you derive from lectures. -- -- University or elsewhere. Auto-plagiarism You must not submit work for assessment that you have already submitted (partially or in full), either for your current course or for another -- -- Where earlier work by you is citable, ie. it has already been published, you must reference it clearly. Identical pieces of work submitted concurrently will also be considered to be auto-plagiarism. -- Why does plagiarism matter? -- Plagiarism is a breach of academic integrity. It is a principle of intellectual honesty that all members of the academic community should acknowledge their debt to the originators of the ideas, words, and data -- -- which form the basis for their own work. Passing off another’s work as your own is not only poor scholarship, but also means that you have failed to complete the learning process. Plagiarism is unethical and can have serious consequences for your future career; it also undermines the standards of your institution and of the degrees it -- -- issues. Why should you avoid plagiarism? -- There are many reasons to avoid plagiarism. You have come to university to learn to know and speak your own mind, not merely to reproduce the opinions of others - at least not without attribution. At first it may -- -- independent one - by learning to assess critically the work of others, weigh up differing arguments and draw your own conclusions. Students who plagiarise undermine the ethos of academic scholarship while avoiding an essential part of the learning process. -- -- avoiding an essential part of the learning process. You should avoid plagiarism because you aspire to produce work of the highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear -- -- highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear of plagiarism. Moreover, you will reap the additional benefits of improvements to both the lucidity and quality of your writing. It is important to appreciate that mastery of the techniques of academic -- -- commitment to the principle of intellectual honesty in scholarship. What happens if you are thought to have plagiarised? -- The University regards plagiarism in examinations as a serious matter. Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of -- -- Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of the occurrence. Even if plagiarism is inadvertent, it can result in a penalty. The forms of plagiarism listed above are all potentially disciplinary offences in the context of formal assessment requirements. -- -- award’. Additionally, this includes the transfer and confirmation of status exercises undertaken by graduate students. Cases of suspected plagiarism in assessed work are investigated under the disciplinary regulations concerning conduct in examinations. Intentional plagiarism in this context means that you understood that you were breaching the regulations and did so intending to gain advantage in the examination. -- -- expected to have understood (even if you did not specifically consider it) that your work might breach the regulations, but you took no action to avoid doing so. Intentional or reckless plagiarism may incur severe penalties, including failure of your degree or expulsion from the university. -- -- university. If plagiarism is suspected in a piece of work submitted for assessment in an examination, the matter will be referred to the Proctors. They will thoroughly investigate the claim and call the student concerned -- -- refer the case to the Student Disciplinary Panel. If you are suspected of plagiarism your College Secretary/Academic Administrator and subject tutor will support you through the process and arrange for a member of Congregation to accompany you to all -- -- involve the use and discussion of material written by others, and, with due acknowledgement and proper referencing, this is clearly distinguishable from plagiarism. The knowledge in your discipline has developed cumulatively as a result of years of research, innovation and debate. You need to give credit to the authors of the ideas and -- -- Does this only matter in exams? Although plagiarism in weekly essays does not constitute a University disciplinary offence, it may well lead to College disciplinary measures. Persistent academic under-performance can even result in your -- -- Borrowing essays from other students to adapt and submit as your own is plagiarism, and will develop none of these necessary skills, holding back your academic development. Students who lend essays for this purpose are doing their peers no favours. -- -- purpose are doing their peers no favours. Unintentional plagiarism -- Not all cases of plagiarism arise from a deliberate intention to cheat. Sometimes students may omit to take down citation details when taking notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. -- -- notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. However, these excuses offer no sure protection against a charge of plagiarism. Even in cases where the plagiarism is found to have been neither intentional nor reckless, there may still be an academic penalty for poor practice. -- -- It is your responsibility to find out the prevailing referencing conventions in your discipline, to take adequate notes, and to avoid close paraphrasing. If you are offered induction sessions on plagiarism and study skills, you should attend. Together with the advice contained in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common -- -- in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common errors. If you are undertaking a project or dissertation you should ensure that you have information on plagiarism and collusion. If ever in doubt about referencing, paraphrasing or plagiarism, you have only to ask your tutor. -- -- to ask your tutor. Examples of plagiarism -- There are some helpful examples of plagiarism-by-paraphrase and you will also find extensive advice on the referencing and library skills pages. -- -- London Hanged, p. 213.] Plagiarised 1. Although they did not question the inegalitarian hierarchy of their -- -- of a submissive workforce. (This is a mixture of verbatim copying and acceptable paraphrase. Although only one phrase has been copied from the source, this would still count as plagiarism. The idea expressed in the first sentence has not been attributed at all, and the reference to ‘some historians’ in the second is insufficient. -- -- original.) Non-plagiarised 1. Peter Linebaugh argues that although highwaymen posed no overt -- -- Student conduct Related websites Online plagiarism course Policy on the use of third party proof-readers Related documents * Turnitin UK Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Turnitin FAQs * Plagiarism * Turnitin UK -- -- + Turnitin FAQs + Turnitin information for Faculties and Departments * What is plagiarism? * Information for staff * Resources and support -- -- Participation in a course at Cambridge is deemed as acceptance of the University's right to apply specialist software (like Turnitin) to your work for the purposes of plagiarism education and detection; the University's Statement on Plagiarism includes this consent. However, you do have the right to request that your work is not retained in the Turnitin UK database after it has been submitted. For -- -- be used as source material for future submissions; this will help to maximise the effectiveness of the software and to protect your work from future attempts to plagiarise it. However, you have the right to request that your work is removed from the database. This can only be done on an individual basis for each piece of work, and in some cases -- -- Q. I have been asked to attend an investigative meeting because Turnitin highlighted matched text, but I know I didn't plagiarise; what do I do? Firstly, don't panic; the meeting will be investigative, not -- -- Turnitin reports will be reviewed in detail in order to make an academic judgement on whether the matched text may be a result of plagiarism, or whether it may reflect commonly-used phrases or correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the -- -- correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the University's Definition of Plagiarism, plagiarism is the submission of someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to -- someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to deceive; this means that you have plagiarised even if you did it accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine -- accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine that the matches are the result of plagiarism, they then judge whether this is minor, or more serious/extensive. If it is minor, they may adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor -- -- adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor scholarship, so you will receive a lower mark than you otherwise would have, if you had referenced appropriately. If the plagiarism is more serious or extensive, they may deem that it merits disciplinary action. -- -- Turnitin UK, the University’s use of the software complies with this requirement. The University has identified ‘providers of anti-plagiarism software’ in its information to students as organisations with whom data may be shared. For more information about data protection and the way the University uses your data, see the -- -- Q. What support is available? If you have any queries about plagiarism or good academic practice, you should contact your Tutor or Director of Studies in the first instance. Our Resources and support pages may also be of help; these contain a * Home * What is plagiarism? -- Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- The University's definition of plagiarism -- * Plagiarism -- * What is plagiarism? + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Turnitin UK University-wide Statement on Plagiarism The General Board, with the agreement of the Board of Examinations and -- -- Departments. Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. It is both poor -- -- scholarship and a breach of academic integrity. Examples of plagiarism include copying (using another person's language and/or ideas as if they are a candidate's own), by: * quoting verbatim another person's work without due acknowledgement -- -- to a joint project. Plagiarism might also arise from colluding with another person, including another candidate, other than as permitted for joint project work (i.e. where collaboration is concealed or has been forbidden). A -- -- piece of written work. Plagiarism can occur in respect to all types of sources and media: * text, illustrations, musical quotations, mathematical derivations, computer code, etc; -- -- not referencing sources) in examinations or assessed work may affect the mark given to the candidate's work. In addition, suspected cases of the use of unfair means (of which plagiarism is one form) will be investigated and may be brought to one of the University's Courts. The Courts have wide powers to discipline those found guilty of using -- -- The University makes use of text-matching software for the purpose of plagiarism education and detection, and reserves the right to submit a candidate’s work to such a service. For this purpose, candidates consent to the submission of their papers to the service and for the -- -- No candidate shall make use of unfair means in any University examination. Unfair means shall include plagiarism* and, unless such possession is specifically authorized, the possession of any book, paper or other material relevant to the examination. No member of the -- -- (Statutes and Ordinances 2016, p. 191). * Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. -- -- known as Discipline Regulation 6. Proctorial Notice on plagiarism The Proctorial Notice for 2016 can be viewed on the Proctors' website. * Information for staff Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Forms of plagiarism and collusion -- * Plagiarism * Information for staff -- -- * Information for staff + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * What is plagiarism? * Resources and support * Turnitin UK -- -- * Turnitin UK This page outlines some common forms of plagiarism and collusion, and suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. -- -- suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. * Plagiarism in invigilated examinations * Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework * Collusion in dissertations and other assessed coursework __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in invigilated examinations Collusion (perhaps by candidates exchanging notes) is extremely rare in -- -- invigilated examinations; this is clearly an offence which would be reported immediately to the Proctors. The most common forms of plagiarism in invigilated exams are: Reproducing material committed to memory -- -- heart. Those brought up with rote learning often don't realise that reproducing such material in a written examination constitutes plagiarism if it is reproduced without attribution. In technical subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as -- -- subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as plagiarism. * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it -- * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it clear that plagiarism can occur in written examinations and explain how candidates should acknowledge sources in such examinations. Examiners are strongly advised to include an appropriate rubric on -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework There are numerous forms of assessed work which are not produced under -- -- strict examination conditions, including: dissertations, assessed essays, practical work, seminar-style presentations, and musical compositions. Cases of both plagiarism and collusion are regularly reported in these forms of assessment and some are taken to the Court of Discipline. -- -- of Discipline. 'Classic' plagiarism -- * Overview: plagiarism most commonly involves copying from the Internet, published works, lecture handouts or private communications. Work copied from the Internet can be detected by -- -- the requirements and explain that serious penalties can be imposed. In cases of supervised work, Supervisors are expected to play a role: the Proctors may ask why the plagiarism wasn’t detected before the work reached the Examiners. -- -- before the work reached the Examiners. Third-party plagiarism -- * Overview: a more troublesome form of plagiarism is the use of work commissioned from a third party. These may be purchased from organisations which supply dissertations and essays on a -- -- candidate normally submits. Review-section plagiarism -- * Overview: a common form of plagiarism, which is usually more or less innocent, occurs in review sections. A final-year dissertation may legitimately build on the work described in a dissertation -- -- permitted and what is not. Guidance on proofreading is available on the collusion pages of this website. * Treatment of cases: unlike cases of plagiarism, work produced by unauthorised collusion cannot be made good by proper attribution. The Board of Examinations has agreed that it is inappropriate to -- -- A copies from B without B's knowledge Strictly, this is plagiarism rather than collusion but plagiarism that cannot be made good by any form of attribution. It may be necessary to interview both A and B at an investigative meeting. If it is clear that -- -- This example is much like the former except that B may now be in trouble too. It should perhaps be regarded as a case of collusion rather than plagiarism. Again A should not be awarded any marks for the copied elements of the University of Birmingham Intranet > Academic Services > Student Services > Student Conduct > Plagiarism > Guidance for students -- Guidance on plagiarism for students -- In 'Plagiarism' -- * Plagiarism * Plagiarism awareness starting points * Guidance for students -- * Guidance for students * Plagiarism Information for staff * Interactive plagiarism course Back to 'Student Conduct' -- -- Back to 'Student Conduct' * Defining plagiarism * A student's responsibilities -- * A student's responsibilities * 'Accidental' plagiarism * Plagiarism-detecting software * How Schools deal with plagiarism * The Learning Agreement and plagiarism * Plagiarism and postgraduate study * Student background and plagiarism * Referral to College Misconduct Committee * Appealing the decision -- -- * Confidentiality Defining plagiarism -- Plagiarism is a form of cheating and is a serious academic offence. It arises where work submitted by a student is not their own and has been taken from another source. The original material is then hidden from -- -- or by not mentioning it at all. The most common forms of plagiarism are: * copying -- * copying * self-plagiarism (also called auto-plagiarism) * collusion * fabrication or misrepresentation -- -- * unacceptable proof-reading Plagiarism may occur in a number of other forms, as well as in conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the -- conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the plagiarism may arise from the misuse of sources outside the University. The key is proper attribution of source material. None of the -- -- activities listed above is, of itself, necessarily wrong. Plagiarism is a serious matter for the University. If not dealt with, it will ultimately devalue all University degrees to the detriment of both students and the University. It also introduces a fundamental and -- -- It should be clear from a consideration of these two key requirements why plagiarism is unacceptable. By definition, a piece of work that has been plagiarised will never be able to meet either of the above criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely -- -- criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely to be a problem with plagiarism. It is ironic that students sometimes seem to go to great lengths to -- -- in jeopardy. 'Accidental' plagiarism The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the -- -- The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the severe penalties that may be applied in cases of serious plagiarism, will be anxious to avoid inadvertently submitting plagiarised work. It is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography -- is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography and still commit plagiarism by then incorporating a significant amount of un-attributed material taken directly or indirectly (through paraphrasing) from that source into the body of the assignment. -- -- Above all, the student body is not a single grouping and the University is aware of the need for a sympathetic approach to plagiarism, particularly in the first year of undergraduate studies and where there is no conscious attempt by the student to deceive. However, this is not -- -- ensure that you have clear guidance on what is expected of you in terms of the referencing of source material. If you are worried about committing plagiarism, always seek help and advice from your tutor, supervisor or other academic advisor within your School. Members of staff are experienced in dealing with questions about proper -- -- * Endnote information and training Plagiarism-detecting software Schools are making use of software systems, in addition to the existing -- -- You should be assured that academic judgement is always brought into play when analysing the results. A School will not take action against you for plagiarism as a result of the findings of Turnitin unless it has looked very carefully at the report obtained from the software and assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will -- -- assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will be able to see the relevant report and to challenge the School's case if you are accused of plagiarism following a software-based analysis of your work. -- -- However, the University reserves the right to protect the academic integrity of its degree awards by whatever means available to it. This will benefit those students who did not plagiarise. -- How Schools deal with plagiarism This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: -- -- This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: * If an Academic Integrity Officer suspects that plagiarism may have occurred they will undertake an investigation which would normally involve considering any evidence. This may include a report -- -- the marker or invigilator; * If, following the investigation, the Academic Integrity Officer has a reasonable suspicion that plagiarism has occurred, they will invite you to respond to the allegation and you will be invited to a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); -- -- a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); * Following on from the meeting, the principal academic unit will determine the level of plagiarism (if any) that it believes has arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, -- arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, moderate plagiarism and serious plagiarism. -- The consequences of a finding that plagiarism has occurred in any of these above ways can be found under Section 6 of the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. -- -- on Academic Integrity. In cases where serious plagiarism is found, the matter will be dealt with under University Regulation Section 8 Student Conduct. -- -- You should consult the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. This provides detailed definitive information on how plagiarism is dealt with. -- -- with. The Learning Agreement and plagiarism This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for -- -- This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for your part, will not submit plagiarised work and that your School, for its part, will help and support you to avoid plagiarism. It is seen by the University as a helpful expression of good faith and intentions by both sides of the academic partnership involving you and the -- -- University. Plagiarism and postgraduate study Given that you are likely to hold a First Degree already, there is an -- -- You should be assured that your School will not, provided it is satisfied that there has not been a deliberate attempt to deceive, treat any instance of plagiarism in the early stage of your postgraduate career as a matter normally requiring the imposition of a penalty. However, you must quickly come to terms with the University's -- -- dissertation element of the programme. Student background and plagiarism The educational background of students may make unintentional -- -- The educational background of students may make unintentional plagiarism more likely. Given the diversity of student background in the University, previous experience of formal education in the UK cannot be assumed. The expectations of learning and the learning styles -- -- and circumstance, as well as by individual preferences. Student work that stays close to the original source and is therefore at risk of an allegation of plagiarism may, in some cases, be the result of: * past experience of what has proven to be successful in other academic contexts but which is now a liability to the student; -- -- The University accepts that one (or more) of the above factors may play a role in a case of alleged plagiarism. Each case will therefore be treated on its individual merits and taking account of all relevant circumstances. #University of Derby Blog » Feed University of Derby Blog » Comments Feed University of Derby Blog » How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? Comments Feed alternate alternate [tr?id=263182877367236&ev=PageView&noscript=1] -- -- + Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Home > Blog > How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? James Elander -- -- Student Life How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? -- Be it in music or writing, plagiarism – “stealing other’s ideas” – is a complicated and yet serious offence. So how can universities help students improve their writing and avoid it? Professor James Elander, Head of -- -- Psychological Research, gives his top tips. Plagiarism happens so quickly and easily in these days of ‘cut and paste’, multiple deadlines and pressure to produce excellent work. -- -- Universities, therefore, need active strategies to help students learn not to plagiarise, and one approach focuses on improving their ‘authorial identity’ – a concept I have developed with Derby PhD student Kevin Cheung, which centres on how writers see themselves as -- -- students to understand the values of integrity and transparency associated with academic writing and to write assignments without plagiarising. My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction -- -- My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction session about plagiarism. I asked myself, what is the opposite of plagiarism? Surely the answer to that is authorship and, if authorship is the desired outcome, what are the behavioural or psychological characteristics needed for students to achieve that? -- -- To qualify genuinely as the authors of their written work, students must understand the role of an author, and must be able to identify with that role. This protects them from accidental plagiarism, which often happens when students produce written work without being really in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for -- -- in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for several projects with different groups of colleagues to help students not to plagiarise. Supervised by myself and Ed Stupple in the Department of Psychology at -- -- with lecturers were used to get insights into what university lecturers think about authorial identity, and how we can get them more involved in helping students write better and avoid plagiarism. These showed that changing identity, or how one sees oneself, is -- -- When students were asked afterwards about these workshops, 86% agreed they helped them understand how to avoid plagiarism and 66% agreed they helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, -- -- helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, understanding of authorship and knowledge to avoid plagiarism. The changes were greatest for year one students, supporting the common -- -- It’s important that universities spend time speaking to their students about what plagiarism means and the impact it can have. However, rather than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like -- than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like we did, and discussing how to write assignments without plagiarising, is of much better value. -- -- We hope this research will help to guide future efforts to help students improve their writing and avoid plagiarism, and also give us a simple tool to measure how students’ change through taking part in those efforts. -- -- those efforts. Top tips to avoid plagiarism Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental -- -- Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental plagiarism. Some of these are related to the early stages of work on a written assignment: * Think about what your own position (opinion) is before you start -- -- * Put yourself in the role of the author. How to use quotations without plagiarising * Think about what point you are making with the quote; -- -- * #Derby * #higher education * #plagiarism * #Press * #psychology You are here: Home / Offices / Student and Academic Services / Exams and Assessment / Plagiarism and Collusion Info -- -- Info Plagiarism and Collusion -- * Plagiarism: Plagiarism is used as a general term to describe taking and using another’s thoughts and writings as one’s own. Plagiarism can occur not only in essays and dissertations, but also in scientific experimentation, diagrams, maps, fieldwork, computer -- -- the application of very severe penalties. Avoiding plagiarism and/or collusion -- Learning Development runs a workshop on avoiding plagiarism and has study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on -- study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on avoiding plagiarism. Your student handbook is also a useful resource for plagiarism avoidance and will set out your department's policy about identifying plagiarism. Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of -- -- Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of plagiarism and/or collusion Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Senate Regulation 11: Regulations governing -- -- Departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion: Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations -- -- Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations governing student discipline when investigating and considering allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in work that is not assessed by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of -- by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of the case by the department's Plagiarism Officer. -- Departmental level consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion may be followed by a hearing of a Student Discipline Panel if the severity of the offence or the complexity of the case deems it -- -- * See regulation 11.60 to 11.70 for full details of the University's procedures for departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in assessed work (excluding written examinations) -- -- assessed work (excluding written examinations) Departmental penalties for plagiarism/collusion: The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student -- -- The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student if he/she is found to have committed plagiarism/collusion are also defined in the regulations. A disciplinary panel has the power to impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. -- -- impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. * See regulation 11.71 to 11.75 for full details of departmental penalties for plagiarism and/or collusion (extract of regulations) Cheating in written examinations -- -- staff in your department (e.g. your Programme Director or Head of Department) without any delay if you are still unsure about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. Don't risk a penalty. * For departments: -- * For departments: Contact your Plagiarism Officer or the Secretary to the Senate Student Discipline Committee (qualoffice@le.ac.uk | x2605), for advice on the operation of Senate Regulation 11. -- -- o Undergraduate Progression and Award o Taught Postgraduate Progression and Award o Plagiarism and Collusion # Penalties o Student Results You are here Home » General Regulations » Plagiarism Sitemap -- -- + University Calendar + Academic credit system (ECTS) + Plagiarism * Course Documentation + Course handbooks -- -- * Sitemap Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is interpreted by the University as the act of presenting the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. -- -- the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. Plagiarism is considered as academically fraudulent, and an offence against University discipline. The University considers plagiarism to be a major offence, and subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- University. Visit http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism -- -- Template for Plagiarism Summary Procedure -- Calendar Statement on Plagiarism for Undergraduates - Part II, 82-91 -- Plagiarism 82 General -- -- and explicit manner, and with due acknowledgement. Plagiarism is the act of presenting the work or ideas of others as one's own, without due acknowledgement. -- one's own, without due acknowledgement. Plagiarism can arise from deliberate actions and also through careless thinking and/or methodology. The offence lies not in the attitude or intention of the perpetrator, but in the action and in its -- -- It is the responsibility of the author of any work to ensure that he/she does not commit plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered to be academically fraudulent, and an offence against academic integrity that is subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- procedures of the University. 83 Examples of Plagiarism Plagiarism can arise from actions such as: (a) copying another student's work; (b) enlisting another person or persons to complete an assignment on -- -- All the above serve only as examples and are not exhaustive. 84 Plagiarism in the context of group work Students should normally submit work done in co-operation with other students only when it is done with the full knowledge and permission of -- -- the lecturer concerned. Without this, submitting work which is the product of collusion with other students may be considered to be plagiarism. When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is -- -- When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is possible, that no work submitted by the group is plagiarised. -- 85 Self plagiarism student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one -- -- student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one assessment for credit is normally considered self-plagiarism. -- 86 Avoiding plagiarism Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice -- Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice from their lecturers, tutor or supervisor on avoiding plagiarism. All schools and departments must include, in their handbooks or other literature given to students, guidelines on the appropriate methodology -- -- for the kind of work that students will be expected to undertake. In addition, a general set of guidelines for students on avoiding plagiarism is available on http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism. -- 87 If plagiarism as referred to in §82 above is suspected, in the first instance, the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or their designate, will write to the student, and the student’s tutor -- -- 88 If the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or designate, forms the view that plagiarism has taken place, he/she must decide if the offence can be dealt with under the summary procedure set out below. In order for this summary procedure to be followed, all -- -- (a) Level 1: Student receives an informal verbal warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will be assessed and marked without penalty; -- -- (b) Level 2: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissable. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped -- not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped mark depending on the seriousness/extent of plagiarism; (c) Level 3: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. There is no opportunity for #RSS 2.0 RSS .92 Atom 0.3 Ninth Level Ireland » Plagiarism Comments Feed alternate alternate alternate -- -- Plagiarism -- Of plagiarism, little new can be written (Schwartz, The culture of the copy (1998), p. 311) -- -- “Plagiarism” is defined in various ways. The core meaning seems to be inappropriate copying of another’s ideas or expressions. An important analytical distinction is between: -- -- behaviour, whether acknowledged or not. There is no legal definition of plagiarism, though it forms part of many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often -- -- many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often described as “self-plagiarism”; and two students who hand in identical essays may both find themselves accused of plagiarism, even though the essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of -- essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of them. Many examples of plagiarism will also be examples of breach of intellectual property rights, such as copyright or droit moral / droit à la paternité. -- -- à la paternité. Objections to plagiarism are numerous, so much so that it may be doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much -- doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much that used to be called “cheating” is now labelled “plagiarism”, often confusingly. The attitude of the person whose work is copied is sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as -- -- sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as your own is objectionable whether or not the true author objects.) There is a modern tendency to define “plagiarism” quite broadly, in some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme -- -- some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme hostility to plagiarism (such as stating, inaccurately, that it is a form of theft) it can sound as if large portions of the student community are being accused of crime. -- -- community are being accused of crime. Many argue that there is now a crisis of plagiarism, even a war against plagiarism. Of course, it has always been the case that some students look for illegitimate short cuts to achieving their qualifications. Various factors are blamed for the modern “crisis”: the growth of IT -- -- for intellectual development, not an occasion for open warfare between students and their teachers; the crisis, if there is one, is not so much a “crisis of plagiarism” as a crisis of how to test core competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. -- -- competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. The very difficulties experienced in trying to define plagiarism are evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how -- evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how it is to be established; further, those who condemn “plagiarism” the loudest often seem to have a quite unrealistic idea of the level of originality that can be expected at student level. -- -- originality that can be expected at student level. Plagiarism by academics is not so much discussed, though there is a general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. -- -- general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. “Persaud’s plagiarism was dishonesty, rules medical council”). It may, as in Raj Persaud’s case, come to the attention of a relevant professional body; or it might be a matter of university internal -- -- It is in this academic context that there are complaints of self-plagiarism, that academics are accused of reproducing their own work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether -- work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether “self-plagiarism” is really the right term may be doubted. Artificially padding one’s c.v. by submitting the same article to more than one journal is certainly reprehensible, and may in some circumstances even -- -- publications. Plagiarism by students, by contrast, has become a major preoccupation of universities. The rise of IT and access to online information, which has coincided with a greater emphasis on marked coursework rather than -- -- that the material could quite properly be included in a legitimate piece of writing, if referenced in the appropriate way. Any detailed university policy on plagiarism must necessarily distinguish between disciplines, as each discipline has its own nuanced attitude to materials that may be cited and how they may be used in argument. But -- -- equally, a failure to abide by a discipline’s rules is only culpable if those rules are understood – which leads many to suspect that rampant plagiarism really represents a teaching failure, such that the rules have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. -- -- have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. Many say, then, that plagiarism is to a certain extent a cultural problem. Does this mean that it is particularly a difficulty with students whose native language is not English? Some argue precisely -- -- of suspicion that is not applied to home students. There is little incentive for non-English speakers to improve their grasp of the language if they are met with “S/He must have plagiarised, s/he doesn’t speak English that well!”. If the local attitude to plagiarism is not well understood by foreign students, then presumably at least some of the blame lies with their teachers, and so a harsh response is not -- -- If there is a cultural problem, then, it is equally to do with domestic students. Academic horror at plagiarism reflects a set of value-judgments that students do not necessarily share, and the academics’ version of what their students are supposed to be doing -- -- achieve any level of expressive freedom. Constrained by an overwhelming consensus over the ‘facts’ and established modes of knowing, students may almost be forced to plagiarise. To devise a way to operate within a disciplinary context, without plagiarising, may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – -- may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – meaning, plagiarism and power, 2006) -- (See also Bill Marsh, Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education, 2007.) -- -- make no sense to be told that a failure to paraphrase counts as dishonesty. For discussion see “It’s culture, not morality”; “Using assessment on the front-line in the battle against plagiarism”. Academic conventions in these matters are framed on an assumption that -- -- dealing with intellectual problems is to find someone who has solved the problem before and to copy their work. (Without this skill, indeed, most university plagiarism policies would never have seen the light of day.) There are indeed other skills which university degrees must teach, and there are also behaviours which must be identified as -- -- required. As it is, plagiarism is increasingly being seen as a disciplinary matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an -- -- matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an unfortunate tendency both to define plagiarism broadly (as including any failure to follow established citation conventions, even if there is no attempt to claim originality for the cited material), coupled -- -- cheats off hook”; “‘Plagiarist’ to sue university”. Much attention has been focussed on plagiarism detection software (notably TURNITIN (website¦wikipedia)), which can take some of the drudgery out of identifying copied passages, and can be a useful -- -- o Irish Law Blogs o Overpayments o Plagiarism o Quality assurance o Tenure o Sample Dissertation o Sample Dissertation Proposal Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- + Referencing + Help Guides + Plagiarism Checker + Exam Revision Guides + -- -- o PhD Help Guides o Guide to Writing an Essay Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- * Call us What plagiarism is and how to avoid it One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of -- -- One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of study is that you must not plagiarise. If this is told to you early in your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there -- -- your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there are many different definitions of plagiarism. -- Plagiarism is stealing! -- This is the simplest way to explain plagiarism, it is stealing. What's more, it's stealing of the worst kind because it's taking another's idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. -- -- idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. Schools, colleges, and universities levy severe punishments on any student caught plagiarising and, in professional life, you would be prosecuted for it - plagiarism is illegal! -- The Internet and plagiarism: The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much -- -- The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much easier to plagiarise, but it has also made it easier to detect since most schools, colleges, and universities automatically scan work against millions of other sources to try and discover whether or not a -- -- teachers - they were students once themselves and during their careers have probably encountered every trick in the book! Therefore, make no mistake about it, if you deliberately plagiarise, you will be caught. -- Accidental plagiarism: -- Usually, however, a student is not guilty of direct plagiarism but plagiarising by accident. Unfortunately, it is too easy to do this when you are carrying out extensive research. Writing notes will, undoubtedly, incorporate the ideas of others alongside your own as this -- -- over an extended period of time (as with a thesis or dissertation), then it is easy to forget where your ideas end and another's begin. This is where accidental plagiarism can easily occur. -- How to avoid plagiarism: -- A very good way to avoid accidental plagiarism is to carefully record every single reference you make in your notes and put them into a list at the end of each referencing session that you carry out. It is also -- -- it) in the referencing style required by your school, college, or university. Not only will this help you to avoid an accusation of plagiarism, it will also enable you to grow accustomed to the required referencing style of your academic institution. This way of working will also allow your reference list and/or bibliography to evolve over -- -- footnote/bibliography style (employed by referencing styles such as Oxford). It is important to get this right because, like accidental plagiarism, getting it wrong will harm your academic career. Referencing and Citation Links -- -- of misuse. It is how you use these 'model answers' that makes the difference between availing yourself of a valuable academic resource and plagiarising. The best way to use a 'model answer' from a custom essay writing -- -- website is to think of the resource as you would a book i.e. make notes from it. Some of the key points you might take as a model without plagiarising are: * Structuring * Use of evidence -- -- Do not copy any words down from sources exactly as they are written unless you intend to cite them correctly within your work, otherwise you will be plagiarising. -- The good news is that nobody could, or should, accuse you of plagiarism if you simply use a source to aid your own quality of work. You are, after all, expected to research your topic, you just need to ensure you -- -- of others. Another frustrating form of accidental plagiarism can occur when you genuinely thought an idea was your own but later find that it is replicated in a book, journal, or other resource. The only way to avoid -- -- work such like a Masters or doctoral theses. Plagiarise and you're the one who suffers: -- Remember that plagiarism is a crime and that, like all forms of cheating, it ultimately harms no-one more than it does you. The best way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. -- -- way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. Does buying an essay count as plagiarism? If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this -- -- If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this constitute as plagiarism? The act of buying the essay is perfectly legitimate. You're allowed to -- -- answer or journal article you're given to look at. If you copy the essay word for word, reorganise sections or hand it in as your own, you'll be conducting plagiarism. 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Even if a plagiarist takes the words of someone else who had written and passes -- -- creation, the fruit of the writer's hard work. As we know when we enter a word "plagiarism" in Internet we find almost 100,000 links to know the purpose of plagiarism, is a severe issue for writers, lawyers, authors, publishers, teachers, and students. Why should students think about? So what happens if a student downloads a -- -- piece of writing and hands it inside the same as his or her own. What is plagiarism? -- The word plagiarism must be important because it can change ones future and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good -- -- and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good intentions of doing it and not plagiarizing, but at times they get so besieged with the assignment leads to plagiarize. -- Defining plagiarism Definitions may be different but the central theme is copying from -- -- act of lying, cheating, and stealing." At UNC, plagiarism is "the deliberate or reckless representation of another's word, thoughts, or ideas as one's own without attribution about submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise." -- -- (Instrument of Student Judicial Governance,) Because it is considered a form of cheating, the Office of the Dean of Students can punish students who plagiarize with course failure and suspension. -- The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the act of plagiarism as:"To steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". -- steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". Plagiarism is "a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work." -- -- 2. Results or findings Cost of plagiarism The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of -- -- The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of intellectual creation of mind is illegal according to the intellectual property law. The plagiarism laws are there to protect the intellectual ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught -- ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught in plagiarizing, not only you will be removed from course and institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students -- institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students in the UK were expelled in 2007 for plagiarism offences". (2) -- Forms of plagiarism -- On purpose plagiarism: it states that using of someone's work for time since his/her own work -- -- If once tutor started reading the task and ends that you have just copied from a book which I have already read it earlier. This type of plagiarism can be done on purpose and it will not work. Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we -- -- Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we read more books and form points and patch them together could be easily detectable, unfair and can be Accomplice by online plagiarism Bluffing: Reading texts, picking few phrases and writing them different -- -- Stitching sources: when complete task is mentioned correctly and cited even then student needs to develop analytical skills because they need to produce work truly as their own. So this is still plagiarism due to inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of -- inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of plagiarism. -- All these types of plagiarism should be avoided at all cost lesser or greater. -- -- Methods of awareness: Why student committed to plagiarism: Many of the students are committed plagiarism because of improper time management or fear about the language and writing skills, poor knowledge regarding the subject. Some of us having thrill about breaking the rules and unawareness towards -- -- the assignments and most of them causes by laziness. Educate you self about plagiarism: Copying a text from the Internet or online or e database will have the important text and type of cite that we are using for academic research papers that are estimated. If you -- -- leads to a high standard than the conclusion and introduction, because the introduction and conclusion are frequently written by a student. Improper citation is also Leads to plagiarism because of some students copy the text from Internet and shows the matter into quotations by giving wrong references. -- -- Before to start working with assignments first find the appropriate source for referencing and arrange the matter according to the way that you studied. Other method is to detect the plagiarism by some software's that are available to detect. -- -- location where you copied. How to avoid plagiarism: -- Plagiarism is avoided by the following four methods. They are, Effective note taking habits, before you start doing assignment write -- -- 4. Conclusion and recommendation As stated that plagiarism is a rising problem in schools, colleges and universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. -- universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. "It is true plagiarism is sometimes ignored by academic institutions because students mean money and in the current financial climate, -- because students mean money and in the current financial climate, no-one wants to lose students". This doesn't mean that plagiarism is okay even your academic body doesn't understand it. Plagiarism finally states never fool yourself. -- -- states never fool yourself. The fear of plagiarism is that need to understand the difference among discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. It is -- discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. 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The editors of targeted publications are in some ways more obviously victims than the poets plagiarised. My first reaction was: what a dim thing to do these days. The tracking -- -- learn such a thing than to find out whether a particular poem has been published under more than one author’s name. It took me slightly longer to see why this response felt so off the mark. But of course plagiarism isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve -- isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve watched someone else go through. Defining plagiarism is trickier than you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other -- you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other kinds of copying (allusion, quotation) fairly easily: it’s plagiarism if the copyist hopes no one will notice. -- -- before he had the pleasure of pointing it out to me. This is probably relatively common, conscious or not. Still, I can’t bring myself to really care. Plagiarism has always seemed to me more pathetic than criminal. Log in to Reply -- -- 2. Timothy Rogers says: 13 June 2013 at 6:53 pm There’s a humorous side to plagiarized poetry, especially when it can be tied into the follies (or impostures) of youth. Here’s an illustrative story. When I was in the ninth grade in 1963 our #UK Human Rights Blog » Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Comments Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste Comments Feed Bipolar patient has capacity to decide to terminate pregnancy Right to Blog, Lord Chancellor’s Legacy and -- -- May 26, 2013 by David Hart QC Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste CutandPaste Crinion v. IG Markets [2013] EWCA (Civ) 587 read judgment -- -- Mr Mustafa, the Masters student at QMC in the second case, did rather less well; he tried to get a finding of plagiarism reversed by the Independent Adjudicator. Males J, after commencing his judgment on a judicial review from this refusal thus: -- -- The Harvard academic and songwriter Tom Lehrer recommended plagiarism as the route to academic success, wealth and fame, but his tongue was firmly in his cheek, -- -- proceeded to decide that (a) most questions of plagiarism involved some degree of academic judgment; -- -- Crimes – The Human Rights Roundup → 6 thoughts on “Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste” 1. A100plus | May 26, 2013 at 1:07 pm -- -- another 3 or 4 years … 2. Lofthouse Jnr. | May 26, 2013 at 3:46 pm Allegations of academic plagiarism tend to involve lecturers running essays through SEO tools like -- running essays through SEO tools like http://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ but these rely on other content being posted on the internet (like the ‘dodgy dossier’ was) #Sunfish » Feed Sunfish » Comments Feed Sunfish » Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Comments Feed 99 Outrageously Simple Openings For Emails Your Reader Will Be Powerless To Resist 12 steps to saying sorry -- -- * Contact us Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook -- -- Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook Plagiarism. For us writers, it’s an ugly word. -- -- joy, obviously. But is it really plagiarism? And what is plagiarism anyway? -- Plagiarism is an ethical offence, not a legal one -- I defer, as usual to the OED, which defines plagiarism thus: To take, use and/or pass off the thoughts, writings, inventions etc of -- -- Notice that it doesn’t say ‘copy’. Nor is the offence reserved exclusively for taking writing. You can plagiarise someone else’s ideas. -- -- ideas. Plagiarism is also an ethical offence, not a legal one. There is no legal remedy. -- -- I found myself in this unwelcome situation recently (of the plagiarised, I mean). I clicked a link in a fellow copywriter’s tweet to a blog post whose -- -- content, style, tone and, in some cases, entire phrases, of my post. So, it passed the first part of the plagiarism test. It took my ideas and writings. -- -- In this particular case I didn’t feel my reputation or commercial fortunes were damaged by the plagiarism. I had very little to gain for seeking any sort of remedy. And, to be -- -- But what about if it happens to you? What then? 15 steps you should take if you think you’ve been plagiarised Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a -- -- Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a potential act of plagiarism. First, get answers to these seven questions: -- -- To what extent? 6 Are you being damaged in any way by the plagiarism (other than wounded pride)? -- -- The more times you answer yes, the more likely the act is to be plagiarism. Let’s say you feel you have a case to make. Here are the eight steps -- -- Post Comment 1. Good advice. I once plagiarised an article without realising it. I published a press release, which I assumed to be public domain. It turned out that the PR person who had written the press release #RSS Feed Plagiarism Checker | WriteCheck by Turnitin * Features -- -- Get Started Now! Plagiarism in the UK In the United Kingdom, the Channel 4 news program Dispatches aired a -- -- Though much of the segment focused on cheating on standardized tests, the network used Freedom of Information requests to also gain access to statistics on plagiarism at universities in the country. According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been -- -- According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been accused of plagiarism in the past four years, of which some 40,000 were disciplined. Of those disciplined, 400 were expelled (excluded) and another 12,000 had a deduction in their grades. -- -- Those statistics are interesting for a variety of reasons. First is that, while the majority of plagiarism cases did result in disciplinary action, a full third did not. How many of these cases were because of the student being exonerated versus a decision that it didn’t warrant -- -- Still, this means that, in the UK at least, punishment for an alleged plagiarism infraction is far from automatic, resulting in a punishment rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of -- rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of plagiarism, they are more favorable than those faced by those accused of actual crimes. District attorneys in the United States, for example, routinely see conviction rates well above 90%. -- -- It’s also worth noting that only one fifth of the students accused of plagiarism suffered a reduction in their grades and only .6% of all students accused of plagiarism were expelled. This means that, in the UK, an allegation of plagiarism does not automatically mean a grade reduction, much less an expulsion. Those are actually very unlikely outcomes. -- -- However, perhaps most interesting is that the number of students accused of plagiarism is significantly smaller than the number who likely actually do it. A recent survey of college students in the U.S. showed that 38% of undergraduates and 25% of graduates admitted to -- -- While the United States is a different country, even if the UK rate of plagiarism is just 20% that means the vast majority of students who plagiarized never even faced an accusation. This is because there are approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means -- approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means approximately 2.6% were accused of plagiarism. That number, 2.6%, feels both extraordinarily high and extraordinarily -- -- low at the same time. On one hand, it’s stunning to think that, on average, in every class of 38 students, one will face allegations of plagiarism. On the other hand, given the high rate of admitted plagiarism, it means that the amount detected truly is just the tip of the iceberg. -- -- More than anything, the Channel 4 report shows just how complex the problem of plagiarism in universities is and. more importantly, how deep the issue runs. -- -- Fortunately, while there are no easy solutions to this problem, universities in the UK have made great strides in the fight. Not only have they adopted plagiarism policies and the use of plagiarism-detection software nationwide, but they’ve nearly cut in half the number of papers with high similarity rates turned in over the first 10 years of the program. -- -- first 10 years of the program. Still, as these statistics show, the battle against plagiarism is not a sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but -- -- sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but all areas of plagiarism policy. Further, it requires regular analysis to ensure that it’s working as designed so that adjustments can be made as time goes on. -- -- Fortunately, that is what the UK is doing and that’s why we have such powerful statistics from it. That data, in the end, is powerful and, as shown above, indicates the UK is turning the tide against plagiarism, even if there is still much work to be done. -- -- The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today, and do not reflect the opinions of WriteCheck. -- WriteCheck. 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Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, -- -- activities. Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, there is also evidence that a generation brought up using the Internet has very different views on what constitutes ‘plagiarism’. -- Plagiarism is usually seen as being ‘wrong’, ‘immoral’ or at least undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the -- -- undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the learning process. Furthermore, ‘plagiarism’ should not be confused with ‘copyright’, as what may be plagiarism is not necessarily copyright infringement. Thus while plagiarism is often ‘unlawful’ it may not always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute -- always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute ‘plagiarism’, such as the improper referencing of sources in student essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for -- -- essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for plagiarism, and the academic and professional penalties that can be imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. -- -- imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. SECTION ONE – TYPES OF PLAGIARISM Definitions -- -- Definitions The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines ‘plagiarism’ as ‘to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: to use (another's production) without crediting the source: to commit literary -- -- The word ‘plagiarist’ is derived from the Latin word ‘plagiarus’, meaning, ‘kidnapper’^3. Yet as we shall see, plagiarism does not need to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans -- to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans points out: ‘Everyone seems to know [plagiarism] is wrong... but few know how to completely define it’^4. -- -- know how to completely define it’^4. Oxford University states that plagiarism is ‘the copying or paraphrasing of other people’s work or ideas into your own work without full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. -- -- full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. It also includes ‘collusion’, i.e. the unauthorised working with others. The university states that students may be guilty of plagiarism even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This -- even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This suggests that ‘plagiarism’ is an all-embracing term that covers a huge variety of activities. -- -- variety of activities. Types of plagiarism The Harvard Guide to Using Sources^7 provides useful examples of -- -- unacceptable conduct. Many of these involve the practice of ‘cutting and pasting’ from electronic sources such as the Internet^8. The Guide divides plagiarisms into several different types. -- The first is ‘Verbatim plagiarism’. This is word for word copying from another source without placing the copied text in quotation marks and providing a clear citation, i.e. an acknowledgement of where the -- -- material came from. Another category is ‘Mosaic plagiarism’^9. This involves copying parts of another’s material but changing a few words here and there without placing the material in quotes or providing a citation. The Guide -- -- An example can be found in How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, an unpublished novel Kaavya Viswanathan, which was found to contain numerous instances of plagiarism, notably from two previously published books by author Megan McCafferty^10. -- -- first in a long string of boyfriends got on.’^12 Here, mosaic plagiarism can be seen in the way certain words are changed while others are left unaltered. The result is very close to the original in its expression. -- -- the original in its expression. ‘Inadequate paraphrasing’ is a similar type of plagiarism where the student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a -- -- student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a citation, this is not enough to prevent plagiarism. The new passage must instead restate the original work using completely new words. The Guide suggests that students should make accurate notes of the original -- -- citation immediately afterwards^15. Other types of plagiarism can include providing inaccurate information about the sources in citations and using too many sources without enough interconnecting original material, with the result that the -- -- paper contains almost no original work^16. Another type of plagiarism is ‘self-plagiarism’. This is a practice mainly found among academics where the author recycles their own work, ‘dressing up’ old research to make it appear original and new^17, and -- -- Problems with definitions However, though examples of plagiarism are numerous, there is much disagreement about when the rules should apply. -- -- topics which a first year undergraduate may be ignorant of. Similarly, arts students tend to cite things differently than science students^19. This undermines any solid definitions of plagiarism. -- Another problem when defining plagiarism is that educational institutions’ plagiarism policies tend to give students more leeway in examinations. For instance, Yale College’s plagiarism guide states that for its purposes the term ‘plagiarism’ will be usually confined to coursework only^20. -- -- Administrators (an advisory body for institutions providing writing programs) takes the view that institutions should treat intentional and unintentional plagiarism differently^21. They state that if a student tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be -- -- tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be classed as ‘plagiarism’^22. In fact, they regard it as part of the natural learning process for students. They also state that using ‘common knowledge’ is acceptable. However this again does not address -- -- acknowledgment^24. This definition appears self-contradictory, as it recognizes that some institutions and even academic programmes define ‘plagiarism’ differently. What use then is the definition? Such definitions are unhelpful and serve only to confuse the issue. -- -- is part of the learning process, where students assimilate phrases, terminology and ideas to gain understanding of a particular subject. However she states that this is still plagiarism, regardless of whether the student acknowledges their sources^26. -- -- If that wasn’t enough for the student to contend with, there is evidence to suggest that the present generation of students views ‘plagiarism’ differently from previous generations. In American colleges 68% of all students admit cutting and pasting from the Internet without giving acknowledgments^27. Blum suggests that this -- -- forms part of a cultural pattern. McCabe and Trevino also note that this ‘may be due to a changing definition among students of what constitutes plagiarism’, particularly when it comes it paraphrasing^28. Blum says: ‘Contemporary students are swimming in a sea of texts’^29. -- -- Contrasted to this, the academic world has strict rules on referencing even when direct quotations are not used. This may explain the rise in the amount of plagiarism seen in colleges and universities recently. Conclusion -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. It can encompass a wide variety of activities, not all of which involve professional ‘cheating’. Unintentional plagiarism can also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as -- -- also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as ‘plagiarism’. A problem for students is that some disciplines and forms of assessment are more stringent than others. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot -- -- some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot when they are plagiarizing another’s work. -- Copyright symbol SECTION TWO – Plagiarism v Copyright UK law -- -- to exploit a work^30. The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) governs UK copyright law. One of the main differences between copyright and plagiarism is that copyright generally does not protect ideas, only the expression of those ideas. However this distinction is not as clear cut as it sounds. -- -- What is copyright? Plagiarism covers a variety of material. It includes academic papers, professional publications, works of fiction and even scientific formulae. In short, where there is any potential for the use of -- -- recorded in some permanent form, such as in writing^42. Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright is that copyright only lasts for a fixed period. For original works this is seventy years from the death of the author^43, while for sound -- -- arrangements last for twenty-five years^45. If a work’s copyright expires it becomes ‘public domain’ and can be used freely without a licence. By contrast, plagiarism is not concerned with whether a source is public domain or not, but whether it has been adequately referenced. -- -- Infringement Plagiarism policies and copyright law both cover a wide variety of activities. However copyright law is more rigid, in that it sets out what activities may constitute copyright infringement. -- -- work to the public, adapting the work or authorizing any of these acts to be done without a licence There is no need to show any intention on the part of the infringer. Therefore, as with plagiarism, infringement may be unintentional. -- -- author^46, or joint authors if there are more than one^47, of by the author’s employer if the work was created during the course of their employment^48. This is unlike plagiarism, where it does not matter whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone -- whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone else to produce a piece of work may be plagiarism in itself^49. How much can be copied? -- -- How much can be copied? Plagiarism policies allow for some copying provided that any text lifted from the original is surrounded in quotation marks and referenced properly^50. Similarly, you can legally copy material from a -- -- that the work must originate from its creator and not be copied from somewhere else^54. One of the consequences of this is that facts cannot generally be protected. This contrasts with plagiarism, which suggests that it is the failure to say where the facts came from that incurs a penalty^55. -- -- Sufficient acknowledgment Plagiarism is concerned with originality of work. For instance, plagiarists who recycle old ideas are criticized for undermining the pursuit of original knowledge and enriching themselves, sometimes at -- -- Publication: does it matter? Plagiarism does not require anything to be made public. However, except for ‘copying’, copyright infringement must involve the work being made available to the public^59. Bainbridge notes that the approach courts -- -- Ideas v Expression Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, -- is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, not the ideas behind it. Plagiarism however, can be committed by stealing ideas as well as by copying text. -- -- Saunders states that this means that an academic can copy ideas from someone else’s work, as long as he presents them in an original way. Such behaviour may be plagiarism, but it is not copyright infringement^63. -- -- copyright infringement^74. Therefore if you reproduce a section of an original work without crediting the author, you may also violate this right as well as commit plagiarism. Under s.80(1) CDPA 1988, an author or director also has a right to -- -- Conclusion Therefore copyright infringement in the UK differs from plagiarism in that only certain works are protected for a limited duration. Infringement also requires that the amount used from the copyright work -- -- family^87. This is all very different from the position regarding plagiarism, where it does not matter if the work is public domain or not. -- -- Moral Rights in the US are much more limited than in the UK, and are of little assistance to the copyright owner in preventing plagiarism. Authors in the US have rights of paternity and integrity similar to -- -- unscripted portions of the film are written down verbatim. Such use may well not infringe copyright. This is, of course, different to plagiarism, which includes non-literal copying from any source. There must also be ‘substantial similarity’ between the infringing copy -- -- to reproducing or exhibiting work, communicating work to public, and falsely attributing work to the author. This covers all possible forms of plagiarism and may be an alternative remedy to infringement for plagiarized authors. However these rights are more limited than in English law. The rights -- -- i) ‘ILLEGAL’ v ‘UNLAWFUL’ Plagiarism may be unlawful, but it is not necessarily illegal. Although these two terms are often used interchangeably, they do have different technical meanings. “Illegal” has been defined as an act’ which the law -- -- Therefore to infringe copyright is to violate law and commit an ‘illegal’ act. However while plagiarism is considered unethical, it is not ‘illegal’ unless it also infringes copyright or some other rule of law. -- -- law. In fact, some plagiarisms may not even be unlawful, as even plagiarized work is capable of subsisting in copyright. A plagiarized essay still qualifies as a literary work under the CDPA 1988 even if it has not been created to academic standards. The plagiarist would still be able -- -- students. For purely academic work, the UK law does not require that source material be acknowledged. However this will not protect students from allegations of plagiarism. Someone writing an essay or journal article may claim they are writing -- -- Conclusion Plagiarism is therefore be illegal only if it infringes copyright or some other law. Even infringement may be lawful if it amounts to ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. The UK law provides little certainty on the -- -- This makes cases hard to predict in the UK and the US. SECTION SIX – CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES -- -- i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES If plagiarism involves a violation of copyright law, the infringer may commit criminal offences. -- -- dishonestly make a representation with a view to causing gain or loss to anyone^176, for instance, if an academic secures a publishing advance for an original article but delivers a plagiarized version. Australia -- -- where the origins of a work have been deliberately disguised, such as by removing copyright notices or modifying it so it cannot be recognized^187. This may apply to plagiarized written work. Australia -- -- Even if a plagiarist escapes civil or criminal sanctions, they may still face serious consequences. Plagiarism can result in the cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have -- -- cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have plagiarized several works, including those by Megan McCafferty and Salman Rushdie , the publishers cancelled her publishing contract ^198. The publisher may also ban the author in the future and withdraw copies -- -- author to provide a warranty that their work is original^200 Plagiarism can cause severe embarrassment and damage the copier’s career and good standing in the academic community. The publisher may complain to the academic’s departmental head, resulting in internal -- -- governed by the Human Rights Act 1998, which enshrines the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law^206. University Disciplinary Committees decide what penalties to impose on students for plagiarism. These are distinct from Examination Boards, which grade students based on their academic performance. Disciplinary Committees are subject to -- -- In one recent case, a student accused his university of negligence for failing to bring plagiarism to his notice. Michael Gunn sued the University of Kent for failing him for plagiarism days before he was due to graduate, having said nothing about this while he carried on his studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation -- -- studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation for changing a student’s grade after they have graduated on grounds of plagiarism^212. -- Plagiarism policies may discriminate against students from overseas. The JISC recognizes that for some students, such as those who are home-schooled, reproducing large amounts of text is a way of showing -- -- under the Human Rights Act 1998. Many academic institutions also utilize plagiarism detection sites and software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and -- software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and plagiarismchecker.net. In the USA, their use has already sparked a court case. In AV v iParadigms LLC^217, high school students in Virginia and Arizona sued Turnitin.com’s owners, iParadigms. The -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright -- process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright infringement and plagiarism are not the same thing, and one may be a plagiarist without infringing copyright, and vice versa. While there are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are -- -- are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are generally less well protected in the US and Australia. Also, moral rights are much weaker in these two countries. Plagiarism is not always illegal, thanks to defences such as ‘fair use’. However what is ‘fair’ can be very hard to pin down, and the potential infringer would be well -- -- advised to always err on the side of caution. There are severe criminal and civil penalties for commercial copyright infringement, and plagiarism can also have damaging academic and professional consequences. However, in a culture that is becoming increasingly reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next -- -- reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next generation of scholars may well have very different ideas about what is ‘plagiarism’. One answer would be to change the way university courses are taught, placing less reliance on traditional essay-writing, which encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly -- -- encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly different form. Instead universities appear to be resorting to technology themselves to stamp out plagiarism. Whether these methods are legal themselves remains to be seen. -- -- Blum, S, My Word! 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Plagiarism and College Culture, Cornell University Press, New York, 2009, p.1. -- -- de=402598>. 57 J Saunders, ‘Plagiarism and the law: a guide to plagiarism and the law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, -- law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, , p.2. 58 [2007] EWCA Civ 247. -- -- 86 Ibid. 87 R King, Understanding Copyright Law, Fair Use, Plagiarism and Public Domain, King & Associates, Arizona, 2012 (e-book). -- -- Features * Plagiarism detection * Plagiarism checker reviews * Types of plagiarism * Is plagiarism illegal? * Plagiarism articles * Ask the Doctor -- * Ask the Doctor * Plagiarism pictures * Plagiarism scanner (BETA) Guides -- -- * Referencing guides * Lesson plans * NEW: Free plagiarism workbook (PDF) About -- -- About PlagiarismChecker.net is the free website for plagiarism software, reviews, articles, lesson plans and commentary on detection methods. -- -- XML | TXT | HTML | ROR | Images © Copyright 2015 by PlagiarismChecker.net. 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Copying the work of others would be -- -- Submitting work that has been done by someone else is an obvious instance of plagiarism and is regarded as cheating. It is intellectually dishonest to cheat in this way. -- -- If you make available, sell or advertise for sale work in any form or by any means (print, electronic, recording or otherwise) so as to enable plagiarism whether or not the work includes marks, comments or any other materials produced by an assessor, unless prior consent has been given by the VQ Assessment Centre you are encouraging or enabling -- -- any other materials produced by an assessor, unless prior consent has been given by the VQ Assessment Centre you are encouraging or enabling plagiarism. Such cases will be investigated as potential Collusion. You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be -- -- You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be familiar with the definition, investigation process and potential implications regarding plagiarism and collusion. Plagarism -- -- Collusion A form of plagiarism that involves unauthorised co-operation between at least two people with the intent to deliberately mislead or deceive -- -- * allowing work to be copied e.g. posting written coursework on social networking sites prior to an assessment * The offence of encouraging or enabling plagiarism includes the act of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done -- of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done with the intention of enabling or encouraging plagiarism. Investigation process -- -- Investigation process In all suspected cases of Plagiarism and/ or Collusion, the centre is required to notify the awarding organisation within 10 working days. -- -- City & Guilds ILM: Plagiarism, Collusion and Cheating Policy OCR: Joint Council for Qualifications Suspected Malpractice in -- -- + Information, advice and guidance statement of service + Learner charter + Plagiarism and Collusion Your questions * What is academic integrity? * What is plagiarism? * How do I avoid plagiarism? * What is referencing? * Why should I reference? -- -- Students working together where this is not permitted, with the intention of gaining an unfair advantage or cheating in the preparation of coursework. A form of plagiarism. See also collaboration. Common knowledge -- -- * exam techniques (eg preparation, timing, etc). Plagiarism In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas -- -- In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas or writings as your own without acknowledgement. In an academic context (see page What is is plagiarism?). This includes taking another person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of -- -- person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of plagiarism in the General Regulations Appendix A: * reproducing in any work submitted for assessment or review(for example, examination answers, essays, project reports, -- -- Turnitin In full this refers to the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software supplied under license from Turnitin UK . Submitted work is matched against a database of previously submitted work from every institution -- -- which subscribes to Turnitin, (including international institutions); current and archived internet pages and databases of journals and periodicals (Gale and Emerald). Turnitin does not detect plagiarism: it is a text-matching software which provides a report on whether a student's work is original (no matching text) or unoriginal. All * PlagiarismDetection.org * plans & pricing -- -- * login Reliable plagiarism detector -- Fast and accurate plagiarism checker for teachers, students, publishers, bloggers. Since 2008. -- -- bloggers. Since 2008. Plagiarism prevention in Europe -- Plagiarism is a controversial issue in institutions of higher learning across Europe. Various views have been raised concerning this topic vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different -- -- vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different European countries. It is prudent to understand what each country perceives regarding plagiarism for the sake of students who wish to study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the -- study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the plagiarism policy means in countries such as Poland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought -- -- Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought about the definition of plagiarism, different answers were gathered. This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various -- This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various attitudes towards plagiarism. According to the respondents, students from Czech Republic highlighted that plagiarism simply meant “copying without referencing the original author”. British students simply stated that it had something to do with “taking another person’s work -- -- simply meant “copying”. Polish answers were a bit long making reference to intellectual property rights, illegal, copying and cheating. Plagiarism policy in Europe has had different opinions. This may be attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to -- attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to measures taken by institutions to control and prevent plagiarism. As much as the situation may look similar in most countries, a few scenarios differ. A clear similarity is apparent between Cyprus and the -- -- academic writing. Most universities and colleges in the US and UK report high cases of plagiarism despite plagiarism checkers put in place to avoid it. A number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students -- number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students and lecturers concerning plagiarism. Despite having these guidelines, originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding -- originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding what really constitutes plagiarism. In some instances, poor academic discipline may qualify as plagiarism as opposed to the actual misconduct. This has been labeled as a demeaning factor in achieving consistency among institutions of higher learning. -- -- In 2012 an anonymous survey of 617 students conducted at the University of Graz in Austria showed that about one-third students reported that they had already plagiarized at least once. Reasons for plagiarism were comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 -- comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 percent), unintended plagiarism (34 percent) and uncertainty about the source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that -- source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that "comfort", which primary reason for students to plagiarize is indeed lack of a plagiarism checker being used by teachers to control works submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and -- -- submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and the UK have adopted plagiarism detectors. In the UK, much emphasis has been relayed on penalties on students who plagiarize. Universities in the US are quite strict on matters of plagiarism hence prompting students to pay attention to details when attributing works. In contrast with Europe, university students in the US are constantly -- -- reference list and parenthesis on materials cited in the text. To some extent, these attribution systems have managed to streamline issues of plagiarism as well as bring consistency in the US. Institutions of higher learning in both countries have equally faced challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public -- -- challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public domain. In the current era of information explosion, more knowledge is becoming common hence presenting the challenge on what is plagiarized or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, -- or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, plagiarism checkers think otherwise. On the contrary, it is easier to assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and -- assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and does not require citing. In the overall, plagiarism is still an issue to solve in many countries given the fact that knowledge is dynamic. -- -- all articles * Academic plagiarism * Checker supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish languages. -- -- * Twitter+ © 2008-2018 PlagiarismDetection.org ____________________ Student Circus Blog Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments -- -- Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? 14 Nov,2016 -- -- 14 Nov,2016 Plagiarism is a foreign word for most of the international students coming to the UK. Plagiarism means copying someone else’s ideas or work and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are -- -- and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are found to be plagiarising your content, you could fail the exam or assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian -- -- assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian countries, plagiarism is not strictly enforced or frowned upon, which leads to complacency and lack of knowledge of plagiarism when students go to west for further education. Plagiarism can be of various types such as*: a.Copying or paraphrasing text from websites, articles, research -- -- c.Duplicating your work, for instance by submitting almost the same work for two different tasks. So, how to avoid plagiarism? The answer is referencing, paraphrasing and citing the sources. The most common citation styles are as follows: -- -- marks. *Avoiding plagiarism: A guide for international students. (n.d.). Retrieved from -- Retrieved from http://www.educationuk.org/india/articles/avoiding-plagiarism-guide-for -international-students/ Disclaimer: www.studentcircus.com (Student Circus UK ) is not #Teaching Matters blog » Feed Teaching Matters blog » Comments Feed Teaching Matters blog » Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? Comments Feed Exploring research-led teaching at Senate Training and support for postgraduate students who teach (PGWT) alternate -- -- 27th July 20175th September 2017IAD user Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? PhD nightmare crop Poor academic practice and academic misconduct cases -- -- occur and the consequences are potentially catastrophic and extremely distressing for all concerned. Cases we are aware of have involved the external examiner identifying plagiarised material with an almost forensic level of rigor – exactly what we expect of any external examiners doing their job. It has struck us that there is currently an -- -- Our pilot of this approach has already proved valuable by identifying patterns of poor scholarship including plagiarism among year 1 progression papers; issues we have identified would definitely land students in trouble if they had submitted work for UG or taught PG -- -- of Turnitin. Undetected problems could persist within a final submitted thesis and this could be catastrophic; in 2013 the Education Minister for Germany had their PhD rescinded because of plagiarised content. PhD theses are still a special case and the nature of similarity needs Written on May 23 2013. Misconception 15: Turnitin employs legions of writing experts to read and evaluate papers for plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin receives over 200,000 papers daily, and no human reads the papers at Turnitin. All papers are processed by our -- -- Reality: Turnitin matches text similarity and does not grade papers for the instructors. It is up to the instructor and/or student to determine whether the assignment exhibits plagiarism. Misconception 13: Turnitin has expertise in plagiarism and can render judgment on specific cases. 
Reality: There is no "threshold" Similarity Index that is either -- -- at the Originality Report. Misconception 3: The "Similarity Index" shows the percentage of paper that is plagiarized.
 Reality: The Similarity Index is just a percentage of material in the paper that matches sources in the Turnitin databases. Text that is -- -- Instructors can decide to let their students see their reports, do re-submissions, get revised reports -- or not. Misconception 1: Turnitin detects plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin matches to text in our databases and leaves the judgment up to the instructor. As mentioned above, instructors MUST Blog Is Recycling Your Own Work Plagiarism? Written on July 20 2016. -- -- Written on July 20 2016. [self-plagiarism-blog-image.png] This post is excerpted from an article originally published on -- -- Writers often claim that because they are the authors, they can reuse their work, either in full or in excerpts, over and over again. How can republishing one’s own work be defined as plagiarism if the author has only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the -- only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the definition of self-plagiarism, how it crosses into copyright laws and ethical issues, and the different ways an author can avoid this increasingly controversial act of scholarly misconduct. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ What is Self-plagiarism? Let's look at one scenario: Leslie is an assistant professor going -- -- number of publications for tenure, but from the same work. Doing so, Leslie might commit what Scanlon (2007) calls “academic fraud,” a form of selfplagiarism (pg. 57). -- Self-plagiarism is defined as a type of plagiarism in which the writer republishes a work in its entirety or reuses portions of a previously written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that -- -- written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that because they are the authors, they can use the work again as they wish; they can’t really plagiarize themselves because they are not taking any words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on -- words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on whether self-plagiarism is possible, the ethical issue of self-plagiarism is significant, especially because self-plagiarism can infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of -- infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of plagiarism do not account for self-plagiarism, so writers may be unaware of the ethics and laws involved in reusing or repurposing texts. -- -- texts. The American Psychological Association (2010) explains how plagiarism differs from self-plagiarism: “Whereas plagiarism refers to the practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of -- practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of others, self-plagiarism refers to the practice of presenting one’s own previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). -- -- previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). As Roig (2006) suggests, self-plagiarism occurs “when authors reuse their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared -- -- their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared elsewhere” (pg. 16). Roig identifies a few types of self-plagiarism: * Republishing the same paper that is published elsewhere without notifying the reader nor publisher of the journal -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Definitions of Plagiarism -- The question of whether self-plagiarism exists or not—is it possible to plagiarize oneself?—is rooted in the definition of plagiarism. Plagiarism is typically defined as stealing the work of another and presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary -- presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary (2011) defines plagiarism as taking the work of another as “literary theft.” The verb to “plagiarize” is defined as: * “To take and use as one's own (the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another person);” -- -- According to the OED definition, in the strict sense recycling papers would not be plagiarism. -- However, Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2011) defines to “plagiarize” similarly with the addition description in the second definition below: * To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: -- -- So, in the Webster definition, recycling one’s own papers would fall under “to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source” and is, therefore, considered plagiarism. But what is more important than the definition of plagiarism, and whether it is possible to “self-plagiarize,” is the ethics behind self-plagiarism. __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Ethical Issues of Self-plagiarism -- Publications manuals have a set standard regarding self-plagiarism. When an author publishes in a journal, the author often signs over rights to the publisher; thus, copyright infringement is possible if an -- -- Biomedical journals in particular have had significant problems with copyright due to self-plagiarism and many have taken a stance against the practice in publication. Some have gone so far as to request the author’s previous manuscripts to ensure that the work is original (Roig -- -- It seems that even the American Psychological Association (APA) has taken a recent position against the practice by addressing self-plagiarism in the 2010 sixth edition of the publication manual, a discussion, which is absent from previous editions. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Avoiding Self-plagiarism Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for -- -- Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for avoiding plagiarism, four of which deal specifically with self-plagiarism, as follows: * Guideline 10: Authors who submit a manuscript for publication containing data, reviews, conclusions, etc., that have already been -- -- that is subsequently presented as a new study is an equally serious ethical breach. * Guideline 12: Because some instances of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and even some writing practices that might otherwise be acceptable (e.g., extensive paraphrasing or quoting of key elements of a book) can constitute copyright infringement, -- -- Technology like iThenticate by Turnitin is another way to avoid self-plagiarism. By comparing written work against the largest database of scholarly, full-text content, authors and researchers can screen their work prior to publication submission and organizations can -- -- Conclusion The issue of self-plagiarism is becoming more and more prevalent, and some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, -- some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, have seen a rising trend in self-plagiarism. The APA publication manual has no discussion of self-plagiarism in its fifth edition, but addresses it twice in the sixth edition, perhaps to prevent such practices. Organizations and individual authors and researchers can -- -- take preventative measures in their writing practices and editing processes, including the use of technology that helps detect potential self-plagiarism before submitting their work for publication. References -- -- Style Chicago. 16th Edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. * “Plagiarize.” (2011). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com. -- http://www.merriam-webster.com. * “Plagiarism, n.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed.). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * “Plagiarize, v.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed. ). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * Roig, Miguel. (2006). Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. -- other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. Retrieved from http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/plagiarism.doc * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in -- -- * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification, 57-66. * Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright. (2010). Copyright. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Copyright Office. Retrived from Programme of activities/ Academic integrity and plagiarism/ -- Academic integrity and plagiarism [icon-twitter-rounded.png] [icon-facebook-rounded.png] -- -- Protecting, developing and enhancing academic integrity in general is the second theme for action, with a particular focus to the issue of plagiarism. Higher education has indeed its own particularities and potential -- -- Another activity under this priority line would be the organisation of a specific seminar on plagiarism, which could be held in 2016. One possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes -- possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes towards plagiarism coexist in Europe and that approaches differ from one Member State to another. -- -- 2. Drafting of guidelines together with measurement indexes; 3. Promotion of capacity building in higher education institutions to evaluate plagiarism. -- -- + Programme of activities o Ethical behaviour of all actors in education o Academic integrity and plagiarism o Recognition of qualifications o Other activities #RSS 2.0 Thomas Lancaster » Feed Thomas Lancaster » Comments Feed Thomas Lancaster » Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 Comments Feed Contract Cheating – A Decade (Plus One) Of Contract Cheating Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 1 – Academic Integrity and Contract -- -- ____________________ Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 -- -- use a third party to have work completed for them. Sessions at the 2017 international conference on Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond ended up heavily focused on contract cheating. Having been part of contact cheating research since the term first formed part -- -- I’ve already shared my conference presentation on contract cheating in examinations and provided general collected thoughts about Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. -- -- 05 Emerging Issues In Contract Cheating Wider challenges surrounding educational integrity also influence how contract cheating practice could develop. These include traditional areas of student plagiarism, the use of translation and essay spinning software, as well as the risks posed by students using smart drugs. -- -- these posts are compiled, runs to nearly 8,000 words, so that just shows how much value there was in the presentations and discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. ← Next post Previous post → -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Please browse around the blog and the links, and feel free to leave your thoughts. -- -- Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: brno, conference, contract cheating, essay mills, plagiarism across europe and beyond, research Read 127 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:14 am […] This is Part 1 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 2 – Inside The Contract Cheating Industry | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:30 am […] This is Part 2 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 3 – Contract Cheating by Academics | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:31 am […] This is Part 3 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 4 – Detecting Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:43 am […] This is Part 4 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 5 – Emerging Issues in Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:54 am […] This is Part 5 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 6 – Which Students Are Contract Cheating And What Does This Mean For -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:18 pm […] This is Part 6 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 7 – Understanding Contract Cheating From The Student Viewpoint | Thomas -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:28 pm […] This is Part 7 (the final part) of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 | ContractCheating.com says: October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm -- -- October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm […] This blog post provides lots of details about contract cheating from discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. […] Leave a Reply Cancel reply -- -- Recent Posts * Student Plagiarism And How To Stop An International Problem – With A Focus On Kosovo -- A Focus On Kosovo * Emerging Issues In Plagiarism Prevention And Detection – My View From 2004 * Beyond Contract Cheating – Towards Academic Integrity -- -- Recommendations To Address Essay Mill Use – Video * Cutting The Costs Of Open Access Research * Plagiarism and Assessment * Examining The State of Academic Integrity in Europe – Recommendations From SEEPPAI this work is produced, it is a concern. Since contract cheating produces original work, this is unlikely to be picked up using standard text matching plagiarism detection services such as Turnitin. Some of the more interesting findings across our research have related -- -- Beyond this, there are parallels with the research into the anti-plagiarism fields, in particular looking at the policies, processes and penalties surrounding contract cheating, and how to write assignments to prevent contract cheating. The research I’ve been -- -- Feel free to contact me regarding contract cheating. I often deliver keynote talks, research seminars and training related to plagiarism and contract cheating. I’m happy to discuss the issues further, to assist with staff development and to support requests from the media. -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Much more information about what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. -- -- what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: contract cheating, plagiarism, robert clarke, thomas lancaster Read 8 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- March 28, 2017 at 7:03 am Dear professor My research subject is plagiarism. Since you coined the term contract cheating in 2006, would you mind clarifying how a “contarct cheater” is different from a “ghost writer”? -- -- https://t.co/rzBOjVHu5K 1 day ago * @DoctorMikeReddy I really can't remember the "gym analogy" from during my PhD years (2000-2003) when the plagiarism… https://t.co/pOKTEXmudT 1 day ago #Plagiarism.org RSS Feed IFRAME: https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NST4MH8 -- -- (BUTTON) Toggle navigation [p-dot-org-logo-1512156951.png] * Understanding Plagiarism * Preventing Plagiarism * Teaching about Plagiarism * Plagiarism Checking * Plagiarism Research * Plagiarism Policy ____________________ -- -- ____________________ European Responses to Student Plagiarism in Higher Education Irene Glendinning -- -- A significant amount of research has been undertaken in response to the recent flood of student plagiarism now being detected in higher education institutions (HEI). Based on deeper understanding of the underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for -- -- underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for strategies and systems for detection, penalties and mitigation of student plagiarism. So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from -- -- So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from English speaking countries, particularly the UK, North America and Australia. Their work has included research into plagiarism from students from other countries, including Sweden, Germany, Lithuania, Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of -- -- Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of countries in Europe is not well understood and there has not yet been a comparative study of plagiarism in HEIs across Europe. -- The IPPHEAE project (Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), -- Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), aims to plug the identified gap by focusing on plagiarism in European HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and -- -- HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and deterring plagiarism. Surveys are being conducted in HEIs at three levels: students, teaching staff and senior managers, to determine how well any procedures are understood, to what extent they are operating -- -- Where possible representatives from national quality agencies are being interviewed in order to gain overarching national perspectives on issues such as national policies and how plagiarism impacts on quality and standards. This dimension also provides a means of highlighting the importance of the research to people who can influence educational -- -- IPPHEAE project including an overview of in-depth institutional studies and interventions for reducing the number of incidences of student plagiarism. -- This paper was submitted to the International Integrity & Plagiarism Conference which ran between 2004-2014. The paper was peer reviewed by an independent editorial board and features in the conference (GO) GO UK leads Europe in the fight against plagiarism Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study -- -- integrity among students, a study has found. The analysis looked at factors such as universities’ use of plagiarism software, consistency of sanctions, transparency, training, efficacy of prevention policies and efforts to address the issue at a national -- -- countries, in most aspects,” said Irene Glendinning, academic manager for student experience at Coventry University and principal investigator on the Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe project. -- -- Ms Glendinning said that unlike in the UK, where efforts to prevent and detect plagiarism have been growing since 2001, in Spain students reported that tools to detect plagiarism were rarely used, and only one-third said there were policies for dealing with the problem. -- -- Ms Glendinning also acknowledged that the survey looked at policies and their implementation rather than the prevalence of plagiarism because, she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that -- she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of plagiarism around … but there are no statistics anywhere,” she said. Consistent recording would mean “we can have a handle on whether what we’re doing is actually having an effect”. -- -- and Cyprus. Among suggestions for the UK will be that the Quality Assurance Agency should, as part of existing audits, require institutions to explain their plagiarism policies and demonstrate their effectiveness and consistency. (GO) GO Plagiarism software can be beaten by simple tech tricks IT scholar says PDF tweaks allow students' copied work to evade -- -- Technological loopholes allow savvy students to beat academic plagiarism software, an IT expert has warned. -- -- James Heather, senior lecturer in computing at the University of Surrey, has revealed that plagiarism detection systems such as Turnitin that are routinely used by universities are open to simple cheats allowing students to evade detection when submitting copied material. -- -- But in a new paper, "Turnitoff: identifying and fixing a hole in current plagiarism detection software", Dr Heather reveals that beating the system is simple. -- -- "In their current incarnation, one can easily create a document that passes the plagiarism check regardless of how much copied material it contains. When there are loopholes that can be exploited, they give the operator a false assurance that a submission is original." -- -- The study, which appears in the journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, demonstrates ways in which students can modify plagiarised work to avoid detection. "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the -- -- "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the document, without affecting how the document looks and prints, then the software will not be able to identify any plagiarised material," Dr Heather writes. -- -- Students aware of this loophole could get around the system by converting a plagiarised essay to PDF format, he says, and then altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually -- -- altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually unaltered, extracts tested by the plagiarism software would be garbled, and so matches would not be detected. -- -- themselves. "If there is no text, then the plagiarism detection cannot function," the paper notes. -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests Read more -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests August 15, 2016 Universities seem to be struggling to catch up. The big concern is that bespoke essays, written to order, without being plagiarised themselves, are difficult if not impossible to detect. -- -- are difficult if not impossible to detect. Almost all universities use anti-plagiarism software, called Turnitin, which checks a submitted essay against published sources, looking for copied phrases. But this software will not raise suspicions about an -- -- * More oral presentations, sometimes called a viva * More exams * Almost all UK universities use anti-plagiarism software such as Turnitin. But software has little success in detecting a genuine bespoke essay -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism Officer Sarah Allen, at the UEA Business School, recently investigated a post-graduate student who submitted an excellent piece of work which stood out to the marker simply because it contained one Home Viewpoint: The spectre of plagiarism haunting Europe By Debora Weber-Wulff Professor of Media and Computing, University of -- -- A spectre is haunting Europe, and this time it is the spectre of plagiarism and scientific misconduct. Some high-profile politicians have had to resign in the last 18 months - but the revelations are also shaking respected European universities. -- -- Many European countries, especially Germany, have long considered it unnecessary to give plagiarism more than a cursory look. One trusts in the self-cleansing powers of science, end of story. -- -- Last February, a reviewer of German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's doctoral dissertation discovered and documented some plagiarised passages. When the papers pounced on this, zu Guttenberg denied any wrongdoing, -- -- That was not the end of it. Soon it was suspected that a major ex-politician's daughter was guilty of plagiarism in her dissertation, and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite -- and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite soon plagiarism was discovered in yet another dissertation, and it has not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. -- -- not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised... Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education -- -- Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education minister lasted just a week in office before having to step down, accused of plagiarising academic papers. Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the -- -- Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the Romanian prime minister of plagiarising part of his PhD. He denies wrongdoing and has been backed by a Research Ethics Council, but the accusations have now been upheld by two academic panels in Romania, -- -- The Hungarian president has already lost his doctorate and resigned on account of plagiarism, and the Russian Minister of Culture is facing accusations that 16 passages of his doctoral dissertation were copied from other sources. He denies the allegations. -- -- let them have their fun." However, it seems that the plague of plagiarism has also reached the level of the professorships in Germany. Those who are supposed to be teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last -- -- teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last month it was revealed that more than a third of a new book for law students on how to write papers properly was plagiarised, including liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. -- -- liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised. And just to show how contagious the disease is, the authors also cite zu Guttenberg's dissertation - albeit incorrectly. -- -- to the VroniPlag Wiki.) Image caption VroniPlag wiki uses coloured bands to show distribution of plagiarised content In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics -- -- In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics councils and there is a wide discussion of ethical practices. There are procedures in place for dealing with plagiarism. In Germany, though, professors wanting to address plagiarism are pretty much left to their own devices. They don't have much in the way of tools or formal procedures. -- -- procedures. There is so-called plagiarism detection software available that does find some plagiarism, especially word-for-word copies. These programmes do not find everything by a long shot, but German universities are currently rushing to purchase them. -- -- been officially declared to suffer only from "technical weaknesses". But people are speaking up, and plagiarism is being discussed in every university, even if many are unsure what to do. -- -- university, even if many are unsure what to do. Better education about plagiarism and good scientific practice is essential. -- -- years needs to be reviewed in order to identify weak points. However, there is currently no funding for such measures, so it's unclear whether German universities will really get serious about plagiarism, or keep muddling on. Entertainment & Arts Burt Bacharach calls for change in music plagiarism law * 3 August 2017 -- -- Veteran songwriter Burt Bacharach has called for a change in the law over music plagiarism. He said recent court cases - like the ones involving Blurred Lines and (BUTTON) More Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- Every now and then there is an outburst of concern about the curse of plagiarism in higher education. The Department for Education has indicated it is considering cracking down by not only fining, but also handing out criminal records, to students submitting commercially -- -- The targets of this mini crusade are essay mill websites, which market “original” professionally produced essays that allow students to circumvent their university’s plagiarism detection system. These paid-for essays allow students to buy a degree. -- -- But this is only a small part of the culture of cheating in higher education. A long time before the commercialisation of plagiarism, cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief -- cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief examiner for my department, I was shocked by the amount of plagiarised coursework brought to my attention. When I consulted colleagues at other universities it became evident that the problem was not confined -- -- rather than rich kids, was identified as the source of the problem. Academic discussions on plagiarism sometimes sought to deflect the problem by claiming that overseas students were disproportionately involved in copying. Some suggested they had come from different -- -- external to university life is driven by the institutional imperative to minimise the significance of this practice. All universities have policies on this problem; most have made plagiarism detection software available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the -- -- available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the problem – which is that plagiarism is not a technical issue but one that raises questions about the working of academic culture. -- -- that raises questions about the working of academic culture. Plagiarism is a mortal sin and last taboo – or is it? Read more -- -- them to embark on a quest for knowledge. But if higher education continues to treat students according to a business model it is only a matter of time before plagiarism loses its stigma. Topics -- -- Topics * Plagiarism * Higher education -- -- * Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers -- -- cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers Published: 9 Oct 2017 Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown * -- -- more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Plagiarism%2CEducation%2CHigh er+education%2CExams%2CTuition+fees%2CStudents] A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- headlines. With examples like these, what's so wrong with a bit of plagiarism? Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian -- -- Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian University and who had his book, Succeeding with Your Masters Dissertation, plagiarised by another lecturer on the web. -- "A lot of students think it is acceptable to copy or plagiarise somebody else's work because there's this idea that everyone is doing it anyway," he says. "It seems like it's not really a serious issue, -- -- but it is. If it's a minor case, you could end up losing marks on a dissertation or having to resit a module. If it's widespread and a student has been found to have plagiarised often, then the most extreme punishment they could face would be expulsion." -- -- easier to adopt someone else's work as your own. According to Biggam, the definition of plagiarism within an academic context is: "Where a student copies text verbatim without providing sufficient acknowledgement of the source, thereby giving the impression -- -- permanent record." Cole was lucky to get off relatively lightly. For others, plagiarising can spell the end of your degree – even if you are unwittingly involved. -- -- and the only marks it did give me were much lower than I'd anticipated. Then when I got home, there was a letter from the university saying that I was suspected of colluding with another student in plagiarism. I completely freaked out." -- -- behind my back was simply unbelievable. " If you are caught in serious and deliberate plagiarism, it could end up on your final academic transcript. If a potential employer asks to see your transcript as part of the selection process, you can probably say -- -- "It certainly wouldn't look good to a future employer if they knew you had engaged in plagiarism," Biggam says. -- But how can you avoid plagiarism, when part of the university learning process is to absorb expert theories and demonstrate your grasp of them by reproducing them in written work? -- -- At Glasgow Caledonian University, Biggam is testing the use of plagiarism detection software, called Turnitin, which monitors work for any copied phrases. "Often, it might be a genuine mistake – a student might simply forget to reference a quote or a source. In which case, a It was, says Hiscock, "the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across." He was so angry he wrote to Mail Online's editor, Martin Clarke, and to -- -- "sexually abused" by a magician during her eighth birthday party.' It is the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across and if it happens again I will take steps to ensure I am adequately compensated for the theft of my interview." -- -- * Greenslade * Plagiarism * Daily Mail * Martin Clarke Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- Compare Melania Trump’s speech with Michelle Obama’s 2008 address Republicans scrambled to prevent a plagiarism scandal from overshadowing the coronation of Donald Trump on Tuesday after his wife Melania borrowed large chunks of her opening night speech from Michelle -- -- As delegates prepared to formally offer Donald Trump the party’s presidential nomination on Tuesday evening, the plagiarism controversy reopened internal wounds and undermined his campaign’s attempts to present a more polished appearance ahead of November’s general -- -- election. A campaign source said responsibility for the plagiarism incident lay with a longtime aide to top Trump strategist Paul Manafort. The source said the aide had signed off on the speech and edited it. -- -- Online critics also highlighted a lighter hearted instance of apparent plagiarism, noting that Melania Trump’s claim that her husband “will never ever give up, and most importantly, he will never ever let you down,” echoed Rick Astley’s 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up – a song cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- Gill, five miles south-west of Newcastle, a narrow man with a curly mess of dark red hair. He’d just made a routine visit to the Facebook group Plagiarism Alerts. There, a woman named Kathy Figueroa had posted something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet -- something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet laureates has plagiarised a poem by Maya Angelou.” Lightman clicked the link. It led to a Canadian government webpage -- -- Rise. Incredible. But could it really be plagiarism? How likely was it that a poet laureate would steal anything at all, let alone a keystone work by a modern legend? How could he think he’d get away with that? Then -- -- uncomfortable and distressing experiences of my life”, admitting, “I have made several stupid mistakes during my time as a poet and there is simply no excuse for plagiarism.” But he also pushed back: “I have been bullied, victimised and abused by a number of ‘poets’ who thought it necessary to act like a lynch mob.” -- -- Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’m absolutely furious’: plagiarised poet Joan Johnston. Photograph: Gary Calton for the Guardian -- -- copy of A Particular Blue, so he could see for himself. “He returned both poems to me, having highlighted the changes Sheree had made, saying, ‘I don’t think it’s plagiarism. I think she’s taken your poem and made something new out of it.’ At which point, I went for another walk.” -- -- considerable distress.” Croft explained that he planned to pulp the remaining copies of Laventille and reprint a corrected version. “I do not believe that your accusations of plagiarism regarding Laventille are justified. But I am not prepared to have this beautiful and important book dirtied by the grubby little fingers of Pooterish -- -- broke/and threatening light/brought into the long night.” How close would two poems have to be for it to be plagiarism, I ask Croft. -- -- their name at the bottom, I’d say, why are you doing that?” And would it be plagiarism? “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying -- -- “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying my name is Will Storr. No, it’s not! You’d say that was stupid. You wouldn’t say I was plagiarising you.” *** -- -- Meanwhile, what of the Canadian mystery? Could former laureate DesRuisseaux really have blatantly plagiarised all those canonical poets? It seemed too mad to be true. When Lightman got hold of DesRuisseaux’s book Tranches De Vie, he found even more apparent -- -- findings to Éditions du Noiroît, who appeared to accept his verdict; in emails Lightman showed me, DesRuisseaux’s editor wrote that it was his first experience of plagiarism, and expressed regret at having to tell the poet’s family that he would have to remove the title from circulation. -- -- * Poetry * Plagiarism * Maya Angelou * features -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Poetry%2CPlagiarism%2CBooks%2 CMaya+Angelou] Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- The organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have unveiled a new official logo, seven months after being forced to scrap the previous design amid accusations of plagiarism. Selecting an emblem they hope will be simple, effective and most of all -- -- the Théâtre de Liège in Belgium. Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo scrapped after allegations of plagiarism Read more -- -- Japanese officials initially rejected accusations that Sano had plagiarised the image, which was based around a stylised capital T with a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied -- -- a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied plagiarism. But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings -- -- But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings to block Tokyo 2020 from using the image. Further allegations of plagiarism also emerged against Sano, including claims that his initial submission resembled a work by the late German typographer Jan Tschichold. -- -- + Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video 0:50 Published: 15 Jan 2016 -- -- 0:50 Published: 15 Jan 2016 Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video + Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Some four years ago I wrote about the strange case of a Canadian columnist accused of plagiarism. The Toronto-based Globe & Mail had found it necessary to add “clarifications” to articles written by Margaret Wente after complaints about her work. -- -- same structure, analogies, and phrasing in numerous instances.” In addition, the Canadaland news website, accused Wente of plagiarising “at least four times from three different publications... in addition -- “at least four times from three different publications... in addition to the two cases of plagiarism outlined in BuzzFeed Canada.” The first two instances, by Wainio and BuzzFeed, were addressed by the -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Media%2CPlagiarism%2CCanada%2 CNewspapers%2CAmericas] The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- Fresh evidence of Independent journalist Johann Hari's habit of alleged plagiarism has emerged from a lengthy interview with Afghan women's rights activist Malalai Joya in July 2009. -- -- * Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row Interviewer and columnist has been suspended for two months pending outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss -- -- outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss Published: 12 Jul 2011 Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row * -- -- Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Independent editor-in-chief defends columnist involved in 'politically motivated' plagiarism furore. By Josh Halliday Published: 29 Jun 2011 Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- The Orwell prize committee has accused Independent columnist Johann Hari of plagiarism over an article that won him the prestigious award in 2008. -- -- of contrition for the errors I made elsewhere, in my interviews." Hari apologised for plagiarising the work of others to improve interviews and for editing the Wikipedia entries of people he had clashed with, using the pseudonym David Rose, "in ways that were Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- [ ] Johann Hari has been writing for the Independent since 2002 but faced allegations of plagiarism last year. Photograph: Nick Harvey/WireImage -- -- Johann Hari, the journalist at the Independent who was suspended for plagiarism, has announced that he will not return to the newspaper. Hari had been undergoing retraining in the United States and was -- -- Independent editor Andreas Whittam Smith. The findings of the inquiry were not made public but the newspaper reported in September 2011 that Hari admitted the plagiarism allegations and would attend a journalism training course before returning to the paper. -- -- Blackhurst was asked several questions about Hari when he gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry into journalistic ethics earlier this month. "On the plagiarism, Johann genuinely believed he was doing nothing wrong. The fact that nobody complained, Johann did not believe he was doing anything wrong. His reputation has been very, very severely damaged; Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism David Batty -- -- [ ] Raj Persaud. Photograph: Andy Butterton/PA Britain's best-known psychiatrist today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and several articles he wrote for newspapers and medical journals. -- -- Raj Persaud, famous for his appearances alongside Richard and Judy on the This Morning sofa, also admitted to a General Medical Council (GMC) disciplinary hearing that his plagiarism was inappropriate and misleading. -- -- The psychiatrist, who used to present BBC Radio 4's All In The Mind programme, admitted plagiarising four articles for his book From The Edge Of The Couch published in 2003. -- -- He also admitted that four articles he wrote in 2005 contained passages plagiarised from an article and book by Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. -- -- University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. He also admitted using material plagiarised from an article by Professor Stephen Kant in a piece he wrote for the Independent in the same year. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. His book -- -- He said Persaud blamed subeditors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Blass complained about the article and was told, in an email -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." At the time the allegations of plagiarism first emerged two years ago, Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, a position he still holds. -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- In Britain it is left to individual institutions to develop their own plagiarism policies. But the QAA said it wanted a consistent approach among higher education providers to tackle the problem. It called on universities and colleges to record incidents of this and other kinds -- -- fix.” A Universities UK spokesperson said: “Universities take plagiarism and cheating extremely seriously. Submitting work written by someone else is cheating and devalues the efforts of students who work hard to -- -- * Higher education * Plagiarism * Jo Johnson * news -- -- more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- of the problem Published: 27 Feb 2017 Published: 27 Feb 2017 Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Higher+education%2CPlagiarism %2CEducation%2CUK+news%2CJo+Johnson%2CPolitics] Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students Gavin Haynes -- -- In the past few days, however, it is said that the master has become the pupil, as Dylan has been accused of plagiarism. Writer Ben Greenman was the first to blog about how he couldn’t find a quotation that Dylan had cited in Moby-Dick: “Some men who receive injuries are led to God, -- -- While universities habitually run students’ work through plagiarism-detection software such as TurnItIn, there is no such equivalent for Nobel prize speeches, assumed to be the moment at which an eminent economist, physician, writer or peace-maker has earned a few -- -- text, preferring that you “check your comprehension” against their interpretation. The company does, however, have advice on its website for avoiding plagiarism: “By citing words and ideas that came from our site or books (to see instructions on how to do that, see How to Cite This SparkNote within each study guide), or by putting your own spin on -- -- * Nobel prize in literature * Awards and prizes * Plagiarism * features -- -- [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Bob+Dylan%2CMusic%2CNobel+pri ze+in+literature%2CAwards+and+prizes%2CBooks%2CPlagiarism] * Education University students could be fined or handed criminal records for plagiarised essays, new proposals suggest -- -- University students who buy essays online face fines and a criminal record under plans to punish plagiarism being considered by the government. -- -- more than 100 online essay services are now in operation. Whilst universities already use complex anti-plagiarism software to detect the copying of academic texts, the process of contract cheating - students submitting paid-for essays as their own original work - -- -- Speaking to The Telegraph, Lord Storey, who is leading efforts to make the practice illegal, said that the consequences of plagiarism must be made clear, adding that many “rich students” are now effectively “paying their way” to a top honours degree. -- -- Leading academics are also in favour of a ban, with Professor Phil Newton and Michael Draper, leading experts on essay plagiarism, calling on the Government to tighten up the legal loopholes being exploited by professional writing services. 3. Education News £1,700 for a dissertation, but what's the real cost of plagiarism? As one ghost writing service sees an 80 per cent increase in sales in one -- -- It’s a heavy sum to pay for something that the majority of people - not to mention universities - would class as plagiarism. Yet Nemet is quick to separate his company from this accusation. -- -- Whether or not this is an easy way of passing responsibility on to the client, ghost writing – along with other forms of plagiarism – remains an issue at universities across Britain. -- -- declined by 60 per cent since 2005 While 2013 figures from plagiarism detection service, Turnitin, reveal that the number of serious cases has declined by 60 per cent since 2005, Phil Newton, superintendent of assessment at Swansea University, -- -- topic I had set. It really opened my eyes to the issue. “We regard [ghost writing] as plagiarism, pure and simple. It’s is a form of dishonesty, it’s a form of cheating, and where students are found guilty of it, there will be serious academic repercussions.” -- -- passing off work as their own. For students that are caught, there can be serious consequences, from the deduction of marks on an essay, to expulsion from the university. Even if the plagiarism is unintended, there may still be penalties. -- -- “The University also employs a series of sophisticated software applications to detect plagiarism in submitted examination work, both in terms of copying and collusion,” the spokesman adds. -- -- “It regularly monitors online essay banks, essay-writing services, and other potential sources of material. Anyone who submits plagiarised material as part of their course can expect to be dealt with severely.” -- -- ongoing advancements in technology – incorporating more sophisticated methods of detection – will continue to play a role in combating plagiarism; however, educating students should also help prevent the initial interest. -- -- where they are in their course. If they are in their final year, we regard that as much more serious, if they do it in their first year, they probably just need some advice on how to avoid plagiarism and what constitutes plagiarism. “I don’t condone it, but I can understand why a student who is 4. Health News 'Hero' GP suspended for plagiarising fellow doctor's work A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent -- -- A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent patients has been suspended for six months for plagiarising another doctor’s work. -- -- The General Medical Council heard that Dr Margaret Staley initially came under suspicion herself after computer anti-plagiarism software picked out striking similarities between a case study she had written and Dr Kumar's coursework. -- -- Dr Staley endured weeks of uncertainty before eventually being completely exonerated when it became clear she was the victim rather than the perpetrator of the plagiarism. Public school-educated Dr Kumar was hailed as a hero in 2009 after Johnson called it an “unacceptable and pernicious” practice, while universities will generally expel anybody they catch – though given the essays aren’t plagiarised, identifying a paid-for piece of work isn’t easy. Using an essay mill, on the other hand, very much is. * News Canadian poet laureate revealed to have plagiarised Maya Angelou, Tupac and others -- -- [tupac_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jp g?imwidth=450] The Canadian poet Pierre DesRuisseaux, who has been found to have plagiarised numerous poets, including Tupac Shakur * Telegraph Reporters -- -- Pierre DesRuisseaux, who died last year, served as the parliamentary poet laureate between 2009 and 2011, and has now been accused of plagiarising the work of up to 20 poets, among them world-famous names and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. -- -- and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- DesRuisseaux The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux Credit: Wayne Miller/Magnum/BBC -- -- The duplicity was unearthed by poet and literary sleuth Ira Lightman, a member of a Facebook group called Plagiarism Alerts, whose mission involves tracking down plagiarism in the poetry world. Lightman was tipped off by a Canadian poet named Kathy Figueroa, who -- -- But still, like dust, I'll rise." The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- by DesRuisseaux The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- -- Figueroa told Canada's CBC News that DesRuisseaux's widespread plagiarism came as a shock: "It was just mind-boggling, the audacity of someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." -- -- someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." Upon the discovery of the plagiarism, DesRuisseaux's Montreal-based publishers Éditions du Noroît pulled the book from shelves, while claiming that only between 50 and 100 copies of the book had actually show ad Last-ditch attack on Neil Gorsuch amid claims Supreme Court pick plagiarized academic papers in his book -- -- The White House punched back hard, and assembled its own team of experts to debunk claims that the writing constituted plagiarism. 'This false attack has been strongly refuted by highly-regarded -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' HARD FEELINGS: Democrats are furious that the Senate never scheduled a hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court -- -- hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court seat PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- “Each of the individual incidents constitutes a violation of academic ethics. I've never seen a college plagiarism code that this would not be in violation of,” said Syracuse University professor Rebecca Moore Howard. -- -- Howard. 'I would certainly call it plagiarism,” she added. At this late date, the information is likely to have little effect on show ad Tokyo 2020 gets new logo proposals after plagiarism scandal By Afp -- -- Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers said Tuesday they have received more than 14,500 suggestions for a new logo after the original choice was withdrawn because of a plagiarism scandal. The organising committee in August dropped the emblem put forward by -- -- The Tokyo committee has insisted the move to drop the original logo was not in response to the legal action. It said Sano, who denies plagiarism, asked that his design be withdrawn to avoid harming the Tokyo Games. show ad Monica Crowley out of Trump White House team after plagiarism revealed * Crowley is a syndicated talk show host who was set to takeover as -- -- administration after all. More than 50 charges of plagiarism, based on discoveries made by CNN's KFile division, led publisher HarperCollins to pull her 2012 book from its shelves last week. -- -- currently unavailable for purchase on Amazon. Crowley appears to have plagiarized large sections of the book, according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than -- according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than 50 examples of apparent plagiarism. Politico separately charged that her 2000 dissertation wasn't properly -- -- decision to suspend sales of her book. Crowley also faced plagiarism allegations in 1999 after a piece she wrote on the 25th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's resignation ran in The Wall Street Journal. -- -- article.' Crowley also plagiarized several sections of her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University, Politico Magazine said. The publication found more than a dozen instances in which Crowley appeared to lift from -- -- developer!' DID MONICA CROWLEY PLAGIARIZE THESE PASSAGES? Crowley's book -- -- Source: CNN Read more: * Trump pick Monica Crowley plagiarized multiple sources in 2012 book - CNNMoney -- - CNNMoney * Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation - POLITICO Magazine * Monica Crowley to forgo post in Trump White House - Washington 'Dishonest' TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud suspended after admitting plagiarism By Daily Mail Reporter -- -- 'The Panel has determined that a three-month period of suspension is sufficient to send out a signal to you, the profession and the public that plagiarism is unacceptable behaviour.' The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the -- -- The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, is now in tatters after he admitted plagiarism. Before the ruling, GMC members heard from some of Dr Persaud's -- -- proceedings.' He added: 'The panel has determined that your actions, in plagiarising the work of others, were liable to bring the profession into disrepute.' -- -- the doctor's book. He also said he had uncovered more examples of plagiarism in Dr Persaud's book after comparing passages in it with material on the internet. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- DEJA VU Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago -- -- Republicans candidate Fillon was still in the presidential race when he delivered the speech two weeks ago France election candidate Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarising speech The incident is bizarrely reminiscent of Melania Trump's July 2016 -- -- state. And the sight of her having to plagiarise a discredited rival’s words will come as a blow to her electoral ambitions. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- Under the bed bugs Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? -- -- Beedle The Bard. Why has Chris Riddell accused John Lewis of plagiarism? Chris Riddell believes there are many similarities between the two * Health News Fears of plagiarism crisis as probe finds foreign university students ‘cheats’ -- -- Updated: 6th April 2016, 8:55 am FOREIGN students are claimed to be fuelling a surge in plagiarism at British universities amid fears of a cheating crisis. / Sean Gallup/Getty Images Findings come months after The Times exposes 'plagiarism epidemic' among Britain's institutions -- -- Half of the nation’s university students are losing marks for not referencing their work correctly, according to a new survey into attitudes towards plagiarism. Citation tool RefME - which polled just under 2,900 of the country’s -- -- almost 80 per cent are worried about referencing correctly, while a majority of 71 per cent expressed concern about facing disciplinary actions for plagiarism. [GettyImages-170380536.jpg] Read more -- -- Read more Universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students cheat RefMe said: “This widespread concern over facing disciplinary actions -- -- ‘ghostwriter’ to complete their work for them constitutes academic misconduct, more than 20 per cent were unable to identify this as plagiarism. The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times -- -- The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed there to be a “plagiarism epidemic” among Britain’s universities with almost 50,000 students being caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- However, RefME said that, although its study unearthed some “concerning” statistics around plagiarism in academia, students are increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using -- -- increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using plagiarism tools prior to submitting. Tom Hatton, CEO and founder of RefME, described how, as a university -- -- “The hope is that we can look back at these numbers in a couple of years and see evidence that the sentiment towards plagiarism has changed.” * More about: -- -- * More about: * RefMe * plagiarism * University of Kent * University of Westminster 1. INDYSTUDENT UK universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students caught cheating over last 3 years -- -- The Independent Online Britain’s universities are said to be in the midst of a “plagiarism epidemic” after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed how almost 50,000 students were caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- of the student population, requests from 70 universities showed. 75 per cent of postgraduates found plagiarising at Queen Mary University of London were from abroad, including a third from China. -- -- One professor from the University of Buckingham told The Times “type-1 plagiarism,” copying and pasting, is decreasing because it’s “so easy to detect.” 1. INDYPULSE TV doctor Raj Persaud admits plagiarism * PA -- -- Indy/Life TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and articles he wrote. -- -- The doctor, who is famed for his regular appearances on daytime TV shows such as This Morning, admitted plagiarising four articles for his 2003 book 'From The Edge Of The Couch'. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. -- -- He said Dr Persaud blamed sub-editors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, USA, complained -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." The GMC panel heard that allegations of plagiarism against Dr Persaud were first made in a Sunday Times article published in April 2006. -- -- The article alleged that sections of Dr Persaud's book, published three years earlier, were plagiarised from academic articles. At the time Dr Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Mr Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Plan to prosecute firms who offer paid-for essays to students While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address ‘essay mills’ -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 -- -- The move is a response to mounting concern over the practice which allows students to circumvent their college’s plagiarism detection systems. The use of these services is not easily detected as software used by universities only detects where students have copied from -- -- Paid-for essays While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address the issue of so-called contact cheating or the use of paid-for essays. -- -- The QQI’s guidelines advise colleges that they “should have effective policies and procedures in place to prevent, detect, combat and deter plagiarism at all levels”. * Tackling teacher supply is complex - but we are making progress * Revenues crest €4m at top boys’ private school Glenstal Abbey -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, according to figures compiled by The Irish Times last year. -- -- Of those that did, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). The scale of detected issues is likely to be bigger at IT Tallaght as it has extensive detection policies. -- -- Online source The company insists it does not condone plagiarism, and says all “clients are expected to use and reference it as they would any other online source”. -- -- growing and it was typically completing roughly 350 projects a year. Mr Bruton’s spokesman said: “Plagiarism is currently subject to institutional disciplinary sanctions up to and including exclusion from the programme. -- -- offering the ‘service’ will not disclose it, those buying it will not, and there is no system-wide recording of detected instances of this or any other form of plagiarism”. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Essays for sale: a new wave of plagiarism Students who use online essay-writing services face sanction if caught. As -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Rigorous testing Would this essay be red-flagged for plagiarism? Colleges nowadays have access to a range of computer programmes, such as Turnitin and Safeassign, that test whether articles have been copied from other -- -- However, these programmes only work if they detect parts of the essay that exist elsewhere; they might not flag plagiarised content if they are custom-written pieces. -- -- To test the essay, we put it through Safeassign and it came back clean. But it’s not just the plagiarism-detection programmes: it has to get past the beady eye of a lecturer. We presented the essay to a number of lecturers in communications and media without telling them about its -- -- It’s difficult to say how commonly these services are being used, but colleges are increasingly aware of plagiarism on campus. There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being -- -- There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, and the numbers are on the rise (see panel). -- -- In the UK, some academics have warned that essay-writing services are behind an “epidemic” of plagiarism. Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected -- -- Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected plagiarism tends to involve students simply cutting and pasting in a section and putting inverted commas around it. -- -- section and putting inverted commas around it. “Students don’t realise that this is plagiarism, but these [essay-writing] services are blatant plagiarism,” he says. Trinity College Dublin’s education officer, Molly Kenny, said these -- -- reference it as they would any other online source,” she says. In the terms and conditions of the website they state they do not condone plagiarism. Foley says the site and demands for their services continue to grow. -- -- Glynn says this could be an option in Ireland: “I would endorse it if it came in here – enforcing it is the challenge – anything to discourage student plagiarism.” Students should be aware that using these services can be risky, -- -- the paper it’s written on. PLAGIARISM: A GROWING PROBLEM Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases -- Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases of students disciplined for plagiarism across the Irish higher-education sector. -- -- Of the colleges that supplied figures, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). -- -- Institute of Technology Tallaght has one of the most extensive approaches to dealing with plagiarism, involving a sliding case of penalties, ranging from written warnings to potential disqualification from the institution. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Plagiarism Sat, Mar 5, 2011, 00:00 -- -- Plagiarism: from Latin “plagiarius” (“kidnapper”), use pioneered by Roman poet Martial who complained that another poet had “kidnapped his verses”.– (Wikipedia) -- -- charismatic and aristocratic defence minister, key ally to Chancellor Angela Merkel, a shooting star brought down this week by claims that he had engaged in plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. The website GuttenPlag Wiki says it has detected plagiaristic “lifts” -- -- Coincidentally, a new anti-Gadafy front has opened up in the London School of Economics where the doctoral thesis written by his son Seif al-Islam is also being checked for plagiarism following complaints by online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, -- online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, plagiarism is claiming high-profile political casualties. Academics in Ireland worry at what they see as a serious cultural -- -- at the threat to the country’s ’s reputation as a source of quality research, the Royal Irish Academy in September urged new procedures to protect against falsification and plagiarism. -- A recent US survey in Education Week, cited by plagiarism.org, reports 54 per cent of student respondents admitting to plagiarising from the internet; 74 per cent, to “serious” cheating at least once in the past year; while half believed teachers sometimes chose to ignore cheating. -- -- And then, of course, there’s that truly scandalous hardy annual – claims of plagiarism in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year Denmark’s A Friend In Londonis accused. The melody of their New Tomorrowis apparently similar to Face 2 Faceby Future Trance United. was to be written in 4 weeks. All of the four websites guaranteed a money back scheme if the work does not achieve the grade and if the paper was accused of plagiarism then the customer would receive their money back. -- -- Latest figures from the BBC article reveal that half of Welsh universities have seen an increase in the number of plagiarism cases With students being targeted on social media through 'sponsored -- -- https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/essay-mills-university-co urse-work-to-order/2007934.article MORE:higher educationplagiarismcollege essaysessaysacademiawalescustom essays Credit Where It's Due - Why Are Half of UK Students Losing Marks for Plagiarism? * -- -- Photo by CollegeDegrees360 under a CC license We are in the grips of a 'plagiarism epidemic' according to The Times. An investigation conducted by the paper earlier this year revealed that 50,000 university students have been caught over the last three years, -- -- Further research published this month by RefME, a digital reference management tool for students, has found that 50% of students surveyed say they have lost marks due to plagiarism arising from inaccurate citations. -- -- citations. But plagiarism falls on a spectrum and shouldn't be confused with cheating. -- -- conventions and were unaware of resources available to help them. But regardless of whether plagiarism is deliberate (and often it is not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in -- not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in their adoption of plagiarism detection, with software such as Turnitin now used by the majority. Facing the risk of a damaged reputation, suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of -- -- suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of the students surveyed say that they worry about committing accidental plagiarism. While a minor infringement is more likely to result in lost marks than -- -- person's ideas begin and another's end. In the Twittersphere, for instance, ideas are endlessly retweeted and recycled. But digital tools also exist to prevent plagiarism. Using RefME, referencing can be as simple as scanning a barcode or -- -- student support, embedding academic writing skills more deeply into the curriculum and communicating expectations from the outset. But certainly, the majority of students do not intend to commit plagiarism. On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. -- On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. MORE:plagiarismuniversitiesstudentshigher education SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW Universities use expensive software designed to detect students who cheat, but Turnitin can only detect plagiarised work, not original work that has not been penned by the student. Thus, it is nigh on impossible to detect students who use professional essay-writing services. And, -- -- I would like to see action taken to stop degree ghost-writers in their tracks. Perhaps the industry should be regulated, forcing any ghost-written essay to be submitted by the seller to plagiarism detection sites so that should the student try to pass it off as their own, they will be caught. This won't stop the rogue sites, but at least -- -- ghost-write student essays. After all, I could end up having to mark my own essay one day. MORE:universitystudentscheatingplagiarismUniversitiescheating at examsghost-writing THE BLOG The Problem With Political Speeches Isn't Plagiarism, It's Platitudes * -- -- the road" and you've won political cliché bingo. As for plagiarism, how many different ways can you express those basic concepts in simple, accessible language to describe another person? Not many. It begins with "he/she believes..." and ends in simple -- -- Ms. Obama. Trump just had a lousy proofreader who failed to spot the direct similarities. If the nouns had been replaced by synonyms, verbs exchanged, the sequence of clauses varied... who would cry plagiarism? Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the -- -- Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the news media pounce on the plagiarism as opposed to criticising the fact Melania Trump avoided saying anything interesting about the man who would be king. -- -- Trump handles that issue, unlike the speeches, will be interesting to watch. MORE:Melania TrumpDonald TrumpplagiarismRepublican convention SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW POLITICS Home»Today's Stories Chair of institute has plagiarism ruling overturned Saturday, May 04, 2013 -- -- An external investigation has found that Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) chairman Flan Garvey committed unintentional plagiarism in a 2008 master’s thesis but this has been overturned on a technical appeal. -- -- The three academics appointed in December to probe a complaint by 26 ITT academics found plagiarism in two chapters of the thesis about his Co Clare parish. -- -- It has upheld the appeal on grounds relating to the understanding of the nature of plagiarism, in a report finalised this week and also seen by the Irish Examiner. -- -- by the Irish Examiner. It found that college rules around plagiarism were not clearly formulated or clearly communicated to postgraduate students. On that basis, it said, a finding of an award being unjustified would be unfair -- -- However, a source told the Irish Examiner that staff are baffled at the outcome and many believe it places a question mark over any previous cases of students sanctioned for plagiarism. -- Plagiarism finding After word-for-word comparisons with texts cited by the complainants, -- -- interspersed with occasional references to another. One section complained of in chapter 4 was found not to be plagiarism after the investigators were made aware of Mr Garvey’s contribution to the authorship of a local history pamphlet. more serious (getting someone else to do coursework). Plagiarism is the most widespread form, with 6% disclosing that they had passed off information copied from other sources as their own work, while 5% admitting that they have carried on writing once an 29 July 2013 Parasite journalism: is aggregation as bad as plagiarism? When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing -- -- When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing work, we call it plagiarism. But news organisations do the same, and call it aggregation. Sign up for our weekly email * -- -- any better. In my opinion, it happens all the time, it's just that people don't get caught very often. Johann Hari is the classic example - the only absolutely rock solid piece of plagiarism that could be pinned on him was a piece from a German newspaper article that he'd translated. -- -- copy of being free. In my opinion, some of this stuff is just as bad as plagiarism. Aggregators are parasites, only slightly more benign than plagiarists - and sooner or later, parasites kill the host. Someone has to actually Share on Reddit HomeOxford studentsAcademic mattersStudy guidanceStudy skills and trainingPlagiarism -- Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether -- -- full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or -- unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or reckless plagiarism is a disciplinary offence. Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been -- -- Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been developed to provide a useful overview of the issues surrounding plagiarism and practical ways to avoid it. The necessity to acknowledge others’ work or ideas applies not only to -- -- text, data, or other resources downloaded from websites. The best way of avoiding plagiarism is to learn and employ the principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your -- principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your university career. Avoiding plagiarism is not simply a matter of making sure your references are all correct, or changing enough words so the examiner will not notice your paraphrase; it is about deploying your -- -- academic skills to make your work as good as it can be. Forms of plagiarism Verbatim (word for word) quotation without clear acknowledgement -- -- Paraphrasing the work of others by altering a few words and changing their order, or by closely following the structure of their argument, is plagiarism if you do not give due acknowledgement to the author whose work you are using. -- -- doing so, than to paraphrase particular sections of his or her writing. This will ensure you have a genuine grasp of the argument and will avoid the difficulty of paraphrasing without plagiarising. You must also properly attribute all material you derive from lectures. -- -- University or elsewhere. Auto-plagiarism You must not submit work for assessment that you have already submitted (partially or in full), either for your current course or for another -- -- Where earlier work by you is citable, ie. it has already been published, you must reference it clearly. Identical pieces of work submitted concurrently will also be considered to be auto-plagiarism. -- Why does plagiarism matter? -- Plagiarism is a breach of academic integrity. It is a principle of intellectual honesty that all members of the academic community should acknowledge their debt to the originators of the ideas, words, and data -- -- which form the basis for their own work. Passing off another’s work as your own is not only poor scholarship, but also means that you have failed to complete the learning process. Plagiarism is unethical and can have serious consequences for your future career; it also undermines the standards of your institution and of the degrees it -- -- issues. Why should you avoid plagiarism? -- There are many reasons to avoid plagiarism. You have come to university to learn to know and speak your own mind, not merely to reproduce the opinions of others - at least not without attribution. At first it may -- -- independent one - by learning to assess critically the work of others, weigh up differing arguments and draw your own conclusions. Students who plagiarise undermine the ethos of academic scholarship while avoiding an essential part of the learning process. -- -- avoiding an essential part of the learning process. You should avoid plagiarism because you aspire to produce work of the highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear -- -- highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear of plagiarism. Moreover, you will reap the additional benefits of improvements to both the lucidity and quality of your writing. It is important to appreciate that mastery of the techniques of academic -- -- commitment to the principle of intellectual honesty in scholarship. What happens if you are thought to have plagiarised? -- The University regards plagiarism in examinations as a serious matter. Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of -- -- Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of the occurrence. Even if plagiarism is inadvertent, it can result in a penalty. The forms of plagiarism listed above are all potentially disciplinary offences in the context of formal assessment requirements. -- -- award’. Additionally, this includes the transfer and confirmation of status exercises undertaken by graduate students. Cases of suspected plagiarism in assessed work are investigated under the disciplinary regulations concerning conduct in examinations. Intentional plagiarism in this context means that you understood that you were breaching the regulations and did so intending to gain advantage in the examination. -- -- expected to have understood (even if you did not specifically consider it) that your work might breach the regulations, but you took no action to avoid doing so. Intentional or reckless plagiarism may incur severe penalties, including failure of your degree or expulsion from the university. -- -- university. If plagiarism is suspected in a piece of work submitted for assessment in an examination, the matter will be referred to the Proctors. They will thoroughly investigate the claim and call the student concerned -- -- refer the case to the Student Disciplinary Panel. If you are suspected of plagiarism your College Secretary/Academic Administrator and subject tutor will support you through the process and arrange for a member of Congregation to accompany you to all -- -- involve the use and discussion of material written by others, and, with due acknowledgement and proper referencing, this is clearly distinguishable from plagiarism. The knowledge in your discipline has developed cumulatively as a result of years of research, innovation and debate. You need to give credit to the authors of the ideas and -- -- Does this only matter in exams? Although plagiarism in weekly essays does not constitute a University disciplinary offence, it may well lead to College disciplinary measures. Persistent academic under-performance can even result in your -- -- Borrowing essays from other students to adapt and submit as your own is plagiarism, and will develop none of these necessary skills, holding back your academic development. Students who lend essays for this purpose are doing their peers no favours. -- -- purpose are doing their peers no favours. Unintentional plagiarism -- Not all cases of plagiarism arise from a deliberate intention to cheat. Sometimes students may omit to take down citation details when taking notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. -- -- notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. However, these excuses offer no sure protection against a charge of plagiarism. Even in cases where the plagiarism is found to have been neither intentional nor reckless, there may still be an academic penalty for poor practice. -- -- It is your responsibility to find out the prevailing referencing conventions in your discipline, to take adequate notes, and to avoid close paraphrasing. If you are offered induction sessions on plagiarism and study skills, you should attend. Together with the advice contained in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common -- -- in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common errors. If you are undertaking a project or dissertation you should ensure that you have information on plagiarism and collusion. If ever in doubt about referencing, paraphrasing or plagiarism, you have only to ask your tutor. -- -- to ask your tutor. Examples of plagiarism -- There are some helpful examples of plagiarism-by-paraphrase and you will also find extensive advice on the referencing and library skills pages. -- -- London Hanged, p. 213.] Plagiarised 1. Although they did not question the inegalitarian hierarchy of their -- -- of a submissive workforce. (This is a mixture of verbatim copying and acceptable paraphrase. Although only one phrase has been copied from the source, this would still count as plagiarism. The idea expressed in the first sentence has not been attributed at all, and the reference to ‘some historians’ in the second is insufficient. -- -- original.) Non-plagiarised 1. Peter Linebaugh argues that although highwaymen posed no overt -- -- Student conduct Related websites Online plagiarism course Policy on the use of third party proof-readers Related documents * Turnitin UK Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Turnitin FAQs * Plagiarism * Turnitin UK -- -- + Turnitin FAQs + Turnitin information for Faculties and Departments * What is plagiarism? * Information for staff * Resources and support -- -- Participation in a course at Cambridge is deemed as acceptance of the University's right to apply specialist software (like Turnitin) to your work for the purposes of plagiarism education and detection; the University's Statement on Plagiarism includes this consent. However, you do have the right to request that your work is not retained in the Turnitin UK database after it has been submitted. For -- -- be used as source material for future submissions; this will help to maximise the effectiveness of the software and to protect your work from future attempts to plagiarise it. However, you have the right to request that your work is removed from the database. This can only be done on an individual basis for each piece of work, and in some cases -- -- Q. I have been asked to attend an investigative meeting because Turnitin highlighted matched text, but I know I didn't plagiarise; what do I do? Firstly, don't panic; the meeting will be investigative, not -- -- Turnitin reports will be reviewed in detail in order to make an academic judgement on whether the matched text may be a result of plagiarism, or whether it may reflect commonly-used phrases or correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the -- -- correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the University's Definition of Plagiarism, plagiarism is the submission of someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to -- someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to deceive; this means that you have plagiarised even if you did it accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine -- accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine that the matches are the result of plagiarism, they then judge whether this is minor, or more serious/extensive. If it is minor, they may adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor -- -- adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor scholarship, so you will receive a lower mark than you otherwise would have, if you had referenced appropriately. If the plagiarism is more serious or extensive, they may deem that it merits disciplinary action. -- -- Turnitin UK, the University’s use of the software complies with this requirement. The University has identified ‘providers of anti-plagiarism software’ in its information to students as organisations with whom data may be shared. For more information about data protection and the way the University uses your data, see the -- -- Q. What support is available? If you have any queries about plagiarism or good academic practice, you should contact your Tutor or Director of Studies in the first instance. Our Resources and support pages may also be of help; these contain a * Home * What is plagiarism? -- Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- The University's definition of plagiarism -- * Plagiarism -- * What is plagiarism? + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Turnitin UK University-wide Statement on Plagiarism The General Board, with the agreement of the Board of Examinations and -- -- Departments. Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. It is both poor -- -- scholarship and a breach of academic integrity. Examples of plagiarism include copying (using another person's language and/or ideas as if they are a candidate's own), by: * quoting verbatim another person's work without due acknowledgement -- -- to a joint project. Plagiarism might also arise from colluding with another person, including another candidate, other than as permitted for joint project work (i.e. where collaboration is concealed or has been forbidden). A -- -- piece of written work. Plagiarism can occur in respect to all types of sources and media: * text, illustrations, musical quotations, mathematical derivations, computer code, etc; -- -- not referencing sources) in examinations or assessed work may affect the mark given to the candidate's work. In addition, suspected cases of the use of unfair means (of which plagiarism is one form) will be investigated and may be brought to one of the University's Courts. The Courts have wide powers to discipline those found guilty of using -- -- The University makes use of text-matching software for the purpose of plagiarism education and detection, and reserves the right to submit a candidate’s work to such a service. For this purpose, candidates consent to the submission of their papers to the service and for the -- -- No candidate shall make use of unfair means in any University examination. Unfair means shall include plagiarism* and, unless such possession is specifically authorized, the possession of any book, paper or other material relevant to the examination. No member of the -- -- (Statutes and Ordinances 2016, p. 191). * Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. -- -- known as Discipline Regulation 6. Proctorial Notice on plagiarism The Proctorial Notice for 2016 can be viewed on the Proctors' website. * Information for staff Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Forms of plagiarism and collusion -- * Plagiarism * Information for staff -- -- * Information for staff + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * What is plagiarism? * Resources and support * Turnitin UK -- -- * Turnitin UK This page outlines some common forms of plagiarism and collusion, and suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. -- -- suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. * Plagiarism in invigilated examinations * Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework * Collusion in dissertations and other assessed coursework __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in invigilated examinations Collusion (perhaps by candidates exchanging notes) is extremely rare in -- -- invigilated examinations; this is clearly an offence which would be reported immediately to the Proctors. The most common forms of plagiarism in invigilated exams are: Reproducing material committed to memory -- -- heart. Those brought up with rote learning often don't realise that reproducing such material in a written examination constitutes plagiarism if it is reproduced without attribution. In technical subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as -- -- subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as plagiarism. * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it -- * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it clear that plagiarism can occur in written examinations and explain how candidates should acknowledge sources in such examinations. Examiners are strongly advised to include an appropriate rubric on -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework There are numerous forms of assessed work which are not produced under -- -- strict examination conditions, including: dissertations, assessed essays, practical work, seminar-style presentations, and musical compositions. Cases of both plagiarism and collusion are regularly reported in these forms of assessment and some are taken to the Court of Discipline. -- -- of Discipline. 'Classic' plagiarism -- * Overview: plagiarism most commonly involves copying from the Internet, published works, lecture handouts or private communications. Work copied from the Internet can be detected by -- -- the requirements and explain that serious penalties can be imposed. In cases of supervised work, Supervisors are expected to play a role: the Proctors may ask why the plagiarism wasn’t detected before the work reached the Examiners. -- -- before the work reached the Examiners. Third-party plagiarism -- * Overview: a more troublesome form of plagiarism is the use of work commissioned from a third party. These may be purchased from organisations which supply dissertations and essays on a -- -- candidate normally submits. Review-section plagiarism -- * Overview: a common form of plagiarism, which is usually more or less innocent, occurs in review sections. A final-year dissertation may legitimately build on the work described in a dissertation -- -- permitted and what is not. Guidance on proofreading is available on the collusion pages of this website. * Treatment of cases: unlike cases of plagiarism, work produced by unauthorised collusion cannot be made good by proper attribution. The Board of Examinations has agreed that it is inappropriate to -- -- A copies from B without B's knowledge Strictly, this is plagiarism rather than collusion but plagiarism that cannot be made good by any form of attribution. It may be necessary to interview both A and B at an investigative meeting. If it is clear that -- -- This example is much like the former except that B may now be in trouble too. It should perhaps be regarded as a case of collusion rather than plagiarism. Again A should not be awarded any marks for the copied elements of the University of Birmingham Intranet > Academic Services > Student Services > Student Conduct > Plagiarism > Guidance for students -- Guidance on plagiarism for students -- In 'Plagiarism' -- * Plagiarism * Plagiarism awareness starting points * Guidance for students -- * Guidance for students * Plagiarism Information for staff * Interactive plagiarism course Back to 'Student Conduct' -- -- Back to 'Student Conduct' * Defining plagiarism * A student's responsibilities -- * A student's responsibilities * 'Accidental' plagiarism * Plagiarism-detecting software * How Schools deal with plagiarism * The Learning Agreement and plagiarism * Plagiarism and postgraduate study * Student background and plagiarism * Referral to College Misconduct Committee * Appealing the decision -- -- * Confidentiality Defining plagiarism -- Plagiarism is a form of cheating and is a serious academic offence. It arises where work submitted by a student is not their own and has been taken from another source. The original material is then hidden from -- -- or by not mentioning it at all. The most common forms of plagiarism are: * copying -- * copying * self-plagiarism (also called auto-plagiarism) * collusion * fabrication or misrepresentation -- -- * unacceptable proof-reading Plagiarism may occur in a number of other forms, as well as in conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the -- conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the plagiarism may arise from the misuse of sources outside the University. The key is proper attribution of source material. None of the -- -- activities listed above is, of itself, necessarily wrong. Plagiarism is a serious matter for the University. If not dealt with, it will ultimately devalue all University degrees to the detriment of both students and the University. It also introduces a fundamental and -- -- It should be clear from a consideration of these two key requirements why plagiarism is unacceptable. By definition, a piece of work that has been plagiarised will never be able to meet either of the above criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely -- -- criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely to be a problem with plagiarism. It is ironic that students sometimes seem to go to great lengths to -- -- in jeopardy. 'Accidental' plagiarism The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the -- -- The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the severe penalties that may be applied in cases of serious plagiarism, will be anxious to avoid inadvertently submitting plagiarised work. It is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography -- is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography and still commit plagiarism by then incorporating a significant amount of un-attributed material taken directly or indirectly (through paraphrasing) from that source into the body of the assignment. -- -- Above all, the student body is not a single grouping and the University is aware of the need for a sympathetic approach to plagiarism, particularly in the first year of undergraduate studies and where there is no conscious attempt by the student to deceive. However, this is not -- -- ensure that you have clear guidance on what is expected of you in terms of the referencing of source material. If you are worried about committing plagiarism, always seek help and advice from your tutor, supervisor or other academic advisor within your School. Members of staff are experienced in dealing with questions about proper -- -- * Endnote information and training Plagiarism-detecting software Schools are making use of software systems, in addition to the existing -- -- You should be assured that academic judgement is always brought into play when analysing the results. A School will not take action against you for plagiarism as a result of the findings of Turnitin unless it has looked very carefully at the report obtained from the software and assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will -- -- assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will be able to see the relevant report and to challenge the School's case if you are accused of plagiarism following a software-based analysis of your work. -- -- However, the University reserves the right to protect the academic integrity of its degree awards by whatever means available to it. This will benefit those students who did not plagiarise. -- How Schools deal with plagiarism This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: -- -- This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: * If an Academic Integrity Officer suspects that plagiarism may have occurred they will undertake an investigation which would normally involve considering any evidence. This may include a report -- -- the marker or invigilator; * If, following the investigation, the Academic Integrity Officer has a reasonable suspicion that plagiarism has occurred, they will invite you to respond to the allegation and you will be invited to a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); -- -- a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); * Following on from the meeting, the principal academic unit will determine the level of plagiarism (if any) that it believes has arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, -- arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, moderate plagiarism and serious plagiarism. -- The consequences of a finding that plagiarism has occurred in any of these above ways can be found under Section 6 of the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. -- -- on Academic Integrity. In cases where serious plagiarism is found, the matter will be dealt with under University Regulation Section 8 Student Conduct. -- -- You should consult the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. This provides detailed definitive information on how plagiarism is dealt with. -- -- with. The Learning Agreement and plagiarism This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for -- -- This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for your part, will not submit plagiarised work and that your School, for its part, will help and support you to avoid plagiarism. It is seen by the University as a helpful expression of good faith and intentions by both sides of the academic partnership involving you and the -- -- University. Plagiarism and postgraduate study Given that you are likely to hold a First Degree already, there is an -- -- You should be assured that your School will not, provided it is satisfied that there has not been a deliberate attempt to deceive, treat any instance of plagiarism in the early stage of your postgraduate career as a matter normally requiring the imposition of a penalty. However, you must quickly come to terms with the University's -- -- dissertation element of the programme. Student background and plagiarism The educational background of students may make unintentional -- -- The educational background of students may make unintentional plagiarism more likely. Given the diversity of student background in the University, previous experience of formal education in the UK cannot be assumed. The expectations of learning and the learning styles -- -- and circumstance, as well as by individual preferences. Student work that stays close to the original source and is therefore at risk of an allegation of plagiarism may, in some cases, be the result of: * past experience of what has proven to be successful in other academic contexts but which is now a liability to the student; -- -- The University accepts that one (or more) of the above factors may play a role in a case of alleged plagiarism. Each case will therefore be treated on its individual merits and taking account of all relevant circumstances. #University of Derby Blog » Feed University of Derby Blog » Comments Feed University of Derby Blog » How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? Comments Feed alternate alternate [tr?id=263182877367236&ev=PageView&noscript=1] -- -- + Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Home > Blog > How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? James Elander -- -- Student Life How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? -- Be it in music or writing, plagiarism – “stealing other’s ideas” – is a complicated and yet serious offence. So how can universities help students improve their writing and avoid it? Professor James Elander, Head of -- -- Psychological Research, gives his top tips. Plagiarism happens so quickly and easily in these days of ‘cut and paste’, multiple deadlines and pressure to produce excellent work. -- -- Universities, therefore, need active strategies to help students learn not to plagiarise, and one approach focuses on improving their ‘authorial identity’ – a concept I have developed with Derby PhD student Kevin Cheung, which centres on how writers see themselves as -- -- students to understand the values of integrity and transparency associated with academic writing and to write assignments without plagiarising. My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction -- -- My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction session about plagiarism. I asked myself, what is the opposite of plagiarism? Surely the answer to that is authorship and, if authorship is the desired outcome, what are the behavioural or psychological characteristics needed for students to achieve that? -- -- To qualify genuinely as the authors of their written work, students must understand the role of an author, and must be able to identify with that role. This protects them from accidental plagiarism, which often happens when students produce written work without being really in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for -- -- in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for several projects with different groups of colleagues to help students not to plagiarise. Supervised by myself and Ed Stupple in the Department of Psychology at -- -- with lecturers were used to get insights into what university lecturers think about authorial identity, and how we can get them more involved in helping students write better and avoid plagiarism. These showed that changing identity, or how one sees oneself, is -- -- When students were asked afterwards about these workshops, 86% agreed they helped them understand how to avoid plagiarism and 66% agreed they helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, -- -- helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, understanding of authorship and knowledge to avoid plagiarism. The changes were greatest for year one students, supporting the common -- -- It’s important that universities spend time speaking to their students about what plagiarism means and the impact it can have. However, rather than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like -- than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like we did, and discussing how to write assignments without plagiarising, is of much better value. -- -- We hope this research will help to guide future efforts to help students improve their writing and avoid plagiarism, and also give us a simple tool to measure how students’ change through taking part in those efforts. -- -- those efforts. Top tips to avoid plagiarism Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental -- -- Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental plagiarism. Some of these are related to the early stages of work on a written assignment: * Think about what your own position (opinion) is before you start -- -- * Put yourself in the role of the author. How to use quotations without plagiarising * Think about what point you are making with the quote; -- -- * #Derby * #higher education * #plagiarism * #Press * #psychology You are here: Home / Offices / Student and Academic Services / Exams and Assessment / Plagiarism and Collusion Info -- -- Info Plagiarism and Collusion -- * Plagiarism: Plagiarism is used as a general term to describe taking and using another’s thoughts and writings as one’s own. Plagiarism can occur not only in essays and dissertations, but also in scientific experimentation, diagrams, maps, fieldwork, computer -- -- the application of very severe penalties. Avoiding plagiarism and/or collusion -- Learning Development runs a workshop on avoiding plagiarism and has study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on -- study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on avoiding plagiarism. Your student handbook is also a useful resource for plagiarism avoidance and will set out your department's policy about identifying plagiarism. Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of -- -- Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of plagiarism and/or collusion Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Senate Regulation 11: Regulations governing -- -- Departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion: Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations -- -- Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations governing student discipline when investigating and considering allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in work that is not assessed by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of -- by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of the case by the department's Plagiarism Officer. -- Departmental level consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion may be followed by a hearing of a Student Discipline Panel if the severity of the offence or the complexity of the case deems it -- -- * See regulation 11.60 to 11.70 for full details of the University's procedures for departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in assessed work (excluding written examinations) -- -- assessed work (excluding written examinations) Departmental penalties for plagiarism/collusion: The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student -- -- The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student if he/she is found to have committed plagiarism/collusion are also defined in the regulations. A disciplinary panel has the power to impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. -- -- impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. * See regulation 11.71 to 11.75 for full details of departmental penalties for plagiarism and/or collusion (extract of regulations) Cheating in written examinations -- -- staff in your department (e.g. your Programme Director or Head of Department) without any delay if you are still unsure about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. Don't risk a penalty. * For departments: -- * For departments: Contact your Plagiarism Officer or the Secretary to the Senate Student Discipline Committee (qualoffice@le.ac.uk | x2605), for advice on the operation of Senate Regulation 11. -- -- o Undergraduate Progression and Award o Taught Postgraduate Progression and Award o Plagiarism and Collusion # Penalties o Student Results You are here Home » General Regulations » Plagiarism Sitemap -- -- + University Calendar + Academic credit system (ECTS) + Plagiarism * Course Documentation + Course handbooks -- -- * Sitemap Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is interpreted by the University as the act of presenting the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. -- -- the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. Plagiarism is considered as academically fraudulent, and an offence against University discipline. The University considers plagiarism to be a major offence, and subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- University. Visit http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism -- -- Template for Plagiarism Summary Procedure -- Calendar Statement on Plagiarism for Undergraduates - Part II, 82-91 -- Plagiarism 82 General -- -- and explicit manner, and with due acknowledgement. Plagiarism is the act of presenting the work or ideas of others as one's own, without due acknowledgement. -- one's own, without due acknowledgement. Plagiarism can arise from deliberate actions and also through careless thinking and/or methodology. The offence lies not in the attitude or intention of the perpetrator, but in the action and in its -- -- It is the responsibility of the author of any work to ensure that he/she does not commit plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered to be academically fraudulent, and an offence against academic integrity that is subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- procedures of the University. 83 Examples of Plagiarism Plagiarism can arise from actions such as: (a) copying another student's work; (b) enlisting another person or persons to complete an assignment on -- -- All the above serve only as examples and are not exhaustive. 84 Plagiarism in the context of group work Students should normally submit work done in co-operation with other students only when it is done with the full knowledge and permission of -- -- the lecturer concerned. Without this, submitting work which is the product of collusion with other students may be considered to be plagiarism. When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is -- -- When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is possible, that no work submitted by the group is plagiarised. -- 85 Self plagiarism student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one -- -- student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one assessment for credit is normally considered self-plagiarism. -- 86 Avoiding plagiarism Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice -- Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice from their lecturers, tutor or supervisor on avoiding plagiarism. All schools and departments must include, in their handbooks or other literature given to students, guidelines on the appropriate methodology -- -- for the kind of work that students will be expected to undertake. In addition, a general set of guidelines for students on avoiding plagiarism is available on http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism. -- 87 If plagiarism as referred to in §82 above is suspected, in the first instance, the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or their designate, will write to the student, and the student’s tutor -- -- 88 If the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or designate, forms the view that plagiarism has taken place, he/she must decide if the offence can be dealt with under the summary procedure set out below. In order for this summary procedure to be followed, all -- -- (a) Level 1: Student receives an informal verbal warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will be assessed and marked without penalty; -- -- (b) Level 2: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissable. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped -- not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped mark depending on the seriousness/extent of plagiarism; (c) Level 3: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. There is no opportunity for #RSS 2.0 RSS .92 Atom 0.3 Ninth Level Ireland » Plagiarism Comments Feed alternate alternate alternate -- -- Plagiarism -- Of plagiarism, little new can be written (Schwartz, The culture of the copy (1998), p. 311) -- -- “Plagiarism” is defined in various ways. The core meaning seems to be inappropriate copying of another’s ideas or expressions. An important analytical distinction is between: -- -- behaviour, whether acknowledged or not. There is no legal definition of plagiarism, though it forms part of many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often -- -- many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often described as “self-plagiarism”; and two students who hand in identical essays may both find themselves accused of plagiarism, even though the essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of -- essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of them. Many examples of plagiarism will also be examples of breach of intellectual property rights, such as copyright or droit moral / droit à la paternité. -- -- à la paternité. Objections to plagiarism are numerous, so much so that it may be doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much -- doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much that used to be called “cheating” is now labelled “plagiarism”, often confusingly. The attitude of the person whose work is copied is sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as -- -- sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as your own is objectionable whether or not the true author objects.) There is a modern tendency to define “plagiarism” quite broadly, in some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme -- -- some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme hostility to plagiarism (such as stating, inaccurately, that it is a form of theft) it can sound as if large portions of the student community are being accused of crime. -- -- community are being accused of crime. Many argue that there is now a crisis of plagiarism, even a war against plagiarism. Of course, it has always been the case that some students look for illegitimate short cuts to achieving their qualifications. Various factors are blamed for the modern “crisis”: the growth of IT -- -- for intellectual development, not an occasion for open warfare between students and their teachers; the crisis, if there is one, is not so much a “crisis of plagiarism” as a crisis of how to test core competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. -- -- competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. The very difficulties experienced in trying to define plagiarism are evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how -- evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how it is to be established; further, those who condemn “plagiarism” the loudest often seem to have a quite unrealistic idea of the level of originality that can be expected at student level. -- -- originality that can be expected at student level. Plagiarism by academics is not so much discussed, though there is a general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. -- -- general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. “Persaud’s plagiarism was dishonesty, rules medical council”). It may, as in Raj Persaud’s case, come to the attention of a relevant professional body; or it might be a matter of university internal -- -- It is in this academic context that there are complaints of self-plagiarism, that academics are accused of reproducing their own work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether -- work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether “self-plagiarism” is really the right term may be doubted. Artificially padding one’s c.v. by submitting the same article to more than one journal is certainly reprehensible, and may in some circumstances even -- -- publications. Plagiarism by students, by contrast, has become a major preoccupation of universities. The rise of IT and access to online information, which has coincided with a greater emphasis on marked coursework rather than -- -- that the material could quite properly be included in a legitimate piece of writing, if referenced in the appropriate way. Any detailed university policy on plagiarism must necessarily distinguish between disciplines, as each discipline has its own nuanced attitude to materials that may be cited and how they may be used in argument. But -- -- equally, a failure to abide by a discipline’s rules is only culpable if those rules are understood – which leads many to suspect that rampant plagiarism really represents a teaching failure, such that the rules have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. -- -- have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. Many say, then, that plagiarism is to a certain extent a cultural problem. Does this mean that it is particularly a difficulty with students whose native language is not English? Some argue precisely -- -- of suspicion that is not applied to home students. There is little incentive for non-English speakers to improve their grasp of the language if they are met with “S/He must have plagiarised, s/he doesn’t speak English that well!”. If the local attitude to plagiarism is not well understood by foreign students, then presumably at least some of the blame lies with their teachers, and so a harsh response is not -- -- If there is a cultural problem, then, it is equally to do with domestic students. Academic horror at plagiarism reflects a set of value-judgments that students do not necessarily share, and the academics’ version of what their students are supposed to be doing -- -- achieve any level of expressive freedom. Constrained by an overwhelming consensus over the ‘facts’ and established modes of knowing, students may almost be forced to plagiarise. To devise a way to operate within a disciplinary context, without plagiarising, may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – -- may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – meaning, plagiarism and power, 2006) -- (See also Bill Marsh, Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education, 2007.) -- -- make no sense to be told that a failure to paraphrase counts as dishonesty. For discussion see “It’s culture, not morality”; “Using assessment on the front-line in the battle against plagiarism”. Academic conventions in these matters are framed on an assumption that -- -- dealing with intellectual problems is to find someone who has solved the problem before and to copy their work. (Without this skill, indeed, most university plagiarism policies would never have seen the light of day.) There are indeed other skills which university degrees must teach, and there are also behaviours which must be identified as -- -- required. As it is, plagiarism is increasingly being seen as a disciplinary matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an -- -- matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an unfortunate tendency both to define plagiarism broadly (as including any failure to follow established citation conventions, even if there is no attempt to claim originality for the cited material), coupled -- -- cheats off hook”; “‘Plagiarist’ to sue university”. Much attention has been focussed on plagiarism detection software (notably TURNITIN (website¦wikipedia)), which can take some of the drudgery out of identifying copied passages, and can be a useful -- -- o Irish Law Blogs o Overpayments o Plagiarism o Quality assurance o Tenure o Sample Dissertation o Sample Dissertation Proposal Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- + Referencing + Help Guides + Plagiarism Checker + Exam Revision Guides + -- -- o PhD Help Guides o Guide to Writing an Essay Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- * Call us What plagiarism is and how to avoid it One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of -- -- One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of study is that you must not plagiarise. If this is told to you early in your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there -- -- your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there are many different definitions of plagiarism. -- Plagiarism is stealing! -- This is the simplest way to explain plagiarism, it is stealing. What's more, it's stealing of the worst kind because it's taking another's idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. -- -- idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. Schools, colleges, and universities levy severe punishments on any student caught plagiarising and, in professional life, you would be prosecuted for it - plagiarism is illegal! -- The Internet and plagiarism: The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much -- -- The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much easier to plagiarise, but it has also made it easier to detect since most schools, colleges, and universities automatically scan work against millions of other sources to try and discover whether or not a -- -- teachers - they were students once themselves and during their careers have probably encountered every trick in the book! Therefore, make no mistake about it, if you deliberately plagiarise, you will be caught. -- Accidental plagiarism: -- Usually, however, a student is not guilty of direct plagiarism but plagiarising by accident. Unfortunately, it is too easy to do this when you are carrying out extensive research. Writing notes will, undoubtedly, incorporate the ideas of others alongside your own as this -- -- over an extended period of time (as with a thesis or dissertation), then it is easy to forget where your ideas end and another's begin. This is where accidental plagiarism can easily occur. -- How to avoid plagiarism: -- A very good way to avoid accidental plagiarism is to carefully record every single reference you make in your notes and put them into a list at the end of each referencing session that you carry out. It is also -- -- it) in the referencing style required by your school, college, or university. Not only will this help you to avoid an accusation of plagiarism, it will also enable you to grow accustomed to the required referencing style of your academic institution. This way of working will also allow your reference list and/or bibliography to evolve over -- -- footnote/bibliography style (employed by referencing styles such as Oxford). It is important to get this right because, like accidental plagiarism, getting it wrong will harm your academic career. Referencing and Citation Links -- -- of misuse. It is how you use these 'model answers' that makes the difference between availing yourself of a valuable academic resource and plagiarising. The best way to use a 'model answer' from a custom essay writing -- -- website is to think of the resource as you would a book i.e. make notes from it. Some of the key points you might take as a model without plagiarising are: * Structuring * Use of evidence -- -- Do not copy any words down from sources exactly as they are written unless you intend to cite them correctly within your work, otherwise you will be plagiarising. -- The good news is that nobody could, or should, accuse you of plagiarism if you simply use a source to aid your own quality of work. You are, after all, expected to research your topic, you just need to ensure you -- -- of others. Another frustrating form of accidental plagiarism can occur when you genuinely thought an idea was your own but later find that it is replicated in a book, journal, or other resource. The only way to avoid -- -- work such like a Masters or doctoral theses. Plagiarise and you're the one who suffers: -- Remember that plagiarism is a crime and that, like all forms of cheating, it ultimately harms no-one more than it does you. The best way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. -- -- way to avoid it is to follow these simple guidelines. Does buying an essay count as plagiarism? If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this -- -- If you're struggling with your work and buy an essay, does this constitute as plagiarism? The act of buying the essay is perfectly legitimate. You're allowed to -- -- answer or journal article you're given to look at. If you copy the essay word for word, reorganise sections or hand it in as your own, you'll be conducting plagiarism. Your university will take this very seriously and will be likely to issue you with a penalty. -- -- Our essay writing service guarantees that any work delivered to our customers is plagiarism free. -- If I buy an essay, how can I be sure it's not plagiarised? If you do decide to buy an essay it's wise to ensure the work you -- -- If you do decide to buy an essay it's wise to ensure the work you purchase is backed up with a 'no-plagiarism' guarantee. Ask the company you're buying from if they'll send you a free plagiarism scan with the essay. -- -- Check the company's policy on whether they offer compensation if you later find that your essay is plagiarised. Unlike most other essay writing companies, we promise that if you find that the essay you have -- writing companies, we promise that if you find that the essay you have purchased is plagiarised, we'll give you £5,000 as compensation. UK Essays will give you these guarantees as standard when you buy an -- -- essay from our website. If you are thinking about purchasing an essay, you can be sure that UK Essays will provide work that is 100% original and plagiarism free. Essay Writing Service -- -- 1. UKEssays 2. Plagiarism Scanner * 0115 966 7955 -- -- + Study Guides * Part of All Answers Ltd + Viper the anti-plagiarism checker + Law Teacher Logo + Academic Knowledge Logo o Sample Dissertation o Sample Dissertation Proposal Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- + Referencing + Help Guides + Plagiarism Checker + Exam Revision Guides + -- -- o PhD Help Guides o Guide to Writing an Essay Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- 3. Education The Plagiarism Laws In The UK Education Essay (BUTTON) Print -- -- 1. Introduction Plagiarism is robbery of words. A burglar doesnt have to break into peoples house to steal some of their most precious belongings. Even if a plagiarist takes the words of someone else who had written and passes -- -- creation, the fruit of the writer's hard work. As we know when we enter a word "plagiarism" in Internet we find almost 100,000 links to know the purpose of plagiarism, is a severe issue for writers, lawyers, authors, publishers, teachers, and students. Why should students think about? So what happens if a student downloads a -- -- piece of writing and hands it inside the same as his or her own. What is plagiarism? -- The word plagiarism must be important because it can change ones future and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good -- -- and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good intentions of doing it and not plagiarizing, but at times they get so besieged with the assignment leads to plagiarize. -- Defining plagiarism Definitions may be different but the central theme is copying from -- -- act of lying, cheating, and stealing." At UNC, plagiarism is "the deliberate or reckless representation of another's word, thoughts, or ideas as one's own without attribution about submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise." -- -- (Instrument of Student Judicial Governance,) Because it is considered a form of cheating, the Office of the Dean of Students can punish students who plagiarize with course failure and suspension. -- The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the act of plagiarism as:"To steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". -- steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". Plagiarism is "a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work." -- -- 2. Results or findings Cost of plagiarism The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of -- -- The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of intellectual creation of mind is illegal according to the intellectual property law. The plagiarism laws are there to protect the intellectual ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught -- ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught in plagiarizing, not only you will be removed from course and institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students -- institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students in the UK were expelled in 2007 for plagiarism offences". (2) -- Forms of plagiarism -- On purpose plagiarism: it states that using of someone's work for time since his/her own work -- -- If once tutor started reading the task and ends that you have just copied from a book which I have already read it earlier. This type of plagiarism can be done on purpose and it will not work. Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we -- -- Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we read more books and form points and patch them together could be easily detectable, unfair and can be Accomplice by online plagiarism Bluffing: Reading texts, picking few phrases and writing them different -- -- Stitching sources: when complete task is mentioned correctly and cited even then student needs to develop analytical skills because they need to produce work truly as their own. So this is still plagiarism due to inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of -- inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of plagiarism. -- All these types of plagiarism should be avoided at all cost lesser or greater. -- -- Methods of awareness: Why student committed to plagiarism: Many of the students are committed plagiarism because of improper time management or fear about the language and writing skills, poor knowledge regarding the subject. Some of us having thrill about breaking the rules and unawareness towards -- -- the assignments and most of them causes by laziness. Educate you self about plagiarism: Copying a text from the Internet or online or e database will have the important text and type of cite that we are using for academic research papers that are estimated. If you -- -- leads to a high standard than the conclusion and introduction, because the introduction and conclusion are frequently written by a student. Improper citation is also Leads to plagiarism because of some students copy the text from Internet and shows the matter into quotations by giving wrong references. -- -- Before to start working with assignments first find the appropriate source for referencing and arrange the matter according to the way that you studied. Other method is to detect the plagiarism by some software's that are available to detect. -- -- location where you copied. How to avoid plagiarism: -- Plagiarism is avoided by the following four methods. They are, Effective note taking habits, before you start doing assignment write -- -- 4. Conclusion and recommendation As stated that plagiarism is a rising problem in schools, colleges and universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. -- universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. "It is true plagiarism is sometimes ignored by academic institutions because students mean money and in the current financial climate, -- because students mean money and in the current financial climate, no-one wants to lose students". This doesn't mean that plagiarism is okay even your academic body doesn't understand it. Plagiarism finally states never fool yourself. -- -- states never fool yourself. The fear of plagiarism is that need to understand the difference among discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. It is -- discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. It is possible to avoid plagiarism by using resources effectively like use of tutor's, presentations, reading essays and textbooks and Internet. -- -- Cheating is not crime However, you should be conscious when caught in plagiarizing ultimately, no-one gains from it because it would be worthless of the belief in academic institution. -- -- + Study Guides * Part of All Answers Ltd + Viper the anti-plagiarism checker + Law Teacher Logo + Academic Knowledge Logo Q. It is often claimed that companies like yours encourage cheating. How do you respond? Q. How do I know that the work you provide hasn’t been plagiarised? Q. How should I use the model essay I order from you? Q. 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The editors of targeted publications are in some ways more obviously victims than the poets plagiarised. My first reaction was: what a dim thing to do these days. The tracking -- -- learn such a thing than to find out whether a particular poem has been published under more than one author’s name. It took me slightly longer to see why this response felt so off the mark. But of course plagiarism isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve -- isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve watched someone else go through. Defining plagiarism is trickier than you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other -- you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other kinds of copying (allusion, quotation) fairly easily: it’s plagiarism if the copyist hopes no one will notice. -- -- before he had the pleasure of pointing it out to me. This is probably relatively common, conscious or not. Still, I can’t bring myself to really care. Plagiarism has always seemed to me more pathetic than criminal. Log in to Reply -- -- 2. Timothy Rogers says: 13 June 2013 at 6:53 pm There’s a humorous side to plagiarized poetry, especially when it can be tied into the follies (or impostures) of youth. Here’s an illustrative story. When I was in the ninth grade in 1963 our #UK Human Rights Blog » Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Comments Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste Comments Feed Bipolar patient has capacity to decide to terminate pregnancy Right to Blog, Lord Chancellor’s Legacy and -- -- May 26, 2013 by David Hart QC Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste CutandPaste Crinion v. IG Markets [2013] EWCA (Civ) 587 read judgment -- -- Mr Mustafa, the Masters student at QMC in the second case, did rather less well; he tried to get a finding of plagiarism reversed by the Independent Adjudicator. Males J, after commencing his judgment on a judicial review from this refusal thus: -- -- The Harvard academic and songwriter Tom Lehrer recommended plagiarism as the route to academic success, wealth and fame, but his tongue was firmly in his cheek, -- -- proceeded to decide that (a) most questions of plagiarism involved some degree of academic judgment; -- -- Crimes – The Human Rights Roundup → 6 thoughts on “Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste” 1. A100plus | May 26, 2013 at 1:07 pm -- -- another 3 or 4 years … 2. Lofthouse Jnr. | May 26, 2013 at 3:46 pm Allegations of academic plagiarism tend to involve lecturers running essays through SEO tools like -- running essays through SEO tools like http://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ but these rely on other content being posted on the internet (like the ‘dodgy dossier’ was) #Sunfish » Feed Sunfish » Comments Feed Sunfish » Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Comments Feed 99 Outrageously Simple Openings For Emails Your Reader Will Be Powerless To Resist 12 steps to saying sorry -- -- * Contact us Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook -- -- Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook Plagiarism. For us writers, it’s an ugly word. -- -- joy, obviously. But is it really plagiarism? And what is plagiarism anyway? -- Plagiarism is an ethical offence, not a legal one -- I defer, as usual to the OED, which defines plagiarism thus: To take, use and/or pass off the thoughts, writings, inventions etc of -- -- Notice that it doesn’t say ‘copy’. Nor is the offence reserved exclusively for taking writing. You can plagiarise someone else’s ideas. -- -- ideas. Plagiarism is also an ethical offence, not a legal one. There is no legal remedy. -- -- I found myself in this unwelcome situation recently (of the plagiarised, I mean). I clicked a link in a fellow copywriter’s tweet to a blog post whose -- -- content, style, tone and, in some cases, entire phrases, of my post. So, it passed the first part of the plagiarism test. It took my ideas and writings. -- -- In this particular case I didn’t feel my reputation or commercial fortunes were damaged by the plagiarism. I had very little to gain for seeking any sort of remedy. And, to be -- -- But what about if it happens to you? What then? 15 steps you should take if you think you’ve been plagiarised Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a -- -- Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a potential act of plagiarism. First, get answers to these seven questions: -- -- To what extent? 6 Are you being damaged in any way by the plagiarism (other than wounded pride)? -- -- The more times you answer yes, the more likely the act is to be plagiarism. Let’s say you feel you have a case to make. Here are the eight steps -- -- Post Comment 1. Good advice. I once plagiarised an article without realising it. I published a press release, which I assumed to be public domain. It turned out that the PR person who had written the press release #RSS Feed Plagiarism Checker | WriteCheck by Turnitin * Features -- -- Get Started Now! Plagiarism in the UK In the United Kingdom, the Channel 4 news program Dispatches aired a -- -- Though much of the segment focused on cheating on standardized tests, the network used Freedom of Information requests to also gain access to statistics on plagiarism at universities in the country. According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been -- -- According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been accused of plagiarism in the past four years, of which some 40,000 were disciplined. Of those disciplined, 400 were expelled (excluded) and another 12,000 had a deduction in their grades. -- -- Those statistics are interesting for a variety of reasons. First is that, while the majority of plagiarism cases did result in disciplinary action, a full third did not. How many of these cases were because of the student being exonerated versus a decision that it didn’t warrant -- -- Still, this means that, in the UK at least, punishment for an alleged plagiarism infraction is far from automatic, resulting in a punishment rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of -- rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of plagiarism, they are more favorable than those faced by those accused of actual crimes. District attorneys in the United States, for example, routinely see conviction rates well above 90%. -- -- It’s also worth noting that only one fifth of the students accused of plagiarism suffered a reduction in their grades and only .6% of all students accused of plagiarism were expelled. This means that, in the UK, an allegation of plagiarism does not automatically mean a grade reduction, much less an expulsion. Those are actually very unlikely outcomes. -- -- However, perhaps most interesting is that the number of students accused of plagiarism is significantly smaller than the number who likely actually do it. A recent survey of college students in the U.S. showed that 38% of undergraduates and 25% of graduates admitted to -- -- While the United States is a different country, even if the UK rate of plagiarism is just 20% that means the vast majority of students who plagiarized never even faced an accusation. This is because there are approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means -- approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means approximately 2.6% were accused of plagiarism. That number, 2.6%, feels both extraordinarily high and extraordinarily -- -- low at the same time. On one hand, it’s stunning to think that, on average, in every class of 38 students, one will face allegations of plagiarism. On the other hand, given the high rate of admitted plagiarism, it means that the amount detected truly is just the tip of the iceberg. -- -- More than anything, the Channel 4 report shows just how complex the problem of plagiarism in universities is and. more importantly, how deep the issue runs. -- -- Fortunately, while there are no easy solutions to this problem, universities in the UK have made great strides in the fight. Not only have they adopted plagiarism policies and the use of plagiarism-detection software nationwide, but they’ve nearly cut in half the number of papers with high similarity rates turned in over the first 10 years of the program. -- -- first 10 years of the program. Still, as these statistics show, the battle against plagiarism is not a sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but -- -- sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but all areas of plagiarism policy. Further, it requires regular analysis to ensure that it’s working as designed so that adjustments can be made as time goes on. -- -- Fortunately, that is what the UK is doing and that’s why we have such powerful statistics from it. That data, in the end, is powerful and, as shown above, indicates the UK is turning the tide against plagiarism, even if there is still much work to be done. -- -- The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today, and do not reflect the opinions of WriteCheck. -- WriteCheck. 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Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, -- -- activities. Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, there is also evidence that a generation brought up using the Internet has very different views on what constitutes ‘plagiarism’. -- Plagiarism is usually seen as being ‘wrong’, ‘immoral’ or at least undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the -- -- undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the learning process. Furthermore, ‘plagiarism’ should not be confused with ‘copyright’, as what may be plagiarism is not necessarily copyright infringement. Thus while plagiarism is often ‘unlawful’ it may not always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute -- always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute ‘plagiarism’, such as the improper referencing of sources in student essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for -- -- essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for plagiarism, and the academic and professional penalties that can be imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. -- -- imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. SECTION ONE – TYPES OF PLAGIARISM Definitions -- -- Definitions The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines ‘plagiarism’ as ‘to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: to use (another's production) without crediting the source: to commit literary -- -- The word ‘plagiarist’ is derived from the Latin word ‘plagiarus’, meaning, ‘kidnapper’^3. Yet as we shall see, plagiarism does not need to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans -- to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans points out: ‘Everyone seems to know [plagiarism] is wrong... but few know how to completely define it’^4. -- -- know how to completely define it’^4. Oxford University states that plagiarism is ‘the copying or paraphrasing of other people’s work or ideas into your own work without full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. -- -- full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. It also includes ‘collusion’, i.e. the unauthorised working with others. The university states that students may be guilty of plagiarism even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This -- even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This suggests that ‘plagiarism’ is an all-embracing term that covers a huge variety of activities. -- -- variety of activities. Types of plagiarism The Harvard Guide to Using Sources^7 provides useful examples of -- -- unacceptable conduct. Many of these involve the practice of ‘cutting and pasting’ from electronic sources such as the Internet^8. The Guide divides plagiarisms into several different types. -- The first is ‘Verbatim plagiarism’. This is word for word copying from another source without placing the copied text in quotation marks and providing a clear citation, i.e. an acknowledgement of where the -- -- material came from. Another category is ‘Mosaic plagiarism’^9. This involves copying parts of another’s material but changing a few words here and there without placing the material in quotes or providing a citation. The Guide -- -- An example can be found in How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, an unpublished novel Kaavya Viswanathan, which was found to contain numerous instances of plagiarism, notably from two previously published books by author Megan McCafferty^10. -- -- first in a long string of boyfriends got on.’^12 Here, mosaic plagiarism can be seen in the way certain words are changed while others are left unaltered. The result is very close to the original in its expression. -- -- the original in its expression. ‘Inadequate paraphrasing’ is a similar type of plagiarism where the student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a -- -- student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a citation, this is not enough to prevent plagiarism. The new passage must instead restate the original work using completely new words. The Guide suggests that students should make accurate notes of the original -- -- citation immediately afterwards^15. Other types of plagiarism can include providing inaccurate information about the sources in citations and using too many sources without enough interconnecting original material, with the result that the -- -- paper contains almost no original work^16. Another type of plagiarism is ‘self-plagiarism’. This is a practice mainly found among academics where the author recycles their own work, ‘dressing up’ old research to make it appear original and new^17, and -- -- Problems with definitions However, though examples of plagiarism are numerous, there is much disagreement about when the rules should apply. -- -- topics which a first year undergraduate may be ignorant of. Similarly, arts students tend to cite things differently than science students^19. This undermines any solid definitions of plagiarism. -- Another problem when defining plagiarism is that educational institutions’ plagiarism policies tend to give students more leeway in examinations. For instance, Yale College’s plagiarism guide states that for its purposes the term ‘plagiarism’ will be usually confined to coursework only^20. -- -- Administrators (an advisory body for institutions providing writing programs) takes the view that institutions should treat intentional and unintentional plagiarism differently^21. They state that if a student tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be -- -- tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be classed as ‘plagiarism’^22. In fact, they regard it as part of the natural learning process for students. They also state that using ‘common knowledge’ is acceptable. However this again does not address -- -- acknowledgment^24. This definition appears self-contradictory, as it recognizes that some institutions and even academic programmes define ‘plagiarism’ differently. What use then is the definition? Such definitions are unhelpful and serve only to confuse the issue. -- -- is part of the learning process, where students assimilate phrases, terminology and ideas to gain understanding of a particular subject. However she states that this is still plagiarism, regardless of whether the student acknowledges their sources^26. -- -- If that wasn’t enough for the student to contend with, there is evidence to suggest that the present generation of students views ‘plagiarism’ differently from previous generations. In American colleges 68% of all students admit cutting and pasting from the Internet without giving acknowledgments^27. Blum suggests that this -- -- forms part of a cultural pattern. McCabe and Trevino also note that this ‘may be due to a changing definition among students of what constitutes plagiarism’, particularly when it comes it paraphrasing^28. Blum says: ‘Contemporary students are swimming in a sea of texts’^29. -- -- Contrasted to this, the academic world has strict rules on referencing even when direct quotations are not used. This may explain the rise in the amount of plagiarism seen in colleges and universities recently. Conclusion -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. It can encompass a wide variety of activities, not all of which involve professional ‘cheating’. Unintentional plagiarism can also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as -- -- also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as ‘plagiarism’. A problem for students is that some disciplines and forms of assessment are more stringent than others. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot -- -- some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot when they are plagiarizing another’s work. -- Copyright symbol SECTION TWO – Plagiarism v Copyright UK law -- -- to exploit a work^30. The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) governs UK copyright law. One of the main differences between copyright and plagiarism is that copyright generally does not protect ideas, only the expression of those ideas. However this distinction is not as clear cut as it sounds. -- -- What is copyright? Plagiarism covers a variety of material. It includes academic papers, professional publications, works of fiction and even scientific formulae. In short, where there is any potential for the use of -- -- recorded in some permanent form, such as in writing^42. Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright is that copyright only lasts for a fixed period. For original works this is seventy years from the death of the author^43, while for sound -- -- arrangements last for twenty-five years^45. If a work’s copyright expires it becomes ‘public domain’ and can be used freely without a licence. By contrast, plagiarism is not concerned with whether a source is public domain or not, but whether it has been adequately referenced. -- -- Infringement Plagiarism policies and copyright law both cover a wide variety of activities. However copyright law is more rigid, in that it sets out what activities may constitute copyright infringement. -- -- work to the public, adapting the work or authorizing any of these acts to be done without a licence There is no need to show any intention on the part of the infringer. Therefore, as with plagiarism, infringement may be unintentional. -- -- author^46, or joint authors if there are more than one^47, of by the author’s employer if the work was created during the course of their employment^48. This is unlike plagiarism, where it does not matter whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone -- whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone else to produce a piece of work may be plagiarism in itself^49. How much can be copied? -- -- How much can be copied? Plagiarism policies allow for some copying provided that any text lifted from the original is surrounded in quotation marks and referenced properly^50. Similarly, you can legally copy material from a -- -- that the work must originate from its creator and not be copied from somewhere else^54. One of the consequences of this is that facts cannot generally be protected. This contrasts with plagiarism, which suggests that it is the failure to say where the facts came from that incurs a penalty^55. -- -- Sufficient acknowledgment Plagiarism is concerned with originality of work. For instance, plagiarists who recycle old ideas are criticized for undermining the pursuit of original knowledge and enriching themselves, sometimes at -- -- Publication: does it matter? Plagiarism does not require anything to be made public. However, except for ‘copying’, copyright infringement must involve the work being made available to the public^59. Bainbridge notes that the approach courts -- -- Ideas v Expression Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, -- is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, not the ideas behind it. Plagiarism however, can be committed by stealing ideas as well as by copying text. -- -- Saunders states that this means that an academic can copy ideas from someone else’s work, as long as he presents them in an original way. Such behaviour may be plagiarism, but it is not copyright infringement^63. -- -- copyright infringement^74. Therefore if you reproduce a section of an original work without crediting the author, you may also violate this right as well as commit plagiarism. Under s.80(1) CDPA 1988, an author or director also has a right to -- -- Conclusion Therefore copyright infringement in the UK differs from plagiarism in that only certain works are protected for a limited duration. Infringement also requires that the amount used from the copyright work -- -- family^87. This is all very different from the position regarding plagiarism, where it does not matter if the work is public domain or not. -- -- Moral Rights in the US are much more limited than in the UK, and are of little assistance to the copyright owner in preventing plagiarism. Authors in the US have rights of paternity and integrity similar to -- -- unscripted portions of the film are written down verbatim. Such use may well not infringe copyright. This is, of course, different to plagiarism, which includes non-literal copying from any source. There must also be ‘substantial similarity’ between the infringing copy -- -- to reproducing or exhibiting work, communicating work to public, and falsely attributing work to the author. This covers all possible forms of plagiarism and may be an alternative remedy to infringement for plagiarized authors. However these rights are more limited than in English law. The rights -- -- i) ‘ILLEGAL’ v ‘UNLAWFUL’ Plagiarism may be unlawful, but it is not necessarily illegal. Although these two terms are often used interchangeably, they do have different technical meanings. “Illegal” has been defined as an act’ which the law -- -- Therefore to infringe copyright is to violate law and commit an ‘illegal’ act. However while plagiarism is considered unethical, it is not ‘illegal’ unless it also infringes copyright or some other rule of law. -- -- law. In fact, some plagiarisms may not even be unlawful, as even plagiarized work is capable of subsisting in copyright. A plagiarized essay still qualifies as a literary work under the CDPA 1988 even if it has not been created to academic standards. The plagiarist would still be able -- -- students. For purely academic work, the UK law does not require that source material be acknowledged. However this will not protect students from allegations of plagiarism. Someone writing an essay or journal article may claim they are writing -- -- Conclusion Plagiarism is therefore be illegal only if it infringes copyright or some other law. Even infringement may be lawful if it amounts to ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. The UK law provides little certainty on the -- -- This makes cases hard to predict in the UK and the US. SECTION SIX – CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES -- -- i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES If plagiarism involves a violation of copyright law, the infringer may commit criminal offences. -- -- dishonestly make a representation with a view to causing gain or loss to anyone^176, for instance, if an academic secures a publishing advance for an original article but delivers a plagiarized version. Australia -- -- where the origins of a work have been deliberately disguised, such as by removing copyright notices or modifying it so it cannot be recognized^187. This may apply to plagiarized written work. Australia -- -- Even if a plagiarist escapes civil or criminal sanctions, they may still face serious consequences. Plagiarism can result in the cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have -- -- cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have plagiarized several works, including those by Megan McCafferty and Salman Rushdie , the publishers cancelled her publishing contract ^198. The publisher may also ban the author in the future and withdraw copies -- -- author to provide a warranty that their work is original^200 Plagiarism can cause severe embarrassment and damage the copier’s career and good standing in the academic community. The publisher may complain to the academic’s departmental head, resulting in internal -- -- governed by the Human Rights Act 1998, which enshrines the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law^206. University Disciplinary Committees decide what penalties to impose on students for plagiarism. These are distinct from Examination Boards, which grade students based on their academic performance. Disciplinary Committees are subject to -- -- In one recent case, a student accused his university of negligence for failing to bring plagiarism to his notice. Michael Gunn sued the University of Kent for failing him for plagiarism days before he was due to graduate, having said nothing about this while he carried on his studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation -- -- studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation for changing a student’s grade after they have graduated on grounds of plagiarism^212. -- Plagiarism policies may discriminate against students from overseas. The JISC recognizes that for some students, such as those who are home-schooled, reproducing large amounts of text is a way of showing -- -- under the Human Rights Act 1998. Many academic institutions also utilize plagiarism detection sites and software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and -- software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and plagiarismchecker.net. In the USA, their use has already sparked a court case. In AV v iParadigms LLC^217, high school students in Virginia and Arizona sued Turnitin.com’s owners, iParadigms. The -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright -- process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright infringement and plagiarism are not the same thing, and one may be a plagiarist without infringing copyright, and vice versa. While there are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are -- -- are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are generally less well protected in the US and Australia. Also, moral rights are much weaker in these two countries. Plagiarism is not always illegal, thanks to defences such as ‘fair use’. However what is ‘fair’ can be very hard to pin down, and the potential infringer would be well -- -- advised to always err on the side of caution. There are severe criminal and civil penalties for commercial copyright infringement, and plagiarism can also have damaging academic and professional consequences. However, in a culture that is becoming increasingly reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next -- -- reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next generation of scholars may well have very different ideas about what is ‘plagiarism’. One answer would be to change the way university courses are taught, placing less reliance on traditional essay-writing, which encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly -- -- encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly different form. Instead universities appear to be resorting to technology themselves to stamp out plagiarism. Whether these methods are legal themselves remains to be seen. -- -- Blum, S, My Word! 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The Little Oxford English Dictionary, 6th edn, Oxford -- -- Harlow 2010, p.29. 4 J Evans, ‘The New Plagiarism in Higher Education`, 2000, retrieved 14 May 2001, . -- -- 15 Ibid. 16 Plagiarism.org, Types of Plagiarism, 2012, retrieved 21 November 2012, . 17 R Attwood, ‘Allow me to rephrase, and boost my tally of articles’, -- -- de=402598>. 18 J Carroll and J Appleton, Plagiarism: A Good Practice Guide, 2001, retrieved 7 November 2012, , p. 14. -- -- 19 Ibid. 20 Yale College, Definitions of Plagiarism, Cheating, and Documentation of Sources, 2012, retrieved 7 November 2012, -- of Sources, 2012, retrieved 7 November 2012, . -- -- 21 The Council of Writing Program Administrators, Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: The WPA Statement on Best Practices, 2003, retrieved 7 November 2012, p.1. 22 Ibid, p.2. -- -- 24 Ibid. 25 R Howard, ‘Plagiarisms, Authorships, and the Academic Death Penalty.’ College English, vol. 57, no.7, 1995, pp. 708-36. -- -- 26 Ibid. 27 S Blum, My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture, Cornell University Press, New York, 2009, p.1. -- -- de=402598>. 57 J Saunders, ‘Plagiarism and the law: a guide to plagiarism and the law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, -- law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, , p.2. 58 [2007] EWCA Civ 247. -- -- 86 Ibid. 87 R King, Understanding Copyright Law, Fair Use, Plagiarism and Public Domain, King & Associates, Arizona, 2012 (e-book). -- -- Features * Plagiarism detection * Plagiarism checker reviews * Types of plagiarism * Is plagiarism illegal? * Plagiarism articles * Ask the Doctor -- * Ask the Doctor * Plagiarism pictures * Plagiarism scanner (BETA) Guides -- -- * Referencing guides * Lesson plans * NEW: Free plagiarism workbook (PDF) About -- -- About PlagiarismChecker.net is the free website for plagiarism software, reviews, articles, lesson plans and commentary on detection methods. -- -- XML | TXT | HTML | ROR | Images © Copyright 2015 by PlagiarismChecker.net. 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You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be -- -- You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be familiar with the definition, investigation process and potential implications regarding plagiarism and collusion. Plagarism -- -- Collusion A form of plagiarism that involves unauthorised co-operation between at least two people with the intent to deliberately mislead or deceive -- -- * allowing work to be copied e.g. posting written coursework on social networking sites prior to an assessment * The offence of encouraging or enabling plagiarism includes the act of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done -- of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done with the intention of enabling or encouraging plagiarism. Investigation process -- -- Investigation process In all suspected cases of Plagiarism and/ or Collusion, the centre is required to notify the awarding organisation within 10 working days. -- -- City & Guilds ILM: Plagiarism, Collusion and Cheating Policy OCR: Joint Council for Qualifications Suspected Malpractice in -- -- + Information, advice and guidance statement of service + Learner charter + Plagiarism and Collusion Your questions * What is academic integrity? * What is plagiarism? * How do I avoid plagiarism? * What is referencing? * Why should I reference? -- -- Students working together where this is not permitted, with the intention of gaining an unfair advantage or cheating in the preparation of coursework. A form of plagiarism. See also collaboration. Common knowledge -- -- * exam techniques (eg preparation, timing, etc). Plagiarism In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas -- -- In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas or writings as your own without acknowledgement. In an academic context (see page What is is plagiarism?). This includes taking another person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of -- -- person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of plagiarism in the General Regulations Appendix A: * reproducing in any work submitted for assessment or review(for example, examination answers, essays, project reports, -- -- Turnitin In full this refers to the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software supplied under license from Turnitin UK . Submitted work is matched against a database of previously submitted work from every institution -- -- which subscribes to Turnitin, (including international institutions); current and archived internet pages and databases of journals and periodicals (Gale and Emerald). Turnitin does not detect plagiarism: it is a text-matching software which provides a report on whether a student's work is original (no matching text) or unoriginal. All * PlagiarismDetection.org * plans & pricing -- -- * login Reliable plagiarism detector -- Fast and accurate plagiarism checker for teachers, students, publishers, bloggers. Since 2008. -- -- bloggers. Since 2008. Plagiarism prevention in Europe -- Plagiarism is a controversial issue in institutions of higher learning across Europe. Various views have been raised concerning this topic vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different -- -- vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different European countries. It is prudent to understand what each country perceives regarding plagiarism for the sake of students who wish to study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the -- study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the plagiarism policy means in countries such as Poland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought -- -- Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought about the definition of plagiarism, different answers were gathered. This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various -- This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various attitudes towards plagiarism. According to the respondents, students from Czech Republic highlighted that plagiarism simply meant “copying without referencing the original author”. British students simply stated that it had something to do with “taking another person’s work -- -- simply meant “copying”. Polish answers were a bit long making reference to intellectual property rights, illegal, copying and cheating. Plagiarism policy in Europe has had different opinions. This may be attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to -- attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to measures taken by institutions to control and prevent plagiarism. As much as the situation may look similar in most countries, a few scenarios differ. A clear similarity is apparent between Cyprus and the -- -- academic writing. Most universities and colleges in the US and UK report high cases of plagiarism despite plagiarism checkers put in place to avoid it. A number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students -- number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students and lecturers concerning plagiarism. Despite having these guidelines, originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding -- originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding what really constitutes plagiarism. In some instances, poor academic discipline may qualify as plagiarism as opposed to the actual misconduct. This has been labeled as a demeaning factor in achieving consistency among institutions of higher learning. -- -- In 2012 an anonymous survey of 617 students conducted at the University of Graz in Austria showed that about one-third students reported that they had already plagiarized at least once. Reasons for plagiarism were comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 -- comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 percent), unintended plagiarism (34 percent) and uncertainty about the source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that -- source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that "comfort", which primary reason for students to plagiarize is indeed lack of a plagiarism checker being used by teachers to control works submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and -- -- submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and the UK have adopted plagiarism detectors. In the UK, much emphasis has been relayed on penalties on students who plagiarize. Universities in the US are quite strict on matters of plagiarism hence prompting students to pay attention to details when attributing works. In contrast with Europe, university students in the US are constantly -- -- reference list and parenthesis on materials cited in the text. To some extent, these attribution systems have managed to streamline issues of plagiarism as well as bring consistency in the US. Institutions of higher learning in both countries have equally faced challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public -- -- challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public domain. In the current era of information explosion, more knowledge is becoming common hence presenting the challenge on what is plagiarized or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, -- or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, plagiarism checkers think otherwise. On the contrary, it is easier to assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and -- assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and does not require citing. In the overall, plagiarism is still an issue to solve in many countries given the fact that knowledge is dynamic. -- -- all articles * Academic plagiarism * Checker supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish languages. -- -- * Twitter+ © 2008-2018 PlagiarismDetection.org ____________________ Student Circus Blog Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments -- -- Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? 14 Nov,2016 -- -- 14 Nov,2016 Plagiarism is a foreign word for most of the international students coming to the UK. Plagiarism means copying someone else’s ideas or work and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are -- -- and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are found to be plagiarising your content, you could fail the exam or assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian -- -- assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian countries, plagiarism is not strictly enforced or frowned upon, which leads to complacency and lack of knowledge of plagiarism when students go to west for further education. Plagiarism can be of various types such as*: a.Copying or paraphrasing text from websites, articles, research -- -- c.Duplicating your work, for instance by submitting almost the same work for two different tasks. So, how to avoid plagiarism? The answer is referencing, paraphrasing and citing the sources. The most common citation styles are as follows: -- -- marks. *Avoiding plagiarism: A guide for international students. (n.d.). Retrieved from -- Retrieved from http://www.educationuk.org/india/articles/avoiding-plagiarism-guide-for -international-students/ Disclaimer: www.studentcircus.com (Student Circus UK ) is not #Teaching Matters blog » Feed Teaching Matters blog » Comments Feed Teaching Matters blog » Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? Comments Feed Exploring research-led teaching at Senate Training and support for postgraduate students who teach (PGWT) alternate -- -- 27th July 20175th September 2017IAD user Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? PhD nightmare crop Poor academic practice and academic misconduct cases -- -- occur and the consequences are potentially catastrophic and extremely distressing for all concerned. Cases we are aware of have involved the external examiner identifying plagiarised material with an almost forensic level of rigor – exactly what we expect of any external examiners doing their job. It has struck us that there is currently an -- -- Our pilot of this approach has already proved valuable by identifying patterns of poor scholarship including plagiarism among year 1 progression papers; issues we have identified would definitely land students in trouble if they had submitted work for UG or taught PG -- -- of Turnitin. Undetected problems could persist within a final submitted thesis and this could be catastrophic; in 2013 the Education Minister for Germany had their PhD rescinded because of plagiarised content. PhD theses are still a special case and the nature of similarity needs Written on May 23 2013. Misconception 15: Turnitin employs legions of writing experts to read and evaluate papers for plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin receives over 200,000 papers daily, and no human reads the papers at Turnitin. All papers are processed by our -- -- Reality: Turnitin matches text similarity and does not grade papers for the instructors. It is up to the instructor and/or student to determine whether the assignment exhibits plagiarism. Misconception 13: Turnitin has expertise in plagiarism and can render judgment on specific cases. 
Reality: There is no "threshold" Similarity Index that is either -- -- at the Originality Report. Misconception 3: The "Similarity Index" shows the percentage of paper that is plagiarized.
 Reality: The Similarity Index is just a percentage of material in the paper that matches sources in the Turnitin databases. Text that is -- -- Instructors can decide to let their students see their reports, do re-submissions, get revised reports -- or not. Misconception 1: Turnitin detects plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin matches to text in our databases and leaves the judgment up to the instructor. As mentioned above, instructors MUST Blog Is Recycling Your Own Work Plagiarism? Written on July 20 2016. -- -- Written on July 20 2016. [self-plagiarism-blog-image.png] This post is excerpted from an article originally published on -- -- Writers often claim that because they are the authors, they can reuse their work, either in full or in excerpts, over and over again. How can republishing one’s own work be defined as plagiarism if the author has only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the -- only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the definition of self-plagiarism, how it crosses into copyright laws and ethical issues, and the different ways an author can avoid this increasingly controversial act of scholarly misconduct. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ What is Self-plagiarism? Let's look at one scenario: Leslie is an assistant professor going -- -- number of publications for tenure, but from the same work. Doing so, Leslie might commit what Scanlon (2007) calls “academic fraud,” a form of selfplagiarism (pg. 57). -- Self-plagiarism is defined as a type of plagiarism in which the writer republishes a work in its entirety or reuses portions of a previously written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that -- -- written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that because they are the authors, they can use the work again as they wish; they can’t really plagiarize themselves because they are not taking any words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on -- words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on whether self-plagiarism is possible, the ethical issue of self-plagiarism is significant, especially because self-plagiarism can infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of -- infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of plagiarism do not account for self-plagiarism, so writers may be unaware of the ethics and laws involved in reusing or repurposing texts. -- -- texts. The American Psychological Association (2010) explains how plagiarism differs from self-plagiarism: “Whereas plagiarism refers to the practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of -- practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of others, self-plagiarism refers to the practice of presenting one’s own previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). -- -- previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). As Roig (2006) suggests, self-plagiarism occurs “when authors reuse their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared -- -- their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared elsewhere” (pg. 16). Roig identifies a few types of self-plagiarism: * Republishing the same paper that is published elsewhere without notifying the reader nor publisher of the journal -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Definitions of Plagiarism -- The question of whether self-plagiarism exists or not—is it possible to plagiarize oneself?—is rooted in the definition of plagiarism. Plagiarism is typically defined as stealing the work of another and presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary -- presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary (2011) defines plagiarism as taking the work of another as “literary theft.” The verb to “plagiarize” is defined as: * “To take and use as one's own (the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another person);” -- -- According to the OED definition, in the strict sense recycling papers would not be plagiarism. -- However, Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2011) defines to “plagiarize” similarly with the addition description in the second definition below: * To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: -- -- So, in the Webster definition, recycling one’s own papers would fall under “to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source” and is, therefore, considered plagiarism. But what is more important than the definition of plagiarism, and whether it is possible to “self-plagiarize,” is the ethics behind self-plagiarism. __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Ethical Issues of Self-plagiarism -- Publications manuals have a set standard regarding self-plagiarism. When an author publishes in a journal, the author often signs over rights to the publisher; thus, copyright infringement is possible if an -- -- Biomedical journals in particular have had significant problems with copyright due to self-plagiarism and many have taken a stance against the practice in publication. Some have gone so far as to request the author’s previous manuscripts to ensure that the work is original (Roig -- -- It seems that even the American Psychological Association (APA) has taken a recent position against the practice by addressing self-plagiarism in the 2010 sixth edition of the publication manual, a discussion, which is absent from previous editions. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Avoiding Self-plagiarism Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for -- -- Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for avoiding plagiarism, four of which deal specifically with self-plagiarism, as follows: * Guideline 10: Authors who submit a manuscript for publication containing data, reviews, conclusions, etc., that have already been -- -- that is subsequently presented as a new study is an equally serious ethical breach. * Guideline 12: Because some instances of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and even some writing practices that might otherwise be acceptable (e.g., extensive paraphrasing or quoting of key elements of a book) can constitute copyright infringement, -- -- Technology like iThenticate by Turnitin is another way to avoid self-plagiarism. By comparing written work against the largest database of scholarly, full-text content, authors and researchers can screen their work prior to publication submission and organizations can -- -- Conclusion The issue of self-plagiarism is becoming more and more prevalent, and some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, -- some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, have seen a rising trend in self-plagiarism. The APA publication manual has no discussion of self-plagiarism in its fifth edition, but addresses it twice in the sixth edition, perhaps to prevent such practices. Organizations and individual authors and researchers can -- -- take preventative measures in their writing practices and editing processes, including the use of technology that helps detect potential self-plagiarism before submitting their work for publication. References -- -- Style Chicago. 16th Edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. * “Plagiarize.” (2011). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com. -- http://www.merriam-webster.com. * “Plagiarism, n.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed.). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * “Plagiarize, v.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed. ). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * Roig, Miguel. (2006). Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. -- other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. Retrieved from http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/plagiarism.doc * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in -- -- * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification, 57-66. * Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright. (2010). Copyright. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Copyright Office. Retrived from Programme of activities/ Academic integrity and plagiarism/ -- Academic integrity and plagiarism [icon-twitter-rounded.png] [icon-facebook-rounded.png] -- -- Protecting, developing and enhancing academic integrity in general is the second theme for action, with a particular focus to the issue of plagiarism. Higher education has indeed its own particularities and potential -- -- Another activity under this priority line would be the organisation of a specific seminar on plagiarism, which could be held in 2016. One possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes -- possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes towards plagiarism coexist in Europe and that approaches differ from one Member State to another. -- -- 2. Drafting of guidelines together with measurement indexes; 3. Promotion of capacity building in higher education institutions to evaluate plagiarism. -- -- + Programme of activities o Ethical behaviour of all actors in education o Academic integrity and plagiarism o Recognition of qualifications o Other activities #RSS 2.0 Thomas Lancaster » Feed Thomas Lancaster » Comments Feed Thomas Lancaster » Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 Comments Feed Contract Cheating – A Decade (Plus One) Of Contract Cheating Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 1 – Academic Integrity and Contract -- -- ____________________ Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 -- -- use a third party to have work completed for them. Sessions at the 2017 international conference on Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond ended up heavily focused on contract cheating. Having been part of contact cheating research since the term first formed part -- -- I’ve already shared my conference presentation on contract cheating in examinations and provided general collected thoughts about Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. -- -- 05 Emerging Issues In Contract Cheating Wider challenges surrounding educational integrity also influence how contract cheating practice could develop. These include traditional areas of student plagiarism, the use of translation and essay spinning software, as well as the risks posed by students using smart drugs. -- -- these posts are compiled, runs to nearly 8,000 words, so that just shows how much value there was in the presentations and discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. ← Next post Previous post → -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Please browse around the blog and the links, and feel free to leave your thoughts. -- -- Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: brno, conference, contract cheating, essay mills, plagiarism across europe and beyond, research Read 127 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:14 am […] This is Part 1 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 2 – Inside The Contract Cheating Industry | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:30 am […] This is Part 2 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 3 – Contract Cheating by Academics | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:31 am […] This is Part 3 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 4 – Detecting Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:43 am […] This is Part 4 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 5 – Emerging Issues in Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:54 am […] This is Part 5 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 6 – Which Students Are Contract Cheating And What Does This Mean For -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:18 pm […] This is Part 6 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 7 – Understanding Contract Cheating From The Student Viewpoint | Thomas -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:28 pm […] This is Part 7 (the final part) of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 | ContractCheating.com says: October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm -- -- October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm […] This blog post provides lots of details about contract cheating from discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. […] Leave a Reply Cancel reply -- -- Recent Posts * Student Plagiarism And How To Stop An International Problem – With A Focus On Kosovo -- A Focus On Kosovo * Emerging Issues In Plagiarism Prevention And Detection – My View From 2004 * Beyond Contract Cheating – Towards Academic Integrity -- -- Recommendations To Address Essay Mill Use – Video * Cutting The Costs Of Open Access Research * Plagiarism and Assessment * Examining The State of Academic Integrity in Europe – Recommendations From SEEPPAI this work is produced, it is a concern. Since contract cheating produces original work, this is unlikely to be picked up using standard text matching plagiarism detection services such as Turnitin. Some of the more interesting findings across our research have related -- -- Beyond this, there are parallels with the research into the anti-plagiarism fields, in particular looking at the policies, processes and penalties surrounding contract cheating, and how to write assignments to prevent contract cheating. The research I’ve been -- -- Feel free to contact me regarding contract cheating. I often deliver keynote talks, research seminars and training related to plagiarism and contract cheating. I’m happy to discuss the issues further, to assist with staff development and to support requests from the media. -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Much more information about what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. -- -- what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: contract cheating, plagiarism, robert clarke, thomas lancaster Read 8 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- March 28, 2017 at 7:03 am Dear professor My research subject is plagiarism. Since you coined the term contract cheating in 2006, would you mind clarifying how a “contarct cheater” is different from a “ghost writer”? -- -- https://t.co/rzBOjVHu5K 1 day ago * @DoctorMikeReddy I really can't remember the "gym analogy" from during my PhD years (2000-2003) when the plagiarism… https://t.co/pOKTEXmudT 1 day ago #Plagiarism.org RSS Feed IFRAME: https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NST4MH8 -- -- (BUTTON) Toggle navigation [p-dot-org-logo-1512156951.png] * Understanding Plagiarism * Preventing Plagiarism * Teaching about Plagiarism * Plagiarism Checking * Plagiarism Research * Plagiarism Policy ____________________ -- -- ____________________ European Responses to Student Plagiarism in Higher Education Irene Glendinning -- -- A significant amount of research has been undertaken in response to the recent flood of student plagiarism now being detected in higher education institutions (HEI). Based on deeper understanding of the underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for -- -- underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for strategies and systems for detection, penalties and mitigation of student plagiarism. So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from -- -- So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from English speaking countries, particularly the UK, North America and Australia. Their work has included research into plagiarism from students from other countries, including Sweden, Germany, Lithuania, Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of -- -- Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of countries in Europe is not well understood and there has not yet been a comparative study of plagiarism in HEIs across Europe. -- The IPPHEAE project (Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), -- Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), aims to plug the identified gap by focusing on plagiarism in European HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and -- -- HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and deterring plagiarism. Surveys are being conducted in HEIs at three levels: students, teaching staff and senior managers, to determine how well any procedures are understood, to what extent they are operating -- -- Where possible representatives from national quality agencies are being interviewed in order to gain overarching national perspectives on issues such as national policies and how plagiarism impacts on quality and standards. This dimension also provides a means of highlighting the importance of the research to people who can influence educational -- -- IPPHEAE project including an overview of in-depth institutional studies and interventions for reducing the number of incidences of student plagiarism. -- This paper was submitted to the International Integrity & Plagiarism Conference which ran between 2004-2014. The paper was peer reviewed by an independent editorial board and features in the conference (GO) GO UK leads Europe in the fight against plagiarism Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study -- -- integrity among students, a study has found. The analysis looked at factors such as universities’ use of plagiarism software, consistency of sanctions, transparency, training, efficacy of prevention policies and efforts to address the issue at a national -- -- countries, in most aspects,” said Irene Glendinning, academic manager for student experience at Coventry University and principal investigator on the Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe project. -- -- Ms Glendinning said that unlike in the UK, where efforts to prevent and detect plagiarism have been growing since 2001, in Spain students reported that tools to detect plagiarism were rarely used, and only one-third said there were policies for dealing with the problem. -- -- Ms Glendinning also acknowledged that the survey looked at policies and their implementation rather than the prevalence of plagiarism because, she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that -- she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of plagiarism around … but there are no statistics anywhere,” she said. Consistent recording would mean “we can have a handle on whether what we’re doing is actually having an effect”. -- -- and Cyprus. Among suggestions for the UK will be that the Quality Assurance Agency should, as part of existing audits, require institutions to explain their plagiarism policies and demonstrate their effectiveness and consistency. (GO) GO Plagiarism software can be beaten by simple tech tricks IT scholar says PDF tweaks allow students' copied work to evade -- -- Technological loopholes allow savvy students to beat academic plagiarism software, an IT expert has warned. -- -- James Heather, senior lecturer in computing at the University of Surrey, has revealed that plagiarism detection systems such as Turnitin that are routinely used by universities are open to simple cheats allowing students to evade detection when submitting copied material. -- -- But in a new paper, "Turnitoff: identifying and fixing a hole in current plagiarism detection software", Dr Heather reveals that beating the system is simple. -- -- "In their current incarnation, one can easily create a document that passes the plagiarism check regardless of how much copied material it contains. When there are loopholes that can be exploited, they give the operator a false assurance that a submission is original." -- -- The study, which appears in the journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, demonstrates ways in which students can modify plagiarised work to avoid detection. "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the -- -- "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the document, without affecting how the document looks and prints, then the software will not be able to identify any plagiarised material," Dr Heather writes. -- -- Students aware of this loophole could get around the system by converting a plagiarised essay to PDF format, he says, and then altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually -- -- altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually unaltered, extracts tested by the plagiarism software would be garbled, and so matches would not be detected. -- -- themselves. "If there is no text, then the plagiarism detection cannot function," the paper notes. -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests Read more -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests August 15, 2016 Universities seem to be struggling to catch up. The big concern is that bespoke essays, written to order, without being plagiarised themselves, are difficult if not impossible to detect. -- -- are difficult if not impossible to detect. Almost all universities use anti-plagiarism software, called Turnitin, which checks a submitted essay against published sources, looking for copied phrases. But this software will not raise suspicions about an -- -- * More oral presentations, sometimes called a viva * More exams * Almost all UK universities use anti-plagiarism software such as Turnitin. But software has little success in detecting a genuine bespoke essay -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism Officer Sarah Allen, at the UEA Business School, recently investigated a post-graduate student who submitted an excellent piece of work which stood out to the marker simply because it contained one Home Viewpoint: The spectre of plagiarism haunting Europe By Debora Weber-Wulff Professor of Media and Computing, University of -- -- A spectre is haunting Europe, and this time it is the spectre of plagiarism and scientific misconduct. Some high-profile politicians have had to resign in the last 18 months - but the revelations are also shaking respected European universities. -- -- Many European countries, especially Germany, have long considered it unnecessary to give plagiarism more than a cursory look. One trusts in the self-cleansing powers of science, end of story. -- -- Last February, a reviewer of German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's doctoral dissertation discovered and documented some plagiarised passages. When the papers pounced on this, zu Guttenberg denied any wrongdoing, -- -- That was not the end of it. Soon it was suspected that a major ex-politician's daughter was guilty of plagiarism in her dissertation, and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite -- and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite soon plagiarism was discovered in yet another dissertation, and it has not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. -- -- not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised... Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education -- -- Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education minister lasted just a week in office before having to step down, accused of plagiarising academic papers. Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the -- -- Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the Romanian prime minister of plagiarising part of his PhD. He denies wrongdoing and has been backed by a Research Ethics Council, but the accusations have now been upheld by two academic panels in Romania, -- -- The Hungarian president has already lost his doctorate and resigned on account of plagiarism, and the Russian Minister of Culture is facing accusations that 16 passages of his doctoral dissertation were copied from other sources. He denies the allegations. -- -- let them have their fun." However, it seems that the plague of plagiarism has also reached the level of the professorships in Germany. Those who are supposed to be teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last -- -- teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last month it was revealed that more than a third of a new book for law students on how to write papers properly was plagiarised, including liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. -- -- liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised. And just to show how contagious the disease is, the authors also cite zu Guttenberg's dissertation - albeit incorrectly. -- -- to the VroniPlag Wiki.) Image caption VroniPlag wiki uses coloured bands to show distribution of plagiarised content In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics -- -- In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics councils and there is a wide discussion of ethical practices. There are procedures in place for dealing with plagiarism. In Germany, though, professors wanting to address plagiarism are pretty much left to their own devices. They don't have much in the way of tools or formal procedures. -- -- procedures. There is so-called plagiarism detection software available that does find some plagiarism, especially word-for-word copies. These programmes do not find everything by a long shot, but German universities are currently rushing to purchase them. -- -- been officially declared to suffer only from "technical weaknesses". But people are speaking up, and plagiarism is being discussed in every university, even if many are unsure what to do. -- -- university, even if many are unsure what to do. Better education about plagiarism and good scientific practice is essential. -- -- years needs to be reviewed in order to identify weak points. However, there is currently no funding for such measures, so it's unclear whether German universities will really get serious about plagiarism, or keep muddling on. Entertainment & Arts Burt Bacharach calls for change in music plagiarism law * 3 August 2017 -- -- Veteran songwriter Burt Bacharach has called for a change in the law over music plagiarism. He said recent court cases - like the ones involving Blurred Lines and (BUTTON) More Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- Every now and then there is an outburst of concern about the curse of plagiarism in higher education. The Department for Education has indicated it is considering cracking down by not only fining, but also handing out criminal records, to students submitting commercially -- -- The targets of this mini crusade are essay mill websites, which market “original” professionally produced essays that allow students to circumvent their university’s plagiarism detection system. These paid-for essays allow students to buy a degree. -- -- But this is only a small part of the culture of cheating in higher education. A long time before the commercialisation of plagiarism, cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief -- cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief examiner for my department, I was shocked by the amount of plagiarised coursework brought to my attention. When I consulted colleagues at other universities it became evident that the problem was not confined -- -- rather than rich kids, was identified as the source of the problem. Academic discussions on plagiarism sometimes sought to deflect the problem by claiming that overseas students were disproportionately involved in copying. Some suggested they had come from different -- -- external to university life is driven by the institutional imperative to minimise the significance of this practice. All universities have policies on this problem; most have made plagiarism detection software available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the -- -- available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the problem – which is that plagiarism is not a technical issue but one that raises questions about the working of academic culture. -- -- that raises questions about the working of academic culture. Plagiarism is a mortal sin and last taboo – or is it? Read more -- -- them to embark on a quest for knowledge. But if higher education continues to treat students according to a business model it is only a matter of time before plagiarism loses its stigma. Topics -- -- Topics * Plagiarism * Higher education -- -- * Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers -- -- cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers Published: 9 Oct 2017 Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown * -- -- more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Plagiarism%2CEducation%2CHigh er+education%2CExams%2CTuition+fees%2CStudents] A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- headlines. With examples like these, what's so wrong with a bit of plagiarism? Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian -- -- Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian University and who had his book, Succeeding with Your Masters Dissertation, plagiarised by another lecturer on the web. -- "A lot of students think it is acceptable to copy or plagiarise somebody else's work because there's this idea that everyone is doing it anyway," he says. "It seems like it's not really a serious issue, -- -- but it is. If it's a minor case, you could end up losing marks on a dissertation or having to resit a module. If it's widespread and a student has been found to have plagiarised often, then the most extreme punishment they could face would be expulsion." -- -- easier to adopt someone else's work as your own. According to Biggam, the definition of plagiarism within an academic context is: "Where a student copies text verbatim without providing sufficient acknowledgement of the source, thereby giving the impression -- -- permanent record." Cole was lucky to get off relatively lightly. For others, plagiarising can spell the end of your degree – even if you are unwittingly involved. -- -- and the only marks it did give me were much lower than I'd anticipated. Then when I got home, there was a letter from the university saying that I was suspected of colluding with another student in plagiarism. I completely freaked out." -- -- behind my back was simply unbelievable. " If you are caught in serious and deliberate plagiarism, it could end up on your final academic transcript. If a potential employer asks to see your transcript as part of the selection process, you can probably say -- -- "It certainly wouldn't look good to a future employer if they knew you had engaged in plagiarism," Biggam says. -- But how can you avoid plagiarism, when part of the university learning process is to absorb expert theories and demonstrate your grasp of them by reproducing them in written work? -- -- At Glasgow Caledonian University, Biggam is testing the use of plagiarism detection software, called Turnitin, which monitors work for any copied phrases. "Often, it might be a genuine mistake – a student might simply forget to reference a quote or a source. In which case, a It was, says Hiscock, "the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across." He was so angry he wrote to Mail Online's editor, Martin Clarke, and to -- -- "sexually abused" by a magician during her eighth birthday party.' It is the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across and if it happens again I will take steps to ensure I am adequately compensated for the theft of my interview." -- -- * Greenslade * Plagiarism * Daily Mail * Martin Clarke Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- Compare Melania Trump’s speech with Michelle Obama’s 2008 address Republicans scrambled to prevent a plagiarism scandal from overshadowing the coronation of Donald Trump on Tuesday after his wife Melania borrowed large chunks of her opening night speech from Michelle -- -- As delegates prepared to formally offer Donald Trump the party’s presidential nomination on Tuesday evening, the plagiarism controversy reopened internal wounds and undermined his campaign’s attempts to present a more polished appearance ahead of November’s general -- -- election. A campaign source said responsibility for the plagiarism incident lay with a longtime aide to top Trump strategist Paul Manafort. The source said the aide had signed off on the speech and edited it. -- -- Online critics also highlighted a lighter hearted instance of apparent plagiarism, noting that Melania Trump’s claim that her husband “will never ever give up, and most importantly, he will never ever let you down,” echoed Rick Astley’s 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up – a song cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- Gill, five miles south-west of Newcastle, a narrow man with a curly mess of dark red hair. He’d just made a routine visit to the Facebook group Plagiarism Alerts. There, a woman named Kathy Figueroa had posted something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet -- something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet laureates has plagiarised a poem by Maya Angelou.” Lightman clicked the link. It led to a Canadian government webpage -- -- Rise. Incredible. But could it really be plagiarism? How likely was it that a poet laureate would steal anything at all, let alone a keystone work by a modern legend? How could he think he’d get away with that? Then -- -- uncomfortable and distressing experiences of my life”, admitting, “I have made several stupid mistakes during my time as a poet and there is simply no excuse for plagiarism.” But he also pushed back: “I have been bullied, victimised and abused by a number of ‘poets’ who thought it necessary to act like a lynch mob.” -- -- Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’m absolutely furious’: plagiarised poet Joan Johnston. Photograph: Gary Calton for the Guardian -- -- copy of A Particular Blue, so he could see for himself. “He returned both poems to me, having highlighted the changes Sheree had made, saying, ‘I don’t think it’s plagiarism. I think she’s taken your poem and made something new out of it.’ At which point, I went for another walk.” -- -- considerable distress.” Croft explained that he planned to pulp the remaining copies of Laventille and reprint a corrected version. “I do not believe that your accusations of plagiarism regarding Laventille are justified. But I am not prepared to have this beautiful and important book dirtied by the grubby little fingers of Pooterish -- -- broke/and threatening light/brought into the long night.” How close would two poems have to be for it to be plagiarism, I ask Croft. -- -- their name at the bottom, I’d say, why are you doing that?” And would it be plagiarism? “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying -- -- “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying my name is Will Storr. No, it’s not! You’d say that was stupid. You wouldn’t say I was plagiarising you.” *** -- -- Meanwhile, what of the Canadian mystery? Could former laureate DesRuisseaux really have blatantly plagiarised all those canonical poets? It seemed too mad to be true. When Lightman got hold of DesRuisseaux’s book Tranches De Vie, he found even more apparent -- -- findings to Éditions du Noiroît, who appeared to accept his verdict; in emails Lightman showed me, DesRuisseaux’s editor wrote that it was his first experience of plagiarism, and expressed regret at having to tell the poet’s family that he would have to remove the title from circulation. -- -- * Poetry * Plagiarism * Maya Angelou * features -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Poetry%2CPlagiarism%2CBooks%2 CMaya+Angelou] Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- The organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have unveiled a new official logo, seven months after being forced to scrap the previous design amid accusations of plagiarism. Selecting an emblem they hope will be simple, effective and most of all -- -- the Théâtre de Liège in Belgium. Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo scrapped after allegations of plagiarism Read more -- -- Japanese officials initially rejected accusations that Sano had plagiarised the image, which was based around a stylised capital T with a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied -- -- a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied plagiarism. But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings -- -- But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings to block Tokyo 2020 from using the image. Further allegations of plagiarism also emerged against Sano, including claims that his initial submission resembled a work by the late German typographer Jan Tschichold. -- -- + Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video 0:50 Published: 15 Jan 2016 -- -- 0:50 Published: 15 Jan 2016 Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video + Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Some four years ago I wrote about the strange case of a Canadian columnist accused of plagiarism. The Toronto-based Globe & Mail had found it necessary to add “clarifications” to articles written by Margaret Wente after complaints about her work. -- -- same structure, analogies, and phrasing in numerous instances.” In addition, the Canadaland news website, accused Wente of plagiarising “at least four times from three different publications... in addition -- “at least four times from three different publications... in addition to the two cases of plagiarism outlined in BuzzFeed Canada.” The first two instances, by Wainio and BuzzFeed, were addressed by the -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Media%2CPlagiarism%2CCanada%2 CNewspapers%2CAmericas] The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- Fresh evidence of Independent journalist Johann Hari's habit of alleged plagiarism has emerged from a lengthy interview with Afghan women's rights activist Malalai Joya in July 2009. -- -- * Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row Interviewer and columnist has been suspended for two months pending outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss -- -- outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss Published: 12 Jul 2011 Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row * -- -- Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Independent editor-in-chief defends columnist involved in 'politically motivated' plagiarism furore. By Josh Halliday Published: 29 Jun 2011 Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- The Orwell prize committee has accused Independent columnist Johann Hari of plagiarism over an article that won him the prestigious award in 2008. -- -- of contrition for the errors I made elsewhere, in my interviews." Hari apologised for plagiarising the work of others to improve interviews and for editing the Wikipedia entries of people he had clashed with, using the pseudonym David Rose, "in ways that were Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- [ ] Johann Hari has been writing for the Independent since 2002 but faced allegations of plagiarism last year. Photograph: Nick Harvey/WireImage -- -- Johann Hari, the journalist at the Independent who was suspended for plagiarism, has announced that he will not return to the newspaper. Hari had been undergoing retraining in the United States and was -- -- Independent editor Andreas Whittam Smith. The findings of the inquiry were not made public but the newspaper reported in September 2011 that Hari admitted the plagiarism allegations and would attend a journalism training course before returning to the paper. -- -- Blackhurst was asked several questions about Hari when he gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry into journalistic ethics earlier this month. "On the plagiarism, Johann genuinely believed he was doing nothing wrong. The fact that nobody complained, Johann did not believe he was doing anything wrong. His reputation has been very, very severely damaged; Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism David Batty -- -- [ ] Raj Persaud. Photograph: Andy Butterton/PA Britain's best-known psychiatrist today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and several articles he wrote for newspapers and medical journals. -- -- Raj Persaud, famous for his appearances alongside Richard and Judy on the This Morning sofa, also admitted to a General Medical Council (GMC) disciplinary hearing that his plagiarism was inappropriate and misleading. -- -- The psychiatrist, who used to present BBC Radio 4's All In The Mind programme, admitted plagiarising four articles for his book From The Edge Of The Couch published in 2003. -- -- He also admitted that four articles he wrote in 2005 contained passages plagiarised from an article and book by Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. -- -- University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. He also admitted using material plagiarised from an article by Professor Stephen Kant in a piece he wrote for the Independent in the same year. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. His book -- -- He said Persaud blamed subeditors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Blass complained about the article and was told, in an email -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." At the time the allegations of plagiarism first emerged two years ago, Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, a position he still holds. -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- In Britain it is left to individual institutions to develop their own plagiarism policies. But the QAA said it wanted a consistent approach among higher education providers to tackle the problem. It called on universities and colleges to record incidents of this and other kinds -- -- fix.” A Universities UK spokesperson said: “Universities take plagiarism and cheating extremely seriously. Submitting work written by someone else is cheating and devalues the efforts of students who work hard to -- -- * Higher education * Plagiarism * Jo Johnson * news -- -- more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- of the problem Published: 27 Feb 2017 Published: 27 Feb 2017 Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Higher+education%2CPlagiarism %2CEducation%2CUK+news%2CJo+Johnson%2CPolitics] Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students Gavin Haynes -- -- In the past few days, however, it is said that the master has become the pupil, as Dylan has been accused of plagiarism. Writer Ben Greenman was the first to blog about how he couldn’t find a quotation that Dylan had cited in Moby-Dick: “Some men who receive injuries are led to God, -- -- While universities habitually run students’ work through plagiarism-detection software such as TurnItIn, there is no such equivalent for Nobel prize speeches, assumed to be the moment at which an eminent economist, physician, writer or peace-maker has earned a few -- -- text, preferring that you “check your comprehension” against their interpretation. The company does, however, have advice on its website for avoiding plagiarism: “By citing words and ideas that came from our site or books (to see instructions on how to do that, see How to Cite This SparkNote within each study guide), or by putting your own spin on -- -- * Nobel prize in literature * Awards and prizes * Plagiarism * features -- -- [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Bob+Dylan%2CMusic%2CNobel+pri ze+in+literature%2CAwards+and+prizes%2CBooks%2CPlagiarism] * Education University students could be fined or handed criminal records for plagiarised essays, new proposals suggest -- -- University students who buy essays online face fines and a criminal record under plans to punish plagiarism being considered by the government. -- -- more than 100 online essay services are now in operation. Whilst universities already use complex anti-plagiarism software to detect the copying of academic texts, the process of contract cheating - students submitting paid-for essays as their own original work - -- -- Speaking to The Telegraph, Lord Storey, who is leading efforts to make the practice illegal, said that the consequences of plagiarism must be made clear, adding that many “rich students” are now effectively “paying their way” to a top honours degree. -- -- Leading academics are also in favour of a ban, with Professor Phil Newton and Michael Draper, leading experts on essay plagiarism, calling on the Government to tighten up the legal loopholes being exploited by professional writing services. 3. Education News £1,700 for a dissertation, but what's the real cost of plagiarism? As one ghost writing service sees an 80 per cent increase in sales in one -- -- It’s a heavy sum to pay for something that the majority of people - not to mention universities - would class as plagiarism. Yet Nemet is quick to separate his company from this accusation. -- -- Whether or not this is an easy way of passing responsibility on to the client, ghost writing – along with other forms of plagiarism – remains an issue at universities across Britain. -- -- declined by 60 per cent since 2005 While 2013 figures from plagiarism detection service, Turnitin, reveal that the number of serious cases has declined by 60 per cent since 2005, Phil Newton, superintendent of assessment at Swansea University, -- -- topic I had set. It really opened my eyes to the issue. “We regard [ghost writing] as plagiarism, pure and simple. It’s is a form of dishonesty, it’s a form of cheating, and where students are found guilty of it, there will be serious academic repercussions.” -- -- passing off work as their own. For students that are caught, there can be serious consequences, from the deduction of marks on an essay, to expulsion from the university. Even if the plagiarism is unintended, there may still be penalties. -- -- “The University also employs a series of sophisticated software applications to detect plagiarism in submitted examination work, both in terms of copying and collusion,” the spokesman adds. -- -- “It regularly monitors online essay banks, essay-writing services, and other potential sources of material. Anyone who submits plagiarised material as part of their course can expect to be dealt with severely.” -- -- ongoing advancements in technology – incorporating more sophisticated methods of detection – will continue to play a role in combating plagiarism; however, educating students should also help prevent the initial interest. -- -- where they are in their course. If they are in their final year, we regard that as much more serious, if they do it in their first year, they probably just need some advice on how to avoid plagiarism and what constitutes plagiarism. “I don’t condone it, but I can understand why a student who is 4. Health News 'Hero' GP suspended for plagiarising fellow doctor's work A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent -- -- A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent patients has been suspended for six months for plagiarising another doctor’s work. -- -- The General Medical Council heard that Dr Margaret Staley initially came under suspicion herself after computer anti-plagiarism software picked out striking similarities between a case study she had written and Dr Kumar's coursework. -- -- Dr Staley endured weeks of uncertainty before eventually being completely exonerated when it became clear she was the victim rather than the perpetrator of the plagiarism. Public school-educated Dr Kumar was hailed as a hero in 2009 after Johnson called it an “unacceptable and pernicious” practice, while universities will generally expel anybody they catch – though given the essays aren’t plagiarised, identifying a paid-for piece of work isn’t easy. Using an essay mill, on the other hand, very much is. * News Canadian poet laureate revealed to have plagiarised Maya Angelou, Tupac and others -- -- [tupac_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jp g?imwidth=450] The Canadian poet Pierre DesRuisseaux, who has been found to have plagiarised numerous poets, including Tupac Shakur * Telegraph Reporters -- -- Pierre DesRuisseaux, who died last year, served as the parliamentary poet laureate between 2009 and 2011, and has now been accused of plagiarising the work of up to 20 poets, among them world-famous names and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. -- -- and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- DesRuisseaux The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux Credit: Wayne Miller/Magnum/BBC -- -- The duplicity was unearthed by poet and literary sleuth Ira Lightman, a member of a Facebook group called Plagiarism Alerts, whose mission involves tracking down plagiarism in the poetry world. Lightman was tipped off by a Canadian poet named Kathy Figueroa, who -- -- But still, like dust, I'll rise." The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- by DesRuisseaux The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- -- Figueroa told Canada's CBC News that DesRuisseaux's widespread plagiarism came as a shock: "It was just mind-boggling, the audacity of someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." -- -- someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." Upon the discovery of the plagiarism, DesRuisseaux's Montreal-based publishers Éditions du Noroît pulled the book from shelves, while claiming that only between 50 and 100 copies of the book had actually show ad Last-ditch attack on Neil Gorsuch amid claims Supreme Court pick plagiarized academic papers in his book -- -- The White House punched back hard, and assembled its own team of experts to debunk claims that the writing constituted plagiarism. 'This false attack has been strongly refuted by highly-regarded -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' HARD FEELINGS: Democrats are furious that the Senate never scheduled a hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court -- -- hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court seat PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- “Each of the individual incidents constitutes a violation of academic ethics. I've never seen a college plagiarism code that this would not be in violation of,” said Syracuse University professor Rebecca Moore Howard. -- -- Howard. 'I would certainly call it plagiarism,” she added. At this late date, the information is likely to have little effect on show ad Tokyo 2020 gets new logo proposals after plagiarism scandal By Afp -- -- Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers said Tuesday they have received more than 14,500 suggestions for a new logo after the original choice was withdrawn because of a plagiarism scandal. The organising committee in August dropped the emblem put forward by -- -- The Tokyo committee has insisted the move to drop the original logo was not in response to the legal action. It said Sano, who denies plagiarism, asked that his design be withdrawn to avoid harming the Tokyo Games. show ad Monica Crowley out of Trump White House team after plagiarism revealed * Crowley is a syndicated talk show host who was set to takeover as -- -- administration after all. More than 50 charges of plagiarism, based on discoveries made by CNN's KFile division, led publisher HarperCollins to pull her 2012 book from its shelves last week. -- -- currently unavailable for purchase on Amazon. Crowley appears to have plagiarized large sections of the book, according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than -- according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than 50 examples of apparent plagiarism. Politico separately charged that her 2000 dissertation wasn't properly -- -- decision to suspend sales of her book. Crowley also faced plagiarism allegations in 1999 after a piece she wrote on the 25th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's resignation ran in The Wall Street Journal. -- -- article.' Crowley also plagiarized several sections of her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University, Politico Magazine said. The publication found more than a dozen instances in which Crowley appeared to lift from -- -- developer!' DID MONICA CROWLEY PLAGIARIZE THESE PASSAGES? Crowley's book -- -- Source: CNN Read more: * Trump pick Monica Crowley plagiarized multiple sources in 2012 book - CNNMoney -- - CNNMoney * Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation - POLITICO Magazine * Monica Crowley to forgo post in Trump White House - Washington 'Dishonest' TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud suspended after admitting plagiarism By Daily Mail Reporter -- -- 'The Panel has determined that a three-month period of suspension is sufficient to send out a signal to you, the profession and the public that plagiarism is unacceptable behaviour.' The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the -- -- The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, is now in tatters after he admitted plagiarism. Before the ruling, GMC members heard from some of Dr Persaud's -- -- proceedings.' He added: 'The panel has determined that your actions, in plagiarising the work of others, were liable to bring the profession into disrepute.' -- -- the doctor's book. He also said he had uncovered more examples of plagiarism in Dr Persaud's book after comparing passages in it with material on the internet. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- DEJA VU Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago -- -- Republicans candidate Fillon was still in the presidential race when he delivered the speech two weeks ago France election candidate Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarising speech The incident is bizarrely reminiscent of Melania Trump's July 2016 -- -- state. And the sight of her having to plagiarise a discredited rival’s words will come as a blow to her electoral ambitions. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- Under the bed bugs Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? -- -- Beedle The Bard. Why has Chris Riddell accused John Lewis of plagiarism? Chris Riddell believes there are many similarities between the two * Health News Fears of plagiarism crisis as probe finds foreign university students ‘cheats’ -- -- Updated: 6th April 2016, 8:55 am FOREIGN students are claimed to be fuelling a surge in plagiarism at British universities amid fears of a cheating crisis. / Sean Gallup/Getty Images Findings come months after The Times exposes 'plagiarism epidemic' among Britain's institutions -- -- Half of the nation’s university students are losing marks for not referencing their work correctly, according to a new survey into attitudes towards plagiarism. Citation tool RefME - which polled just under 2,900 of the country’s -- -- almost 80 per cent are worried about referencing correctly, while a majority of 71 per cent expressed concern about facing disciplinary actions for plagiarism. [GettyImages-170380536.jpg] Read more -- -- Read more Universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students cheat RefMe said: “This widespread concern over facing disciplinary actions -- -- ‘ghostwriter’ to complete their work for them constitutes academic misconduct, more than 20 per cent were unable to identify this as plagiarism. The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times -- -- The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed there to be a “plagiarism epidemic” among Britain’s universities with almost 50,000 students being caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- However, RefME said that, although its study unearthed some “concerning” statistics around plagiarism in academia, students are increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using -- -- increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using plagiarism tools prior to submitting. Tom Hatton, CEO and founder of RefME, described how, as a university -- -- “The hope is that we can look back at these numbers in a couple of years and see evidence that the sentiment towards plagiarism has changed.” * More about: -- -- * More about: * RefMe * plagiarism * University of Kent * University of Westminster 1. INDYSTUDENT UK universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students caught cheating over last 3 years -- -- The Independent Online Britain’s universities are said to be in the midst of a “plagiarism epidemic” after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed how almost 50,000 students were caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- of the student population, requests from 70 universities showed. 75 per cent of postgraduates found plagiarising at Queen Mary University of London were from abroad, including a third from China. -- -- One professor from the University of Buckingham told The Times “type-1 plagiarism,” copying and pasting, is decreasing because it’s “so easy to detect.” 1. INDYPULSE TV doctor Raj Persaud admits plagiarism * PA -- -- Indy/Life TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and articles he wrote. -- -- The doctor, who is famed for his regular appearances on daytime TV shows such as This Morning, admitted plagiarising four articles for his 2003 book 'From The Edge Of The Couch'. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. -- -- He said Dr Persaud blamed sub-editors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, USA, complained -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." The GMC panel heard that allegations of plagiarism against Dr Persaud were first made in a Sunday Times article published in April 2006. -- -- The article alleged that sections of Dr Persaud's book, published three years earlier, were plagiarised from academic articles. At the time Dr Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Mr Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Plan to prosecute firms who offer paid-for essays to students While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address ‘essay mills’ -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 -- -- The move is a response to mounting concern over the practice which allows students to circumvent their college’s plagiarism detection systems. The use of these services is not easily detected as software used by universities only detects where students have copied from -- -- Paid-for essays While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address the issue of so-called contact cheating or the use of paid-for essays. -- -- The QQI’s guidelines advise colleges that they “should have effective policies and procedures in place to prevent, detect, combat and deter plagiarism at all levels”. * Tackling teacher supply is complex - but we are making progress * Revenues crest €4m at top boys’ private school Glenstal Abbey -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, according to figures compiled by The Irish Times last year. -- -- Of those that did, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). The scale of detected issues is likely to be bigger at IT Tallaght as it has extensive detection policies. -- -- Online source The company insists it does not condone plagiarism, and says all “clients are expected to use and reference it as they would any other online source”. -- -- growing and it was typically completing roughly 350 projects a year. Mr Bruton’s spokesman said: “Plagiarism is currently subject to institutional disciplinary sanctions up to and including exclusion from the programme. -- -- offering the ‘service’ will not disclose it, those buying it will not, and there is no system-wide recording of detected instances of this or any other form of plagiarism”. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Essays for sale: a new wave of plagiarism Students who use online essay-writing services face sanction if caught. As -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Rigorous testing Would this essay be red-flagged for plagiarism? Colleges nowadays have access to a range of computer programmes, such as Turnitin and Safeassign, that test whether articles have been copied from other -- -- However, these programmes only work if they detect parts of the essay that exist elsewhere; they might not flag plagiarised content if they are custom-written pieces. -- -- To test the essay, we put it through Safeassign and it came back clean. But it’s not just the plagiarism-detection programmes: it has to get past the beady eye of a lecturer. We presented the essay to a number of lecturers in communications and media without telling them about its -- -- It’s difficult to say how commonly these services are being used, but colleges are increasingly aware of plagiarism on campus. There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being -- -- There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, and the numbers are on the rise (see panel). -- -- In the UK, some academics have warned that essay-writing services are behind an “epidemic” of plagiarism. Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected -- -- Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected plagiarism tends to involve students simply cutting and pasting in a section and putting inverted commas around it. -- -- section and putting inverted commas around it. “Students don’t realise that this is plagiarism, but these [essay-writing] services are blatant plagiarism,” he says. Trinity College Dublin’s education officer, Molly Kenny, said these -- -- reference it as they would any other online source,” she says. In the terms and conditions of the website they state they do not condone plagiarism. Foley says the site and demands for their services continue to grow. -- -- Glynn says this could be an option in Ireland: “I would endorse it if it came in here – enforcing it is the challenge – anything to discourage student plagiarism.” Students should be aware that using these services can be risky, -- -- the paper it’s written on. PLAGIARISM: A GROWING PROBLEM Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases -- Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases of students disciplined for plagiarism across the Irish higher-education sector. -- -- Of the colleges that supplied figures, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). -- -- Institute of Technology Tallaght has one of the most extensive approaches to dealing with plagiarism, involving a sliding case of penalties, ranging from written warnings to potential disqualification from the institution. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Plagiarism Sat, Mar 5, 2011, 00:00 -- -- Plagiarism: from Latin “plagiarius” (“kidnapper”), use pioneered by Roman poet Martial who complained that another poet had “kidnapped his verses”.– (Wikipedia) -- -- charismatic and aristocratic defence minister, key ally to Chancellor Angela Merkel, a shooting star brought down this week by claims that he had engaged in plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. The website GuttenPlag Wiki says it has detected plagiaristic “lifts” -- -- Coincidentally, a new anti-Gadafy front has opened up in the London School of Economics where the doctoral thesis written by his son Seif al-Islam is also being checked for plagiarism following complaints by online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, -- online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, plagiarism is claiming high-profile political casualties. Academics in Ireland worry at what they see as a serious cultural -- -- at the threat to the country’s ’s reputation as a source of quality research, the Royal Irish Academy in September urged new procedures to protect against falsification and plagiarism. -- A recent US survey in Education Week, cited by plagiarism.org, reports 54 per cent of student respondents admitting to plagiarising from the internet; 74 per cent, to “serious” cheating at least once in the past year; while half believed teachers sometimes chose to ignore cheating. -- -- And then, of course, there’s that truly scandalous hardy annual – claims of plagiarism in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year Denmark’s A Friend In Londonis accused. The melody of their New Tomorrowis apparently similar to Face 2 Faceby Future Trance United. was to be written in 4 weeks. All of the four websites guaranteed a money back scheme if the work does not achieve the grade and if the paper was accused of plagiarism then the customer would receive their money back. -- -- Latest figures from the BBC article reveal that half of Welsh universities have seen an increase in the number of plagiarism cases With students being targeted on social media through 'sponsored -- -- https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/essay-mills-university-co urse-work-to-order/2007934.article MORE:higher educationplagiarismcollege essaysessaysacademiawalescustom essays Credit Where It's Due - Why Are Half of UK Students Losing Marks for Plagiarism? * -- -- Photo by CollegeDegrees360 under a CC license We are in the grips of a 'plagiarism epidemic' according to The Times. An investigation conducted by the paper earlier this year revealed that 50,000 university students have been caught over the last three years, -- -- Further research published this month by RefME, a digital reference management tool for students, has found that 50% of students surveyed say they have lost marks due to plagiarism arising from inaccurate citations. -- -- citations. But plagiarism falls on a spectrum and shouldn't be confused with cheating. -- -- conventions and were unaware of resources available to help them. But regardless of whether plagiarism is deliberate (and often it is not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in -- not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in their adoption of plagiarism detection, with software such as Turnitin now used by the majority. Facing the risk of a damaged reputation, suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of -- -- suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of the students surveyed say that they worry about committing accidental plagiarism. While a minor infringement is more likely to result in lost marks than -- -- person's ideas begin and another's end. In the Twittersphere, for instance, ideas are endlessly retweeted and recycled. But digital tools also exist to prevent plagiarism. Using RefME, referencing can be as simple as scanning a barcode or -- -- student support, embedding academic writing skills more deeply into the curriculum and communicating expectations from the outset. But certainly, the majority of students do not intend to commit plagiarism. On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. -- On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. MORE:plagiarismuniversitiesstudentshigher education SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW Universities use expensive software designed to detect students who cheat, but Turnitin can only detect plagiarised work, not original work that has not been penned by the student. Thus, it is nigh on impossible to detect students who use professional essay-writing services. And, -- -- I would like to see action taken to stop degree ghost-writers in their tracks. Perhaps the industry should be regulated, forcing any ghost-written essay to be submitted by the seller to plagiarism detection sites so that should the student try to pass it off as their own, they will be caught. This won't stop the rogue sites, but at least -- -- ghost-write student essays. After all, I could end up having to mark my own essay one day. MORE:universitystudentscheatingplagiarismUniversitiescheating at examsghost-writing THE BLOG The Problem With Political Speeches Isn't Plagiarism, It's Platitudes * -- -- the road" and you've won political cliché bingo. As for plagiarism, how many different ways can you express those basic concepts in simple, accessible language to describe another person? Not many. It begins with "he/she believes..." and ends in simple -- -- Ms. Obama. Trump just had a lousy proofreader who failed to spot the direct similarities. If the nouns had been replaced by synonyms, verbs exchanged, the sequence of clauses varied... who would cry plagiarism? Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the -- -- Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the news media pounce on the plagiarism as opposed to criticising the fact Melania Trump avoided saying anything interesting about the man who would be king. -- -- Trump handles that issue, unlike the speeches, will be interesting to watch. MORE:Melania TrumpDonald TrumpplagiarismRepublican convention SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW POLITICS Home»Today's Stories Chair of institute has plagiarism ruling overturned Saturday, May 04, 2013 -- -- An external investigation has found that Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) chairman Flan Garvey committed unintentional plagiarism in a 2008 master’s thesis but this has been overturned on a technical appeal. -- -- The three academics appointed in December to probe a complaint by 26 ITT academics found plagiarism in two chapters of the thesis about his Co Clare parish. -- -- It has upheld the appeal on grounds relating to the understanding of the nature of plagiarism, in a report finalised this week and also seen by the Irish Examiner. -- -- by the Irish Examiner. It found that college rules around plagiarism were not clearly formulated or clearly communicated to postgraduate students. On that basis, it said, a finding of an award being unjustified would be unfair -- -- However, a source told the Irish Examiner that staff are baffled at the outcome and many believe it places a question mark over any previous cases of students sanctioned for plagiarism. -- Plagiarism finding After word-for-word comparisons with texts cited by the complainants, -- -- interspersed with occasional references to another. One section complained of in chapter 4 was found not to be plagiarism after the investigators were made aware of Mr Garvey’s contribution to the authorship of a local history pamphlet. more serious (getting someone else to do coursework). Plagiarism is the most widespread form, with 6% disclosing that they had passed off information copied from other sources as their own work, while 5% admitting that they have carried on writing once an 29 July 2013 Parasite journalism: is aggregation as bad as plagiarism? When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing -- -- When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing work, we call it plagiarism. But news organisations do the same, and call it aggregation. Sign up for our weekly email * -- -- any better. In my opinion, it happens all the time, it's just that people don't get caught very often. Johann Hari is the classic example - the only absolutely rock solid piece of plagiarism that could be pinned on him was a piece from a German newspaper article that he'd translated. -- -- copy of being free. In my opinion, some of this stuff is just as bad as plagiarism. Aggregators are parasites, only slightly more benign than plagiarists - and sooner or later, parasites kill the host. Someone has to actually Share on Reddit HomeOxford studentsAcademic mattersStudy guidanceStudy skills and trainingPlagiarism -- Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether -- -- full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or -- unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or reckless plagiarism is a disciplinary offence. Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been -- -- Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been developed to provide a useful overview of the issues surrounding plagiarism and practical ways to avoid it. The necessity to acknowledge others’ work or ideas applies not only to -- -- text, data, or other resources downloaded from websites. The best way of avoiding plagiarism is to learn and employ the principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your -- principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your university career. Avoiding plagiarism is not simply a matter of making sure your references are all correct, or changing enough words so the examiner will not notice your paraphrase; it is about deploying your -- -- academic skills to make your work as good as it can be. Forms of plagiarism Verbatim (word for word) quotation without clear acknowledgement -- -- Paraphrasing the work of others by altering a few words and changing their order, or by closely following the structure of their argument, is plagiarism if you do not give due acknowledgement to the author whose work you are using. -- -- doing so, than to paraphrase particular sections of his or her writing. This will ensure you have a genuine grasp of the argument and will avoid the difficulty of paraphrasing without plagiarising. You must also properly attribute all material you derive from lectures. -- -- University or elsewhere. Auto-plagiarism You must not submit work for assessment that you have already submitted (partially or in full), either for your current course or for another -- -- Where earlier work by you is citable, ie. it has already been published, you must reference it clearly. Identical pieces of work submitted concurrently will also be considered to be auto-plagiarism. -- Why does plagiarism matter? -- Plagiarism is a breach of academic integrity. It is a principle of intellectual honesty that all members of the academic community should acknowledge their debt to the originators of the ideas, words, and data -- -- which form the basis for their own work. Passing off another’s work as your own is not only poor scholarship, but also means that you have failed to complete the learning process. Plagiarism is unethical and can have serious consequences for your future career; it also undermines the standards of your institution and of the degrees it -- -- issues. Why should you avoid plagiarism? -- There are many reasons to avoid plagiarism. You have come to university to learn to know and speak your own mind, not merely to reproduce the opinions of others - at least not without attribution. At first it may -- -- independent one - by learning to assess critically the work of others, weigh up differing arguments and draw your own conclusions. Students who plagiarise undermine the ethos of academic scholarship while avoiding an essential part of the learning process. -- -- avoiding an essential part of the learning process. You should avoid plagiarism because you aspire to produce work of the highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear -- -- highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear of plagiarism. Moreover, you will reap the additional benefits of improvements to both the lucidity and quality of your writing. It is important to appreciate that mastery of the techniques of academic -- -- commitment to the principle of intellectual honesty in scholarship. What happens if you are thought to have plagiarised? -- The University regards plagiarism in examinations as a serious matter. Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of -- -- Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of the occurrence. Even if plagiarism is inadvertent, it can result in a penalty. The forms of plagiarism listed above are all potentially disciplinary offences in the context of formal assessment requirements. -- -- award’. Additionally, this includes the transfer and confirmation of status exercises undertaken by graduate students. Cases of suspected plagiarism in assessed work are investigated under the disciplinary regulations concerning conduct in examinations. Intentional plagiarism in this context means that you understood that you were breaching the regulations and did so intending to gain advantage in the examination. -- -- expected to have understood (even if you did not specifically consider it) that your work might breach the regulations, but you took no action to avoid doing so. Intentional or reckless plagiarism may incur severe penalties, including failure of your degree or expulsion from the university. -- -- university. If plagiarism is suspected in a piece of work submitted for assessment in an examination, the matter will be referred to the Proctors. They will thoroughly investigate the claim and call the student concerned -- -- refer the case to the Student Disciplinary Panel. If you are suspected of plagiarism your College Secretary/Academic Administrator and subject tutor will support you through the process and arrange for a member of Congregation to accompany you to all -- -- involve the use and discussion of material written by others, and, with due acknowledgement and proper referencing, this is clearly distinguishable from plagiarism. The knowledge in your discipline has developed cumulatively as a result of years of research, innovation and debate. You need to give credit to the authors of the ideas and -- -- Does this only matter in exams? Although plagiarism in weekly essays does not constitute a University disciplinary offence, it may well lead to College disciplinary measures. Persistent academic under-performance can even result in your -- -- Borrowing essays from other students to adapt and submit as your own is plagiarism, and will develop none of these necessary skills, holding back your academic development. Students who lend essays for this purpose are doing their peers no favours. -- -- purpose are doing their peers no favours. Unintentional plagiarism -- Not all cases of plagiarism arise from a deliberate intention to cheat. Sometimes students may omit to take down citation details when taking notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. -- -- notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. However, these excuses offer no sure protection against a charge of plagiarism. Even in cases where the plagiarism is found to have been neither intentional nor reckless, there may still be an academic penalty for poor practice. -- -- It is your responsibility to find out the prevailing referencing conventions in your discipline, to take adequate notes, and to avoid close paraphrasing. If you are offered induction sessions on plagiarism and study skills, you should attend. Together with the advice contained in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common -- -- in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common errors. If you are undertaking a project or dissertation you should ensure that you have information on plagiarism and collusion. If ever in doubt about referencing, paraphrasing or plagiarism, you have only to ask your tutor. -- -- to ask your tutor. Examples of plagiarism -- There are some helpful examples of plagiarism-by-paraphrase and you will also find extensive advice on the referencing and library skills pages. -- -- London Hanged, p. 213.] Plagiarised 1. Although they did not question the inegalitarian hierarchy of their -- -- of a submissive workforce. (This is a mixture of verbatim copying and acceptable paraphrase. Although only one phrase has been copied from the source, this would still count as plagiarism. The idea expressed in the first sentence has not been attributed at all, and the reference to ‘some historians’ in the second is insufficient. -- -- original.) Non-plagiarised 1. Peter Linebaugh argues that although highwaymen posed no overt -- -- Student conduct Related websites Online plagiarism course Policy on the use of third party proof-readers Related documents * Turnitin UK Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Turnitin FAQs * Plagiarism * Turnitin UK -- -- + Turnitin FAQs + Turnitin information for Faculties and Departments * What is plagiarism? * Information for staff * Resources and support -- -- Participation in a course at Cambridge is deemed as acceptance of the University's right to apply specialist software (like Turnitin) to your work for the purposes of plagiarism education and detection; the University's Statement on Plagiarism includes this consent. However, you do have the right to request that your work is not retained in the Turnitin UK database after it has been submitted. For -- -- be used as source material for future submissions; this will help to maximise the effectiveness of the software and to protect your work from future attempts to plagiarise it. However, you have the right to request that your work is removed from the database. This can only be done on an individual basis for each piece of work, and in some cases -- -- Q. I have been asked to attend an investigative meeting because Turnitin highlighted matched text, but I know I didn't plagiarise; what do I do? Firstly, don't panic; the meeting will be investigative, not -- -- Turnitin reports will be reviewed in detail in order to make an academic judgement on whether the matched text may be a result of plagiarism, or whether it may reflect commonly-used phrases or correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the -- -- correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the University's Definition of Plagiarism, plagiarism is the submission of someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to -- someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to deceive; this means that you have plagiarised even if you did it accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine -- accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine that the matches are the result of plagiarism, they then judge whether this is minor, or more serious/extensive. If it is minor, they may adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor -- -- adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor scholarship, so you will receive a lower mark than you otherwise would have, if you had referenced appropriately. If the plagiarism is more serious or extensive, they may deem that it merits disciplinary action. -- -- Turnitin UK, the University’s use of the software complies with this requirement. The University has identified ‘providers of anti-plagiarism software’ in its information to students as organisations with whom data may be shared. For more information about data protection and the way the University uses your data, see the -- -- Q. What support is available? If you have any queries about plagiarism or good academic practice, you should contact your Tutor or Director of Studies in the first instance. Our Resources and support pages may also be of help; these contain a * Home * What is plagiarism? -- Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- The University's definition of plagiarism -- * Plagiarism -- * What is plagiarism? + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Turnitin UK University-wide Statement on Plagiarism The General Board, with the agreement of the Board of Examinations and -- -- Departments. Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. It is both poor -- -- scholarship and a breach of academic integrity. Examples of plagiarism include copying (using another person's language and/or ideas as if they are a candidate's own), by: * quoting verbatim another person's work without due acknowledgement -- -- to a joint project. Plagiarism might also arise from colluding with another person, including another candidate, other than as permitted for joint project work (i.e. where collaboration is concealed or has been forbidden). A -- -- piece of written work. Plagiarism can occur in respect to all types of sources and media: * text, illustrations, musical quotations, mathematical derivations, computer code, etc; -- -- not referencing sources) in examinations or assessed work may affect the mark given to the candidate's work. In addition, suspected cases of the use of unfair means (of which plagiarism is one form) will be investigated and may be brought to one of the University's Courts. The Courts have wide powers to discipline those found guilty of using -- -- The University makes use of text-matching software for the purpose of plagiarism education and detection, and reserves the right to submit a candidate’s work to such a service. For this purpose, candidates consent to the submission of their papers to the service and for the -- -- No candidate shall make use of unfair means in any University examination. Unfair means shall include plagiarism* and, unless such possession is specifically authorized, the possession of any book, paper or other material relevant to the examination. No member of the -- -- (Statutes and Ordinances 2016, p. 191). * Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. -- -- known as Discipline Regulation 6. Proctorial Notice on plagiarism The Proctorial Notice for 2016 can be viewed on the Proctors' website. * Information for staff Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Forms of plagiarism and collusion -- * Plagiarism * Information for staff -- -- * Information for staff + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * What is plagiarism? * Resources and support * Turnitin UK -- -- * Turnitin UK This page outlines some common forms of plagiarism and collusion, and suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. -- -- suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. * Plagiarism in invigilated examinations * Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework * Collusion in dissertations and other assessed coursework __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in invigilated examinations Collusion (perhaps by candidates exchanging notes) is extremely rare in -- -- invigilated examinations; this is clearly an offence which would be reported immediately to the Proctors. The most common forms of plagiarism in invigilated exams are: Reproducing material committed to memory -- -- heart. Those brought up with rote learning often don't realise that reproducing such material in a written examination constitutes plagiarism if it is reproduced without attribution. In technical subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as -- -- subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as plagiarism. * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it -- * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it clear that plagiarism can occur in written examinations and explain how candidates should acknowledge sources in such examinations. Examiners are strongly advised to include an appropriate rubric on -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework There are numerous forms of assessed work which are not produced under -- -- strict examination conditions, including: dissertations, assessed essays, practical work, seminar-style presentations, and musical compositions. Cases of both plagiarism and collusion are regularly reported in these forms of assessment and some are taken to the Court of Discipline. -- -- of Discipline. 'Classic' plagiarism -- * Overview: plagiarism most commonly involves copying from the Internet, published works, lecture handouts or private communications. Work copied from the Internet can be detected by -- -- the requirements and explain that serious penalties can be imposed. In cases of supervised work, Supervisors are expected to play a role: the Proctors may ask why the plagiarism wasn’t detected before the work reached the Examiners. -- -- before the work reached the Examiners. Third-party plagiarism -- * Overview: a more troublesome form of plagiarism is the use of work commissioned from a third party. These may be purchased from organisations which supply dissertations and essays on a -- -- candidate normally submits. Review-section plagiarism -- * Overview: a common form of plagiarism, which is usually more or less innocent, occurs in review sections. A final-year dissertation may legitimately build on the work described in a dissertation -- -- permitted and what is not. Guidance on proofreading is available on the collusion pages of this website. * Treatment of cases: unlike cases of plagiarism, work produced by unauthorised collusion cannot be made good by proper attribution. The Board of Examinations has agreed that it is inappropriate to -- -- A copies from B without B's knowledge Strictly, this is plagiarism rather than collusion but plagiarism that cannot be made good by any form of attribution. It may be necessary to interview both A and B at an investigative meeting. If it is clear that -- -- This example is much like the former except that B may now be in trouble too. It should perhaps be regarded as a case of collusion rather than plagiarism. Again A should not be awarded any marks for the copied elements of the University of Birmingham Intranet > Academic Services > Student Services > Student Conduct > Plagiarism > Guidance for students -- Guidance on plagiarism for students -- In 'Plagiarism' -- * Plagiarism * Plagiarism awareness starting points * Guidance for students -- * Guidance for students * Plagiarism Information for staff * Interactive plagiarism course Back to 'Student Conduct' -- -- Back to 'Student Conduct' * Defining plagiarism * A student's responsibilities -- * A student's responsibilities * 'Accidental' plagiarism * Plagiarism-detecting software * How Schools deal with plagiarism * The Learning Agreement and plagiarism * Plagiarism and postgraduate study * Student background and plagiarism * Referral to College Misconduct Committee * Appealing the decision -- -- * Confidentiality Defining plagiarism -- Plagiarism is a form of cheating and is a serious academic offence. It arises where work submitted by a student is not their own and has been taken from another source. The original material is then hidden from -- -- or by not mentioning it at all. The most common forms of plagiarism are: * copying -- * copying * self-plagiarism (also called auto-plagiarism) * collusion * fabrication or misrepresentation -- -- * unacceptable proof-reading Plagiarism may occur in a number of other forms, as well as in conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the -- conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the plagiarism may arise from the misuse of sources outside the University. The key is proper attribution of source material. None of the -- -- activities listed above is, of itself, necessarily wrong. Plagiarism is a serious matter for the University. If not dealt with, it will ultimately devalue all University degrees to the detriment of both students and the University. It also introduces a fundamental and -- -- It should be clear from a consideration of these two key requirements why plagiarism is unacceptable. By definition, a piece of work that has been plagiarised will never be able to meet either of the above criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely -- -- criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely to be a problem with plagiarism. It is ironic that students sometimes seem to go to great lengths to -- -- in jeopardy. 'Accidental' plagiarism The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the -- -- The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the severe penalties that may be applied in cases of serious plagiarism, will be anxious to avoid inadvertently submitting plagiarised work. It is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography -- is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography and still commit plagiarism by then incorporating a significant amount of un-attributed material taken directly or indirectly (through paraphrasing) from that source into the body of the assignment. -- -- Above all, the student body is not a single grouping and the University is aware of the need for a sympathetic approach to plagiarism, particularly in the first year of undergraduate studies and where there is no conscious attempt by the student to deceive. However, this is not -- -- ensure that you have clear guidance on what is expected of you in terms of the referencing of source material. If you are worried about committing plagiarism, always seek help and advice from your tutor, supervisor or other academic advisor within your School. Members of staff are experienced in dealing with questions about proper -- -- * Endnote information and training Plagiarism-detecting software Schools are making use of software systems, in addition to the existing -- -- You should be assured that academic judgement is always brought into play when analysing the results. A School will not take action against you for plagiarism as a result of the findings of Turnitin unless it has looked very carefully at the report obtained from the software and assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will -- -- assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will be able to see the relevant report and to challenge the School's case if you are accused of plagiarism following a software-based analysis of your work. -- -- However, the University reserves the right to protect the academic integrity of its degree awards by whatever means available to it. This will benefit those students who did not plagiarise. -- How Schools deal with plagiarism This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: -- -- This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: * If an Academic Integrity Officer suspects that plagiarism may have occurred they will undertake an investigation which would normally involve considering any evidence. This may include a report -- -- the marker or invigilator; * If, following the investigation, the Academic Integrity Officer has a reasonable suspicion that plagiarism has occurred, they will invite you to respond to the allegation and you will be invited to a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); -- -- a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); * Following on from the meeting, the principal academic unit will determine the level of plagiarism (if any) that it believes has arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, -- arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, moderate plagiarism and serious plagiarism. -- The consequences of a finding that plagiarism has occurred in any of these above ways can be found under Section 6 of the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. -- -- on Academic Integrity. In cases where serious plagiarism is found, the matter will be dealt with under University Regulation Section 8 Student Conduct. -- -- You should consult the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. This provides detailed definitive information on how plagiarism is dealt with. -- -- with. The Learning Agreement and plagiarism This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for -- -- This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for your part, will not submit plagiarised work and that your School, for its part, will help and support you to avoid plagiarism. It is seen by the University as a helpful expression of good faith and intentions by both sides of the academic partnership involving you and the -- -- University. Plagiarism and postgraduate study Given that you are likely to hold a First Degree already, there is an -- -- You should be assured that your School will not, provided it is satisfied that there has not been a deliberate attempt to deceive, treat any instance of plagiarism in the early stage of your postgraduate career as a matter normally requiring the imposition of a penalty. However, you must quickly come to terms with the University's -- -- dissertation element of the programme. Student background and plagiarism The educational background of students may make unintentional -- -- The educational background of students may make unintentional plagiarism more likely. Given the diversity of student background in the University, previous experience of formal education in the UK cannot be assumed. The expectations of learning and the learning styles -- -- and circumstance, as well as by individual preferences. Student work that stays close to the original source and is therefore at risk of an allegation of plagiarism may, in some cases, be the result of: * past experience of what has proven to be successful in other academic contexts but which is now a liability to the student; -- -- The University accepts that one (or more) of the above factors may play a role in a case of alleged plagiarism. Each case will therefore be treated on its individual merits and taking account of all relevant circumstances. #University of Derby Blog » Feed University of Derby Blog » Comments Feed University of Derby Blog » How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? Comments Feed alternate alternate [tr?id=263182877367236&ev=PageView&noscript=1] -- -- + Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Home > Blog > How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? James Elander -- -- Student Life How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? -- Be it in music or writing, plagiarism – “stealing other’s ideas” – is a complicated and yet serious offence. So how can universities help students improve their writing and avoid it? Professor James Elander, Head of -- -- Psychological Research, gives his top tips. Plagiarism happens so quickly and easily in these days of ‘cut and paste’, multiple deadlines and pressure to produce excellent work. -- -- Universities, therefore, need active strategies to help students learn not to plagiarise, and one approach focuses on improving their ‘authorial identity’ – a concept I have developed with Derby PhD student Kevin Cheung, which centres on how writers see themselves as -- -- students to understand the values of integrity and transparency associated with academic writing and to write assignments without plagiarising. My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction -- -- My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction session about plagiarism. I asked myself, what is the opposite of plagiarism? Surely the answer to that is authorship and, if authorship is the desired outcome, what are the behavioural or psychological characteristics needed for students to achieve that? -- -- To qualify genuinely as the authors of their written work, students must understand the role of an author, and must be able to identify with that role. This protects them from accidental plagiarism, which often happens when students produce written work without being really in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for -- -- in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for several projects with different groups of colleagues to help students not to plagiarise. Supervised by myself and Ed Stupple in the Department of Psychology at -- -- with lecturers were used to get insights into what university lecturers think about authorial identity, and how we can get them more involved in helping students write better and avoid plagiarism. These showed that changing identity, or how one sees oneself, is -- -- When students were asked afterwards about these workshops, 86% agreed they helped them understand how to avoid plagiarism and 66% agreed they helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, -- -- helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, understanding of authorship and knowledge to avoid plagiarism. The changes were greatest for year one students, supporting the common -- -- It’s important that universities spend time speaking to their students about what plagiarism means and the impact it can have. However, rather than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like -- than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like we did, and discussing how to write assignments without plagiarising, is of much better value. -- -- We hope this research will help to guide future efforts to help students improve their writing and avoid plagiarism, and also give us a simple tool to measure how students’ change through taking part in those efforts. -- -- those efforts. Top tips to avoid plagiarism Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental -- -- Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental plagiarism. Some of these are related to the early stages of work on a written assignment: * Think about what your own position (opinion) is before you start -- -- * Put yourself in the role of the author. How to use quotations without plagiarising * Think about what point you are making with the quote; -- -- * #Derby * #higher education * #plagiarism * #Press * #psychology You are here: Home / Offices / Student and Academic Services / Exams and Assessment / Plagiarism and Collusion Info -- -- Info Plagiarism and Collusion -- * Plagiarism: Plagiarism is used as a general term to describe taking and using another’s thoughts and writings as one’s own. Plagiarism can occur not only in essays and dissertations, but also in scientific experimentation, diagrams, maps, fieldwork, computer -- -- the application of very severe penalties. Avoiding plagiarism and/or collusion -- Learning Development runs a workshop on avoiding plagiarism and has study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on -- study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on avoiding plagiarism. Your student handbook is also a useful resource for plagiarism avoidance and will set out your department's policy about identifying plagiarism. Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of -- -- Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of plagiarism and/or collusion Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Senate Regulation 11: Regulations governing -- -- Departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion: Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations -- -- Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations governing student discipline when investigating and considering allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in work that is not assessed by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of -- by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of the case by the department's Plagiarism Officer. -- Departmental level consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion may be followed by a hearing of a Student Discipline Panel if the severity of the offence or the complexity of the case deems it -- -- * See regulation 11.60 to 11.70 for full details of the University's procedures for departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in assessed work (excluding written examinations) -- -- assessed work (excluding written examinations) Departmental penalties for plagiarism/collusion: The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student -- -- The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student if he/she is found to have committed plagiarism/collusion are also defined in the regulations. A disciplinary panel has the power to impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. -- -- impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. * See regulation 11.71 to 11.75 for full details of departmental penalties for plagiarism and/or collusion (extract of regulations) Cheating in written examinations -- -- staff in your department (e.g. your Programme Director or Head of Department) without any delay if you are still unsure about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. Don't risk a penalty. * For departments: -- * For departments: Contact your Plagiarism Officer or the Secretary to the Senate Student Discipline Committee (qualoffice@le.ac.uk | x2605), for advice on the operation of Senate Regulation 11. -- -- o Undergraduate Progression and Award o Taught Postgraduate Progression and Award o Plagiarism and Collusion # Penalties o Student Results You are here Home » General Regulations » Plagiarism Sitemap -- -- + University Calendar + Academic credit system (ECTS) + Plagiarism * Course Documentation + Course handbooks -- -- * Sitemap Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is interpreted by the University as the act of presenting the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. -- -- the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. Plagiarism is considered as academically fraudulent, and an offence against University discipline. The University considers plagiarism to be a major offence, and subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- University. Visit http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism -- -- Template for Plagiarism Summary Procedure -- Calendar Statement on Plagiarism for Undergraduates - Part II, 82-91 -- Plagiarism 82 General -- -- and explicit manner, and with due acknowledgement. Plagiarism is the act of presenting the work or ideas of others as one's own, without due acknowledgement. -- one's own, without due acknowledgement. Plagiarism can arise from deliberate actions and also through careless thinking and/or methodology. The offence lies not in the attitude or intention of the perpetrator, but in the action and in its -- -- It is the responsibility of the author of any work to ensure that he/she does not commit plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered to be academically fraudulent, and an offence against academic integrity that is subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- procedures of the University. 83 Examples of Plagiarism Plagiarism can arise from actions such as: (a) copying another student's work; (b) enlisting another person or persons to complete an assignment on -- -- All the above serve only as examples and are not exhaustive. 84 Plagiarism in the context of group work Students should normally submit work done in co-operation with other students only when it is done with the full knowledge and permission of -- -- the lecturer concerned. Without this, submitting work which is the product of collusion with other students may be considered to be plagiarism. When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is -- -- When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is possible, that no work submitted by the group is plagiarised. -- 85 Self plagiarism student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one -- -- student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one assessment for credit is normally considered self-plagiarism. -- 86 Avoiding plagiarism Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice -- Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice from their lecturers, tutor or supervisor on avoiding plagiarism. All schools and departments must include, in their handbooks or other literature given to students, guidelines on the appropriate methodology -- -- for the kind of work that students will be expected to undertake. In addition, a general set of guidelines for students on avoiding plagiarism is available on http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism. -- 87 If plagiarism as referred to in §82 above is suspected, in the first instance, the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or their designate, will write to the student, and the student’s tutor -- -- 88 If the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or designate, forms the view that plagiarism has taken place, he/she must decide if the offence can be dealt with under the summary procedure set out below. In order for this summary procedure to be followed, all -- -- (a) Level 1: Student receives an informal verbal warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will be assessed and marked without penalty; -- -- (b) Level 2: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissable. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped -- not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped mark depending on the seriousness/extent of plagiarism; (c) Level 3: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. There is no opportunity for #RSS 2.0 RSS .92 Atom 0.3 Ninth Level Ireland » Plagiarism Comments Feed alternate alternate alternate -- -- Plagiarism -- Of plagiarism, little new can be written (Schwartz, The culture of the copy (1998), p. 311) -- -- “Plagiarism” is defined in various ways. The core meaning seems to be inappropriate copying of another’s ideas or expressions. An important analytical distinction is between: -- -- behaviour, whether acknowledged or not. There is no legal definition of plagiarism, though it forms part of many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often -- -- many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often described as “self-plagiarism”; and two students who hand in identical essays may both find themselves accused of plagiarism, even though the essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of -- essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of them. Many examples of plagiarism will also be examples of breach of intellectual property rights, such as copyright or droit moral / droit à la paternité. -- -- à la paternité. Objections to plagiarism are numerous, so much so that it may be doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much -- doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much that used to be called “cheating” is now labelled “plagiarism”, often confusingly. The attitude of the person whose work is copied is sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as -- -- sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as your own is objectionable whether or not the true author objects.) There is a modern tendency to define “plagiarism” quite broadly, in some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme -- -- some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme hostility to plagiarism (such as stating, inaccurately, that it is a form of theft) it can sound as if large portions of the student community are being accused of crime. -- -- community are being accused of crime. Many argue that there is now a crisis of plagiarism, even a war against plagiarism. Of course, it has always been the case that some students look for illegitimate short cuts to achieving their qualifications. Various factors are blamed for the modern “crisis”: the growth of IT -- -- for intellectual development, not an occasion for open warfare between students and their teachers; the crisis, if there is one, is not so much a “crisis of plagiarism” as a crisis of how to test core competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. -- -- competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. The very difficulties experienced in trying to define plagiarism are evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how -- evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how it is to be established; further, those who condemn “plagiarism” the loudest often seem to have a quite unrealistic idea of the level of originality that can be expected at student level. -- -- originality that can be expected at student level. Plagiarism by academics is not so much discussed, though there is a general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. -- -- general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. “Persaud’s plagiarism was dishonesty, rules medical council”). It may, as in Raj Persaud’s case, come to the attention of a relevant professional body; or it might be a matter of university internal -- -- It is in this academic context that there are complaints of self-plagiarism, that academics are accused of reproducing their own work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether -- work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether “self-plagiarism” is really the right term may be doubted. Artificially padding one’s c.v. by submitting the same article to more than one journal is certainly reprehensible, and may in some circumstances even -- -- publications. Plagiarism by students, by contrast, has become a major preoccupation of universities. The rise of IT and access to online information, which has coincided with a greater emphasis on marked coursework rather than -- -- that the material could quite properly be included in a legitimate piece of writing, if referenced in the appropriate way. Any detailed university policy on plagiarism must necessarily distinguish between disciplines, as each discipline has its own nuanced attitude to materials that may be cited and how they may be used in argument. But -- -- equally, a failure to abide by a discipline’s rules is only culpable if those rules are understood – which leads many to suspect that rampant plagiarism really represents a teaching failure, such that the rules have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. -- -- have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. Many say, then, that plagiarism is to a certain extent a cultural problem. Does this mean that it is particularly a difficulty with students whose native language is not English? Some argue precisely -- -- of suspicion that is not applied to home students. There is little incentive for non-English speakers to improve their grasp of the language if they are met with “S/He must have plagiarised, s/he doesn’t speak English that well!”. If the local attitude to plagiarism is not well understood by foreign students, then presumably at least some of the blame lies with their teachers, and so a harsh response is not -- -- If there is a cultural problem, then, it is equally to do with domestic students. Academic horror at plagiarism reflects a set of value-judgments that students do not necessarily share, and the academics’ version of what their students are supposed to be doing -- -- achieve any level of expressive freedom. Constrained by an overwhelming consensus over the ‘facts’ and established modes of knowing, students may almost be forced to plagiarise. To devise a way to operate within a disciplinary context, without plagiarising, may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – -- may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – meaning, plagiarism and power, 2006) -- (See also Bill Marsh, Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education, 2007.) -- -- make no sense to be told that a failure to paraphrase counts as dishonesty. For discussion see “It’s culture, not morality”; “Using assessment on the front-line in the battle against plagiarism”. Academic conventions in these matters are framed on an assumption that -- -- dealing with intellectual problems is to find someone who has solved the problem before and to copy their work. (Without this skill, indeed, most university plagiarism policies would never have seen the light of day.) There are indeed other skills which university degrees must teach, and there are also behaviours which must be identified as -- -- required. As it is, plagiarism is increasingly being seen as a disciplinary matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an -- -- matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an unfortunate tendency both to define plagiarism broadly (as including any failure to follow established citation conventions, even if there is no attempt to claim originality for the cited material), coupled -- -- cheats off hook”; “‘Plagiarist’ to sue university”. Much attention has been focussed on plagiarism detection software (notably TURNITIN (website¦wikipedia)), which can take some of the drudgery out of identifying copied passages, and can be a useful -- -- o Irish Law Blogs o Overpayments o Plagiarism o Quality assurance o Tenure o Sample Dissertation o Sample Dissertation Proposal Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- + Referencing + Help Guides + Plagiarism Checker + Exam Revision Guides + -- -- o PhD Help Guides o Guide to Writing an Essay Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- * Call us What plagiarism is and how to avoid it One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of -- -- One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of study is that you must not plagiarise. If this is told to you early in your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there -- -- your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there are many different definitions of plagiarism. -- Plagiarism is stealing! -- This is the simplest way to explain plagiarism, it is stealing. What's more, it's stealing of the worst kind because it's taking another's idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. -- -- idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. Schools, colleges, and universities levy severe punishments on any student caught plagiarising and, in professional life, you would be prosecuted for it - plagiarism is illegal! -- The Internet and plagiarism: The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much -- -- The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much easier to plagiarise, but it has also made it easier to detect since most schools, colleges, and universities automatically scan work against millions of other sources to try and discover whether or not a -- -- teachers - they were students once themselves and during their careers have probably encountered every trick in the book! Therefore, make no mistake about it, if you deliberately plagiarise, you will be caught. -- Accidental plagiarism: -- Usually, however, a student is not guilty of direct plagiarism but plagiarising by accident. Unfortunately, it is too easy to do this when you are carrying out extensive research. Writing notes will, undoubtedly, incorporate the ideas of others alongside your own as this -- -- over an extended period of time (as with a thesis or dissertation), then it is easy to forget where your ideas end and another's begin. This is where accidental plagiarism can easily occur. -- How to avoid plagiarism: -- A very good way to avoid accidental plagiarism is to carefully record every single reference you make in your notes and put them into a list at the end of each referencing session that you carry out. It is also -- -- it) in the referencing style required by your school, college, or university. Not only will this help you to avoid an accusation of plagiarism, it will also enable you to grow accustomed to the required referencing style of your academic institution. This way of working will also allow your reference list and/or bibliography to evolve over -- -- footnote/bibliography style (employed by referencing styles such as Oxford). 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Even if a plagiarist takes the words of someone else who had written and passes -- -- creation, the fruit of the writer's hard work. As we know when we enter a word "plagiarism" in Internet we find almost 100,000 links to know the purpose of plagiarism, is a severe issue for writers, lawyers, authors, publishers, teachers, and students. Why should students think about? So what happens if a student downloads a -- -- piece of writing and hands it inside the same as his or her own. What is plagiarism? -- The word plagiarism must be important because it can change ones future and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good -- -- and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good intentions of doing it and not plagiarizing, but at times they get so besieged with the assignment leads to plagiarize. -- Defining plagiarism Definitions may be different but the central theme is copying from -- -- act of lying, cheating, and stealing." At UNC, plagiarism is "the deliberate or reckless representation of another's word, thoughts, or ideas as one's own without attribution about submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise." -- -- (Instrument of Student Judicial Governance,) Because it is considered a form of cheating, the Office of the Dean of Students can punish students who plagiarize with course failure and suspension. -- The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the act of plagiarism as:"To steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". -- steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". Plagiarism is "a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work." -- -- 2. Results or findings Cost of plagiarism The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of -- -- The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of intellectual creation of mind is illegal according to the intellectual property law. The plagiarism laws are there to protect the intellectual ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught -- ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught in plagiarizing, not only you will be removed from course and institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students -- institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students in the UK were expelled in 2007 for plagiarism offences". (2) -- Forms of plagiarism -- On purpose plagiarism: it states that using of someone's work for time since his/her own work -- -- If once tutor started reading the task and ends that you have just copied from a book which I have already read it earlier. This type of plagiarism can be done on purpose and it will not work. Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we -- -- Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we read more books and form points and patch them together could be easily detectable, unfair and can be Accomplice by online plagiarism Bluffing: Reading texts, picking few phrases and writing them different -- -- Stitching sources: when complete task is mentioned correctly and cited even then student needs to develop analytical skills because they need to produce work truly as their own. So this is still plagiarism due to inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of -- inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of plagiarism. -- All these types of plagiarism should be avoided at all cost lesser or greater. -- -- Methods of awareness: Why student committed to plagiarism: Many of the students are committed plagiarism because of improper time management or fear about the language and writing skills, poor knowledge regarding the subject. Some of us having thrill about breaking the rules and unawareness towards -- -- the assignments and most of them causes by laziness. Educate you self about plagiarism: Copying a text from the Internet or online or e database will have the important text and type of cite that we are using for academic research papers that are estimated. If you -- -- leads to a high standard than the conclusion and introduction, because the introduction and conclusion are frequently written by a student. Improper citation is also Leads to plagiarism because of some students copy the text from Internet and shows the matter into quotations by giving wrong references. -- -- Before to start working with assignments first find the appropriate source for referencing and arrange the matter according to the way that you studied. Other method is to detect the plagiarism by some software's that are available to detect. -- -- location where you copied. How to avoid plagiarism: -- Plagiarism is avoided by the following four methods. They are, Effective note taking habits, before you start doing assignment write -- -- 4. Conclusion and recommendation As stated that plagiarism is a rising problem in schools, colleges and universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. -- universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. "It is true plagiarism is sometimes ignored by academic institutions because students mean money and in the current financial climate, -- because students mean money and in the current financial climate, no-one wants to lose students". This doesn't mean that plagiarism is okay even your academic body doesn't understand it. Plagiarism finally states never fool yourself. -- -- states never fool yourself. The fear of plagiarism is that need to understand the difference among discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. It is -- discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. 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The editors of targeted publications are in some ways more obviously victims than the poets plagiarised. My first reaction was: what a dim thing to do these days. The tracking -- -- learn such a thing than to find out whether a particular poem has been published under more than one author’s name. It took me slightly longer to see why this response felt so off the mark. But of course plagiarism isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve -- isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve watched someone else go through. Defining plagiarism is trickier than you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other -- you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other kinds of copying (allusion, quotation) fairly easily: it’s plagiarism if the copyist hopes no one will notice. -- -- before he had the pleasure of pointing it out to me. This is probably relatively common, conscious or not. Still, I can’t bring myself to really care. Plagiarism has always seemed to me more pathetic than criminal. Log in to Reply -- -- 2. Timothy Rogers says: 13 June 2013 at 6:53 pm There’s a humorous side to plagiarized poetry, especially when it can be tied into the follies (or impostures) of youth. Here’s an illustrative story. When I was in the ninth grade in 1963 our #UK Human Rights Blog » Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Comments Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste Comments Feed Bipolar patient has capacity to decide to terminate pregnancy Right to Blog, Lord Chancellor’s Legacy and -- -- May 26, 2013 by David Hart QC Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste CutandPaste Crinion v. IG Markets [2013] EWCA (Civ) 587 read judgment -- -- Mr Mustafa, the Masters student at QMC in the second case, did rather less well; he tried to get a finding of plagiarism reversed by the Independent Adjudicator. 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And what is plagiarism anyway? -- Plagiarism is an ethical offence, not a legal one -- I defer, as usual to the OED, which defines plagiarism thus: To take, use and/or pass off the thoughts, writings, inventions etc of -- -- Notice that it doesn’t say ‘copy’. Nor is the offence reserved exclusively for taking writing. You can plagiarise someone else’s ideas. -- -- ideas. Plagiarism is also an ethical offence, not a legal one. There is no legal remedy. -- -- I found myself in this unwelcome situation recently (of the plagiarised, I mean). I clicked a link in a fellow copywriter’s tweet to a blog post whose -- -- content, style, tone and, in some cases, entire phrases, of my post. So, it passed the first part of the plagiarism test. It took my ideas and writings. -- -- In this particular case I didn’t feel my reputation or commercial fortunes were damaged by the plagiarism. I had very little to gain for seeking any sort of remedy. And, to be -- -- But what about if it happens to you? What then? 15 steps you should take if you think you’ve been plagiarised Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a -- -- Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a potential act of plagiarism. First, get answers to these seven questions: -- -- To what extent? 6 Are you being damaged in any way by the plagiarism (other than wounded pride)? -- -- The more times you answer yes, the more likely the act is to be plagiarism. Let’s say you feel you have a case to make. Here are the eight steps -- -- Post Comment 1. Good advice. I once plagiarised an article without realising it. I published a press release, which I assumed to be public domain. It turned out that the PR person who had written the press release #RSS Feed Plagiarism Checker | WriteCheck by Turnitin * Features -- -- Get Started Now! Plagiarism in the UK In the United Kingdom, the Channel 4 news program Dispatches aired a -- -- Though much of the segment focused on cheating on standardized tests, the network used Freedom of Information requests to also gain access to statistics on plagiarism at universities in the country. According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been -- -- According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been accused of plagiarism in the past four years, of which some 40,000 were disciplined. Of those disciplined, 400 were expelled (excluded) and another 12,000 had a deduction in their grades. -- -- Those statistics are interesting for a variety of reasons. First is that, while the majority of plagiarism cases did result in disciplinary action, a full third did not. How many of these cases were because of the student being exonerated versus a decision that it didn’t warrant -- -- Still, this means that, in the UK at least, punishment for an alleged plagiarism infraction is far from automatic, resulting in a punishment rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of -- rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of plagiarism, they are more favorable than those faced by those accused of actual crimes. District attorneys in the United States, for example, routinely see conviction rates well above 90%. -- -- It’s also worth noting that only one fifth of the students accused of plagiarism suffered a reduction in their grades and only .6% of all students accused of plagiarism were expelled. This means that, in the UK, an allegation of plagiarism does not automatically mean a grade reduction, much less an expulsion. Those are actually very unlikely outcomes. -- -- However, perhaps most interesting is that the number of students accused of plagiarism is significantly smaller than the number who likely actually do it. A recent survey of college students in the U.S. showed that 38% of undergraduates and 25% of graduates admitted to -- -- While the United States is a different country, even if the UK rate of plagiarism is just 20% that means the vast majority of students who plagiarized never even faced an accusation. This is because there are approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means -- approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means approximately 2.6% were accused of plagiarism. That number, 2.6%, feels both extraordinarily high and extraordinarily -- -- low at the same time. On one hand, it’s stunning to think that, on average, in every class of 38 students, one will face allegations of plagiarism. On the other hand, given the high rate of admitted plagiarism, it means that the amount detected truly is just the tip of the iceberg. -- -- More than anything, the Channel 4 report shows just how complex the problem of plagiarism in universities is and. more importantly, how deep the issue runs. -- -- Fortunately, while there are no easy solutions to this problem, universities in the UK have made great strides in the fight. Not only have they adopted plagiarism policies and the use of plagiarism-detection software nationwide, but they’ve nearly cut in half the number of papers with high similarity rates turned in over the first 10 years of the program. -- -- first 10 years of the program. Still, as these statistics show, the battle against plagiarism is not a sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but -- -- sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but all areas of plagiarism policy. Further, it requires regular analysis to ensure that it’s working as designed so that adjustments can be made as time goes on. -- -- Fortunately, that is what the UK is doing and that’s why we have such powerful statistics from it. That data, in the end, is powerful and, as shown above, indicates the UK is turning the tide against plagiarism, even if there is still much work to be done. -- -- The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today, and do not reflect the opinions of WriteCheck. -- WriteCheck. 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Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, -- -- activities. Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, there is also evidence that a generation brought up using the Internet has very different views on what constitutes ‘plagiarism’. -- Plagiarism is usually seen as being ‘wrong’, ‘immoral’ or at least undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the -- -- undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the learning process. Furthermore, ‘plagiarism’ should not be confused with ‘copyright’, as what may be plagiarism is not necessarily copyright infringement. Thus while plagiarism is often ‘unlawful’ it may not always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute -- always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute ‘plagiarism’, such as the improper referencing of sources in student essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for -- -- essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for plagiarism, and the academic and professional penalties that can be imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. -- -- imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. SECTION ONE – TYPES OF PLAGIARISM Definitions -- -- Definitions The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines ‘plagiarism’ as ‘to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: to use (another's production) without crediting the source: to commit literary -- -- The word ‘plagiarist’ is derived from the Latin word ‘plagiarus’, meaning, ‘kidnapper’^3. Yet as we shall see, plagiarism does not need to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans -- to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans points out: ‘Everyone seems to know [plagiarism] is wrong... but few know how to completely define it’^4. -- -- know how to completely define it’^4. Oxford University states that plagiarism is ‘the copying or paraphrasing of other people’s work or ideas into your own work without full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. -- -- full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. It also includes ‘collusion’, i.e. the unauthorised working with others. The university states that students may be guilty of plagiarism even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This -- even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This suggests that ‘plagiarism’ is an all-embracing term that covers a huge variety of activities. -- -- variety of activities. Types of plagiarism The Harvard Guide to Using Sources^7 provides useful examples of -- -- unacceptable conduct. Many of these involve the practice of ‘cutting and pasting’ from electronic sources such as the Internet^8. The Guide divides plagiarisms into several different types. -- The first is ‘Verbatim plagiarism’. This is word for word copying from another source without placing the copied text in quotation marks and providing a clear citation, i.e. an acknowledgement of where the -- -- material came from. Another category is ‘Mosaic plagiarism’^9. This involves copying parts of another’s material but changing a few words here and there without placing the material in quotes or providing a citation. The Guide -- -- An example can be found in How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, an unpublished novel Kaavya Viswanathan, which was found to contain numerous instances of plagiarism, notably from two previously published books by author Megan McCafferty^10. -- -- first in a long string of boyfriends got on.’^12 Here, mosaic plagiarism can be seen in the way certain words are changed while others are left unaltered. The result is very close to the original in its expression. -- -- the original in its expression. ‘Inadequate paraphrasing’ is a similar type of plagiarism where the student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a -- -- student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a citation, this is not enough to prevent plagiarism. The new passage must instead restate the original work using completely new words. The Guide suggests that students should make accurate notes of the original -- -- citation immediately afterwards^15. Other types of plagiarism can include providing inaccurate information about the sources in citations and using too many sources without enough interconnecting original material, with the result that the -- -- paper contains almost no original work^16. Another type of plagiarism is ‘self-plagiarism’. This is a practice mainly found among academics where the author recycles their own work, ‘dressing up’ old research to make it appear original and new^17, and -- -- Problems with definitions However, though examples of plagiarism are numerous, there is much disagreement about when the rules should apply. -- -- topics which a first year undergraduate may be ignorant of. Similarly, arts students tend to cite things differently than science students^19. This undermines any solid definitions of plagiarism. -- Another problem when defining plagiarism is that educational institutions’ plagiarism policies tend to give students more leeway in examinations. For instance, Yale College’s plagiarism guide states that for its purposes the term ‘plagiarism’ will be usually confined to coursework only^20. -- -- Administrators (an advisory body for institutions providing writing programs) takes the view that institutions should treat intentional and unintentional plagiarism differently^21. They state that if a student tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be -- -- tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be classed as ‘plagiarism’^22. In fact, they regard it as part of the natural learning process for students. They also state that using ‘common knowledge’ is acceptable. However this again does not address -- -- acknowledgment^24. This definition appears self-contradictory, as it recognizes that some institutions and even academic programmes define ‘plagiarism’ differently. What use then is the definition? Such definitions are unhelpful and serve only to confuse the issue. -- -- is part of the learning process, where students assimilate phrases, terminology and ideas to gain understanding of a particular subject. However she states that this is still plagiarism, regardless of whether the student acknowledges their sources^26. -- -- If that wasn’t enough for the student to contend with, there is evidence to suggest that the present generation of students views ‘plagiarism’ differently from previous generations. In American colleges 68% of all students admit cutting and pasting from the Internet without giving acknowledgments^27. Blum suggests that this -- -- forms part of a cultural pattern. McCabe and Trevino also note that this ‘may be due to a changing definition among students of what constitutes plagiarism’, particularly when it comes it paraphrasing^28. Blum says: ‘Contemporary students are swimming in a sea of texts’^29. -- -- Contrasted to this, the academic world has strict rules on referencing even when direct quotations are not used. This may explain the rise in the amount of plagiarism seen in colleges and universities recently. Conclusion -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. It can encompass a wide variety of activities, not all of which involve professional ‘cheating’. Unintentional plagiarism can also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as -- -- also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as ‘plagiarism’. A problem for students is that some disciplines and forms of assessment are more stringent than others. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot -- -- some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot when they are plagiarizing another’s work. -- Copyright symbol SECTION TWO – Plagiarism v Copyright UK law -- -- to exploit a work^30. The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) governs UK copyright law. One of the main differences between copyright and plagiarism is that copyright generally does not protect ideas, only the expression of those ideas. However this distinction is not as clear cut as it sounds. -- -- What is copyright? Plagiarism covers a variety of material. It includes academic papers, professional publications, works of fiction and even scientific formulae. In short, where there is any potential for the use of -- -- recorded in some permanent form, such as in writing^42. Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright is that copyright only lasts for a fixed period. For original works this is seventy years from the death of the author^43, while for sound -- -- arrangements last for twenty-five years^45. If a work’s copyright expires it becomes ‘public domain’ and can be used freely without a licence. By contrast, plagiarism is not concerned with whether a source is public domain or not, but whether it has been adequately referenced. -- -- Infringement Plagiarism policies and copyright law both cover a wide variety of activities. However copyright law is more rigid, in that it sets out what activities may constitute copyright infringement. -- -- work to the public, adapting the work or authorizing any of these acts to be done without a licence There is no need to show any intention on the part of the infringer. Therefore, as with plagiarism, infringement may be unintentional. -- -- author^46, or joint authors if there are more than one^47, of by the author’s employer if the work was created during the course of their employment^48. This is unlike plagiarism, where it does not matter whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone -- whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone else to produce a piece of work may be plagiarism in itself^49. How much can be copied? -- -- How much can be copied? Plagiarism policies allow for some copying provided that any text lifted from the original is surrounded in quotation marks and referenced properly^50. Similarly, you can legally copy material from a -- -- that the work must originate from its creator and not be copied from somewhere else^54. One of the consequences of this is that facts cannot generally be protected. This contrasts with plagiarism, which suggests that it is the failure to say where the facts came from that incurs a penalty^55. -- -- Sufficient acknowledgment Plagiarism is concerned with originality of work. For instance, plagiarists who recycle old ideas are criticized for undermining the pursuit of original knowledge and enriching themselves, sometimes at -- -- Publication: does it matter? Plagiarism does not require anything to be made public. However, except for ‘copying’, copyright infringement must involve the work being made available to the public^59. Bainbridge notes that the approach courts -- -- Ideas v Expression Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, -- is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, not the ideas behind it. Plagiarism however, can be committed by stealing ideas as well as by copying text. -- -- Saunders states that this means that an academic can copy ideas from someone else’s work, as long as he presents them in an original way. Such behaviour may be plagiarism, but it is not copyright infringement^63. -- -- copyright infringement^74. Therefore if you reproduce a section of an original work without crediting the author, you may also violate this right as well as commit plagiarism. Under s.80(1) CDPA 1988, an author or director also has a right to -- -- Conclusion Therefore copyright infringement in the UK differs from plagiarism in that only certain works are protected for a limited duration. Infringement also requires that the amount used from the copyright work -- -- family^87. This is all very different from the position regarding plagiarism, where it does not matter if the work is public domain or not. -- -- Moral Rights in the US are much more limited than in the UK, and are of little assistance to the copyright owner in preventing plagiarism. Authors in the US have rights of paternity and integrity similar to -- -- unscripted portions of the film are written down verbatim. Such use may well not infringe copyright. This is, of course, different to plagiarism, which includes non-literal copying from any source. There must also be ‘substantial similarity’ between the infringing copy -- -- to reproducing or exhibiting work, communicating work to public, and falsely attributing work to the author. This covers all possible forms of plagiarism and may be an alternative remedy to infringement for plagiarized authors. However these rights are more limited than in English law. The rights -- -- i) ‘ILLEGAL’ v ‘UNLAWFUL’ Plagiarism may be unlawful, but it is not necessarily illegal. Although these two terms are often used interchangeably, they do have different technical meanings. “Illegal” has been defined as an act’ which the law -- -- Therefore to infringe copyright is to violate law and commit an ‘illegal’ act. However while plagiarism is considered unethical, it is not ‘illegal’ unless it also infringes copyright or some other rule of law. -- -- law. In fact, some plagiarisms may not even be unlawful, as even plagiarized work is capable of subsisting in copyright. A plagiarized essay still qualifies as a literary work under the CDPA 1988 even if it has not been created to academic standards. The plagiarist would still be able -- -- students. For purely academic work, the UK law does not require that source material be acknowledged. However this will not protect students from allegations of plagiarism. Someone writing an essay or journal article may claim they are writing -- -- Conclusion Plagiarism is therefore be illegal only if it infringes copyright or some other law. Even infringement may be lawful if it amounts to ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. The UK law provides little certainty on the -- -- This makes cases hard to predict in the UK and the US. SECTION SIX – CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES -- -- i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES If plagiarism involves a violation of copyright law, the infringer may commit criminal offences. -- -- dishonestly make a representation with a view to causing gain or loss to anyone^176, for instance, if an academic secures a publishing advance for an original article but delivers a plagiarized version. Australia -- -- where the origins of a work have been deliberately disguised, such as by removing copyright notices or modifying it so it cannot be recognized^187. This may apply to plagiarized written work. Australia -- -- Even if a plagiarist escapes civil or criminal sanctions, they may still face serious consequences. Plagiarism can result in the cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have -- -- cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have plagiarized several works, including those by Megan McCafferty and Salman Rushdie , the publishers cancelled her publishing contract ^198. The publisher may also ban the author in the future and withdraw copies -- -- author to provide a warranty that their work is original^200 Plagiarism can cause severe embarrassment and damage the copier’s career and good standing in the academic community. The publisher may complain to the academic’s departmental head, resulting in internal -- -- governed by the Human Rights Act 1998, which enshrines the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law^206. University Disciplinary Committees decide what penalties to impose on students for plagiarism. These are distinct from Examination Boards, which grade students based on their academic performance. Disciplinary Committees are subject to -- -- In one recent case, a student accused his university of negligence for failing to bring plagiarism to his notice. Michael Gunn sued the University of Kent for failing him for plagiarism days before he was due to graduate, having said nothing about this while he carried on his studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation -- -- studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation for changing a student’s grade after they have graduated on grounds of plagiarism^212. -- Plagiarism policies may discriminate against students from overseas. The JISC recognizes that for some students, such as those who are home-schooled, reproducing large amounts of text is a way of showing -- -- under the Human Rights Act 1998. Many academic institutions also utilize plagiarism detection sites and software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and -- software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and plagiarismchecker.net. In the USA, their use has already sparked a court case. In AV v iParadigms LLC^217, high school students in Virginia and Arizona sued Turnitin.com’s owners, iParadigms. The -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright -- process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright infringement and plagiarism are not the same thing, and one may be a plagiarist without infringing copyright, and vice versa. While there are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are -- -- are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are generally less well protected in the US and Australia. Also, moral rights are much weaker in these two countries. Plagiarism is not always illegal, thanks to defences such as ‘fair use’. However what is ‘fair’ can be very hard to pin down, and the potential infringer would be well -- -- advised to always err on the side of caution. There are severe criminal and civil penalties for commercial copyright infringement, and plagiarism can also have damaging academic and professional consequences. However, in a culture that is becoming increasingly reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next -- -- reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next generation of scholars may well have very different ideas about what is ‘plagiarism’. One answer would be to change the way university courses are taught, placing less reliance on traditional essay-writing, which encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly -- -- encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly different form. Instead universities appear to be resorting to technology themselves to stamp out plagiarism. Whether these methods are legal themselves remains to be seen. -- -- Blum, S, My Word! 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Plagiarism and College Culture, Cornell University Press, New York, 2009, p.1. -- -- de=402598>. 57 J Saunders, ‘Plagiarism and the law: a guide to plagiarism and the law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, -- law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, , p.2. 58 [2007] EWCA Civ 247. -- -- 86 Ibid. 87 R King, Understanding Copyright Law, Fair Use, Plagiarism and Public Domain, King & Associates, Arizona, 2012 (e-book). -- -- Features * Plagiarism detection * Plagiarism checker reviews * Types of plagiarism * Is plagiarism illegal? * Plagiarism articles * Ask the Doctor -- * Ask the Doctor * Plagiarism pictures * Plagiarism scanner (BETA) Guides -- -- * Referencing guides * Lesson plans * NEW: Free plagiarism workbook (PDF) About -- -- About PlagiarismChecker.net is the free website for plagiarism software, reviews, articles, lesson plans and commentary on detection methods. -- -- XML | TXT | HTML | ROR | Images © Copyright 2015 by PlagiarismChecker.net. 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Copying the work of others would be -- -- Submitting work that has been done by someone else is an obvious instance of plagiarism and is regarded as cheating. It is intellectually dishonest to cheat in this way. -- -- If you make available, sell or advertise for sale work in any form or by any means (print, electronic, recording or otherwise) so as to enable plagiarism whether or not the work includes marks, comments or any other materials produced by an assessor, unless prior consent has been given by the VQ Assessment Centre you are encouraging or enabling -- -- any other materials produced by an assessor, unless prior consent has been given by the VQ Assessment Centre you are encouraging or enabling plagiarism. Such cases will be investigated as potential Collusion. You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be -- -- You should read carefully the following information carefully, to be familiar with the definition, investigation process and potential implications regarding plagiarism and collusion. Plagarism -- -- Collusion A form of plagiarism that involves unauthorised co-operation between at least two people with the intent to deliberately mislead or deceive -- -- * allowing work to be copied e.g. posting written coursework on social networking sites prior to an assessment * The offence of encouraging or enabling plagiarism includes the act of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done -- of posting work onto any public website whether or not it is done with the intention of enabling or encouraging plagiarism. Investigation process -- -- Investigation process In all suspected cases of Plagiarism and/ or Collusion, the centre is required to notify the awarding organisation within 10 working days. -- -- City & Guilds ILM: Plagiarism, Collusion and Cheating Policy OCR: Joint Council for Qualifications Suspected Malpractice in -- -- + Information, advice and guidance statement of service + Learner charter + Plagiarism and Collusion Your questions * What is academic integrity? * What is plagiarism? * How do I avoid plagiarism? * What is referencing? * Why should I reference? -- -- Students working together where this is not permitted, with the intention of gaining an unfair advantage or cheating in the preparation of coursework. A form of plagiarism. See also collaboration. Common knowledge -- -- * exam techniques (eg preparation, timing, etc). Plagiarism In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas -- -- In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas or writings as your own without acknowledgement. In an academic context (see page What is is plagiarism?). This includes taking another person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of -- -- person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of plagiarism in the General Regulations Appendix A: * reproducing in any work submitted for assessment or review(for example, examination answers, essays, project reports, -- -- Turnitin In full this refers to the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software supplied under license from Turnitin UK . Submitted work is matched against a database of previously submitted work from every institution -- -- which subscribes to Turnitin, (including international institutions); current and archived internet pages and databases of journals and periodicals (Gale and Emerald). Turnitin does not detect plagiarism: it is a text-matching software which provides a report on whether a student's work is original (no matching text) or unoriginal. All * PlagiarismDetection.org * plans & pricing -- -- * login Reliable plagiarism detector -- Fast and accurate plagiarism checker for teachers, students, publishers, bloggers. Since 2008. -- -- bloggers. Since 2008. Plagiarism prevention in Europe -- Plagiarism is a controversial issue in institutions of higher learning across Europe. Various views have been raised concerning this topic vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different -- -- vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different European countries. It is prudent to understand what each country perceives regarding plagiarism for the sake of students who wish to study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the -- study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the plagiarism policy means in countries such as Poland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought -- -- Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought about the definition of plagiarism, different answers were gathered. This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various -- This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various attitudes towards plagiarism. According to the respondents, students from Czech Republic highlighted that plagiarism simply meant “copying without referencing the original author”. British students simply stated that it had something to do with “taking another person’s work -- -- simply meant “copying”. Polish answers were a bit long making reference to intellectual property rights, illegal, copying and cheating. Plagiarism policy in Europe has had different opinions. This may be attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to -- attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to measures taken by institutions to control and prevent plagiarism. As much as the situation may look similar in most countries, a few scenarios differ. A clear similarity is apparent between Cyprus and the -- -- academic writing. Most universities and colleges in the US and UK report high cases of plagiarism despite plagiarism checkers put in place to avoid it. A number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students -- number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students and lecturers concerning plagiarism. Despite having these guidelines, originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding -- originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding what really constitutes plagiarism. In some instances, poor academic discipline may qualify as plagiarism as opposed to the actual misconduct. This has been labeled as a demeaning factor in achieving consistency among institutions of higher learning. -- -- In 2012 an anonymous survey of 617 students conducted at the University of Graz in Austria showed that about one-third students reported that they had already plagiarized at least once. Reasons for plagiarism were comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 -- comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 percent), unintended plagiarism (34 percent) and uncertainty about the source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that -- source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that "comfort", which primary reason for students to plagiarize is indeed lack of a plagiarism checker being used by teachers to control works submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and -- -- submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and the UK have adopted plagiarism detectors. In the UK, much emphasis has been relayed on penalties on students who plagiarize. Universities in the US are quite strict on matters of plagiarism hence prompting students to pay attention to details when attributing works. In contrast with Europe, university students in the US are constantly -- -- reference list and parenthesis on materials cited in the text. To some extent, these attribution systems have managed to streamline issues of plagiarism as well as bring consistency in the US. Institutions of higher learning in both countries have equally faced challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public -- -- challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public domain. In the current era of information explosion, more knowledge is becoming common hence presenting the challenge on what is plagiarized or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, -- or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, plagiarism checkers think otherwise. On the contrary, it is easier to assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and -- assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and does not require citing. In the overall, plagiarism is still an issue to solve in many countries given the fact that knowledge is dynamic. -- -- all articles * Academic plagiarism * Checker supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish languages. -- -- * Twitter+ © 2008-2018 PlagiarismDetection.org ____________________ Student Circus Blog Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments -- -- Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? 14 Nov,2016 -- -- 14 Nov,2016 Plagiarism is a foreign word for most of the international students coming to the UK. Plagiarism means copying someone else’s ideas or work and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are -- -- and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are found to be plagiarising your content, you could fail the exam or assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian -- -- assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian countries, plagiarism is not strictly enforced or frowned upon, which leads to complacency and lack of knowledge of plagiarism when students go to west for further education. Plagiarism can be of various types such as*: a.Copying or paraphrasing text from websites, articles, research -- -- c.Duplicating your work, for instance by submitting almost the same work for two different tasks. So, how to avoid plagiarism? The answer is referencing, paraphrasing and citing the sources. The most common citation styles are as follows: -- -- marks. *Avoiding plagiarism: A guide for international students. (n.d.). Retrieved from -- Retrieved from http://www.educationuk.org/india/articles/avoiding-plagiarism-guide-for -international-students/ Disclaimer: www.studentcircus.com (Student Circus UK ) is not #Teaching Matters blog » Feed Teaching Matters blog » Comments Feed Teaching Matters blog » Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? Comments Feed Exploring research-led teaching at Senate Training and support for postgraduate students who teach (PGWT) alternate -- -- 27th July 20175th September 2017IAD user Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? PhD nightmare crop Poor academic practice and academic misconduct cases -- -- occur and the consequences are potentially catastrophic and extremely distressing for all concerned. Cases we are aware of have involved the external examiner identifying plagiarised material with an almost forensic level of rigor – exactly what we expect of any external examiners doing their job. It has struck us that there is currently an -- -- Our pilot of this approach has already proved valuable by identifying patterns of poor scholarship including plagiarism among year 1 progression papers; issues we have identified would definitely land students in trouble if they had submitted work for UG or taught PG -- -- of Turnitin. Undetected problems could persist within a final submitted thesis and this could be catastrophic; in 2013 the Education Minister for Germany had their PhD rescinded because of plagiarised content. PhD theses are still a special case and the nature of similarity needs Written on May 23 2013. Misconception 15: Turnitin employs legions of writing experts to read and evaluate papers for plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin receives over 200,000 papers daily, and no human reads the papers at Turnitin. All papers are processed by our -- -- Reality: Turnitin matches text similarity and does not grade papers for the instructors. It is up to the instructor and/or student to determine whether the assignment exhibits plagiarism. Misconception 13: Turnitin has expertise in plagiarism and can render judgment on specific cases. 
Reality: There is no "threshold" Similarity Index that is either -- -- at the Originality Report. Misconception 3: The "Similarity Index" shows the percentage of paper that is plagiarized.
 Reality: The Similarity Index is just a percentage of material in the paper that matches sources in the Turnitin databases. Text that is -- -- Instructors can decide to let their students see their reports, do re-submissions, get revised reports -- or not. Misconception 1: Turnitin detects plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin matches to text in our databases and leaves the judgment up to the instructor. As mentioned above, instructors MUST Blog Is Recycling Your Own Work Plagiarism? Written on July 20 2016. -- -- Written on July 20 2016. [self-plagiarism-blog-image.png] This post is excerpted from an article originally published on -- -- Writers often claim that because they are the authors, they can reuse their work, either in full or in excerpts, over and over again. How can republishing one’s own work be defined as plagiarism if the author has only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the -- only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the definition of self-plagiarism, how it crosses into copyright laws and ethical issues, and the different ways an author can avoid this increasingly controversial act of scholarly misconduct. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ What is Self-plagiarism? Let's look at one scenario: Leslie is an assistant professor going -- -- number of publications for tenure, but from the same work. Doing so, Leslie might commit what Scanlon (2007) calls “academic fraud,” a form of selfplagiarism (pg. 57). -- Self-plagiarism is defined as a type of plagiarism in which the writer republishes a work in its entirety or reuses portions of a previously written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that -- -- written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that because they are the authors, they can use the work again as they wish; they can’t really plagiarize themselves because they are not taking any words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on -- words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on whether self-plagiarism is possible, the ethical issue of self-plagiarism is significant, especially because self-plagiarism can infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of -- infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of plagiarism do not account for self-plagiarism, so writers may be unaware of the ethics and laws involved in reusing or repurposing texts. -- -- texts. The American Psychological Association (2010) explains how plagiarism differs from self-plagiarism: “Whereas plagiarism refers to the practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of -- practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of others, self-plagiarism refers to the practice of presenting one’s own previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). -- -- previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). As Roig (2006) suggests, self-plagiarism occurs “when authors reuse their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared -- -- their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared elsewhere” (pg. 16). Roig identifies a few types of self-plagiarism: * Republishing the same paper that is published elsewhere without notifying the reader nor publisher of the journal -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Definitions of Plagiarism -- The question of whether self-plagiarism exists or not—is it possible to plagiarize oneself?—is rooted in the definition of plagiarism. Plagiarism is typically defined as stealing the work of another and presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary -- presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary (2011) defines plagiarism as taking the work of another as “literary theft.” The verb to “plagiarize” is defined as: * “To take and use as one's own (the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another person);” -- -- According to the OED definition, in the strict sense recycling papers would not be plagiarism. -- However, Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2011) defines to “plagiarize” similarly with the addition description in the second definition below: * To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: -- -- So, in the Webster definition, recycling one’s own papers would fall under “to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source” and is, therefore, considered plagiarism. But what is more important than the definition of plagiarism, and whether it is possible to “self-plagiarize,” is the ethics behind self-plagiarism. __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Ethical Issues of Self-plagiarism -- Publications manuals have a set standard regarding self-plagiarism. When an author publishes in a journal, the author often signs over rights to the publisher; thus, copyright infringement is possible if an -- -- Biomedical journals in particular have had significant problems with copyright due to self-plagiarism and many have taken a stance against the practice in publication. Some have gone so far as to request the author’s previous manuscripts to ensure that the work is original (Roig -- -- It seems that even the American Psychological Association (APA) has taken a recent position against the practice by addressing self-plagiarism in the 2010 sixth edition of the publication manual, a discussion, which is absent from previous editions. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Avoiding Self-plagiarism Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for -- -- Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for avoiding plagiarism, four of which deal specifically with self-plagiarism, as follows: * Guideline 10: Authors who submit a manuscript for publication containing data, reviews, conclusions, etc., that have already been -- -- that is subsequently presented as a new study is an equally serious ethical breach. * Guideline 12: Because some instances of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and even some writing practices that might otherwise be acceptable (e.g., extensive paraphrasing or quoting of key elements of a book) can constitute copyright infringement, -- -- Technology like iThenticate by Turnitin is another way to avoid self-plagiarism. By comparing written work against the largest database of scholarly, full-text content, authors and researchers can screen their work prior to publication submission and organizations can -- -- Conclusion The issue of self-plagiarism is becoming more and more prevalent, and some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, -- some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, have seen a rising trend in self-plagiarism. The APA publication manual has no discussion of self-plagiarism in its fifth edition, but addresses it twice in the sixth edition, perhaps to prevent such practices. Organizations and individual authors and researchers can -- -- take preventative measures in their writing practices and editing processes, including the use of technology that helps detect potential self-plagiarism before submitting their work for publication. References -- -- Style Chicago. 16th Edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. * “Plagiarize.” (2011). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com. -- http://www.merriam-webster.com. * “Plagiarism, n.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed.). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * “Plagiarize, v.” (2011). OED Online (3rd. ed. ). Retrieved from http://www.oed.com. -- http://www.oed.com. * Roig, Miguel. (2006). Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. -- other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. Retrieved from http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/plagiarism.doc * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in -- -- * Scanlon, Patrick M. (2007). Song from myself: An anatomy of self-plagairism. Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification, 57-66. * Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright. (2010). Copyright. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Copyright Office. Retrived from Programme of activities/ Academic integrity and plagiarism/ -- Academic integrity and plagiarism [icon-twitter-rounded.png] [icon-facebook-rounded.png] -- -- Protecting, developing and enhancing academic integrity in general is the second theme for action, with a particular focus to the issue of plagiarism. Higher education has indeed its own particularities and potential -- -- Another activity under this priority line would be the organisation of a specific seminar on plagiarism, which could be held in 2016. One possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes -- possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes towards plagiarism coexist in Europe and that approaches differ from one Member State to another. -- -- 2. Drafting of guidelines together with measurement indexes; 3. Promotion of capacity building in higher education institutions to evaluate plagiarism. -- -- + Programme of activities o Ethical behaviour of all actors in education o Academic integrity and plagiarism o Recognition of qualifications o Other activities #RSS 2.0 Thomas Lancaster » Feed Thomas Lancaster » Comments Feed Thomas Lancaster » Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 Comments Feed Contract Cheating – A Decade (Plus One) Of Contract Cheating Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 1 – Academic Integrity and Contract -- -- ____________________ Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 -- -- use a third party to have work completed for them. Sessions at the 2017 international conference on Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond ended up heavily focused on contract cheating. Having been part of contact cheating research since the term first formed part -- -- I’ve already shared my conference presentation on contract cheating in examinations and provided general collected thoughts about Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. -- -- 05 Emerging Issues In Contract Cheating Wider challenges surrounding educational integrity also influence how contract cheating practice could develop. These include traditional areas of student plagiarism, the use of translation and essay spinning software, as well as the risks posed by students using smart drugs. -- -- these posts are compiled, runs to nearly 8,000 words, so that just shows how much value there was in the presentations and discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. ← Next post Previous post → -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Please browse around the blog and the links, and feel free to leave your thoughts. -- -- Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: brno, conference, contract cheating, essay mills, plagiarism across europe and beyond, research Read 127 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:14 am […] This is Part 1 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 2 – Inside The Contract Cheating Industry | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:30 am […] This is Part 2 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 3 – Contract Cheating by Academics | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:31 am […] This is Part 3 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 4 – Detecting Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:43 am […] This is Part 4 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 5 – Emerging Issues in Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:54 am […] This is Part 5 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 6 – Which Students Are Contract Cheating And What Does This Mean For -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:18 pm […] This is Part 6 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 7 – Understanding Contract Cheating From The Student Viewpoint | Thomas -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:28 pm […] This is Part 7 (the final part) of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 | ContractCheating.com says: October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm -- -- October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm […] This blog post provides lots of details about contract cheating from discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. […] Leave a Reply Cancel reply -- -- Recent Posts * Student Plagiarism And How To Stop An International Problem – With A Focus On Kosovo -- A Focus On Kosovo * Emerging Issues In Plagiarism Prevention And Detection – My View From 2004 * Beyond Contract Cheating – Towards Academic Integrity -- -- Recommendations To Address Essay Mill Use – Video * Cutting The Costs Of Open Access Research * Plagiarism and Assessment * Examining The State of Academic Integrity in Europe – Recommendations From SEEPPAI this work is produced, it is a concern. Since contract cheating produces original work, this is unlikely to be picked up using standard text matching plagiarism detection services such as Turnitin. Some of the more interesting findings across our research have related -- -- Beyond this, there are parallels with the research into the anti-plagiarism fields, in particular looking at the policies, processes and penalties surrounding contract cheating, and how to write assignments to prevent contract cheating. The research I’ve been -- -- Feel free to contact me regarding contract cheating. I often deliver keynote talks, research seminars and training related to plagiarism and contract cheating. I’m happy to discuss the issues further, to assist with staff development and to support requests from the media. -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Much more information about what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. -- -- what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: contract cheating, plagiarism, robert clarke, thomas lancaster Read 8 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- March 28, 2017 at 7:03 am Dear professor My research subject is plagiarism. Since you coined the term contract cheating in 2006, would you mind clarifying how a “contarct cheater” is different from a “ghost writer”? -- -- https://t.co/rzBOjVHu5K 1 day ago * @DoctorMikeReddy I really can't remember the "gym analogy" from during my PhD years (2000-2003) when the plagiarism… https://t.co/pOKTEXmudT 1 day ago #Plagiarism.org RSS Feed IFRAME: https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NST4MH8 -- -- (BUTTON) Toggle navigation [p-dot-org-logo-1512156951.png] * Understanding Plagiarism * Preventing Plagiarism * Teaching about Plagiarism * Plagiarism Checking * Plagiarism Research * Plagiarism Policy ____________________ -- -- ____________________ European Responses to Student Plagiarism in Higher Education Irene Glendinning -- -- A significant amount of research has been undertaken in response to the recent flood of student plagiarism now being detected in higher education institutions (HEI). Based on deeper understanding of the underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for -- -- underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for strategies and systems for detection, penalties and mitigation of student plagiarism. So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from -- -- So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from English speaking countries, particularly the UK, North America and Australia. Their work has included research into plagiarism from students from other countries, including Sweden, Germany, Lithuania, Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of -- -- Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of countries in Europe is not well understood and there has not yet been a comparative study of plagiarism in HEIs across Europe. -- The IPPHEAE project (Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), -- Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), aims to plug the identified gap by focusing on plagiarism in European HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and -- -- HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and deterring plagiarism. Surveys are being conducted in HEIs at three levels: students, teaching staff and senior managers, to determine how well any procedures are understood, to what extent they are operating -- -- Where possible representatives from national quality agencies are being interviewed in order to gain overarching national perspectives on issues such as national policies and how plagiarism impacts on quality and standards. This dimension also provides a means of highlighting the importance of the research to people who can influence educational -- -- IPPHEAE project including an overview of in-depth institutional studies and interventions for reducing the number of incidences of student plagiarism. -- This paper was submitted to the International Integrity & Plagiarism Conference which ran between 2004-2014. The paper was peer reviewed by an independent editorial board and features in the conference (GO) GO UK leads Europe in the fight against plagiarism Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study -- -- integrity among students, a study has found. The analysis looked at factors such as universities’ use of plagiarism software, consistency of sanctions, transparency, training, efficacy of prevention policies and efforts to address the issue at a national -- -- countries, in most aspects,” said Irene Glendinning, academic manager for student experience at Coventry University and principal investigator on the Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe project. -- -- Ms Glendinning said that unlike in the UK, where efforts to prevent and detect plagiarism have been growing since 2001, in Spain students reported that tools to detect plagiarism were rarely used, and only one-third said there were policies for dealing with the problem. -- -- Ms Glendinning also acknowledged that the survey looked at policies and their implementation rather than the prevalence of plagiarism because, she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that -- she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of plagiarism around … but there are no statistics anywhere,” she said. Consistent recording would mean “we can have a handle on whether what we’re doing is actually having an effect”. -- -- and Cyprus. Among suggestions for the UK will be that the Quality Assurance Agency should, as part of existing audits, require institutions to explain their plagiarism policies and demonstrate their effectiveness and consistency. (GO) GO Plagiarism software can be beaten by simple tech tricks IT scholar says PDF tweaks allow students' copied work to evade -- -- Technological loopholes allow savvy students to beat academic plagiarism software, an IT expert has warned. -- -- James Heather, senior lecturer in computing at the University of Surrey, has revealed that plagiarism detection systems such as Turnitin that are routinely used by universities are open to simple cheats allowing students to evade detection when submitting copied material. -- -- But in a new paper, "Turnitoff: identifying and fixing a hole in current plagiarism detection software", Dr Heather reveals that beating the system is simple. -- -- "In their current incarnation, one can easily create a document that passes the plagiarism check regardless of how much copied material it contains. When there are loopholes that can be exploited, they give the operator a false assurance that a submission is original." -- -- The study, which appears in the journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, demonstrates ways in which students can modify plagiarised work to avoid detection. "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the -- -- "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the document, without affecting how the document looks and prints, then the software will not be able to identify any plagiarised material," Dr Heather writes. -- -- Students aware of this loophole could get around the system by converting a plagiarised essay to PDF format, he says, and then altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually -- -- altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually unaltered, extracts tested by the plagiarism software would be garbled, and so matches would not be detected. -- -- themselves. "If there is no text, then the plagiarism detection cannot function," the paper notes. -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests Read more -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests August 15, 2016 Universities seem to be struggling to catch up. The big concern is that bespoke essays, written to order, without being plagiarised themselves, are difficult if not impossible to detect. -- -- are difficult if not impossible to detect. Almost all universities use anti-plagiarism software, called Turnitin, which checks a submitted essay against published sources, looking for copied phrases. But this software will not raise suspicions about an -- -- * More oral presentations, sometimes called a viva * More exams * Almost all UK universities use anti-plagiarism software such as Turnitin. But software has little success in detecting a genuine bespoke essay -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism Officer Sarah Allen, at the UEA Business School, recently investigated a post-graduate student who submitted an excellent piece of work which stood out to the marker simply because it contained one Home Viewpoint: The spectre of plagiarism haunting Europe By Debora Weber-Wulff Professor of Media and Computing, University of -- -- A spectre is haunting Europe, and this time it is the spectre of plagiarism and scientific misconduct. Some high-profile politicians have had to resign in the last 18 months - but the revelations are also shaking respected European universities. -- -- Many European countries, especially Germany, have long considered it unnecessary to give plagiarism more than a cursory look. One trusts in the self-cleansing powers of science, end of story. -- -- Last February, a reviewer of German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's doctoral dissertation discovered and documented some plagiarised passages. When the papers pounced on this, zu Guttenberg denied any wrongdoing, -- -- That was not the end of it. Soon it was suspected that a major ex-politician's daughter was guilty of plagiarism in her dissertation, and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite -- and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite soon plagiarism was discovered in yet another dissertation, and it has not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. -- -- not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised... Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education -- -- Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education minister lasted just a week in office before having to step down, accused of plagiarising academic papers. Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the -- -- Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the Romanian prime minister of plagiarising part of his PhD. He denies wrongdoing and has been backed by a Research Ethics Council, but the accusations have now been upheld by two academic panels in Romania, -- -- The Hungarian president has already lost his doctorate and resigned on account of plagiarism, and the Russian Minister of Culture is facing accusations that 16 passages of his doctoral dissertation were copied from other sources. He denies the allegations. -- -- let them have their fun." However, it seems that the plague of plagiarism has also reached the level of the professorships in Germany. Those who are supposed to be teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last -- -- teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last month it was revealed that more than a third of a new book for law students on how to write papers properly was plagiarised, including liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. -- -- liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised. And just to show how contagious the disease is, the authors also cite zu Guttenberg's dissertation - albeit incorrectly. -- -- to the VroniPlag Wiki.) Image caption VroniPlag wiki uses coloured bands to show distribution of plagiarised content In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics -- -- In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics councils and there is a wide discussion of ethical practices. There are procedures in place for dealing with plagiarism. In Germany, though, professors wanting to address plagiarism are pretty much left to their own devices. They don't have much in the way of tools or formal procedures. -- -- procedures. There is so-called plagiarism detection software available that does find some plagiarism, especially word-for-word copies. These programmes do not find everything by a long shot, but German universities are currently rushing to purchase them. -- -- been officially declared to suffer only from "technical weaknesses". But people are speaking up, and plagiarism is being discussed in every university, even if many are unsure what to do. -- -- university, even if many are unsure what to do. Better education about plagiarism and good scientific practice is essential. -- -- years needs to be reviewed in order to identify weak points. However, there is currently no funding for such measures, so it's unclear whether German universities will really get serious about plagiarism, or keep muddling on. Entertainment & Arts Burt Bacharach calls for change in music plagiarism law * 3 August 2017 -- -- Veteran songwriter Burt Bacharach has called for a change in the law over music plagiarism. He said recent court cases - like the ones involving Blurred Lines and (BUTTON) More Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- Every now and then there is an outburst of concern about the curse of plagiarism in higher education. The Department for Education has indicated it is considering cracking down by not only fining, but also handing out criminal records, to students submitting commercially -- -- The targets of this mini crusade are essay mill websites, which market “original” professionally produced essays that allow students to circumvent their university’s plagiarism detection system. These paid-for essays allow students to buy a degree. -- -- But this is only a small part of the culture of cheating in higher education. A long time before the commercialisation of plagiarism, cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief -- cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief examiner for my department, I was shocked by the amount of plagiarised coursework brought to my attention. When I consulted colleagues at other universities it became evident that the problem was not confined -- -- rather than rich kids, was identified as the source of the problem. Academic discussions on plagiarism sometimes sought to deflect the problem by claiming that overseas students were disproportionately involved in copying. Some suggested they had come from different -- -- external to university life is driven by the institutional imperative to minimise the significance of this practice. All universities have policies on this problem; most have made plagiarism detection software available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the -- -- available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the problem – which is that plagiarism is not a technical issue but one that raises questions about the working of academic culture. -- -- that raises questions about the working of academic culture. Plagiarism is a mortal sin and last taboo – or is it? Read more -- -- them to embark on a quest for knowledge. But if higher education continues to treat students according to a business model it is only a matter of time before plagiarism loses its stigma. Topics -- -- Topics * Plagiarism * Higher education -- -- * Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers -- -- cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers Published: 9 Oct 2017 Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown * -- -- more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Plagiarism%2CEducation%2CHigh er+education%2CExams%2CTuition+fees%2CStudents] A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- headlines. With examples like these, what's so wrong with a bit of plagiarism? Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian -- -- Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian University and who had his book, Succeeding with Your Masters Dissertation, plagiarised by another lecturer on the web. -- "A lot of students think it is acceptable to copy or plagiarise somebody else's work because there's this idea that everyone is doing it anyway," he says. "It seems like it's not really a serious issue, -- -- but it is. If it's a minor case, you could end up losing marks on a dissertation or having to resit a module. If it's widespread and a student has been found to have plagiarised often, then the most extreme punishment they could face would be expulsion." -- -- easier to adopt someone else's work as your own. According to Biggam, the definition of plagiarism within an academic context is: "Where a student copies text verbatim without providing sufficient acknowledgement of the source, thereby giving the impression -- -- permanent record." Cole was lucky to get off relatively lightly. For others, plagiarising can spell the end of your degree – even if you are unwittingly involved. -- -- and the only marks it did give me were much lower than I'd anticipated. Then when I got home, there was a letter from the university saying that I was suspected of colluding with another student in plagiarism. I completely freaked out." -- -- behind my back was simply unbelievable. " If you are caught in serious and deliberate plagiarism, it could end up on your final academic transcript. If a potential employer asks to see your transcript as part of the selection process, you can probably say -- -- "It certainly wouldn't look good to a future employer if they knew you had engaged in plagiarism," Biggam says. -- But how can you avoid plagiarism, when part of the university learning process is to absorb expert theories and demonstrate your grasp of them by reproducing them in written work? -- -- At Glasgow Caledonian University, Biggam is testing the use of plagiarism detection software, called Turnitin, which monitors work for any copied phrases. "Often, it might be a genuine mistake – a student might simply forget to reference a quote or a source. In which case, a It was, says Hiscock, "the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across." He was so angry he wrote to Mail Online's editor, Martin Clarke, and to -- -- "sexually abused" by a magician during her eighth birthday party.' It is the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across and if it happens again I will take steps to ensure I am adequately compensated for the theft of my interview." -- -- * Greenslade * Plagiarism * Daily Mail * Martin Clarke Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- Compare Melania Trump’s speech with Michelle Obama’s 2008 address Republicans scrambled to prevent a plagiarism scandal from overshadowing the coronation of Donald Trump on Tuesday after his wife Melania borrowed large chunks of her opening night speech from Michelle -- -- As delegates prepared to formally offer Donald Trump the party’s presidential nomination on Tuesday evening, the plagiarism controversy reopened internal wounds and undermined his campaign’s attempts to present a more polished appearance ahead of November’s general -- -- election. A campaign source said responsibility for the plagiarism incident lay with a longtime aide to top Trump strategist Paul Manafort. The source said the aide had signed off on the speech and edited it. -- -- Online critics also highlighted a lighter hearted instance of apparent plagiarism, noting that Melania Trump’s claim that her husband “will never ever give up, and most importantly, he will never ever let you down,” echoed Rick Astley’s 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up – a song cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- Gill, five miles south-west of Newcastle, a narrow man with a curly mess of dark red hair. He’d just made a routine visit to the Facebook group Plagiarism Alerts. There, a woman named Kathy Figueroa had posted something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet -- something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet laureates has plagiarised a poem by Maya Angelou.” Lightman clicked the link. It led to a Canadian government webpage -- -- Rise. Incredible. But could it really be plagiarism? How likely was it that a poet laureate would steal anything at all, let alone a keystone work by a modern legend? How could he think he’d get away with that? Then -- -- uncomfortable and distressing experiences of my life”, admitting, “I have made several stupid mistakes during my time as a poet and there is simply no excuse for plagiarism.” But he also pushed back: “I have been bullied, victimised and abused by a number of ‘poets’ who thought it necessary to act like a lynch mob.” -- -- Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’m absolutely furious’: plagiarised poet Joan Johnston. Photograph: Gary Calton for the Guardian -- -- copy of A Particular Blue, so he could see for himself. “He returned both poems to me, having highlighted the changes Sheree had made, saying, ‘I don’t think it’s plagiarism. I think she’s taken your poem and made something new out of it.’ At which point, I went for another walk.” -- -- considerable distress.” Croft explained that he planned to pulp the remaining copies of Laventille and reprint a corrected version. “I do not believe that your accusations of plagiarism regarding Laventille are justified. But I am not prepared to have this beautiful and important book dirtied by the grubby little fingers of Pooterish -- -- broke/and threatening light/brought into the long night.” How close would two poems have to be for it to be plagiarism, I ask Croft. -- -- their name at the bottom, I’d say, why are you doing that?” And would it be plagiarism? “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying -- -- “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying my name is Will Storr. No, it’s not! You’d say that was stupid. You wouldn’t say I was plagiarising you.” *** -- -- Meanwhile, what of the Canadian mystery? Could former laureate DesRuisseaux really have blatantly plagiarised all those canonical poets? It seemed too mad to be true. When Lightman got hold of DesRuisseaux’s book Tranches De Vie, he found even more apparent -- -- findings to Éditions du Noiroît, who appeared to accept his verdict; in emails Lightman showed me, DesRuisseaux’s editor wrote that it was his first experience of plagiarism, and expressed regret at having to tell the poet’s family that he would have to remove the title from circulation. -- -- * Poetry * Plagiarism * Maya Angelou * features -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Poetry%2CPlagiarism%2CBooks%2 CMaya+Angelou] Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- The organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have unveiled a new official logo, seven months after being forced to scrap the previous design amid accusations of plagiarism. Selecting an emblem they hope will be simple, effective and most of all -- -- the Théâtre de Liège in Belgium. Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo scrapped after allegations of plagiarism Read more -- -- Japanese officials initially rejected accusations that Sano had plagiarised the image, which was based around a stylised capital T with a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied -- -- a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied plagiarism. But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings -- -- But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings to block Tokyo 2020 from using the image. Further allegations of plagiarism also emerged against Sano, including claims that his initial submission resembled a work by the late German typographer Jan Tschichold. -- -- + Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video 0:50 Published: 15 Jan 2016 -- -- 0:50 Published: 15 Jan 2016 Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video + Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Some four years ago I wrote about the strange case of a Canadian columnist accused of plagiarism. The Toronto-based Globe & Mail had found it necessary to add “clarifications” to articles written by Margaret Wente after complaints about her work. -- -- same structure, analogies, and phrasing in numerous instances.” In addition, the Canadaland news website, accused Wente of plagiarising “at least four times from three different publications... in addition -- “at least four times from three different publications... in addition to the two cases of plagiarism outlined in BuzzFeed Canada.” The first two instances, by Wainio and BuzzFeed, were addressed by the -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Media%2CPlagiarism%2CCanada%2 CNewspapers%2CAmericas] The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- Fresh evidence of Independent journalist Johann Hari's habit of alleged plagiarism has emerged from a lengthy interview with Afghan women's rights activist Malalai Joya in July 2009. -- -- * Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row Interviewer and columnist has been suspended for two months pending outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss -- -- outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss Published: 12 Jul 2011 Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row * -- -- Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Independent editor-in-chief defends columnist involved in 'politically motivated' plagiarism furore. By Josh Halliday Published: 29 Jun 2011 Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- The Orwell prize committee has accused Independent columnist Johann Hari of plagiarism over an article that won him the prestigious award in 2008. -- -- of contrition for the errors I made elsewhere, in my interviews." Hari apologised for plagiarising the work of others to improve interviews and for editing the Wikipedia entries of people he had clashed with, using the pseudonym David Rose, "in ways that were Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- [ ] Johann Hari has been writing for the Independent since 2002 but faced allegations of plagiarism last year. Photograph: Nick Harvey/WireImage -- -- Johann Hari, the journalist at the Independent who was suspended for plagiarism, has announced that he will not return to the newspaper. Hari had been undergoing retraining in the United States and was -- -- Independent editor Andreas Whittam Smith. The findings of the inquiry were not made public but the newspaper reported in September 2011 that Hari admitted the plagiarism allegations and would attend a journalism training course before returning to the paper. -- -- Blackhurst was asked several questions about Hari when he gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry into journalistic ethics earlier this month. "On the plagiarism, Johann genuinely believed he was doing nothing wrong. The fact that nobody complained, Johann did not believe he was doing anything wrong. His reputation has been very, very severely damaged; Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism David Batty -- -- [ ] Raj Persaud. Photograph: Andy Butterton/PA Britain's best-known psychiatrist today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and several articles he wrote for newspapers and medical journals. -- -- Raj Persaud, famous for his appearances alongside Richard and Judy on the This Morning sofa, also admitted to a General Medical Council (GMC) disciplinary hearing that his plagiarism was inappropriate and misleading. -- -- The psychiatrist, who used to present BBC Radio 4's All In The Mind programme, admitted plagiarising four articles for his book From The Edge Of The Couch published in 2003. -- -- He also admitted that four articles he wrote in 2005 contained passages plagiarised from an article and book by Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. -- -- University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. He also admitted using material plagiarised from an article by Professor Stephen Kant in a piece he wrote for the Independent in the same year. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. His book -- -- He said Persaud blamed subeditors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Blass complained about the article and was told, in an email -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." At the time the allegations of plagiarism first emerged two years ago, Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, a position he still holds. -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- In Britain it is left to individual institutions to develop their own plagiarism policies. But the QAA said it wanted a consistent approach among higher education providers to tackle the problem. It called on universities and colleges to record incidents of this and other kinds -- -- fix.” A Universities UK spokesperson said: “Universities take plagiarism and cheating extremely seriously. Submitting work written by someone else is cheating and devalues the efforts of students who work hard to -- -- * Higher education * Plagiarism * Jo Johnson * news -- -- more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- of the problem Published: 27 Feb 2017 Published: 27 Feb 2017 Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Higher+education%2CPlagiarism %2CEducation%2CUK+news%2CJo+Johnson%2CPolitics] Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students Gavin Haynes -- -- In the past few days, however, it is said that the master has become the pupil, as Dylan has been accused of plagiarism. Writer Ben Greenman was the first to blog about how he couldn’t find a quotation that Dylan had cited in Moby-Dick: “Some men who receive injuries are led to God, -- -- While universities habitually run students’ work through plagiarism-detection software such as TurnItIn, there is no such equivalent for Nobel prize speeches, assumed to be the moment at which an eminent economist, physician, writer or peace-maker has earned a few -- -- text, preferring that you “check your comprehension” against their interpretation. The company does, however, have advice on its website for avoiding plagiarism: “By citing words and ideas that came from our site or books (to see instructions on how to do that, see How to Cite This SparkNote within each study guide), or by putting your own spin on -- -- * Nobel prize in literature * Awards and prizes * Plagiarism * features -- -- [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Bob+Dylan%2CMusic%2CNobel+pri ze+in+literature%2CAwards+and+prizes%2CBooks%2CPlagiarism] * Education University students could be fined or handed criminal records for plagiarised essays, new proposals suggest -- -- University students who buy essays online face fines and a criminal record under plans to punish plagiarism being considered by the government. -- -- more than 100 online essay services are now in operation. Whilst universities already use complex anti-plagiarism software to detect the copying of academic texts, the process of contract cheating - students submitting paid-for essays as their own original work - -- -- Speaking to The Telegraph, Lord Storey, who is leading efforts to make the practice illegal, said that the consequences of plagiarism must be made clear, adding that many “rich students” are now effectively “paying their way” to a top honours degree. -- -- Leading academics are also in favour of a ban, with Professor Phil Newton and Michael Draper, leading experts on essay plagiarism, calling on the Government to tighten up the legal loopholes being exploited by professional writing services. 3. Education News £1,700 for a dissertation, but what's the real cost of plagiarism? As one ghost writing service sees an 80 per cent increase in sales in one -- -- It’s a heavy sum to pay for something that the majority of people - not to mention universities - would class as plagiarism. Yet Nemet is quick to separate his company from this accusation. -- -- Whether or not this is an easy way of passing responsibility on to the client, ghost writing – along with other forms of plagiarism – remains an issue at universities across Britain. -- -- declined by 60 per cent since 2005 While 2013 figures from plagiarism detection service, Turnitin, reveal that the number of serious cases has declined by 60 per cent since 2005, Phil Newton, superintendent of assessment at Swansea University, -- -- topic I had set. It really opened my eyes to the issue. “We regard [ghost writing] as plagiarism, pure and simple. It’s is a form of dishonesty, it’s a form of cheating, and where students are found guilty of it, there will be serious academic repercussions.” -- -- passing off work as their own. For students that are caught, there can be serious consequences, from the deduction of marks on an essay, to expulsion from the university. Even if the plagiarism is unintended, there may still be penalties. -- -- “The University also employs a series of sophisticated software applications to detect plagiarism in submitted examination work, both in terms of copying and collusion,” the spokesman adds. -- -- “It regularly monitors online essay banks, essay-writing services, and other potential sources of material. Anyone who submits plagiarised material as part of their course can expect to be dealt with severely.” -- -- ongoing advancements in technology – incorporating more sophisticated methods of detection – will continue to play a role in combating plagiarism; however, educating students should also help prevent the initial interest. -- -- where they are in their course. If they are in their final year, we regard that as much more serious, if they do it in their first year, they probably just need some advice on how to avoid plagiarism and what constitutes plagiarism. “I don’t condone it, but I can understand why a student who is 4. Health News 'Hero' GP suspended for plagiarising fellow doctor's work A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent -- -- A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent patients has been suspended for six months for plagiarising another doctor’s work. -- -- The General Medical Council heard that Dr Margaret Staley initially came under suspicion herself after computer anti-plagiarism software picked out striking similarities between a case study she had written and Dr Kumar's coursework. -- -- Dr Staley endured weeks of uncertainty before eventually being completely exonerated when it became clear she was the victim rather than the perpetrator of the plagiarism. Public school-educated Dr Kumar was hailed as a hero in 2009 after Johnson called it an “unacceptable and pernicious” practice, while universities will generally expel anybody they catch – though given the essays aren’t plagiarised, identifying a paid-for piece of work isn’t easy. Using an essay mill, on the other hand, very much is. * News Canadian poet laureate revealed to have plagiarised Maya Angelou, Tupac and others -- -- [tupac_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jp g?imwidth=450] The Canadian poet Pierre DesRuisseaux, who has been found to have plagiarised numerous poets, including Tupac Shakur * Telegraph Reporters -- -- Pierre DesRuisseaux, who died last year, served as the parliamentary poet laureate between 2009 and 2011, and has now been accused of plagiarising the work of up to 20 poets, among them world-famous names and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. -- -- and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- DesRuisseaux The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux Credit: Wayne Miller/Magnum/BBC -- -- The duplicity was unearthed by poet and literary sleuth Ira Lightman, a member of a Facebook group called Plagiarism Alerts, whose mission involves tracking down plagiarism in the poetry world. Lightman was tipped off by a Canadian poet named Kathy Figueroa, who -- -- But still, like dust, I'll rise." The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- by DesRuisseaux The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- -- Figueroa told Canada's CBC News that DesRuisseaux's widespread plagiarism came as a shock: "It was just mind-boggling, the audacity of someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." -- -- someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." Upon the discovery of the plagiarism, DesRuisseaux's Montreal-based publishers Éditions du Noroît pulled the book from shelves, while claiming that only between 50 and 100 copies of the book had actually show ad Last-ditch attack on Neil Gorsuch amid claims Supreme Court pick plagiarized academic papers in his book -- -- The White House punched back hard, and assembled its own team of experts to debunk claims that the writing constituted plagiarism. 'This false attack has been strongly refuted by highly-regarded -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' HARD FEELINGS: Democrats are furious that the Senate never scheduled a hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court -- -- hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court seat PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- “Each of the individual incidents constitutes a violation of academic ethics. I've never seen a college plagiarism code that this would not be in violation of,” said Syracuse University professor Rebecca Moore Howard. -- -- Howard. 'I would certainly call it plagiarism,” she added. At this late date, the information is likely to have little effect on show ad Tokyo 2020 gets new logo proposals after plagiarism scandal By Afp -- -- Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers said Tuesday they have received more than 14,500 suggestions for a new logo after the original choice was withdrawn because of a plagiarism scandal. The organising committee in August dropped the emblem put forward by -- -- The Tokyo committee has insisted the move to drop the original logo was not in response to the legal action. It said Sano, who denies plagiarism, asked that his design be withdrawn to avoid harming the Tokyo Games. show ad Monica Crowley out of Trump White House team after plagiarism revealed * Crowley is a syndicated talk show host who was set to takeover as -- -- administration after all. More than 50 charges of plagiarism, based on discoveries made by CNN's KFile division, led publisher HarperCollins to pull her 2012 book from its shelves last week. -- -- currently unavailable for purchase on Amazon. Crowley appears to have plagiarized large sections of the book, according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than -- according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than 50 examples of apparent plagiarism. Politico separately charged that her 2000 dissertation wasn't properly -- -- decision to suspend sales of her book. Crowley also faced plagiarism allegations in 1999 after a piece she wrote on the 25th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's resignation ran in The Wall Street Journal. -- -- article.' Crowley also plagiarized several sections of her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University, Politico Magazine said. The publication found more than a dozen instances in which Crowley appeared to lift from -- -- developer!' DID MONICA CROWLEY PLAGIARIZE THESE PASSAGES? Crowley's book -- -- Source: CNN Read more: * Trump pick Monica Crowley plagiarized multiple sources in 2012 book - CNNMoney -- - CNNMoney * Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation - POLITICO Magazine * Monica Crowley to forgo post in Trump White House - Washington 'Dishonest' TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud suspended after admitting plagiarism By Daily Mail Reporter -- -- 'The Panel has determined that a three-month period of suspension is sufficient to send out a signal to you, the profession and the public that plagiarism is unacceptable behaviour.' The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the -- -- The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, is now in tatters after he admitted plagiarism. Before the ruling, GMC members heard from some of Dr Persaud's -- -- proceedings.' He added: 'The panel has determined that your actions, in plagiarising the work of others, were liable to bring the profession into disrepute.' -- -- the doctor's book. He also said he had uncovered more examples of plagiarism in Dr Persaud's book after comparing passages in it with material on the internet. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- DEJA VU Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago -- -- Republicans candidate Fillon was still in the presidential race when he delivered the speech two weeks ago France election candidate Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarising speech The incident is bizarrely reminiscent of Melania Trump's July 2016 -- -- state. And the sight of her having to plagiarise a discredited rival’s words will come as a blow to her electoral ambitions. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- Under the bed bugs Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? -- -- Beedle The Bard. Why has Chris Riddell accused John Lewis of plagiarism? Chris Riddell believes there are many similarities between the two * Health News Fears of plagiarism crisis as probe finds foreign university students ‘cheats’ -- -- Updated: 6th April 2016, 8:55 am FOREIGN students are claimed to be fuelling a surge in plagiarism at British universities amid fears of a cheating crisis. / Sean Gallup/Getty Images Findings come months after The Times exposes 'plagiarism epidemic' among Britain's institutions -- -- Half of the nation’s university students are losing marks for not referencing their work correctly, according to a new survey into attitudes towards plagiarism. Citation tool RefME - which polled just under 2,900 of the country’s -- -- almost 80 per cent are worried about referencing correctly, while a majority of 71 per cent expressed concern about facing disciplinary actions for plagiarism. [GettyImages-170380536.jpg] Read more -- -- Read more Universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students cheat RefMe said: “This widespread concern over facing disciplinary actions -- -- ‘ghostwriter’ to complete their work for them constitutes academic misconduct, more than 20 per cent were unable to identify this as plagiarism. The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times -- -- The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed there to be a “plagiarism epidemic” among Britain’s universities with almost 50,000 students being caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- However, RefME said that, although its study unearthed some “concerning” statistics around plagiarism in academia, students are increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using -- -- increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using plagiarism tools prior to submitting. Tom Hatton, CEO and founder of RefME, described how, as a university -- -- “The hope is that we can look back at these numbers in a couple of years and see evidence that the sentiment towards plagiarism has changed.” * More about: -- -- * More about: * RefMe * plagiarism * University of Kent * University of Westminster 1. INDYSTUDENT UK universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students caught cheating over last 3 years -- -- The Independent Online Britain’s universities are said to be in the midst of a “plagiarism epidemic” after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed how almost 50,000 students were caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- of the student population, requests from 70 universities showed. 75 per cent of postgraduates found plagiarising at Queen Mary University of London were from abroad, including a third from China. -- -- One professor from the University of Buckingham told The Times “type-1 plagiarism,” copying and pasting, is decreasing because it’s “so easy to detect.” 1. INDYPULSE TV doctor Raj Persaud admits plagiarism * PA -- -- Indy/Life TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and articles he wrote. -- -- The doctor, who is famed for his regular appearances on daytime TV shows such as This Morning, admitted plagiarising four articles for his 2003 book 'From The Edge Of The Couch'. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. -- -- He said Dr Persaud blamed sub-editors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, USA, complained -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." The GMC panel heard that allegations of plagiarism against Dr Persaud were first made in a Sunday Times article published in April 2006. -- -- The article alleged that sections of Dr Persaud's book, published three years earlier, were plagiarised from academic articles. At the time Dr Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Mr Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Plan to prosecute firms who offer paid-for essays to students While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address ‘essay mills’ -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 -- -- The move is a response to mounting concern over the practice which allows students to circumvent their college’s plagiarism detection systems. The use of these services is not easily detected as software used by universities only detects where students have copied from -- -- Paid-for essays While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address the issue of so-called contact cheating or the use of paid-for essays. -- -- The QQI’s guidelines advise colleges that they “should have effective policies and procedures in place to prevent, detect, combat and deter plagiarism at all levels”. * Tackling teacher supply is complex - but we are making progress * Revenues crest €4m at top boys’ private school Glenstal Abbey -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, according to figures compiled by The Irish Times last year. -- -- Of those that did, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). The scale of detected issues is likely to be bigger at IT Tallaght as it has extensive detection policies. -- -- Online source The company insists it does not condone plagiarism, and says all “clients are expected to use and reference it as they would any other online source”. -- -- growing and it was typically completing roughly 350 projects a year. Mr Bruton’s spokesman said: “Plagiarism is currently subject to institutional disciplinary sanctions up to and including exclusion from the programme. -- -- offering the ‘service’ will not disclose it, those buying it will not, and there is no system-wide recording of detected instances of this or any other form of plagiarism”. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Essays for sale: a new wave of plagiarism Students who use online essay-writing services face sanction if caught. As -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Rigorous testing Would this essay be red-flagged for plagiarism? Colleges nowadays have access to a range of computer programmes, such as Turnitin and Safeassign, that test whether articles have been copied from other -- -- However, these programmes only work if they detect parts of the essay that exist elsewhere; they might not flag plagiarised content if they are custom-written pieces. -- -- To test the essay, we put it through Safeassign and it came back clean. But it’s not just the plagiarism-detection programmes: it has to get past the beady eye of a lecturer. We presented the essay to a number of lecturers in communications and media without telling them about its -- -- It’s difficult to say how commonly these services are being used, but colleges are increasingly aware of plagiarism on campus. There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being -- -- There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, and the numbers are on the rise (see panel). -- -- In the UK, some academics have warned that essay-writing services are behind an “epidemic” of plagiarism. Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected -- -- Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected plagiarism tends to involve students simply cutting and pasting in a section and putting inverted commas around it. -- -- section and putting inverted commas around it. “Students don’t realise that this is plagiarism, but these [essay-writing] services are blatant plagiarism,” he says. Trinity College Dublin’s education officer, Molly Kenny, said these -- -- reference it as they would any other online source,” she says. In the terms and conditions of the website they state they do not condone plagiarism. Foley says the site and demands for their services continue to grow. -- -- Glynn says this could be an option in Ireland: “I would endorse it if it came in here – enforcing it is the challenge – anything to discourage student plagiarism.” Students should be aware that using these services can be risky, -- -- the paper it’s written on. PLAGIARISM: A GROWING PROBLEM Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases -- Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases of students disciplined for plagiarism across the Irish higher-education sector. -- -- Of the colleges that supplied figures, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). -- -- Institute of Technology Tallaght has one of the most extensive approaches to dealing with plagiarism, involving a sliding case of penalties, ranging from written warnings to potential disqualification from the institution. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Plagiarism Sat, Mar 5, 2011, 00:00 -- -- Plagiarism: from Latin “plagiarius” (“kidnapper”), use pioneered by Roman poet Martial who complained that another poet had “kidnapped his verses”.– (Wikipedia) -- -- charismatic and aristocratic defence minister, key ally to Chancellor Angela Merkel, a shooting star brought down this week by claims that he had engaged in plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. The website GuttenPlag Wiki says it has detected plagiaristic “lifts” -- -- Coincidentally, a new anti-Gadafy front has opened up in the London School of Economics where the doctoral thesis written by his son Seif al-Islam is also being checked for plagiarism following complaints by online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, -- online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, plagiarism is claiming high-profile political casualties. Academics in Ireland worry at what they see as a serious cultural -- -- at the threat to the country’s ’s reputation as a source of quality research, the Royal Irish Academy in September urged new procedures to protect against falsification and plagiarism. -- A recent US survey in Education Week, cited by plagiarism.org, reports 54 per cent of student respondents admitting to plagiarising from the internet; 74 per cent, to “serious” cheating at least once in the past year; while half believed teachers sometimes chose to ignore cheating. -- -- And then, of course, there’s that truly scandalous hardy annual – claims of plagiarism in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year Denmark’s A Friend In Londonis accused. The melody of their New Tomorrowis apparently similar to Face 2 Faceby Future Trance United. was to be written in 4 weeks. All of the four websites guaranteed a money back scheme if the work does not achieve the grade and if the paper was accused of plagiarism then the customer would receive their money back. -- -- Latest figures from the BBC article reveal that half of Welsh universities have seen an increase in the number of plagiarism cases With students being targeted on social media through 'sponsored -- -- https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/essay-mills-university-co urse-work-to-order/2007934.article MORE:higher educationplagiarismcollege essaysessaysacademiawalescustom essays Credit Where It's Due - Why Are Half of UK Students Losing Marks for Plagiarism? * -- -- Photo by CollegeDegrees360 under a CC license We are in the grips of a 'plagiarism epidemic' according to The Times. An investigation conducted by the paper earlier this year revealed that 50,000 university students have been caught over the last three years, -- -- Further research published this month by RefME, a digital reference management tool for students, has found that 50% of students surveyed say they have lost marks due to plagiarism arising from inaccurate citations. -- -- citations. But plagiarism falls on a spectrum and shouldn't be confused with cheating. -- -- conventions and were unaware of resources available to help them. But regardless of whether plagiarism is deliberate (and often it is not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in -- not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in their adoption of plagiarism detection, with software such as Turnitin now used by the majority. Facing the risk of a damaged reputation, suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of -- -- suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of the students surveyed say that they worry about committing accidental plagiarism. While a minor infringement is more likely to result in lost marks than -- -- person's ideas begin and another's end. In the Twittersphere, for instance, ideas are endlessly retweeted and recycled. But digital tools also exist to prevent plagiarism. Using RefME, referencing can be as simple as scanning a barcode or -- -- student support, embedding academic writing skills more deeply into the curriculum and communicating expectations from the outset. But certainly, the majority of students do not intend to commit plagiarism. On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. -- On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. MORE:plagiarismuniversitiesstudentshigher education SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW Universities use expensive software designed to detect students who cheat, but Turnitin can only detect plagiarised work, not original work that has not been penned by the student. Thus, it is nigh on impossible to detect students who use professional essay-writing services. And, -- -- I would like to see action taken to stop degree ghost-writers in their tracks. Perhaps the industry should be regulated, forcing any ghost-written essay to be submitted by the seller to plagiarism detection sites so that should the student try to pass it off as their own, they will be caught. This won't stop the rogue sites, but at least -- -- ghost-write student essays. After all, I could end up having to mark my own essay one day. MORE:universitystudentscheatingplagiarismUniversitiescheating at examsghost-writing THE BLOG The Problem With Political Speeches Isn't Plagiarism, It's Platitudes * -- -- the road" and you've won political cliché bingo. As for plagiarism, how many different ways can you express those basic concepts in simple, accessible language to describe another person? Not many. It begins with "he/she believes..." and ends in simple -- -- Ms. Obama. Trump just had a lousy proofreader who failed to spot the direct similarities. If the nouns had been replaced by synonyms, verbs exchanged, the sequence of clauses varied... who would cry plagiarism? Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the -- -- Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the news media pounce on the plagiarism as opposed to criticising the fact Melania Trump avoided saying anything interesting about the man who would be king. -- -- Trump handles that issue, unlike the speeches, will be interesting to watch. MORE:Melania TrumpDonald TrumpplagiarismRepublican convention SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW POLITICS Home»Today's Stories Chair of institute has plagiarism ruling overturned Saturday, May 04, 2013 -- -- An external investigation has found that Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) chairman Flan Garvey committed unintentional plagiarism in a 2008 master’s thesis but this has been overturned on a technical appeal. -- -- The three academics appointed in December to probe a complaint by 26 ITT academics found plagiarism in two chapters of the thesis about his Co Clare parish. -- -- It has upheld the appeal on grounds relating to the understanding of the nature of plagiarism, in a report finalised this week and also seen by the Irish Examiner. -- -- by the Irish Examiner. It found that college rules around plagiarism were not clearly formulated or clearly communicated to postgraduate students. On that basis, it said, a finding of an award being unjustified would be unfair -- -- However, a source told the Irish Examiner that staff are baffled at the outcome and many believe it places a question mark over any previous cases of students sanctioned for plagiarism. -- Plagiarism finding After word-for-word comparisons with texts cited by the complainants, -- -- interspersed with occasional references to another. One section complained of in chapter 4 was found not to be plagiarism after the investigators were made aware of Mr Garvey’s contribution to the authorship of a local history pamphlet. more serious (getting someone else to do coursework). Plagiarism is the most widespread form, with 6% disclosing that they had passed off information copied from other sources as their own work, while 5% admitting that they have carried on writing once an 29 July 2013 Parasite journalism: is aggregation as bad as plagiarism? When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing -- -- When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing work, we call it plagiarism. But news organisations do the same, and call it aggregation. Sign up for our weekly email * -- -- any better. In my opinion, it happens all the time, it's just that people don't get caught very often. Johann Hari is the classic example - the only absolutely rock solid piece of plagiarism that could be pinned on him was a piece from a German newspaper article that he'd translated. -- -- copy of being free. In my opinion, some of this stuff is just as bad as plagiarism. Aggregators are parasites, only slightly more benign than plagiarists - and sooner or later, parasites kill the host. Someone has to actually Share on Reddit HomeOxford studentsAcademic mattersStudy guidanceStudy skills and trainingPlagiarism -- Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether -- -- full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or -- unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or reckless plagiarism is a disciplinary offence. Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been -- -- Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been developed to provide a useful overview of the issues surrounding plagiarism and practical ways to avoid it. The necessity to acknowledge others’ work or ideas applies not only to -- -- text, data, or other resources downloaded from websites. The best way of avoiding plagiarism is to learn and employ the principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your -- principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your university career. Avoiding plagiarism is not simply a matter of making sure your references are all correct, or changing enough words so the examiner will not notice your paraphrase; it is about deploying your -- -- academic skills to make your work as good as it can be. Forms of plagiarism Verbatim (word for word) quotation without clear acknowledgement -- -- Paraphrasing the work of others by altering a few words and changing their order, or by closely following the structure of their argument, is plagiarism if you do not give due acknowledgement to the author whose work you are using. -- -- doing so, than to paraphrase particular sections of his or her writing. This will ensure you have a genuine grasp of the argument and will avoid the difficulty of paraphrasing without plagiarising. You must also properly attribute all material you derive from lectures. -- -- University or elsewhere. Auto-plagiarism You must not submit work for assessment that you have already submitted (partially or in full), either for your current course or for another -- -- Where earlier work by you is citable, ie. it has already been published, you must reference it clearly. Identical pieces of work submitted concurrently will also be considered to be auto-plagiarism. -- Why does plagiarism matter? -- Plagiarism is a breach of academic integrity. It is a principle of intellectual honesty that all members of the academic community should acknowledge their debt to the originators of the ideas, words, and data -- -- which form the basis for their own work. Passing off another’s work as your own is not only poor scholarship, but also means that you have failed to complete the learning process. Plagiarism is unethical and can have serious consequences for your future career; it also undermines the standards of your institution and of the degrees it -- -- issues. Why should you avoid plagiarism? -- There are many reasons to avoid plagiarism. You have come to university to learn to know and speak your own mind, not merely to reproduce the opinions of others - at least not without attribution. At first it may -- -- independent one - by learning to assess critically the work of others, weigh up differing arguments and draw your own conclusions. Students who plagiarise undermine the ethos of academic scholarship while avoiding an essential part of the learning process. -- -- avoiding an essential part of the learning process. You should avoid plagiarism because you aspire to produce work of the highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear -- -- highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear of plagiarism. Moreover, you will reap the additional benefits of improvements to both the lucidity and quality of your writing. It is important to appreciate that mastery of the techniques of academic -- -- commitment to the principle of intellectual honesty in scholarship. What happens if you are thought to have plagiarised? -- The University regards plagiarism in examinations as a serious matter. Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of -- -- Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of the occurrence. Even if plagiarism is inadvertent, it can result in a penalty. The forms of plagiarism listed above are all potentially disciplinary offences in the context of formal assessment requirements. -- -- award’. Additionally, this includes the transfer and confirmation of status exercises undertaken by graduate students. Cases of suspected plagiarism in assessed work are investigated under the disciplinary regulations concerning conduct in examinations. Intentional plagiarism in this context means that you understood that you were breaching the regulations and did so intending to gain advantage in the examination. -- -- expected to have understood (even if you did not specifically consider it) that your work might breach the regulations, but you took no action to avoid doing so. Intentional or reckless plagiarism may incur severe penalties, including failure of your degree or expulsion from the university. -- -- university. If plagiarism is suspected in a piece of work submitted for assessment in an examination, the matter will be referred to the Proctors. They will thoroughly investigate the claim and call the student concerned -- -- refer the case to the Student Disciplinary Panel. If you are suspected of plagiarism your College Secretary/Academic Administrator and subject tutor will support you through the process and arrange for a member of Congregation to accompany you to all -- -- involve the use and discussion of material written by others, and, with due acknowledgement and proper referencing, this is clearly distinguishable from plagiarism. The knowledge in your discipline has developed cumulatively as a result of years of research, innovation and debate. You need to give credit to the authors of the ideas and -- -- Does this only matter in exams? Although plagiarism in weekly essays does not constitute a University disciplinary offence, it may well lead to College disciplinary measures. Persistent academic under-performance can even result in your -- -- Borrowing essays from other students to adapt and submit as your own is plagiarism, and will develop none of these necessary skills, holding back your academic development. Students who lend essays for this purpose are doing their peers no favours. -- -- purpose are doing their peers no favours. Unintentional plagiarism -- Not all cases of plagiarism arise from a deliberate intention to cheat. Sometimes students may omit to take down citation details when taking notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. -- -- notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. However, these excuses offer no sure protection against a charge of plagiarism. Even in cases where the plagiarism is found to have been neither intentional nor reckless, there may still be an academic penalty for poor practice. -- -- It is your responsibility to find out the prevailing referencing conventions in your discipline, to take adequate notes, and to avoid close paraphrasing. If you are offered induction sessions on plagiarism and study skills, you should attend. Together with the advice contained in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common -- -- in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common errors. If you are undertaking a project or dissertation you should ensure that you have information on plagiarism and collusion. If ever in doubt about referencing, paraphrasing or plagiarism, you have only to ask your tutor. -- -- to ask your tutor. Examples of plagiarism -- There are some helpful examples of plagiarism-by-paraphrase and you will also find extensive advice on the referencing and library skills pages. -- -- London Hanged, p. 213.] Plagiarised 1. Although they did not question the inegalitarian hierarchy of their -- -- of a submissive workforce. (This is a mixture of verbatim copying and acceptable paraphrase. Although only one phrase has been copied from the source, this would still count as plagiarism. The idea expressed in the first sentence has not been attributed at all, and the reference to ‘some historians’ in the second is insufficient. -- -- original.) Non-plagiarised 1. Peter Linebaugh argues that although highwaymen posed no overt -- -- Student conduct Related websites Online plagiarism course Policy on the use of third party proof-readers Related documents * Turnitin UK Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Turnitin FAQs * Plagiarism * Turnitin UK -- -- + Turnitin FAQs + Turnitin information for Faculties and Departments * What is plagiarism? * Information for staff * Resources and support -- -- Participation in a course at Cambridge is deemed as acceptance of the University's right to apply specialist software (like Turnitin) to your work for the purposes of plagiarism education and detection; the University's Statement on Plagiarism includes this consent. However, you do have the right to request that your work is not retained in the Turnitin UK database after it has been submitted. For -- -- be used as source material for future submissions; this will help to maximise the effectiveness of the software and to protect your work from future attempts to plagiarise it. However, you have the right to request that your work is removed from the database. This can only be done on an individual basis for each piece of work, and in some cases -- -- Q. I have been asked to attend an investigative meeting because Turnitin highlighted matched text, but I know I didn't plagiarise; what do I do? Firstly, don't panic; the meeting will be investigative, not -- -- Turnitin reports will be reviewed in detail in order to make an academic judgement on whether the matched text may be a result of plagiarism, or whether it may reflect commonly-used phrases or correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the -- -- correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the University's Definition of Plagiarism, plagiarism is the submission of someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to -- someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to deceive; this means that you have plagiarised even if you did it accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine -- accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine that the matches are the result of plagiarism, they then judge whether this is minor, or more serious/extensive. If it is minor, they may adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor -- -- adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor scholarship, so you will receive a lower mark than you otherwise would have, if you had referenced appropriately. If the plagiarism is more serious or extensive, they may deem that it merits disciplinary action. -- -- Turnitin UK, the University’s use of the software complies with this requirement. The University has identified ‘providers of anti-plagiarism software’ in its information to students as organisations with whom data may be shared. For more information about data protection and the way the University uses your data, see the -- -- Q. What support is available? If you have any queries about plagiarism or good academic practice, you should contact your Tutor or Director of Studies in the first instance. Our Resources and support pages may also be of help; these contain a * Home * What is plagiarism? -- Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- The University's definition of plagiarism -- * Plagiarism -- * What is plagiarism? + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Turnitin UK University-wide Statement on Plagiarism The General Board, with the agreement of the Board of Examinations and -- -- Departments. Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. It is both poor -- -- scholarship and a breach of academic integrity. Examples of plagiarism include copying (using another person's language and/or ideas as if they are a candidate's own), by: * quoting verbatim another person's work without due acknowledgement -- -- to a joint project. Plagiarism might also arise from colluding with another person, including another candidate, other than as permitted for joint project work (i.e. where collaboration is concealed or has been forbidden). A -- -- piece of written work. Plagiarism can occur in respect to all types of sources and media: * text, illustrations, musical quotations, mathematical derivations, computer code, etc; -- -- not referencing sources) in examinations or assessed work may affect the mark given to the candidate's work. In addition, suspected cases of the use of unfair means (of which plagiarism is one form) will be investigated and may be brought to one of the University's Courts. The Courts have wide powers to discipline those found guilty of using -- -- The University makes use of text-matching software for the purpose of plagiarism education and detection, and reserves the right to submit a candidate’s work to such a service. For this purpose, candidates consent to the submission of their papers to the service and for the -- -- No candidate shall make use of unfair means in any University examination. Unfair means shall include plagiarism* and, unless such possession is specifically authorized, the possession of any book, paper or other material relevant to the examination. No member of the -- -- (Statutes and Ordinances 2016, p. 191). * Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. -- -- known as Discipline Regulation 6. Proctorial Notice on plagiarism The Proctorial Notice for 2016 can be viewed on the Proctors' website. * Information for staff Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Forms of plagiarism and collusion -- * Plagiarism * Information for staff -- -- * Information for staff + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * What is plagiarism? * Resources and support * Turnitin UK -- -- * Turnitin UK This page outlines some common forms of plagiarism and collusion, and suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. -- -- suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. * Plagiarism in invigilated examinations * Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework * Collusion in dissertations and other assessed coursework __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in invigilated examinations Collusion (perhaps by candidates exchanging notes) is extremely rare in -- -- invigilated examinations; this is clearly an offence which would be reported immediately to the Proctors. The most common forms of plagiarism in invigilated exams are: Reproducing material committed to memory -- -- heart. Those brought up with rote learning often don't realise that reproducing such material in a written examination constitutes plagiarism if it is reproduced without attribution. In technical subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as -- -- subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as plagiarism. * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it -- * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it clear that plagiarism can occur in written examinations and explain how candidates should acknowledge sources in such examinations. Examiners are strongly advised to include an appropriate rubric on -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework There are numerous forms of assessed work which are not produced under -- -- strict examination conditions, including: dissertations, assessed essays, practical work, seminar-style presentations, and musical compositions. Cases of both plagiarism and collusion are regularly reported in these forms of assessment and some are taken to the Court of Discipline. -- -- of Discipline. 'Classic' plagiarism -- * Overview: plagiarism most commonly involves copying from the Internet, published works, lecture handouts or private communications. Work copied from the Internet can be detected by -- -- the requirements and explain that serious penalties can be imposed. In cases of supervised work, Supervisors are expected to play a role: the Proctors may ask why the plagiarism wasn’t detected before the work reached the Examiners. -- -- before the work reached the Examiners. Third-party plagiarism -- * Overview: a more troublesome form of plagiarism is the use of work commissioned from a third party. These may be purchased from organisations which supply dissertations and essays on a -- -- candidate normally submits. Review-section plagiarism -- * Overview: a common form of plagiarism, which is usually more or less innocent, occurs in review sections. A final-year dissertation may legitimately build on the work described in a dissertation -- -- permitted and what is not. Guidance on proofreading is available on the collusion pages of this website. * Treatment of cases: unlike cases of plagiarism, work produced by unauthorised collusion cannot be made good by proper attribution. The Board of Examinations has agreed that it is inappropriate to -- -- A copies from B without B's knowledge Strictly, this is plagiarism rather than collusion but plagiarism that cannot be made good by any form of attribution. It may be necessary to interview both A and B at an investigative meeting. If it is clear that -- -- This example is much like the former except that B may now be in trouble too. It should perhaps be regarded as a case of collusion rather than plagiarism. Again A should not be awarded any marks for the copied elements of the Programme of activities/ Academic integrity and plagiarism/ -- Academic integrity and plagiarism [icon-twitter-rounded.png] [icon-facebook-rounded.png] -- -- Protecting, developing and enhancing academic integrity in general is the second theme for action, with a particular focus to the issue of plagiarism. Higher education has indeed its own particularities and potential -- -- Another activity under this priority line would be the organisation of a specific seminar on plagiarism, which could be held in 2016. One possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes -- possible aim of the seminar could be to show that different attitudes towards plagiarism coexist in Europe and that approaches differ from one Member State to another. -- -- 2. Drafting of guidelines together with measurement indexes; 3. Promotion of capacity building in higher education institutions to evaluate plagiarism. -- -- + Programme of activities o Ethical behaviour of all actors in education o Academic integrity and plagiarism o Recognition of qualifications o Other activities #RSS 2.0 Thomas Lancaster » Feed Thomas Lancaster » Comments Feed Thomas Lancaster » Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 Comments Feed Contract Cheating – A Decade (Plus One) Of Contract Cheating Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 1 – Academic Integrity and Contract -- -- ____________________ Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 -- -- use a third party to have work completed for them. Sessions at the 2017 international conference on Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond ended up heavily focused on contract cheating. Having been part of contact cheating research since the term first formed part -- -- I’ve already shared my conference presentation on contract cheating in examinations and provided general collected thoughts about Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. -- -- 05 Emerging Issues In Contract Cheating Wider challenges surrounding educational integrity also influence how contract cheating practice could develop. These include traditional areas of student plagiarism, the use of translation and essay spinning software, as well as the risks posed by students using smart drugs. -- -- these posts are compiled, runs to nearly 8,000 words, so that just shows how much value there was in the presentations and discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. ← Next post Previous post → -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Please browse around the blog and the links, and feel free to leave your thoughts. -- -- Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: brno, conference, contract cheating, essay mills, plagiarism across europe and beyond, research Read 127 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:14 am […] This is Part 1 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 2 – Inside The Contract Cheating Industry | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:30 am […] This is Part 2 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 3 – Contract Cheating by Academics | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:31 am […] This is Part 3 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 4 – Detecting Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:43 am […] This is Part 4 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 5 – Emerging Issues in Contract Cheating | Thomas Lancaster says: -- -- June 7, 2017 at 11:54 am […] This is Part 5 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 6 – Which Students Are Contract Cheating And What Does This Mean For -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:18 pm […] This is Part 6 of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills 2017 Findings Part 7 – Understanding Contract Cheating From The Student Viewpoint | Thomas -- -- June 7, 2017 at 12:28 pm […] This is Part 7 (the final part) of the 7 part series examining Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 […] * Contract Cheating and Essay Mills – Findings From Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017 | ContractCheating.com says: October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm -- -- October 17, 2017 at 2:58 pm […] This blog post provides lots of details about contract cheating from discussions at Plagiarism Across Europe and Beyond 2017. […] Leave a Reply Cancel reply -- -- Recent Posts * Student Plagiarism And How To Stop An International Problem – With A Focus On Kosovo -- A Focus On Kosovo * Emerging Issues In Plagiarism Prevention And Detection – My View From 2004 * Beyond Contract Cheating – Towards Academic Integrity -- -- Recommendations To Address Essay Mill Use – Video * Cutting The Costs Of Open Access Research * Plagiarism and Assessment * Examining The State of Academic Integrity in Europe – Recommendations From SEEPPAI this work is produced, it is a concern. Since contract cheating produces original work, this is unlikely to be picked up using standard text matching plagiarism detection services such as Turnitin. Some of the more interesting findings across our research have related -- -- Beyond this, there are parallels with the research into the anti-plagiarism fields, in particular looking at the policies, processes and penalties surrounding contract cheating, and how to write assignments to prevent contract cheating. The research I’ve been -- -- Feel free to contact me regarding contract cheating. I often deliver keynote talks, research seminars and training related to plagiarism and contract cheating. I’m happy to discuss the issues further, to assist with staff development and to support requests from the media. -- -- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My background is in the Computer Science discipline. My best known academic research relates to student plagiarism and contract cheating. Much more information about what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. -- -- what I've been working on recently is available on my blog. Thomas Lancaster tagged this post with: contract cheating, plagiarism, robert clarke, thomas lancaster Read 8 articles by Thomas Lancaster -- -- March 28, 2017 at 7:03 am Dear professor My research subject is plagiarism. Since you coined the term contract cheating in 2006, would you mind clarifying how a “contarct cheater” is different from a “ghost writer”? -- -- https://t.co/rzBOjVHu5K 1 day ago * @DoctorMikeReddy I really can't remember the "gym analogy" from during my PhD years (2000-2003) when the plagiarism… https://t.co/pOKTEXmudT 1 day ago #Plagiarism.org RSS Feed IFRAME: https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NST4MH8 -- -- (BUTTON) Toggle navigation [p-dot-org-logo-1512156951.png] * Understanding Plagiarism * Preventing Plagiarism * Teaching about Plagiarism * Plagiarism Checking * Plagiarism Research * Plagiarism Policy ____________________ -- -- ____________________ European Responses to Student Plagiarism in Higher Education Irene Glendinning -- -- A significant amount of research has been undertaken in response to the recent flood of student plagiarism now being detected in higher education institutions (HEI). Based on deeper understanding of the underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for -- -- underlying reasons for this problem, new models have emerged for strategies and systems for detection, penalties and mitigation of student plagiarism. So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from -- -- So far the research has been largely initiated by academics from English speaking countries, particularly the UK, North America and Australia. Their work has included research into plagiarism from students from other countries, including Sweden, Germany, Lithuania, Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of -- -- Greece and China. However, the situation within the majority of countries in Europe is not well understood and there has not yet been a comparative study of plagiarism in HEIs across Europe. -- The IPPHEAE project (Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), -- Education across Europe, funded by the European Commission 2010-2013), aims to plug the identified gap by focusing on plagiarism in European HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and -- -- HEIs. The initial research will compare the policies and procedures in place across all European Union countries for detecting, penalising and deterring plagiarism. Surveys are being conducted in HEIs at three levels: students, teaching staff and senior managers, to determine how well any procedures are understood, to what extent they are operating -- -- Where possible representatives from national quality agencies are being interviewed in order to gain overarching national perspectives on issues such as national policies and how plagiarism impacts on quality and standards. This dimension also provides a means of highlighting the importance of the research to people who can influence educational -- -- IPPHEAE project including an overview of in-depth institutional studies and interventions for reducing the number of incidences of student plagiarism. -- This paper was submitted to the International Integrity & Plagiarism Conference which ran between 2004-2014. The paper was peer reviewed by an independent editorial board and features in the conference (GO) GO UK leads Europe in the fight against plagiarism Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study -- -- integrity among students, a study has found. The analysis looked at factors such as universities’ use of plagiarism software, consistency of sanctions, transparency, training, efficacy of prevention policies and efforts to address the issue at a national -- -- countries, in most aspects,” said Irene Glendinning, academic manager for student experience at Coventry University and principal investigator on the Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education across Europe project. -- -- Ms Glendinning said that unlike in the UK, where efforts to prevent and detect plagiarism have been growing since 2001, in Spain students reported that tools to detect plagiarism were rarely used, and only one-third said there were policies for dealing with the problem. -- -- Ms Glendinning also acknowledged that the survey looked at policies and their implementation rather than the prevalence of plagiarism because, she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that -- she said, such data simply did not exist. “There’s no doubt that there’s a lot of plagiarism around … but there are no statistics anywhere,” she said. Consistent recording would mean “we can have a handle on whether what we’re doing is actually having an effect”. -- -- and Cyprus. Among suggestions for the UK will be that the Quality Assurance Agency should, as part of existing audits, require institutions to explain their plagiarism policies and demonstrate their effectiveness and consistency. (GO) GO Plagiarism software can be beaten by simple tech tricks IT scholar says PDF tweaks allow students' copied work to evade -- -- Technological loopholes allow savvy students to beat academic plagiarism software, an IT expert has warned. -- -- James Heather, senior lecturer in computing at the University of Surrey, has revealed that plagiarism detection systems such as Turnitin that are routinely used by universities are open to simple cheats allowing students to evade detection when submitting copied material. -- -- But in a new paper, "Turnitoff: identifying and fixing a hole in current plagiarism detection software", Dr Heather reveals that beating the system is simple. -- -- "In their current incarnation, one can easily create a document that passes the plagiarism check regardless of how much copied material it contains. When there are loopholes that can be exploited, they give the operator a false assurance that a submission is original." -- -- The study, which appears in the journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, demonstrates ways in which students can modify plagiarised work to avoid detection. "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the -- -- "If we can stop the text from being properly extracted from the document, without affecting how the document looks and prints, then the software will not be able to identify any plagiarised material," Dr Heather writes. -- -- Students aware of this loophole could get around the system by converting a plagiarised essay to PDF format, he says, and then altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually -- -- altering the corresponding "character map" - a map of the sequence of characters used in the text. Although the text would remain visually unaltered, extracts tested by the plagiarism software would be garbled, and so matches would not be detected. -- -- themselves. "If there is no text, then the plagiarism detection cannot function," the paper notes. -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests Read more -- -- Man photocopying a book Students ‘don’t understand’ plagiarism, research suggests August 15, 2016 Universities seem to be struggling to catch up. The big concern is that bespoke essays, written to order, without being plagiarised themselves, are difficult if not impossible to detect. -- -- are difficult if not impossible to detect. Almost all universities use anti-plagiarism software, called Turnitin, which checks a submitted essay against published sources, looking for copied phrases. But this software will not raise suspicions about an -- -- * More oral presentations, sometimes called a viva * More exams * Almost all UK universities use anti-plagiarism software such as Turnitin. But software has little success in detecting a genuine bespoke essay -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism Officer Sarah Allen, at the UEA Business School, recently investigated a post-graduate student who submitted an excellent piece of work which stood out to the marker simply because it contained one Home Viewpoint: The spectre of plagiarism haunting Europe By Debora Weber-Wulff Professor of Media and Computing, University of -- -- A spectre is haunting Europe, and this time it is the spectre of plagiarism and scientific misconduct. Some high-profile politicians have had to resign in the last 18 months - but the revelations are also shaking respected European universities. -- -- Many European countries, especially Germany, have long considered it unnecessary to give plagiarism more than a cursory look. One trusts in the self-cleansing powers of science, end of story. -- -- Last February, a reviewer of German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's doctoral dissertation discovered and documented some plagiarised passages. When the papers pounced on this, zu Guttenberg denied any wrongdoing, -- -- That was not the end of it. Soon it was suspected that a major ex-politician's daughter was guilty of plagiarism in her dissertation, and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite -- and a new wiki was set up, VroniPlag Wiki, to document this case. Quite soon plagiarism was discovered in yet another dissertation, and it has not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. -- -- not stopped. Currently there are 27 documented cases on the site. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised... Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education -- -- Elsewhere in Europe similar problems have emerged. A Romanian education minister lasted just a week in office before having to step down, accused of plagiarising academic papers. Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the -- -- Meanwhile, the leading scientific journal Nature has accused the Romanian prime minister of plagiarising part of his PhD. He denies wrongdoing and has been backed by a Research Ethics Council, but the accusations have now been upheld by two academic panels in Romania, -- -- The Hungarian president has already lost his doctorate and resigned on account of plagiarism, and the Russian Minister of Culture is facing accusations that 16 passages of his doctoral dissertation were copied from other sources. He denies the allegations. -- -- let them have their fun." However, it seems that the plague of plagiarism has also reached the level of the professorships in Germany. Those who are supposed to be teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last -- -- teaching students have also been caught using copy and paste. Last month it was revealed that more than a third of a new book for law students on how to write papers properly was plagiarised, including liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. -- -- liberal smatterings from Wikipedia. Fittingly, even the chapter on plagiarism was plagiarised. And just to show how contagious the disease is, the authors also cite zu Guttenberg's dissertation - albeit incorrectly. -- -- to the VroniPlag Wiki.) Image caption VroniPlag wiki uses coloured bands to show distribution of plagiarised content In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics -- -- In the US and the UK, universities have honour boards and ethics councils and there is a wide discussion of ethical practices. There are procedures in place for dealing with plagiarism. In Germany, though, professors wanting to address plagiarism are pretty much left to their own devices. They don't have much in the way of tools or formal procedures. -- -- procedures. There is so-called plagiarism detection software available that does find some plagiarism, especially word-for-word copies. These programmes do not find everything by a long shot, but German universities are currently rushing to purchase them. -- -- been officially declared to suffer only from "technical weaknesses". But people are speaking up, and plagiarism is being discussed in every university, even if many are unsure what to do. -- -- university, even if many are unsure what to do. Better education about plagiarism and good scientific practice is essential. -- -- years needs to be reviewed in order to identify weak points. However, there is currently no funding for such measures, so it's unclear whether German universities will really get serious about plagiarism, or keep muddling on. Entertainment & Arts Burt Bacharach calls for change in music plagiarism law * 3 August 2017 -- -- Veteran songwriter Burt Bacharach has called for a change in the law over music plagiarism. He said recent court cases - like the ones involving Blurred Lines and (BUTTON) More Plagiarism -- Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- Every now and then there is an outburst of concern about the curse of plagiarism in higher education. The Department for Education has indicated it is considering cracking down by not only fining, but also handing out criminal records, to students submitting commercially -- -- The targets of this mini crusade are essay mill websites, which market “original” professionally produced essays that allow students to circumvent their university’s plagiarism detection system. These paid-for essays allow students to buy a degree. -- -- But this is only a small part of the culture of cheating in higher education. A long time before the commercialisation of plagiarism, cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief -- cheating was rife in the system. Back in 2004, when I was chief examiner for my department, I was shocked by the amount of plagiarised coursework brought to my attention. When I consulted colleagues at other universities it became evident that the problem was not confined -- -- rather than rich kids, was identified as the source of the problem. Academic discussions on plagiarism sometimes sought to deflect the problem by claiming that overseas students were disproportionately involved in copying. Some suggested they had come from different -- -- external to university life is driven by the institutional imperative to minimise the significance of this practice. All universities have policies on this problem; most have made plagiarism detection software available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the -- -- available to staff and the issue is under constant discussion. But this is a case of being seen to do something rather than confronting the problem – which is that plagiarism is not a technical issue but one that raises questions about the working of academic culture. -- -- that raises questions about the working of academic culture. Plagiarism is a mortal sin and last taboo – or is it? Read more -- -- them to embark on a quest for knowledge. But if higher education continues to treat students according to a business model it is only a matter of time before plagiarism loses its stigma. Topics -- -- Topics * Plagiarism * Higher education -- -- * Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers -- -- cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers Published: 9 Oct 2017 Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown * -- -- more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Plagiarism%2CEducation%2CHigh er+education%2CExams%2CTuition+fees%2CStudents] A cut and paste affair Thanks to the internet, it's easier than ever to plagiarise – but as those who have been copied or caught copying will testify, it is still far from acceptable practice -- -- headlines. With examples like these, what's so wrong with a bit of plagiarism? Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian -- -- Quite a lot, says John Biggam, who lectures at Glasgow Caledonian University and who had his book, Succeeding with Your Masters Dissertation, plagiarised by another lecturer on the web. -- "A lot of students think it is acceptable to copy or plagiarise somebody else's work because there's this idea that everyone is doing it anyway," he says. "It seems like it's not really a serious issue, -- -- but it is. If it's a minor case, you could end up losing marks on a dissertation or having to resit a module. If it's widespread and a student has been found to have plagiarised often, then the most extreme punishment they could face would be expulsion." -- -- easier to adopt someone else's work as your own. According to Biggam, the definition of plagiarism within an academic context is: "Where a student copies text verbatim without providing sufficient acknowledgement of the source, thereby giving the impression -- -- permanent record." Cole was lucky to get off relatively lightly. For others, plagiarising can spell the end of your degree – even if you are unwittingly involved. -- -- and the only marks it did give me were much lower than I'd anticipated. Then when I got home, there was a letter from the university saying that I was suspected of colluding with another student in plagiarism. I completely freaked out." -- -- behind my back was simply unbelievable. " If you are caught in serious and deliberate plagiarism, it could end up on your final academic transcript. If a potential employer asks to see your transcript as part of the selection process, you can probably say -- -- "It certainly wouldn't look good to a future employer if they knew you had engaged in plagiarism," Biggam says. -- But how can you avoid plagiarism, when part of the university learning process is to absorb expert theories and demonstrate your grasp of them by reproducing them in written work? -- -- At Glasgow Caledonian University, Biggam is testing the use of plagiarism detection software, called Turnitin, which monitors work for any copied phrases. "Often, it might be a genuine mistake – a student might simply forget to reference a quote or a source. In which case, a It was, says Hiscock, "the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across." He was so angry he wrote to Mail Online's editor, Martin Clarke, and to -- -- "sexually abused" by a magician during her eighth birthday party.' It is the most blatant and egregious case of plagiarism I have ever come across and if it happens again I will take steps to ensure I am adequately compensated for the theft of my interview." -- -- * Greenslade * Plagiarism * Daily Mail * Martin Clarke Republican national convention 2016 Melania Trump plagiarism scandal threatens to overshadow nomination Controversy over similarities to Michelle Obama speech risks -- -- Compare Melania Trump’s speech with Michelle Obama’s 2008 address Republicans scrambled to prevent a plagiarism scandal from overshadowing the coronation of Donald Trump on Tuesday after his wife Melania borrowed large chunks of her opening night speech from Michelle -- -- As delegates prepared to formally offer Donald Trump the party’s presidential nomination on Tuesday evening, the plagiarism controversy reopened internal wounds and undermined his campaign’s attempts to present a more polished appearance ahead of November’s general -- -- election. A campaign source said responsibility for the plagiarism incident lay with a longtime aide to top Trump strategist Paul Manafort. The source said the aide had signed off on the speech and edited it. -- -- Online critics also highlighted a lighter hearted instance of apparent plagiarism, noting that Melania Trump’s claim that her husband “will never ever give up, and most importantly, he will never ever let you down,” echoed Rick Astley’s 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up – a song cheats Ira Lightman is a man on a mission: to root out plagiarism in poetry. And his latest case is the most shameless yet -- -- Gill, five miles south-west of Newcastle, a narrow man with a curly mess of dark red hair. He’d just made a routine visit to the Facebook group Plagiarism Alerts. There, a woman named Kathy Figueroa had posted something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet -- something extraordinary: “It appears that one of Canada’s former poet laureates has plagiarised a poem by Maya Angelou.” Lightman clicked the link. It led to a Canadian government webpage -- -- Rise. Incredible. But could it really be plagiarism? How likely was it that a poet laureate would steal anything at all, let alone a keystone work by a modern legend? How could he think he’d get away with that? Then -- -- uncomfortable and distressing experiences of my life”, admitting, “I have made several stupid mistakes during my time as a poet and there is simply no excuse for plagiarism.” But he also pushed back: “I have been bullied, victimised and abused by a number of ‘poets’ who thought it necessary to act like a lynch mob.” -- -- Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘I’m absolutely furious’: plagiarised poet Joan Johnston. Photograph: Gary Calton for the Guardian -- -- copy of A Particular Blue, so he could see for himself. “He returned both poems to me, having highlighted the changes Sheree had made, saying, ‘I don’t think it’s plagiarism. I think she’s taken your poem and made something new out of it.’ At which point, I went for another walk.” -- -- considerable distress.” Croft explained that he planned to pulp the remaining copies of Laventille and reprint a corrected version. “I do not believe that your accusations of plagiarism regarding Laventille are justified. But I am not prepared to have this beautiful and important book dirtied by the grubby little fingers of Pooterish -- -- broke/and threatening light/brought into the long night.” How close would two poems have to be for it to be plagiarism, I ask Croft. -- -- their name at the bottom, I’d say, why are you doing that?” And would it be plagiarism? “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying -- -- “It would be…” He thinks for a moment. “Pointless. It’s like me saying my name is Will Storr. No, it’s not! You’d say that was stupid. You wouldn’t say I was plagiarising you.” *** -- -- Meanwhile, what of the Canadian mystery? Could former laureate DesRuisseaux really have blatantly plagiarised all those canonical poets? It seemed too mad to be true. When Lightman got hold of DesRuisseaux’s book Tranches De Vie, he found even more apparent -- -- findings to Éditions du Noiroît, who appeared to accept his verdict; in emails Lightman showed me, DesRuisseaux’s editor wrote that it was his first experience of plagiarism, and expressed regret at having to tell the poet’s family that he would have to remove the title from circulation. -- -- * Poetry * Plagiarism * Maya Angelou * features -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Poetry%2CPlagiarism%2CBooks%2 CMaya+Angelou] Tokyo Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 2020 unveils new Olympic logo after plagiarism allegations Blue and white logo with corresponding design for the Paralympics -- -- The organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have unveiled a new official logo, seven months after being forced to scrap the previous design amid accusations of plagiarism. Selecting an emblem they hope will be simple, effective and most of all -- -- the Théâtre de Liège in Belgium. Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo scrapped after allegations of plagiarism Read more -- -- Japanese officials initially rejected accusations that Sano had plagiarised the image, which was based around a stylised capital T with a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied -- -- a red circle representing Japan’s rising sun, from Olivier Debie’s strikingly similar motif for the theatre. Sano has also denied plagiarism. But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings -- -- But they backed down when the Belgian designer began legal proceedings to block Tokyo 2020 from using the image. Further allegations of plagiarism also emerged against Sano, including claims that his initial submission resembled a work by the late German typographer Jan Tschichold. -- -- + Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video 0:50 Published: 15 Jan 2016 -- -- 0:50 Published: 15 Jan 2016 Tokyo Olympic stadium architect denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid – video + Greenslade Canadian newspaper columnist accused of plagiarism... again Roy Greenslade -- -- Some four years ago I wrote about the strange case of a Canadian columnist accused of plagiarism. The Toronto-based Globe & Mail had found it necessary to add “clarifications” to articles written by Margaret Wente after complaints about her work. -- -- same structure, analogies, and phrasing in numerous instances.” In addition, the Canadaland news website, accused Wente of plagiarising “at least four times from three different publications... in addition -- “at least four times from three different publications... in addition to the two cases of plagiarism outlined in BuzzFeed Canada.” The first two instances, by Wainio and BuzzFeed, were addressed by the -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Media%2CPlagiarism%2CCanada%2 CNewspapers%2CAmericas] The Independent Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with -- -- Fresh evidence of Independent journalist Johann Hari's habit of alleged plagiarism has emerged from a lengthy interview with Afghan women's rights activist Malalai Joya in July 2009. -- -- * Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row Interviewer and columnist has been suspended for two months pending outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss -- -- outcome of internal investigation. By Jason Deans and Jemima Kiss Published: 12 Jul 2011 Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row * -- -- Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Independent editor-in-chief defends columnist involved in 'politically motivated' plagiarism furore. By Josh Halliday Published: 29 Jun 2011 Johann Hari row is political, says Simon Kelner Johann Hari Orwell prize accuses Johann Hari of plagiarism Award's council says winning article contained unattributed material -- -- The Orwell prize committee has accused Independent columnist Johann Hari of plagiarism over an article that won him the prestigious award in 2008. -- -- of contrition for the errors I made elsewhere, in my interviews." Hari apologised for plagiarising the work of others to improve interviews and for editing the Wikipedia entries of people he had clashed with, using the pseudonym David Rose, "in ways that were Johann Hari Johann Hari leaves the Independent after plagiarism storm Columnist will not return to newspaper after being accused of using -- -- [ ] Johann Hari has been writing for the Independent since 2002 but faced allegations of plagiarism last year. Photograph: Nick Harvey/WireImage -- -- Johann Hari, the journalist at the Independent who was suspended for plagiarism, has announced that he will not return to the newspaper. Hari had been undergoing retraining in the United States and was -- -- Independent editor Andreas Whittam Smith. The findings of the inquiry were not made public but the newspaper reported in September 2011 that Hari admitted the plagiarism allegations and would attend a journalism training course before returning to the paper. -- -- Blackhurst was asked several questions about Hari when he gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry into journalistic ethics earlier this month. "On the plagiarism, Johann genuinely believed he was doing nothing wrong. The fact that nobody complained, Johann did not believe he was doing anything wrong. His reputation has been very, very severely damaged; Mental health Raj Persaud: TV psychiatrist admits plagiarism David Batty -- -- [ ] Raj Persaud. Photograph: Andy Butterton/PA Britain's best-known psychiatrist today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and several articles he wrote for newspapers and medical journals. -- -- Raj Persaud, famous for his appearances alongside Richard and Judy on the This Morning sofa, also admitted to a General Medical Council (GMC) disciplinary hearing that his plagiarism was inappropriate and misleading. -- -- The psychiatrist, who used to present BBC Radio 4's All In The Mind programme, admitted plagiarising four articles for his book From The Edge Of The Couch published in 2003. -- -- He also admitted that four articles he wrote in 2005 contained passages plagiarised from an article and book by Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. -- -- University of Maryland, and material from the academic's website. He also admitted using material plagiarised from an article by Professor Stephen Kant in a piece he wrote for the Independent in the same year. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. His book -- -- He said Persaud blamed subeditors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Blass complained about the article and was told, in an email -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." At the time the allegations of plagiarism first emerged two years ago, Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, a position he still holds. -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Higher education Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ -- -- In Britain it is left to individual institutions to develop their own plagiarism policies. But the QAA said it wanted a consistent approach among higher education providers to tackle the problem. It called on universities and colleges to record incidents of this and other kinds -- -- fix.” A Universities UK spokesperson said: “Universities take plagiarism and cheating extremely seriously. Submitting work written by someone else is cheating and devalues the efforts of students who work hard to -- -- * Higher education * Plagiarism * Jo Johnson * news -- -- more students are cheating Poppy Noor Of course plagiarism is wrong. But treating students as consumers sends them a very clear message: your money is just as important as your mind -- -- Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and student bodies for guidance to combat plagiarism via so-called essay mills Published: 21 Feb 2017 Plan to crack down on websites selling essays to students announced -- -- * xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves Frank Furedi -- -- of the problem Published: 27 Feb 2017 Published: 27 Feb 2017 Universities blame others for plagiarism. They need to look at themselves -- -- All rights reserved. [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Higher+education%2CPlagiarism %2CEducation%2CUK+news%2CJo+Johnson%2CPolitics] Claims have circulated that Dylan’s Nobel prize acceptance lecture may have leaned a little too heavily on a website favoured by plagiarising students Gavin Haynes -- -- In the past few days, however, it is said that the master has become the pupil, as Dylan has been accused of plagiarism. Writer Ben Greenman was the first to blog about how he couldn’t find a quotation that Dylan had cited in Moby-Dick: “Some men who receive injuries are led to God, -- -- While universities habitually run students’ work through plagiarism-detection software such as TurnItIn, there is no such equivalent for Nobel prize speeches, assumed to be the moment at which an eminent economist, physician, writer or peace-maker has earned a few -- -- text, preferring that you “check your comprehension” against their interpretation. The company does, however, have advice on its website for avoiding plagiarism: “By citing words and ideas that came from our site or books (to see instructions on how to do that, see How to Cite This SparkNote within each study guide), or by putting your own spin on -- -- * Nobel prize in literature * Awards and prizes * Plagiarism * features -- -- [p?c1=2&c2=6035250&cv=2.0&cj=1&comscorekw=Bob+Dylan%2CMusic%2CNobel+pri ze+in+literature%2CAwards+and+prizes%2CBooks%2CPlagiarism] * Education University students could be fined or handed criminal records for plagiarised essays, new proposals suggest -- -- University students who buy essays online face fines and a criminal record under plans to punish plagiarism being considered by the government. -- -- more than 100 online essay services are now in operation. Whilst universities already use complex anti-plagiarism software to detect the copying of academic texts, the process of contract cheating - students submitting paid-for essays as their own original work - -- -- Speaking to The Telegraph, Lord Storey, who is leading efforts to make the practice illegal, said that the consequences of plagiarism must be made clear, adding that many “rich students” are now effectively “paying their way” to a top honours degree. -- -- Leading academics are also in favour of a ban, with Professor Phil Newton and Michael Draper, leading experts on essay plagiarism, calling on the Government to tighten up the legal loopholes being exploited by professional writing services. 3. Education News £1,700 for a dissertation, but what's the real cost of plagiarism? As one ghost writing service sees an 80 per cent increase in sales in one -- -- It’s a heavy sum to pay for something that the majority of people - not to mention universities - would class as plagiarism. Yet Nemet is quick to separate his company from this accusation. -- -- Whether or not this is an easy way of passing responsibility on to the client, ghost writing – along with other forms of plagiarism – remains an issue at universities across Britain. -- -- declined by 60 per cent since 2005 While 2013 figures from plagiarism detection service, Turnitin, reveal that the number of serious cases has declined by 60 per cent since 2005, Phil Newton, superintendent of assessment at Swansea University, -- -- topic I had set. It really opened my eyes to the issue. “We regard [ghost writing] as plagiarism, pure and simple. It’s is a form of dishonesty, it’s a form of cheating, and where students are found guilty of it, there will be serious academic repercussions.” -- -- passing off work as their own. For students that are caught, there can be serious consequences, from the deduction of marks on an essay, to expulsion from the university. Even if the plagiarism is unintended, there may still be penalties. -- -- “The University also employs a series of sophisticated software applications to detect plagiarism in submitted examination work, both in terms of copying and collusion,” the spokesman adds. -- -- “It regularly monitors online essay banks, essay-writing services, and other potential sources of material. Anyone who submits plagiarised material as part of their course can expect to be dealt with severely.” -- -- ongoing advancements in technology – incorporating more sophisticated methods of detection – will continue to play a role in combating plagiarism; however, educating students should also help prevent the initial interest. -- -- where they are in their course. If they are in their final year, we regard that as much more serious, if they do it in their first year, they probably just need some advice on how to avoid plagiarism and what constitutes plagiarism. “I don’t condone it, but I can understand why a student who is 4. Health News 'Hero' GP suspended for plagiarising fellow doctor's work A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent -- -- A leading GP who was made an MBE last month for his work with violent patients has been suspended for six months for plagiarising another doctor’s work. -- -- The General Medical Council heard that Dr Margaret Staley initially came under suspicion herself after computer anti-plagiarism software picked out striking similarities between a case study she had written and Dr Kumar's coursework. -- -- Dr Staley endured weeks of uncertainty before eventually being completely exonerated when it became clear she was the victim rather than the perpetrator of the plagiarism. Public school-educated Dr Kumar was hailed as a hero in 2009 after Johnson called it an “unacceptable and pernicious” practice, while universities will generally expel anybody they catch – though given the essays aren’t plagiarised, identifying a paid-for piece of work isn’t easy. Using an essay mill, on the other hand, very much is. * News Canadian poet laureate revealed to have plagiarised Maya Angelou, Tupac and others -- -- [tupac_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jp g?imwidth=450] The Canadian poet Pierre DesRuisseaux, who has been found to have plagiarised numerous poets, including Tupac Shakur * Telegraph Reporters -- -- Pierre DesRuisseaux, who died last year, served as the parliamentary poet laureate between 2009 and 2011, and has now been accused of plagiarising the work of up to 20 poets, among them world-famous names and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. -- -- and unknown teenage girls who have posted their work online. The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- DesRuisseaux The late poet Maya Angelou was among the authors plagiarised by DesRuisseaux Credit: Wayne Miller/Magnum/BBC -- -- The duplicity was unearthed by poet and literary sleuth Ira Lightman, a member of a Facebook group called Plagiarism Alerts, whose mission involves tracking down plagiarism in the poetry world. Lightman was tipped off by a Canadian poet named Kathy Figueroa, who -- -- But still, like dust, I'll rise." The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- by DesRuisseaux The legendary rapper Tupac Shakur had his personal poetry plagiarised by DesRuisseaux -- -- Figueroa told Canada's CBC News that DesRuisseaux's widespread plagiarism came as a shock: "It was just mind-boggling, the audacity of someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." -- -- someone to do something like that it. It was almost unbelievable." Upon the discovery of the plagiarism, DesRuisseaux's Montreal-based publishers Éditions du Noroît pulled the book from shelves, while claiming that only between 50 and 100 copies of the book had actually show ad Last-ditch attack on Neil Gorsuch amid claims Supreme Court pick plagiarized academic papers in his book -- -- The White House punched back hard, and assembled its own team of experts to debunk claims that the writing constituted plagiarism. 'This false attack has been strongly refuted by highly-regarded -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. speaks on the floor of -- -- the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his own overnight talk-a-thon. A new rerport quotes experts calling some of Neil Gorsuch's words 'plagiarism' HARD FEELINGS: Democrats are furious that the Senate never scheduled a hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court -- -- hearing on Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the court seat PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- Indiana law article PLAGIARISM? Passages in Gorsuch's book are similar to those in an Indiana law article -- -- “Each of the individual incidents constitutes a violation of academic ethics. I've never seen a college plagiarism code that this would not be in violation of,” said Syracuse University professor Rebecca Moore Howard. -- -- Howard. 'I would certainly call it plagiarism,” she added. At this late date, the information is likely to have little effect on show ad Tokyo 2020 gets new logo proposals after plagiarism scandal By Afp -- -- Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers said Tuesday they have received more than 14,500 suggestions for a new logo after the original choice was withdrawn because of a plagiarism scandal. The organising committee in August dropped the emblem put forward by -- -- The Tokyo committee has insisted the move to drop the original logo was not in response to the legal action. It said Sano, who denies plagiarism, asked that his design be withdrawn to avoid harming the Tokyo Games. show ad Monica Crowley out of Trump White House team after plagiarism revealed * Crowley is a syndicated talk show host who was set to takeover as -- -- administration after all. More than 50 charges of plagiarism, based on discoveries made by CNN's KFile division, led publisher HarperCollins to pull her 2012 book from its shelves last week. -- -- currently unavailable for purchase on Amazon. Crowley appears to have plagiarized large sections of the book, according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than -- according to an analysis by CNN's K File. Their review found more than 50 examples of apparent plagiarism. Politico separately charged that her 2000 dissertation wasn't properly -- -- decision to suspend sales of her book. Crowley also faced plagiarism allegations in 1999 after a piece she wrote on the 25th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's resignation ran in The Wall Street Journal. -- -- article.' Crowley also plagiarized several sections of her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University, Politico Magazine said. The publication found more than a dozen instances in which Crowley appeared to lift from -- -- developer!' DID MONICA CROWLEY PLAGIARIZE THESE PASSAGES? Crowley's book -- -- Source: CNN Read more: * Trump pick Monica Crowley plagiarized multiple sources in 2012 book - CNNMoney -- - CNNMoney * Monica Crowley Plagiarized Parts of Her Ph.D. Dissertation - POLITICO Magazine * Monica Crowley to forgo post in Trump White House - Washington 'Dishonest' TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud suspended after admitting plagiarism By Daily Mail Reporter -- -- 'The Panel has determined that a three-month period of suspension is sufficient to send out a signal to you, the profession and the public that plagiarism is unacceptable behaviour.' The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the -- -- The career of Britain's best-known psychiatrist, a consultant for the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, is now in tatters after he admitted plagiarism. Before the ruling, GMC members heard from some of Dr Persaud's -- -- proceedings.' He added: 'The panel has determined that your actions, in plagiarising the work of others, were liable to bring the profession into disrepute.' -- -- the doctor's book. He also said he had uncovered more examples of plagiarism in Dr Persaud's book after comparing passages in it with material on the internet. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- DEJA VU Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarism after using disgraced rival’s speech that he gave just two weeks ago -- -- Republicans candidate Fillon was still in the presidential race when he delivered the speech two weeks ago France election candidate Marine Le Pen accused of plagiarising speech The incident is bizarrely reminiscent of Melania Trump's July 2016 -- -- state. And the sight of her having to plagiarise a discredited rival’s words will come as a blow to her electoral ambitions. #The Sun » Feed The Sun » Comments Feed The Sun » Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? Comments Feed alternate alternate -- -- Under the bed bugs Who is Chris Riddell and why has he accused John Lewis of plagiarising his book for their Moz the Monster Christmas advert? -- -- Beedle The Bard. Why has Chris Riddell accused John Lewis of plagiarism? Chris Riddell believes there are many similarities between the two * Health News Fears of plagiarism crisis as probe finds foreign university students ‘cheats’ -- -- Updated: 6th April 2016, 8:55 am FOREIGN students are claimed to be fuelling a surge in plagiarism at British universities amid fears of a cheating crisis. / Sean Gallup/Getty Images Findings come months after The Times exposes 'plagiarism epidemic' among Britain's institutions -- -- Half of the nation’s university students are losing marks for not referencing their work correctly, according to a new survey into attitudes towards plagiarism. Citation tool RefME - which polled just under 2,900 of the country’s -- -- almost 80 per cent are worried about referencing correctly, while a majority of 71 per cent expressed concern about facing disciplinary actions for plagiarism. [GettyImages-170380536.jpg] Read more -- -- Read more Universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students cheat RefMe said: “This widespread concern over facing disciplinary actions -- -- ‘ghostwriter’ to complete their work for them constitutes academic misconduct, more than 20 per cent were unable to identify this as plagiarism. The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times -- -- The findings have come just months after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed there to be a “plagiarism epidemic” among Britain’s universities with almost 50,000 students being caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- However, RefME said that, although its study unearthed some “concerning” statistics around plagiarism in academia, students are increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using -- -- increasingly using tools to help them out; almost half of respondents said they use a referencing tool, and 44 per cent reported using plagiarism tools prior to submitting. Tom Hatton, CEO and founder of RefME, described how, as a university -- -- “The hope is that we can look back at these numbers in a couple of years and see evidence that the sentiment towards plagiarism has changed.” * More about: -- -- * More about: * RefMe * plagiarism * University of Kent * University of Westminster 1. INDYSTUDENT UK universities in ‘plagiarism epidemic’ as almost 50,000 students caught cheating over last 3 years -- -- The Independent Online Britain’s universities are said to be in the midst of a “plagiarism epidemic” after an investigation by The Times newspaper revealed how almost 50,000 students were caught cheating in the last three years. -- -- of the student population, requests from 70 universities showed. 75 per cent of postgraduates found plagiarising at Queen Mary University of London were from abroad, including a third from China. -- -- One professor from the University of Buckingham told The Times “type-1 plagiarism,” copying and pasting, is decreasing because it’s “so easy to detect.” 1. INDYPULSE TV doctor Raj Persaud admits plagiarism * PA -- -- Indy/Life TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud today admitted using plagiarised material in a book and articles he wrote. -- -- The doctor, who is famed for his regular appearances on daytime TV shows such as This Morning, admitted plagiarising four articles for his 2003 book 'From The Edge Of The Couch'. -- -- "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press. -- -- He said Dr Persaud blamed sub-editors after an article he wrote for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised. Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, USA, complained -- -- for subbing errors in their apology." The GMC panel heard that allegations of plagiarism against Dr Persaud were first made in a Sunday Times article published in April 2006. -- -- The article alleged that sections of Dr Persaud's book, published three years earlier, were plagiarised from academic articles. At the time Dr Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South -- -- "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism." Mr Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an Plan to prosecute firms who offer paid-for essays to students While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address ‘essay mills’ -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010 -- -- The move is a response to mounting concern over the practice which allows students to circumvent their college’s plagiarism detection systems. The use of these services is not easily detected as software used by universities only detects where students have copied from -- -- Paid-for essays While current guidelines deal with plagiarism, they do not address the issue of so-called contact cheating or the use of paid-for essays. -- -- The QQI’s guidelines advise colleges that they “should have effective policies and procedures in place to prevent, detect, combat and deter plagiarism at all levels”. * Tackling teacher supply is complex - but we are making progress * Revenues crest €4m at top boys’ private school Glenstal Abbey -- -- The scale of contract cheating is difficult to estimate, though there have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, according to figures compiled by The Irish Times last year. -- -- Of those that did, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). The scale of detected issues is likely to be bigger at IT Tallaght as it has extensive detection policies. -- -- Online source The company insists it does not condone plagiarism, and says all “clients are expected to use and reference it as they would any other online source”. -- -- growing and it was typically completing roughly 350 projects a year. Mr Bruton’s spokesman said: “Plagiarism is currently subject to institutional disciplinary sanctions up to and including exclusion from the programme. -- -- offering the ‘service’ will not disclose it, those buying it will not, and there is no system-wide recording of detected instances of this or any other form of plagiarism”. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Essays for sale: a new wave of plagiarism Students who use online essay-writing services face sanction if caught. As -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Essay-writing services might be attractive to under-pressure students, but using them constitutes plagiarism. Photograph: Steve Debenport/iStock -- -- Rigorous testing Would this essay be red-flagged for plagiarism? Colleges nowadays have access to a range of computer programmes, such as Turnitin and Safeassign, that test whether articles have been copied from other -- -- However, these programmes only work if they detect parts of the essay that exist elsewhere; they might not flag plagiarised content if they are custom-written pieces. -- -- To test the essay, we put it through Safeassign and it came back clean. But it’s not just the plagiarism-detection programmes: it has to get past the beady eye of a lecturer. We presented the essay to a number of lecturers in communications and media without telling them about its -- -- It’s difficult to say how commonly these services are being used, but colleges are increasingly aware of plagiarism on campus. There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being -- -- There have been about 1,000 cases of students in Ireland being disciplined for plagiarism since 2010, and the numbers are on the rise (see panel). -- -- In the UK, some academics have warned that essay-writing services are behind an “epidemic” of plagiarism. Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected -- -- Dr Mark Glynn of DCU’s teaching enhancement unit said most detected plagiarism tends to involve students simply cutting and pasting in a section and putting inverted commas around it. -- -- section and putting inverted commas around it. “Students don’t realise that this is plagiarism, but these [essay-writing] services are blatant plagiarism,” he says. Trinity College Dublin’s education officer, Molly Kenny, said these -- -- reference it as they would any other online source,” she says. In the terms and conditions of the website they state they do not condone plagiarism. Foley says the site and demands for their services continue to grow. -- -- Glynn says this could be an option in Ireland: “I would endorse it if it came in here – enforcing it is the challenge – anything to discourage student plagiarism.” Students should be aware that using these services can be risky, -- -- the paper it’s written on. PLAGIARISM: A GROWING PROBLEM Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases -- Since the 2010-2011 academic year, there have been almost 1,000 cases of students disciplined for plagiarism across the Irish higher-education sector. -- -- Of the colleges that supplied figures, the Institute of Technology Tallaght topped the list of detected cases of plagiarism (206), followed by the University of Limerick (162) and DIT (143). -- -- Institute of Technology Tallaght has one of the most extensive approaches to dealing with plagiarism, involving a sliding case of penalties, ranging from written warnings to potential disqualification from the institution. information on cookies see our Cookie Policy. (BUTTON) X Plagiarism Sat, Mar 5, 2011, 00:00 -- -- Plagiarism: from Latin “plagiarius” (“kidnapper”), use pioneered by Roman poet Martial who complained that another poet had “kidnapped his verses”.– (Wikipedia) -- -- charismatic and aristocratic defence minister, key ally to Chancellor Angela Merkel, a shooting star brought down this week by claims that he had engaged in plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. The website GuttenPlag Wiki says it has detected plagiaristic “lifts” -- -- Coincidentally, a new anti-Gadafy front has opened up in the London School of Economics where the doctoral thesis written by his son Seif al-Islam is also being checked for plagiarism following complaints by online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, -- online activists. Now one of the major challenges of academe, plagiarism is claiming high-profile political casualties. Academics in Ireland worry at what they see as a serious cultural -- -- at the threat to the country’s ’s reputation as a source of quality research, the Royal Irish Academy in September urged new procedures to protect against falsification and plagiarism. -- A recent US survey in Education Week, cited by plagiarism.org, reports 54 per cent of student respondents admitting to plagiarising from the internet; 74 per cent, to “serious” cheating at least once in the past year; while half believed teachers sometimes chose to ignore cheating. -- -- And then, of course, there’s that truly scandalous hardy annual – claims of plagiarism in the Eurovision Song Contest. This year Denmark’s A Friend In Londonis accused. The melody of their New Tomorrowis apparently similar to Face 2 Faceby Future Trance United. was to be written in 4 weeks. All of the four websites guaranteed a money back scheme if the work does not achieve the grade and if the paper was accused of plagiarism then the customer would receive their money back. -- -- Latest figures from the BBC article reveal that half of Welsh universities have seen an increase in the number of plagiarism cases With students being targeted on social media through 'sponsored -- -- https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/essay-mills-university-co urse-work-to-order/2007934.article MORE:higher educationplagiarismcollege essaysessaysacademiawalescustom essays Credit Where It's Due - Why Are Half of UK Students Losing Marks for Plagiarism? * -- -- Photo by CollegeDegrees360 under a CC license We are in the grips of a 'plagiarism epidemic' according to The Times. An investigation conducted by the paper earlier this year revealed that 50,000 university students have been caught over the last three years, -- -- Further research published this month by RefME, a digital reference management tool for students, has found that 50% of students surveyed say they have lost marks due to plagiarism arising from inaccurate citations. -- -- citations. But plagiarism falls on a spectrum and shouldn't be confused with cheating. -- -- conventions and were unaware of resources available to help them. But regardless of whether plagiarism is deliberate (and often it is not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in -- not), the stakes can be high. UK universities are leading the way in their adoption of plagiarism detection, with software such as Turnitin now used by the majority. Facing the risk of a damaged reputation, suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of -- -- suspension, expulsion and potentially even legal action, over 70% of the students surveyed say that they worry about committing accidental plagiarism. While a minor infringement is more likely to result in lost marks than -- -- person's ideas begin and another's end. In the Twittersphere, for instance, ideas are endlessly retweeted and recycled. But digital tools also exist to prevent plagiarism. Using RefME, referencing can be as simple as scanning a barcode or -- -- student support, embedding academic writing skills more deeply into the curriculum and communicating expectations from the outset. But certainly, the majority of students do not intend to commit plagiarism. On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. -- On the contrary, they're genuinely fearful of the consequences. MORE:plagiarismuniversitiesstudentshigher education SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW Universities use expensive software designed to detect students who cheat, but Turnitin can only detect plagiarised work, not original work that has not been penned by the student. Thus, it is nigh on impossible to detect students who use professional essay-writing services. And, -- -- I would like to see action taken to stop degree ghost-writers in their tracks. Perhaps the industry should be regulated, forcing any ghost-written essay to be submitted by the seller to plagiarism detection sites so that should the student try to pass it off as their own, they will be caught. This won't stop the rogue sites, but at least -- -- ghost-write student essays. After all, I could end up having to mark my own essay one day. MORE:universitystudentscheatingplagiarismUniversitiescheating at examsghost-writing THE BLOG The Problem With Political Speeches Isn't Plagiarism, It's Platitudes * -- -- the road" and you've won political cliché bingo. As for plagiarism, how many different ways can you express those basic concepts in simple, accessible language to describe another person? Not many. It begins with "he/she believes..." and ends in simple -- -- Ms. Obama. Trump just had a lousy proofreader who failed to spot the direct similarities. If the nouns had been replaced by synonyms, verbs exchanged, the sequence of clauses varied... who would cry plagiarism? Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the -- -- Nobody. But it would still be a fairly unremarkable set of platitudes. Shouldn't we care more about that? It's rather disappointing to see the news media pounce on the plagiarism as opposed to criticising the fact Melania Trump avoided saying anything interesting about the man who would be king. -- -- Trump handles that issue, unlike the speeches, will be interesting to watch. MORE:Melania TrumpDonald TrumpplagiarismRepublican convention SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW POLITICS Home»Today's Stories Chair of institute has plagiarism ruling overturned Saturday, May 04, 2013 -- -- An external investigation has found that Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) chairman Flan Garvey committed unintentional plagiarism in a 2008 master’s thesis but this has been overturned on a technical appeal. -- -- The three academics appointed in December to probe a complaint by 26 ITT academics found plagiarism in two chapters of the thesis about his Co Clare parish. -- -- It has upheld the appeal on grounds relating to the understanding of the nature of plagiarism, in a report finalised this week and also seen by the Irish Examiner. -- -- by the Irish Examiner. It found that college rules around plagiarism were not clearly formulated or clearly communicated to postgraduate students. On that basis, it said, a finding of an award being unjustified would be unfair -- -- However, a source told the Irish Examiner that staff are baffled at the outcome and many believe it places a question mark over any previous cases of students sanctioned for plagiarism. -- Plagiarism finding After word-for-word comparisons with texts cited by the complainants, -- -- interspersed with occasional references to another. One section complained of in chapter 4 was found not to be plagiarism after the investigators were made aware of Mr Garvey’s contribution to the authorship of a local history pamphlet. more serious (getting someone else to do coursework). Plagiarism is the most widespread form, with 6% disclosing that they had passed off information copied from other sources as their own work, while 5% admitting that they have carried on writing once an 29 July 2013 Parasite journalism: is aggregation as bad as plagiarism? When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing -- -- When a writer lifts thoughts - or even paragraphs - from an existing work, we call it plagiarism. But news organisations do the same, and call it aggregation. Sign up for our weekly email * -- -- any better. In my opinion, it happens all the time, it's just that people don't get caught very often. Johann Hari is the classic example - the only absolutely rock solid piece of plagiarism that could be pinned on him was a piece from a German newspaper article that he'd translated. -- -- copy of being free. In my opinion, some of this stuff is just as bad as plagiarism. Aggregators are parasites, only slightly more benign than plagiarists - and sooner or later, parasites kill the host. Someone has to actually Share on Reddit HomeOxford studentsAcademic mattersStudy guidanceStudy skills and trainingPlagiarism -- Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether -- -- full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. Plagiarism may be intentional or reckless, or unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or -- unintentional. Under the regulations for examinations, intentional or reckless plagiarism is a disciplinary offence. Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been -- -- Students will benefit from taking an online course which has been developed to provide a useful overview of the issues surrounding plagiarism and practical ways to avoid it. The necessity to acknowledge others’ work or ideas applies not only to -- -- text, data, or other resources downloaded from websites. The best way of avoiding plagiarism is to learn and employ the principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your -- principles of good academic practice from the beginning of your university career. Avoiding plagiarism is not simply a matter of making sure your references are all correct, or changing enough words so the examiner will not notice your paraphrase; it is about deploying your -- -- academic skills to make your work as good as it can be. Forms of plagiarism Verbatim (word for word) quotation without clear acknowledgement -- -- Paraphrasing the work of others by altering a few words and changing their order, or by closely following the structure of their argument, is plagiarism if you do not give due acknowledgement to the author whose work you are using. -- -- doing so, than to paraphrase particular sections of his or her writing. This will ensure you have a genuine grasp of the argument and will avoid the difficulty of paraphrasing without plagiarising. You must also properly attribute all material you derive from lectures. -- -- University or elsewhere. Auto-plagiarism You must not submit work for assessment that you have already submitted (partially or in full), either for your current course or for another -- -- Where earlier work by you is citable, ie. it has already been published, you must reference it clearly. Identical pieces of work submitted concurrently will also be considered to be auto-plagiarism. -- Why does plagiarism matter? -- Plagiarism is a breach of academic integrity. It is a principle of intellectual honesty that all members of the academic community should acknowledge their debt to the originators of the ideas, words, and data -- -- which form the basis for their own work. Passing off another’s work as your own is not only poor scholarship, but also means that you have failed to complete the learning process. Plagiarism is unethical and can have serious consequences for your future career; it also undermines the standards of your institution and of the degrees it -- -- issues. Why should you avoid plagiarism? -- There are many reasons to avoid plagiarism. You have come to university to learn to know and speak your own mind, not merely to reproduce the opinions of others - at least not without attribution. At first it may -- -- independent one - by learning to assess critically the work of others, weigh up differing arguments and draw your own conclusions. Students who plagiarise undermine the ethos of academic scholarship while avoiding an essential part of the learning process. -- -- avoiding an essential part of the learning process. You should avoid plagiarism because you aspire to produce work of the highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear -- -- highest quality. Once you have grasped the principles of source use and citation, you should find it relatively straightforward to steer clear of plagiarism. Moreover, you will reap the additional benefits of improvements to both the lucidity and quality of your writing. It is important to appreciate that mastery of the techniques of academic -- -- commitment to the principle of intellectual honesty in scholarship. What happens if you are thought to have plagiarised? -- The University regards plagiarism in examinations as a serious matter. Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of -- -- Cases will be investigated and penalties may range from deduction of marks to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of the occurrence. Even if plagiarism is inadvertent, it can result in a penalty. The forms of plagiarism listed above are all potentially disciplinary offences in the context of formal assessment requirements. -- -- award’. Additionally, this includes the transfer and confirmation of status exercises undertaken by graduate students. Cases of suspected plagiarism in assessed work are investigated under the disciplinary regulations concerning conduct in examinations. Intentional plagiarism in this context means that you understood that you were breaching the regulations and did so intending to gain advantage in the examination. -- -- expected to have understood (even if you did not specifically consider it) that your work might breach the regulations, but you took no action to avoid doing so. Intentional or reckless plagiarism may incur severe penalties, including failure of your degree or expulsion from the university. -- -- university. If plagiarism is suspected in a piece of work submitted for assessment in an examination, the matter will be referred to the Proctors. They will thoroughly investigate the claim and call the student concerned -- -- refer the case to the Student Disciplinary Panel. If you are suspected of plagiarism your College Secretary/Academic Administrator and subject tutor will support you through the process and arrange for a member of Congregation to accompany you to all -- -- involve the use and discussion of material written by others, and, with due acknowledgement and proper referencing, this is clearly distinguishable from plagiarism. The knowledge in your discipline has developed cumulatively as a result of years of research, innovation and debate. You need to give credit to the authors of the ideas and -- -- Does this only matter in exams? Although plagiarism in weekly essays does not constitute a University disciplinary offence, it may well lead to College disciplinary measures. Persistent academic under-performance can even result in your -- -- Borrowing essays from other students to adapt and submit as your own is plagiarism, and will develop none of these necessary skills, holding back your academic development. Students who lend essays for this purpose are doing their peers no favours. -- -- purpose are doing their peers no favours. Unintentional plagiarism -- Not all cases of plagiarism arise from a deliberate intention to cheat. Sometimes students may omit to take down citation details when taking notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. -- -- notes, or they may be genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions. However, these excuses offer no sure protection against a charge of plagiarism. Even in cases where the plagiarism is found to have been neither intentional nor reckless, there may still be an academic penalty for poor practice. -- -- It is your responsibility to find out the prevailing referencing conventions in your discipline, to take adequate notes, and to avoid close paraphrasing. If you are offered induction sessions on plagiarism and study skills, you should attend. Together with the advice contained in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common -- -- in your subject handbook, these will help you learn how to avoid common errors. If you are undertaking a project or dissertation you should ensure that you have information on plagiarism and collusion. If ever in doubt about referencing, paraphrasing or plagiarism, you have only to ask your tutor. -- -- to ask your tutor. Examples of plagiarism -- There are some helpful examples of plagiarism-by-paraphrase and you will also find extensive advice on the referencing and library skills pages. -- -- London Hanged, p. 213.] Plagiarised 1. Although they did not question the inegalitarian hierarchy of their -- -- of a submissive workforce. (This is a mixture of verbatim copying and acceptable paraphrase. Although only one phrase has been copied from the source, this would still count as plagiarism. The idea expressed in the first sentence has not been attributed at all, and the reference to ‘some historians’ in the second is insufficient. -- -- original.) Non-plagiarised 1. Peter Linebaugh argues that although highwaymen posed no overt -- -- Student conduct Related websites Online plagiarism course Policy on the use of third party proof-readers Related documents * Turnitin UK Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Turnitin FAQs * Plagiarism * Turnitin UK -- -- + Turnitin FAQs + Turnitin information for Faculties and Departments * What is plagiarism? * Information for staff * Resources and support -- -- Participation in a course at Cambridge is deemed as acceptance of the University's right to apply specialist software (like Turnitin) to your work for the purposes of plagiarism education and detection; the University's Statement on Plagiarism includes this consent. However, you do have the right to request that your work is not retained in the Turnitin UK database after it has been submitted. For -- -- be used as source material for future submissions; this will help to maximise the effectiveness of the software and to protect your work from future attempts to plagiarise it. However, you have the right to request that your work is removed from the database. This can only be done on an individual basis for each piece of work, and in some cases -- -- Q. I have been asked to attend an investigative meeting because Turnitin highlighted matched text, but I know I didn't plagiarise; what do I do? Firstly, don't panic; the meeting will be investigative, not -- -- Turnitin reports will be reviewed in detail in order to make an academic judgement on whether the matched text may be a result of plagiarism, or whether it may reflect commonly-used phrases or correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the -- -- correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the University's Definition of Plagiarism, plagiarism is the submission of someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to -- someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to deceive; this means that you have plagiarised even if you did it accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine -- accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine that the matches are the result of plagiarism, they then judge whether this is minor, or more serious/extensive. If it is minor, they may adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor -- -- adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor scholarship, so you will receive a lower mark than you otherwise would have, if you had referenced appropriately. If the plagiarism is more serious or extensive, they may deem that it merits disciplinary action. -- -- Turnitin UK, the University’s use of the software complies with this requirement. The University has identified ‘providers of anti-plagiarism software’ in its information to students as organisations with whom data may be shared. For more information about data protection and the way the University uses your data, see the -- -- Q. What support is available? If you have any queries about plagiarism or good academic practice, you should contact your Tutor or Director of Studies in the first instance. Our Resources and support pages may also be of help; these contain a * Home * What is plagiarism? -- Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- The University's definition of plagiarism -- * Plagiarism -- * What is plagiarism? + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Turnitin UK University-wide Statement on Plagiarism The General Board, with the agreement of the Board of Examinations and -- -- Departments. Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. It is both poor -- -- scholarship and a breach of academic integrity. Examples of plagiarism include copying (using another person's language and/or ideas as if they are a candidate's own), by: * quoting verbatim another person's work without due acknowledgement -- -- to a joint project. Plagiarism might also arise from colluding with another person, including another candidate, other than as permitted for joint project work (i.e. where collaboration is concealed or has been forbidden). A -- -- piece of written work. Plagiarism can occur in respect to all types of sources and media: * text, illustrations, musical quotations, mathematical derivations, computer code, etc; -- -- not referencing sources) in examinations or assessed work may affect the mark given to the candidate's work. In addition, suspected cases of the use of unfair means (of which plagiarism is one form) will be investigated and may be brought to one of the University's Courts. The Courts have wide powers to discipline those found guilty of using -- -- The University makes use of text-matching software for the purpose of plagiarism education and detection, and reserves the right to submit a candidate’s work to such a service. For this purpose, candidates consent to the submission of their papers to the service and for the -- -- No candidate shall make use of unfair means in any University examination. Unfair means shall include plagiarism* and, unless such possession is specifically authorized, the possession of any book, paper or other material relevant to the examination. No member of the -- -- (Statutes and Ordinances 2016, p. 191). * Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. -- -- known as Discipline Regulation 6. Proctorial Notice on plagiarism The Proctorial Notice for 2016 can be viewed on the Proctors' website. * Information for staff Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Forms of plagiarism and collusion -- * Plagiarism * Information for staff -- -- * Information for staff + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * What is plagiarism? * Resources and support * Turnitin UK -- -- * Turnitin UK This page outlines some common forms of plagiarism and collusion, and suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. -- -- suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. * Plagiarism in invigilated examinations * Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework * Collusion in dissertations and other assessed coursework __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in invigilated examinations Collusion (perhaps by candidates exchanging notes) is extremely rare in -- -- invigilated examinations; this is clearly an offence which would be reported immediately to the Proctors. The most common forms of plagiarism in invigilated exams are: Reproducing material committed to memory -- -- heart. Those brought up with rote learning often don't realise that reproducing such material in a written examination constitutes plagiarism if it is reproduced without attribution. In technical subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as -- -- subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as plagiarism. * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it -- * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it clear that plagiarism can occur in written examinations and explain how candidates should acknowledge sources in such examinations. Examiners are strongly advised to include an appropriate rubric on -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework There are numerous forms of assessed work which are not produced under -- -- strict examination conditions, including: dissertations, assessed essays, practical work, seminar-style presentations, and musical compositions. Cases of both plagiarism and collusion are regularly reported in these forms of assessment and some are taken to the Court of Discipline. -- -- of Discipline. 'Classic' plagiarism -- * Overview: plagiarism most commonly involves copying from the Internet, published works, lecture handouts or private communications. Work copied from the Internet can be detected by -- -- the requirements and explain that serious penalties can be imposed. In cases of supervised work, Supervisors are expected to play a role: the Proctors may ask why the plagiarism wasn’t detected before the work reached the Examiners. -- -- before the work reached the Examiners. Third-party plagiarism -- * Overview: a more troublesome form of plagiarism is the use of work commissioned from a third party. These may be purchased from organisations which supply dissertations and essays on a -- -- candidate normally submits. Review-section plagiarism -- * Overview: a common form of plagiarism, which is usually more or less innocent, occurs in review sections. A final-year dissertation may legitimately build on the work described in a dissertation -- -- permitted and what is not. Guidance on proofreading is available on the collusion pages of this website. * Treatment of cases: unlike cases of plagiarism, work produced by unauthorised collusion cannot be made good by proper attribution. The Board of Examinations has agreed that it is inappropriate to -- -- A copies from B without B's knowledge Strictly, this is plagiarism rather than collusion but plagiarism that cannot be made good by any form of attribution. It may be necessary to interview both A and B at an investigative meeting. If it is clear that -- -- This example is much like the former except that B may now be in trouble too. It should perhaps be regarded as a case of collusion rather than plagiarism. Again A should not be awarded any marks for the copied elements of the University of Birmingham Intranet > Academic Services > Student Services > Student Conduct > Plagiarism > Guidance for students -- Guidance on plagiarism for students -- In 'Plagiarism' -- * Plagiarism * Plagiarism awareness starting points * Guidance for students -- * Guidance for students * Plagiarism Information for staff * Interactive plagiarism course Back to 'Student Conduct' -- -- Back to 'Student Conduct' * Defining plagiarism * A student's responsibilities -- * A student's responsibilities * 'Accidental' plagiarism * Plagiarism-detecting software * How Schools deal with plagiarism * The Learning Agreement and plagiarism * Plagiarism and postgraduate study * Student background and plagiarism * Referral to College Misconduct Committee * Appealing the decision -- -- * Confidentiality Defining plagiarism -- Plagiarism is a form of cheating and is a serious academic offence. It arises where work submitted by a student is not their own and has been taken from another source. The original material is then hidden from -- -- or by not mentioning it at all. The most common forms of plagiarism are: * copying -- * copying * self-plagiarism (also called auto-plagiarism) * collusion * fabrication or misrepresentation -- -- * unacceptable proof-reading Plagiarism may occur in a number of other forms, as well as in conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the -- conventional written work. Another student may be involved, or the plagiarism may arise from the misuse of sources outside the University. The key is proper attribution of source material. None of the -- -- activities listed above is, of itself, necessarily wrong. Plagiarism is a serious matter for the University. If not dealt with, it will ultimately devalue all University degrees to the detriment of both students and the University. It also introduces a fundamental and -- -- It should be clear from a consideration of these two key requirements why plagiarism is unacceptable. By definition, a piece of work that has been plagiarised will never be able to meet either of the above criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely -- -- criteria. Asking yourself prior to submission whether your work passes both tests is a useful method for determining whether there is likely to be a problem with plagiarism. It is ironic that students sometimes seem to go to great lengths to -- -- in jeopardy. 'Accidental' plagiarism The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the -- -- The University accepts that students, particularly in view of the severe penalties that may be applied in cases of serious plagiarism, will be anxious to avoid inadvertently submitting plagiarised work. It is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography -- is, for example, possible to cite a source in the separate bibliography and still commit plagiarism by then incorporating a significant amount of un-attributed material taken directly or indirectly (through paraphrasing) from that source into the body of the assignment. -- -- Above all, the student body is not a single grouping and the University is aware of the need for a sympathetic approach to plagiarism, particularly in the first year of undergraduate studies and where there is no conscious attempt by the student to deceive. However, this is not -- -- ensure that you have clear guidance on what is expected of you in terms of the referencing of source material. If you are worried about committing plagiarism, always seek help and advice from your tutor, supervisor or other academic advisor within your School. Members of staff are experienced in dealing with questions about proper -- -- * Endnote information and training Plagiarism-detecting software Schools are making use of software systems, in addition to the existing -- -- You should be assured that academic judgement is always brought into play when analysing the results. A School will not take action against you for plagiarism as a result of the findings of Turnitin unless it has looked very carefully at the report obtained from the software and assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will -- -- assured itself that there are sufficient grounds for concern. You will be able to see the relevant report and to challenge the School's case if you are accused of plagiarism following a software-based analysis of your work. -- -- However, the University reserves the right to protect the academic integrity of its degree awards by whatever means available to it. This will benefit those students who did not plagiarise. -- How Schools deal with plagiarism This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: -- -- This is a complex area. In broad terms, these are the various stages: * If an Academic Integrity Officer suspects that plagiarism may have occurred they will undertake an investigation which would normally involve considering any evidence. This may include a report -- -- the marker or invigilator; * If, following the investigation, the Academic Integrity Officer has a reasonable suspicion that plagiarism has occurred, they will invite you to respond to the allegation and you will be invited to a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); -- -- a meeting (the Academic Integrity Meeting); * Following on from the meeting, the principal academic unit will determine the level of plagiarism (if any) that it believes has arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, -- arisen. There are three general categories: poor academic practice, moderate plagiarism and serious plagiarism. -- The consequences of a finding that plagiarism has occurred in any of these above ways can be found under Section 6 of the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. -- -- on Academic Integrity. In cases where serious plagiarism is found, the matter will be dealt with under University Regulation Section 8 Student Conduct. -- -- You should consult the Code of Practice on Academic Integrity. This provides detailed definitive information on how plagiarism is dealt with. -- -- with. The Learning Agreement and plagiarism This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for -- -- This is a bipartite contract that sets out an agreement that you, for your part, will not submit plagiarised work and that your School, for its part, will help and support you to avoid plagiarism. It is seen by the University as a helpful expression of good faith and intentions by both sides of the academic partnership involving you and the -- -- University. Plagiarism and postgraduate study Given that you are likely to hold a First Degree already, there is an -- -- You should be assured that your School will not, provided it is satisfied that there has not been a deliberate attempt to deceive, treat any instance of plagiarism in the early stage of your postgraduate career as a matter normally requiring the imposition of a penalty. However, you must quickly come to terms with the University's -- -- dissertation element of the programme. Student background and plagiarism The educational background of students may make unintentional -- -- The educational background of students may make unintentional plagiarism more likely. Given the diversity of student background in the University, previous experience of formal education in the UK cannot be assumed. The expectations of learning and the learning styles -- -- and circumstance, as well as by individual preferences. Student work that stays close to the original source and is therefore at risk of an allegation of plagiarism may, in some cases, be the result of: * past experience of what has proven to be successful in other academic contexts but which is now a liability to the student; -- -- The University accepts that one (or more) of the above factors may play a role in a case of alleged plagiarism. Each case will therefore be treated on its individual merits and taking account of all relevant circumstances. #University of Derby Blog » Feed University of Derby Blog » Comments Feed University of Derby Blog » How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? Comments Feed alternate alternate [tr?id=263182877367236&ev=PageView&noscript=1] -- -- + Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Home > Blog > How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? James Elander -- -- Student Life How can universities help students avoid plagiarism? -- Be it in music or writing, plagiarism – “stealing other’s ideas” – is a complicated and yet serious offence. So how can universities help students improve their writing and avoid it? Professor James Elander, Head of -- -- Psychological Research, gives his top tips. Plagiarism happens so quickly and easily in these days of ‘cut and paste’, multiple deadlines and pressure to produce excellent work. -- -- Universities, therefore, need active strategies to help students learn not to plagiarise, and one approach focuses on improving their ‘authorial identity’ – a concept I have developed with Derby PhD student Kevin Cheung, which centres on how writers see themselves as -- -- students to understand the values of integrity and transparency associated with academic writing and to write assignments without plagiarising. My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction -- -- My interest in this area began when I sat in on a first-year induction session about plagiarism. I asked myself, what is the opposite of plagiarism? Surely the answer to that is authorship and, if authorship is the desired outcome, what are the behavioural or psychological characteristics needed for students to achieve that? -- -- To qualify genuinely as the authors of their written work, students must understand the role of an author, and must be able to identify with that role. This protects them from accidental plagiarism, which often happens when students produce written work without being really in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for -- -- in the role of an author. This reflection was the starting point for several projects with different groups of colleagues to help students not to plagiarise. Supervised by myself and Ed Stupple in the Department of Psychology at -- -- with lecturers were used to get insights into what university lecturers think about authorial identity, and how we can get them more involved in helping students write better and avoid plagiarism. These showed that changing identity, or how one sees oneself, is -- -- When students were asked afterwards about these workshops, 86% agreed they helped them understand how to avoid plagiarism and 66% agreed they helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, -- -- helped them write better psychology assignments. The workshops led to significant improvements including increased confidence in writing, understanding of authorship and knowledge to avoid plagiarism. The changes were greatest for year one students, supporting the common -- -- It’s important that universities spend time speaking to their students about what plagiarism means and the impact it can have. However, rather than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like -- than focus on the negative consequences, opening up focus groups, like we did, and discussing how to write assignments without plagiarising, is of much better value. -- -- We hope this research will help to guide future efforts to help students improve their writing and avoid plagiarism, and also give us a simple tool to measure how students’ change through taking part in those efforts. -- -- those efforts. Top tips to avoid plagiarism Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental -- -- Here are some general tips to help students avoid accidental plagiarism. Some of these are related to the early stages of work on a written assignment: * Think about what your own position (opinion) is before you start -- -- * Put yourself in the role of the author. How to use quotations without plagiarising * Think about what point you are making with the quote; -- -- * #Derby * #higher education * #plagiarism * #Press * #psychology You are here: Home / Offices / Student and Academic Services / Exams and Assessment / Plagiarism and Collusion Info -- -- Info Plagiarism and Collusion -- * Plagiarism: Plagiarism is used as a general term to describe taking and using another’s thoughts and writings as one’s own. Plagiarism can occur not only in essays and dissertations, but also in scientific experimentation, diagrams, maps, fieldwork, computer -- -- the application of very severe penalties. Avoiding plagiarism and/or collusion -- Learning Development runs a workshop on avoiding plagiarism and has study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on -- study guides on the topic. Take a look at the team's online tutorial on avoiding plagiarism. Your student handbook is also a useful resource for plagiarism avoidance and will set out your department's policy about identifying plagiarism. Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of -- -- Departmental procedures: dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of plagiarism and/or collusion Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Senate Regulation 11: Regulations governing -- -- Departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion: Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations -- -- Your department will follow the procedures defined in the Regulations governing student discipline when investigating and considering allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in work that is not assessed by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of -- by written examination. The investigation will involve consideration of the case by the department's Plagiarism Officer. -- Departmental level consideration of allegations of plagiarism/collusion may be followed by a hearing of a Student Discipline Panel if the severity of the offence or the complexity of the case deems it -- -- * See regulation 11.60 to 11.70 for full details of the University's procedures for departmental investigation and consideration of allegations of plagiarism and/or collusion in assessed work (excluding written examinations) -- -- assessed work (excluding written examinations) Departmental penalties for plagiarism/collusion: The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student -- -- The penalties that departments are authorised to impose upon a student if he/she is found to have committed plagiarism/collusion are also defined in the regulations. A disciplinary panel has the power to impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. -- -- impose penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. * See regulation 11.71 to 11.75 for full details of departmental penalties for plagiarism and/or collusion (extract of regulations) Cheating in written examinations -- -- staff in your department (e.g. your Programme Director or Head of Department) without any delay if you are still unsure about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. Don't risk a penalty. * For departments: -- * For departments: Contact your Plagiarism Officer or the Secretary to the Senate Student Discipline Committee (qualoffice@le.ac.uk | x2605), for advice on the operation of Senate Regulation 11. -- -- o Undergraduate Progression and Award o Taught Postgraduate Progression and Award o Plagiarism and Collusion # Penalties o Student Results You are here Home » General Regulations » Plagiarism Sitemap -- -- + University Calendar + Academic credit system (ECTS) + Plagiarism * Course Documentation + Course handbooks -- -- * Sitemap Plagiarism -- Plagiarism is interpreted by the University as the act of presenting the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. -- -- the work of others as one’s own work, without acknowledgement. Plagiarism is considered as academically fraudulent, and an offence against University discipline. The University considers plagiarism to be a major offence, and subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- University. Visit http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism -- -- Template for Plagiarism Summary Procedure -- Calendar Statement on Plagiarism for Undergraduates - Part II, 82-91 -- Plagiarism 82 General -- -- and explicit manner, and with due acknowledgement. Plagiarism is the act of presenting the work or ideas of others as one's own, without due acknowledgement. -- one's own, without due acknowledgement. Plagiarism can arise from deliberate actions and also through careless thinking and/or methodology. The offence lies not in the attitude or intention of the perpetrator, but in the action and in its -- -- It is the responsibility of the author of any work to ensure that he/she does not commit plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered to be academically fraudulent, and an offence against academic integrity that is subject to the disciplinary procedures of the University. -- -- procedures of the University. 83 Examples of Plagiarism Plagiarism can arise from actions such as: (a) copying another student's work; (b) enlisting another person or persons to complete an assignment on -- -- All the above serve only as examples and are not exhaustive. 84 Plagiarism in the context of group work Students should normally submit work done in co-operation with other students only when it is done with the full knowledge and permission of -- -- the lecturer concerned. Without this, submitting work which is the product of collusion with other students may be considered to be plagiarism. When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is -- -- When work is submitted as the result of a group project, it is the responsibility of all students in the group to ensure, so far as is possible, that no work submitted by the group is plagiarised. -- 85 Self plagiarism student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one -- -- student's No work can normally be submitted for more than one assessment for credit. Resubmitting the same work for more than one assessment for credit is normally considered self-plagiarism. -- 86 Avoiding plagiarism Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice -- Students should ensure the integrity of their work by seeking advice from their lecturers, tutor or supervisor on avoiding plagiarism. All schools and departments must include, in their handbooks or other literature given to students, guidelines on the appropriate methodology -- -- for the kind of work that students will be expected to undertake. In addition, a general set of guidelines for students on avoiding plagiarism is available on http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism. -- 87 If plagiarism as referred to in §82 above is suspected, in the first instance, the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or their designate, will write to the student, and the student’s tutor -- -- 88 If the Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), or designate, forms the view that plagiarism has taken place, he/she must decide if the offence can be dealt with under the summary procedure set out below. In order for this summary procedure to be followed, all -- -- (a) Level 1: Student receives an informal verbal warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will be assessed and marked without penalty; -- -- (b) Level 2: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissable. The student is required to rephrase and correctly reference all plagiarised elements. Other content should not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped -- not be altered. The resubmitted work will receive a reduced or capped mark depending on the seriousness/extent of plagiarism; (c) Level 3: Student receives a formal written warning. The piece of work in question is inadmissible. There is no opportunity for #RSS 2.0 RSS .92 Atom 0.3 Ninth Level Ireland » Plagiarism Comments Feed alternate alternate alternate -- -- Plagiarism -- Of plagiarism, little new can be written (Schwartz, The culture of the copy (1998), p. 311) -- -- “Plagiarism” is defined in various ways. The core meaning seems to be inappropriate copying of another’s ideas or expressions. An important analytical distinction is between: -- -- behaviour, whether acknowledged or not. There is no legal definition of plagiarism, though it forms part of many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often -- -- many academic codes of conduct. The term is often used loosely. Producing one’s own old work as if it were fresh and new is often described as “self-plagiarism”; and two students who hand in identical essays may both find themselves accused of plagiarism, even though the essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of -- essays may undoubtedly represent the original work of at least one of them. Many examples of plagiarism will also be examples of breach of intellectual property rights, such as copyright or droit moral / droit à la paternité. -- -- à la paternité. Objections to plagiarism are numerous, so much so that it may be doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much -- doubted whether it should be regarded as a coherent phenomenon. Much that used to be called “cheating” is now labelled “plagiarism”, often confusingly. The attitude of the person whose work is copied is sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as -- -- sometimes crucial, sometimes irrelevant. (Submitting another’s essay as your own is objectionable whether or not the true author objects.) There is a modern tendency to define “plagiarism” quite broadly, in some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme -- -- some cases extending to any failure to follow the rules of the relevant discipline in relation to proper citation; when coupled with extreme hostility to plagiarism (such as stating, inaccurately, that it is a form of theft) it can sound as if large portions of the student community are being accused of crime. -- -- community are being accused of crime. Many argue that there is now a crisis of plagiarism, even a war against plagiarism. Of course, it has always been the case that some students look for illegitimate short cuts to achieving their qualifications. Various factors are blamed for the modern “crisis”: the growth of IT -- -- for intellectual development, not an occasion for open warfare between students and their teachers; the crisis, if there is one, is not so much a “crisis of plagiarism” as a crisis of how to test core competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. -- -- competencies in a 21st century context. If the tests the universities set can be so easily subverted, then perhaps they are the wrong tests. The very difficulties experienced in trying to define plagiarism are evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how -- evidence of a lack of consensus on what competence consists of and how it is to be established; further, those who condemn “plagiarism” the loudest often seem to have a quite unrealistic idea of the level of originality that can be expected at student level. -- -- originality that can be expected at student level. Plagiarism by academics is not so much discussed, though there is a general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. -- -- general awareness of the issue, and it occasionally comes into the public consciousness if the guilty party is famous enough (see e.g. “Persaud’s plagiarism was dishonesty, rules medical council”). It may, as in Raj Persaud’s case, come to the attention of a relevant professional body; or it might be a matter of university internal -- -- It is in this academic context that there are complaints of self-plagiarism, that academics are accused of reproducing their own work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether -- work while giving the false impression that it is new. Whether “self-plagiarism” is really the right term may be doubted. Artificially padding one’s c.v. by submitting the same article to more than one journal is certainly reprehensible, and may in some circumstances even -- -- publications. Plagiarism by students, by contrast, has become a major preoccupation of universities. The rise of IT and access to online information, which has coincided with a greater emphasis on marked coursework rather than -- -- that the material could quite properly be included in a legitimate piece of writing, if referenced in the appropriate way. Any detailed university policy on plagiarism must necessarily distinguish between disciplines, as each discipline has its own nuanced attitude to materials that may be cited and how they may be used in argument. But -- -- equally, a failure to abide by a discipline’s rules is only culpable if those rules are understood – which leads many to suspect that rampant plagiarism really represents a teaching failure, such that the rules have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. -- -- have not been understood or have not been seen as reasonable. Many say, then, that plagiarism is to a certain extent a cultural problem. Does this mean that it is particularly a difficulty with students whose native language is not English? Some argue precisely -- -- of suspicion that is not applied to home students. There is little incentive for non-English speakers to improve their grasp of the language if they are met with “S/He must have plagiarised, s/he doesn’t speak English that well!”. If the local attitude to plagiarism is not well understood by foreign students, then presumably at least some of the blame lies with their teachers, and so a harsh response is not -- -- If there is a cultural problem, then, it is equally to do with domestic students. Academic horror at plagiarism reflects a set of value-judgments that students do not necessarily share, and the academics’ version of what their students are supposed to be doing -- -- achieve any level of expressive freedom. Constrained by an overwhelming consensus over the ‘facts’ and established modes of knowing, students may almost be forced to plagiarise. To devise a way to operate within a disciplinary context, without plagiarising, may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – -- may be an almost impossible task. (Managing intertextuality – meaning, plagiarism and power, 2006) -- (See also Bill Marsh, Plagiarism: Alchemy and Remedy in Higher Education, 2007.) -- -- make no sense to be told that a failure to paraphrase counts as dishonesty. For discussion see “It’s culture, not morality”; “Using assessment on the front-line in the battle against plagiarism”. Academic conventions in these matters are framed on an assumption that -- -- dealing with intellectual problems is to find someone who has solved the problem before and to copy their work. (Without this skill, indeed, most university plagiarism policies would never have seen the light of day.) There are indeed other skills which university degrees must teach, and there are also behaviours which must be identified as -- -- required. As it is, plagiarism is increasingly being seen as a disciplinary matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an -- -- matter, with an increasing amount of academics’ time being devoted to detecting and punishing it. Matters are evolving. There is an unfortunate tendency both to define plagiarism broadly (as including any failure to follow established citation conventions, even if there is no attempt to claim originality for the cited material), coupled -- -- cheats off hook”; “‘Plagiarist’ to sue university”. Much attention has been focussed on plagiarism detection software (notably TURNITIN (website¦wikipedia)), which can take some of the drudgery out of identifying copied passages, and can be a useful -- -- o Irish Law Blogs o Overpayments o Plagiarism o Quality assurance o Tenure o Sample Dissertation o Sample Dissertation Proposal Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- + Referencing + Help Guides + Plagiarism Checker + Exam Revision Guides + -- -- o PhD Help Guides o Guide to Writing an Essay Get the grade or your money back • Plagiarism-free • Delivered on time * -- -- * Call us What plagiarism is and how to avoid it One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of -- -- One of the first things you will be told on upon starting any course of study is that you must not plagiarise. If this is told to you early in your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there -- -- your academic career, as it certainly should be, then you might well be unfamiliar with the term. What you may not be aware of is that there are many different definitions of plagiarism. -- Plagiarism is stealing! -- This is the simplest way to explain plagiarism, it is stealing. What's more, it's stealing of the worst kind because it's taking another's idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. -- -- idea and passing them off as your own: in other words, cheating. Schools, colleges, and universities levy severe punishments on any student caught plagiarising and, in professional life, you would be prosecuted for it - plagiarism is illegal! -- The Internet and plagiarism: The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much -- -- The increasing use of the internet as a resource has made it much easier to plagiarise, but it has also made it easier to detect since most schools, colleges, and universities automatically scan work against millions of other sources to try and discover whether or not a -- -- teachers - they were students once themselves and during their careers have probably encountered every trick in the book! Therefore, make no mistake about it, if you deliberately plagiarise, you will be caught. -- Accidental plagiarism: -- Usually, however, a student is not guilty of direct plagiarism but plagiarising by accident. Unfortunately, it is too easy to do this when you are carrying out extensive research. Writing notes will, undoubtedly, incorporate the ideas of others alongside your own as this -- -- over an extended period of time (as with a thesis or dissertation), then it is easy to forget where your ideas end and another's begin. This is where accidental plagiarism can easily occur. -- How to avoid plagiarism: -- A very good way to avoid accidental plagiarism is to carefully record every single reference you make in your notes and put them into a list at the end of each referencing session that you carry out. It is also -- -- it) in the referencing style required by your school, college, or university. Not only will this help you to avoid an accusation of plagiarism, it will also enable you to grow accustomed to the required referencing style of your academic institution. This way of working will also allow your reference list and/or bibliography to evolve over -- -- footnote/bibliography style (employed by referencing styles such as Oxford). 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Even if a plagiarist takes the words of someone else who had written and passes -- -- creation, the fruit of the writer's hard work. As we know when we enter a word "plagiarism" in Internet we find almost 100,000 links to know the purpose of plagiarism, is a severe issue for writers, lawyers, authors, publishers, teachers, and students. Why should students think about? So what happens if a student downloads a -- -- piece of writing and hands it inside the same as his or her own. What is plagiarism? -- The word plagiarism must be important because it can change ones future and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good -- -- and it is captivating of someone's ideas, or writings, and submitting as their own. When a student is given an assignment they have the good intentions of doing it and not plagiarizing, but at times they get so besieged with the assignment leads to plagiarize. -- Defining plagiarism Definitions may be different but the central theme is copying from -- -- act of lying, cheating, and stealing." At UNC, plagiarism is "the deliberate or reckless representation of another's word, thoughts, or ideas as one's own without attribution about submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise." -- -- (Instrument of Student Judicial Governance,) Because it is considered a form of cheating, the Office of the Dean of Students can punish students who plagiarize with course failure and suspension. -- The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the act of plagiarism as:"To steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". -- steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own". Plagiarism is "a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work." -- -- 2. Results or findings Cost of plagiarism The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of -- -- The WIPO "world intellectual property organization "stealing of intellectual creation of mind is illegal according to the intellectual property law. The plagiarism laws are there to protect the intellectual ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught -- ideas. The copyrights are given to the author only (1). If once caught in plagiarizing, not only you will be removed from course and institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students -- institution, even you may never able to study. "143 university students in the UK were expelled in 2007 for plagiarism offences". (2) -- Forms of plagiarism -- On purpose plagiarism: it states that using of someone's work for time since his/her own work -- -- If once tutor started reading the task and ends that you have just copied from a book which I have already read it earlier. This type of plagiarism can be done on purpose and it will not work. Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we -- -- Patchwork paraphrasing: this is similar to above types because as we read more books and form points and patch them together could be easily detectable, unfair and can be Accomplice by online plagiarism Bluffing: Reading texts, picking few phrases and writing them different -- -- Stitching sources: when complete task is mentioned correctly and cited even then student needs to develop analytical skills because they need to produce work truly as their own. So this is still plagiarism due to inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of -- inexperience. The following picture states information about forms of plagiarism. -- All these types of plagiarism should be avoided at all cost lesser or greater. -- -- Methods of awareness: Why student committed to plagiarism: Many of the students are committed plagiarism because of improper time management or fear about the language and writing skills, poor knowledge regarding the subject. Some of us having thrill about breaking the rules and unawareness towards -- -- the assignments and most of them causes by laziness. Educate you self about plagiarism: Copying a text from the Internet or online or e database will have the important text and type of cite that we are using for academic research papers that are estimated. If you -- -- leads to a high standard than the conclusion and introduction, because the introduction and conclusion are frequently written by a student. Improper citation is also Leads to plagiarism because of some students copy the text from Internet and shows the matter into quotations by giving wrong references. -- -- Before to start working with assignments first find the appropriate source for referencing and arrange the matter according to the way that you studied. Other method is to detect the plagiarism by some software's that are available to detect. -- -- location where you copied. How to avoid plagiarism: -- Plagiarism is avoided by the following four methods. They are, Effective note taking habits, before you start doing assignment write -- -- 4. Conclusion and recommendation As stated that plagiarism is a rising problem in schools, colleges and universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. -- universities by students cheating in some way during academic career. "It is true plagiarism is sometimes ignored by academic institutions because students mean money and in the current financial climate, -- because students mean money and in the current financial climate, no-one wants to lose students". This doesn't mean that plagiarism is okay even your academic body doesn't understand it. Plagiarism finally states never fool yourself. -- -- states never fool yourself. The fear of plagiarism is that need to understand the difference among discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. It is -- discussion and copying and follow the rules very strictly. 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The editors of targeted publications are in some ways more obviously victims than the poets plagiarised. My first reaction was: what a dim thing to do these days. The tracking -- -- learn such a thing than to find out whether a particular poem has been published under more than one author’s name. It took me slightly longer to see why this response felt so off the mark. But of course plagiarism isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve -- isn’t imitation. Imitation means trying to duplicate a process you’ve watched someone else go through. Defining plagiarism is trickier than you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other -- you might think, but most of the time we distinguish it from other kinds of copying (allusion, quotation) fairly easily: it’s plagiarism if the copyist hopes no one will notice. -- -- before he had the pleasure of pointing it out to me. This is probably relatively common, conscious or not. Still, I can’t bring myself to really care. Plagiarism has always seemed to me more pathetic than criminal. Log in to Reply -- -- 2. Timothy Rogers says: 13 June 2013 at 6:53 pm There’s a humorous side to plagiarized poetry, especially when it can be tied into the follies (or impostures) of youth. Here’s an illustrative story. When I was in the ninth grade in 1963 our #UK Human Rights Blog » Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Comments Feed UK Human Rights Blog » Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste Comments Feed Bipolar patient has capacity to decide to terminate pregnancy Right to Blog, Lord Chancellor’s Legacy and -- -- May 26, 2013 by David Hart QC Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste CutandPaste Crinion v. IG Markets [2013] EWCA (Civ) 587 read judgment -- -- Mr Mustafa, the Masters student at QMC in the second case, did rather less well; he tried to get a finding of plagiarism reversed by the Independent Adjudicator. Males J, after commencing his judgment on a judicial review from this refusal thus: -- -- The Harvard academic and songwriter Tom Lehrer recommended plagiarism as the route to academic success, wealth and fame, but his tongue was firmly in his cheek, -- -- proceeded to decide that (a) most questions of plagiarism involved some degree of academic judgment; -- -- Crimes – The Human Rights Roundup → 6 thoughts on “Electronic plagiarism? The dangers of the cut-and-paste” 1. A100plus | May 26, 2013 at 1:07 pm -- -- another 3 or 4 years … 2. Lofthouse Jnr. | May 26, 2013 at 3:46 pm Allegations of academic plagiarism tend to involve lecturers running essays through SEO tools like -- running essays through SEO tools like http://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ but these rely on other content being posted on the internet (like the ‘dodgy dossier’ was) #Sunfish » Feed Sunfish » Comments Feed Sunfish » Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Comments Feed 99 Outrageously Simple Openings For Emails Your Reader Will Be Powerless To Resist 12 steps to saying sorry -- -- * Contact us Has somebody plagiarised your blog post? 15 essential next steps Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook -- -- Schoolgirl writing a test and boy looking at her copybook Plagiarism. For us writers, it’s an ugly word. -- -- joy, obviously. But is it really plagiarism? And what is plagiarism anyway? -- Plagiarism is an ethical offence, not a legal one -- I defer, as usual to the OED, which defines plagiarism thus: To take, use and/or pass off the thoughts, writings, inventions etc of -- -- Notice that it doesn’t say ‘copy’. Nor is the offence reserved exclusively for taking writing. You can plagiarise someone else’s ideas. -- -- ideas. Plagiarism is also an ethical offence, not a legal one. There is no legal remedy. -- -- I found myself in this unwelcome situation recently (of the plagiarised, I mean). I clicked a link in a fellow copywriter’s tweet to a blog post whose -- -- content, style, tone and, in some cases, entire phrases, of my post. So, it passed the first part of the plagiarism test. It took my ideas and writings. -- -- In this particular case I didn’t feel my reputation or commercial fortunes were damaged by the plagiarism. I had very little to gain for seeking any sort of remedy. And, to be -- -- But what about if it happens to you? What then? 15 steps you should take if you think you’ve been plagiarised Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a -- -- Here are the steps I think you should take if you’re concerned about a potential act of plagiarism. First, get answers to these seven questions: -- -- To what extent? 6 Are you being damaged in any way by the plagiarism (other than wounded pride)? -- -- The more times you answer yes, the more likely the act is to be plagiarism. Let’s say you feel you have a case to make. Here are the eight steps -- -- Post Comment 1. Good advice. I once plagiarised an article without realising it. I published a press release, which I assumed to be public domain. It turned out that the PR person who had written the press release #RSS Feed Plagiarism Checker | WriteCheck by Turnitin * Features -- -- Get Started Now! Plagiarism in the UK In the United Kingdom, the Channel 4 news program Dispatches aired a -- -- Though much of the segment focused on cheating on standardized tests, the network used Freedom of Information requests to also gain access to statistics on plagiarism at universities in the country. According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been -- -- According to the report, some 60,000 university students have been accused of plagiarism in the past four years, of which some 40,000 were disciplined. Of those disciplined, 400 were expelled (excluded) and another 12,000 had a deduction in their grades. -- -- Those statistics are interesting for a variety of reasons. First is that, while the majority of plagiarism cases did result in disciplinary action, a full third did not. How many of these cases were because of the student being exonerated versus a decision that it didn’t warrant -- -- Still, this means that, in the UK at least, punishment for an alleged plagiarism infraction is far from automatic, resulting in a punishment rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of -- rate of 67%. While those odds don’t favor students accused of plagiarism, they are more favorable than those faced by those accused of actual crimes. District attorneys in the United States, for example, routinely see conviction rates well above 90%. -- -- It’s also worth noting that only one fifth of the students accused of plagiarism suffered a reduction in their grades and only .6% of all students accused of plagiarism were expelled. This means that, in the UK, an allegation of plagiarism does not automatically mean a grade reduction, much less an expulsion. Those are actually very unlikely outcomes. -- -- However, perhaps most interesting is that the number of students accused of plagiarism is significantly smaller than the number who likely actually do it. A recent survey of college students in the U.S. showed that 38% of undergraduates and 25% of graduates admitted to -- -- While the United States is a different country, even if the UK rate of plagiarism is just 20% that means the vast majority of students who plagiarized never even faced an accusation. This is because there are approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means -- approximately 2.3 million university students in the UK, which means approximately 2.6% were accused of plagiarism. That number, 2.6%, feels both extraordinarily high and extraordinarily -- -- low at the same time. On one hand, it’s stunning to think that, on average, in every class of 38 students, one will face allegations of plagiarism. On the other hand, given the high rate of admitted plagiarism, it means that the amount detected truly is just the tip of the iceberg. -- -- More than anything, the Channel 4 report shows just how complex the problem of plagiarism in universities is and. more importantly, how deep the issue runs. -- -- Fortunately, while there are no easy solutions to this problem, universities in the UK have made great strides in the fight. Not only have they adopted plagiarism policies and the use of plagiarism-detection software nationwide, but they’ve nearly cut in half the number of papers with high similarity rates turned in over the first 10 years of the program. -- -- first 10 years of the program. Still, as these statistics show, the battle against plagiarism is not a sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but -- -- sprint, it is a marathon and it is true in the UK and for every country. That marathon requires not just an emphasis on detection, but all areas of plagiarism policy. Further, it requires regular analysis to ensure that it’s working as designed so that adjustments can be made as time goes on. -- -- Fortunately, that is what the UK is doing and that’s why we have such powerful statistics from it. That data, in the end, is powerful and, as shown above, indicates the UK is turning the tide against plagiarism, even if there is still much work to be done. -- -- The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today, and do not reflect the opinions of WriteCheck. -- WriteCheck. 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Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, -- -- activities. Many of these definitions contradict each other. Moreover, there is also evidence that a generation brought up using the Internet has very different views on what constitutes ‘plagiarism’. -- Plagiarism is usually seen as being ‘wrong’, ‘immoral’ or at least undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the -- -- undesirable. However, as we shall see, some of these activities may be committed unintentionally and may in fact be a necessary step in the learning process. Furthermore, ‘plagiarism’ should not be confused with ‘copyright’, as what may be plagiarism is not necessarily copyright infringement. Thus while plagiarism is often ‘unlawful’ it may not always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute -- always be ‘illegal’. For instance, several activities which constitute ‘plagiarism’, such as the improper referencing of sources in student essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for -- -- essays, may come under the defence of ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. Finally, this paper considers the criminal and civil penalties for plagiarism, and the academic and professional penalties that can be imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. -- -- imposed, as well as possible grounds for challenging findings of guilt. SECTION ONE – TYPES OF PLAGIARISM Definitions -- -- Definitions The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines ‘plagiarism’ as ‘to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: to use (another's production) without crediting the source: to commit literary -- -- The word ‘plagiarist’ is derived from the Latin word ‘plagiarus’, meaning, ‘kidnapper’^3. Yet as we shall see, plagiarism does not need to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans -- to involve dishonesty and can even be committed by mistake. As Evans points out: ‘Everyone seems to know [plagiarism] is wrong... but few know how to completely define it’^4. -- -- know how to completely define it’^4. Oxford University states that plagiarism is ‘the copying or paraphrasing of other people’s work or ideas into your own work without full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. -- -- full acknowledgement.’ This includes published and unpublished work^5. It also includes ‘collusion’, i.e. the unauthorised working with others. The university states that students may be guilty of plagiarism even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This -- even if they ‘genuinely ignorant of referencing conventions’^6. This suggests that ‘plagiarism’ is an all-embracing term that covers a huge variety of activities. -- -- variety of activities. Types of plagiarism The Harvard Guide to Using Sources^7 provides useful examples of -- -- unacceptable conduct. Many of these involve the practice of ‘cutting and pasting’ from electronic sources such as the Internet^8. The Guide divides plagiarisms into several different types. -- The first is ‘Verbatim plagiarism’. This is word for word copying from another source without placing the copied text in quotation marks and providing a clear citation, i.e. an acknowledgement of where the -- -- material came from. Another category is ‘Mosaic plagiarism’^9. This involves copying parts of another’s material but changing a few words here and there without placing the material in quotes or providing a citation. The Guide -- -- An example can be found in How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, an unpublished novel Kaavya Viswanathan, which was found to contain numerous instances of plagiarism, notably from two previously published books by author Megan McCafferty^10. -- -- first in a long string of boyfriends got on.’^12 Here, mosaic plagiarism can be seen in the way certain words are changed while others are left unaltered. The result is very close to the original in its expression. -- -- the original in its expression. ‘Inadequate paraphrasing’ is a similar type of plagiarism where the student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a -- -- student paraphrases but uses words which are too close to the original^13. The Harvard Guide states that even if you provide a citation, this is not enough to prevent plagiarism. The new passage must instead restate the original work using completely new words. The Guide suggests that students should make accurate notes of the original -- -- citation immediately afterwards^15. Other types of plagiarism can include providing inaccurate information about the sources in citations and using too many sources without enough interconnecting original material, with the result that the -- -- paper contains almost no original work^16. Another type of plagiarism is ‘self-plagiarism’. This is a practice mainly found among academics where the author recycles their own work, ‘dressing up’ old research to make it appear original and new^17, and -- -- Problems with definitions However, though examples of plagiarism are numerous, there is much disagreement about when the rules should apply. -- -- topics which a first year undergraduate may be ignorant of. Similarly, arts students tend to cite things differently than science students^19. This undermines any solid definitions of plagiarism. -- Another problem when defining plagiarism is that educational institutions’ plagiarism policies tend to give students more leeway in examinations. For instance, Yale College’s plagiarism guide states that for its purposes the term ‘plagiarism’ will be usually confined to coursework only^20. -- -- Administrators (an advisory body for institutions providing writing programs) takes the view that institutions should treat intentional and unintentional plagiarism differently^21. They state that if a student tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be -- -- tries in good faith to acknowledge their sources but fails to do so properly, such as by misusing quotations marks, this should not be classed as ‘plagiarism’^22. In fact, they regard it as part of the natural learning process for students. They also state that using ‘common knowledge’ is acceptable. However this again does not address -- -- acknowledgment^24. This definition appears self-contradictory, as it recognizes that some institutions and even academic programmes define ‘plagiarism’ differently. What use then is the definition? Such definitions are unhelpful and serve only to confuse the issue. -- -- is part of the learning process, where students assimilate phrases, terminology and ideas to gain understanding of a particular subject. However she states that this is still plagiarism, regardless of whether the student acknowledges their sources^26. -- -- If that wasn’t enough for the student to contend with, there is evidence to suggest that the present generation of students views ‘plagiarism’ differently from previous generations. In American colleges 68% of all students admit cutting and pasting from the Internet without giving acknowledgments^27. Blum suggests that this -- -- forms part of a cultural pattern. McCabe and Trevino also note that this ‘may be due to a changing definition among students of what constitutes plagiarism’, particularly when it comes it paraphrasing^28. Blum says: ‘Contemporary students are swimming in a sea of texts’^29. -- -- Contrasted to this, the academic world has strict rules on referencing even when direct quotations are not used. This may explain the rise in the amount of plagiarism seen in colleges and universities recently. Conclusion -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. It can encompass a wide variety of activities, not all of which involve professional ‘cheating’. Unintentional plagiarism can also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as -- -- also be committed. However there is disagreement between educational institutions ad advisory bodies on what should be classed as ‘plagiarism’. A problem for students is that some disciplines and forms of assessment are more stringent than others. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot -- -- some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Therefore it may be very difficult for the student to spot when they are plagiarizing another’s work. -- Copyright symbol SECTION TWO – Plagiarism v Copyright UK law -- -- to exploit a work^30. The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) governs UK copyright law. One of the main differences between copyright and plagiarism is that copyright generally does not protect ideas, only the expression of those ideas. However this distinction is not as clear cut as it sounds. -- -- What is copyright? Plagiarism covers a variety of material. It includes academic papers, professional publications, works of fiction and even scientific formulae. In short, where there is any potential for the use of -- -- recorded in some permanent form, such as in writing^42. Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright is that copyright only lasts for a fixed period. For original works this is seventy years from the death of the author^43, while for sound -- -- arrangements last for twenty-five years^45. If a work’s copyright expires it becomes ‘public domain’ and can be used freely without a licence. By contrast, plagiarism is not concerned with whether a source is public domain or not, but whether it has been adequately referenced. -- -- Infringement Plagiarism policies and copyright law both cover a wide variety of activities. However copyright law is more rigid, in that it sets out what activities may constitute copyright infringement. -- -- work to the public, adapting the work or authorizing any of these acts to be done without a licence There is no need to show any intention on the part of the infringer. Therefore, as with plagiarism, infringement may be unintentional. -- -- author^46, or joint authors if there are more than one^47, of by the author’s employer if the work was created during the course of their employment^48. This is unlike plagiarism, where it does not matter whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone -- whether the original author consents. Indeed, ‘collusion’ with someone else to produce a piece of work may be plagiarism in itself^49. How much can be copied? -- -- How much can be copied? Plagiarism policies allow for some copying provided that any text lifted from the original is surrounded in quotation marks and referenced properly^50. Similarly, you can legally copy material from a -- -- that the work must originate from its creator and not be copied from somewhere else^54. One of the consequences of this is that facts cannot generally be protected. This contrasts with plagiarism, which suggests that it is the failure to say where the facts came from that incurs a penalty^55. -- -- Sufficient acknowledgment Plagiarism is concerned with originality of work. For instance, plagiarists who recycle old ideas are criticized for undermining the pursuit of original knowledge and enriching themselves, sometimes at -- -- Publication: does it matter? Plagiarism does not require anything to be made public. However, except for ‘copying’, copyright infringement must involve the work being made available to the public^59. Bainbridge notes that the approach courts -- -- Ideas v Expression Another major difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, -- is that copyright generally protects only the expression of the work, not the ideas behind it. Plagiarism however, can be committed by stealing ideas as well as by copying text. -- -- Saunders states that this means that an academic can copy ideas from someone else’s work, as long as he presents them in an original way. Such behaviour may be plagiarism, but it is not copyright infringement^63. -- -- copyright infringement^74. Therefore if you reproduce a section of an original work without crediting the author, you may also violate this right as well as commit plagiarism. Under s.80(1) CDPA 1988, an author or director also has a right to -- -- Conclusion Therefore copyright infringement in the UK differs from plagiarism in that only certain works are protected for a limited duration. Infringement also requires that the amount used from the copyright work -- -- family^87. This is all very different from the position regarding plagiarism, where it does not matter if the work is public domain or not. -- -- Moral Rights in the US are much more limited than in the UK, and are of little assistance to the copyright owner in preventing plagiarism. Authors in the US have rights of paternity and integrity similar to -- -- unscripted portions of the film are written down verbatim. Such use may well not infringe copyright. This is, of course, different to plagiarism, which includes non-literal copying from any source. There must also be ‘substantial similarity’ between the infringing copy -- -- to reproducing or exhibiting work, communicating work to public, and falsely attributing work to the author. This covers all possible forms of plagiarism and may be an alternative remedy to infringement for plagiarized authors. However these rights are more limited than in English law. The rights -- -- i) ‘ILLEGAL’ v ‘UNLAWFUL’ Plagiarism may be unlawful, but it is not necessarily illegal. Although these two terms are often used interchangeably, they do have different technical meanings. “Illegal” has been defined as an act’ which the law -- -- Therefore to infringe copyright is to violate law and commit an ‘illegal’ act. However while plagiarism is considered unethical, it is not ‘illegal’ unless it also infringes copyright or some other rule of law. -- -- law. In fact, some plagiarisms may not even be unlawful, as even plagiarized work is capable of subsisting in copyright. A plagiarized essay still qualifies as a literary work under the CDPA 1988 even if it has not been created to academic standards. The plagiarist would still be able -- -- students. For purely academic work, the UK law does not require that source material be acknowledged. However this will not protect students from allegations of plagiarism. Someone writing an essay or journal article may claim they are writing -- -- Conclusion Plagiarism is therefore be illegal only if it infringes copyright or some other law. Even infringement may be lawful if it amounts to ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’. The UK law provides little certainty on the -- -- This makes cases hard to predict in the UK and the US. SECTION SIX – CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES -- -- i) CRIMINAL OFFENCES If plagiarism involves a violation of copyright law, the infringer may commit criminal offences. -- -- dishonestly make a representation with a view to causing gain or loss to anyone^176, for instance, if an academic secures a publishing advance for an original article but delivers a plagiarized version. Australia -- -- where the origins of a work have been deliberately disguised, such as by removing copyright notices or modifying it so it cannot be recognized^187. This may apply to plagiarized written work. Australia -- -- Even if a plagiarist escapes civil or criminal sanctions, they may still face serious consequences. Plagiarism can result in the cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have -- -- cancellation of publishing contracts. When Kaavya Viswanathan’s novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life was found to have plagiarized several works, including those by Megan McCafferty and Salman Rushdie , the publishers cancelled her publishing contract ^198. The publisher may also ban the author in the future and withdraw copies -- -- author to provide a warranty that their work is original^200 Plagiarism can cause severe embarrassment and damage the copier’s career and good standing in the academic community. The publisher may complain to the academic’s departmental head, resulting in internal -- -- governed by the Human Rights Act 1998, which enshrines the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law^206. University Disciplinary Committees decide what penalties to impose on students for plagiarism. These are distinct from Examination Boards, which grade students based on their academic performance. Disciplinary Committees are subject to -- -- In one recent case, a student accused his university of negligence for failing to bring plagiarism to his notice. Michael Gunn sued the University of Kent for failing him for plagiarism days before he was due to graduate, having said nothing about this while he carried on his studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation -- -- studies^211. Universities have also been ordered to pay compensation for changing a student’s grade after they have graduated on grounds of plagiarism^212. -- Plagiarism policies may discriminate against students from overseas. The JISC recognizes that for some students, such as those who are home-schooled, reproducing large amounts of text is a way of showing -- -- under the Human Rights Act 1998. Many academic institutions also utilize plagiarism detection sites and software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and -- software such as Turnitin.com, WriteCheck.com, and plagiarismchecker.net. In the USA, their use has already sparked a court case. In AV v iParadigms LLC^217, high school students in Virginia and Arizona sued Turnitin.com’s owners, iParadigms. The -- -- We have seen that is difficult, if not impossible, to precisely define ‘plagiarism’. Also, plagiarism is in some ways part of the learning process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright -- process, and even a cultural norm in the digital age. Copyright infringement and plagiarism are not the same thing, and one may be a plagiarist without infringing copyright, and vice versa. While there are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are -- -- are broad similarities between UK, US and Australian law, ideas are generally less well protected in the US and Australia. Also, moral rights are much weaker in these two countries. Plagiarism is not always illegal, thanks to defences such as ‘fair use’. However what is ‘fair’ can be very hard to pin down, and the potential infringer would be well -- -- advised to always err on the side of caution. There are severe criminal and civil penalties for commercial copyright infringement, and plagiarism can also have damaging academic and professional consequences. However, in a culture that is becoming increasingly reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next -- -- reliant upon digital sources of freely available information, the next generation of scholars may well have very different ideas about what is ‘plagiarism’. One answer would be to change the way university courses are taught, placing less reliance on traditional essay-writing, which encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly -- -- encourages students to reproduce taught information in a slightly different form. Instead universities appear to be resorting to technology themselves to stamp out plagiarism. Whether these methods are legal themselves remains to be seen. -- -- Blum, S, My Word! 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Plagiarism and College Culture, Cornell University Press, New York, 2009, p.1. -- -- de=402598>. 57 J Saunders, ‘Plagiarism and the law: a guide to plagiarism and the law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, -- law’, Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, 2007, retrieved 21 November 2012, , p.2. 58 [2007] EWCA Civ 247. -- -- 86 Ibid. 87 R King, Understanding Copyright Law, Fair Use, Plagiarism and Public Domain, King & Associates, Arizona, 2012 (e-book). -- -- Features * Plagiarism detection * Plagiarism checker reviews * Types of plagiarism * Is plagiarism illegal? * Plagiarism articles * Ask the Doctor -- * Ask the Doctor * Plagiarism pictures * Plagiarism scanner (BETA) Guides -- -- * Referencing guides * Lesson plans * NEW: Free plagiarism workbook (PDF) About -- -- About PlagiarismChecker.net is the free website for plagiarism software, reviews, articles, lesson plans and commentary on detection methods. -- -- XML | TXT | HTML | ROR | Images © Copyright 2015 by PlagiarismChecker.net. 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Plagiarism In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas -- -- In general this refers to the act of taking someone else's words, ideas or writings as your own without acknowledgement. In an academic context (see page What is is plagiarism?). This includes taking another person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of -- -- person's work intentionally or unintentionally in order to gain an academic advantage. The University of Kent gives this definition of plagiarism in the General Regulations Appendix A: * reproducing in any work submitted for assessment or review(for example, examination answers, essays, project reports, -- -- Turnitin In full this refers to the Turnitin Plagiarism Detection Software supplied under license from Turnitin UK . Submitted work is matched against a database of previously submitted work from every institution -- -- which subscribes to Turnitin, (including international institutions); current and archived internet pages and databases of journals and periodicals (Gale and Emerald). Turnitin does not detect plagiarism: it is a text-matching software which provides a report on whether a student's work is original (no matching text) or unoriginal. All * PlagiarismDetection.org * plans & pricing -- -- * login Reliable plagiarism detector -- Fast and accurate plagiarism checker for teachers, students, publishers, bloggers. Since 2008. -- -- bloggers. Since 2008. Plagiarism prevention in Europe -- Plagiarism is a controversial issue in institutions of higher learning across Europe. Various views have been raised concerning this topic vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different -- -- vividly indicating autonomy in terms of thinking among different European countries. It is prudent to understand what each country perceives regarding plagiarism for the sake of students who wish to study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the -- study in different countries. This paper seeks to understand what the plagiarism policy means in countries such as Poland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought -- -- Republic, Lithuania and, Bulgaria. According to recent survey conducted on what various students thought about the definition of plagiarism, different answers were gathered. This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various -- This question seems to have worked magic in understanding various attitudes towards plagiarism. According to the respondents, students from Czech Republic highlighted that plagiarism simply meant “copying without referencing the original author”. British students simply stated that it had something to do with “taking another person’s work -- -- simply meant “copying”. Polish answers were a bit long making reference to intellectual property rights, illegal, copying and cheating. Plagiarism policy in Europe has had different opinions. This may be attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to -- attributed to the differences in existing education systems due to measures taken by institutions to control and prevent plagiarism. As much as the situation may look similar in most countries, a few scenarios differ. A clear similarity is apparent between Cyprus and the -- -- academic writing. Most universities and colleges in the US and UK report high cases of plagiarism despite plagiarism checkers put in place to avoid it. A number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students -- number of universities in the UK have published guidelines to students and lecturers concerning plagiarism. Despite having these guidelines, originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding -- originality detectors, each institution has its own notion regarding what really constitutes plagiarism. In some instances, poor academic discipline may qualify as plagiarism as opposed to the actual misconduct. This has been labeled as a demeaning factor in achieving consistency among institutions of higher learning. -- -- In 2012 an anonymous survey of 617 students conducted at the University of Graz in Austria showed that about one-third students reported that they had already plagiarized at least once. Reasons for plagiarism were comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 -- comfort (63 percent), time savings (54 percent), lack of ideas (40 percent), unintended plagiarism (34 percent) and uncertainty about the source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that -- source of information (19 percent). Such an explanation shows that "comfort", which primary reason for students to plagiarize is indeed lack of a plagiarism checker being used by teachers to control works submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and -- -- submitted by students. With advancement in technology, almost all Universities in the US and the UK have adopted plagiarism detectors. In the UK, much emphasis has been relayed on penalties on students who plagiarize. Universities in the US are quite strict on matters of plagiarism hence prompting students to pay attention to details when attributing works. In contrast with Europe, university students in the US are constantly -- -- reference list and parenthesis on materials cited in the text. To some extent, these attribution systems have managed to streamline issues of plagiarism as well as bring consistency in the US. Institutions of higher learning in both countries have equally faced challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public -- -- challenges on general knowledge and especially that which in the public domain. In the current era of information explosion, more knowledge is becoming common hence presenting the challenge on what is plagiarized or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, -- or not. This means that not all information requires citation yet, plagiarism checkers think otherwise. On the contrary, it is easier to assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and -- assume that all information found on the web is general knowledge and does not require citing. In the overall, plagiarism is still an issue to solve in many countries given the fact that knowledge is dynamic. -- -- all articles * Academic plagiarism * Checker supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish languages. -- -- * Twitter+ © 2008-2018 PlagiarismDetection.org ____________________ Student Circus Blog Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments -- -- Categories: Study Tips 0 Comments Plagiarism – what is it and how to avoid it? 14 Nov,2016 -- -- 14 Nov,2016 Plagiarism is a foreign word for most of the international students coming to the UK. Plagiarism means copying someone else’s ideas or work and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are -- -- and representing it as your own, without mentioning the original author. Copyright issues are taken very seriously in the UK; if you are found to be plagiarising your content, you could fail the exam or assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian -- -- assignment, or even be asked to leave your course. Apart from the UK, Europe and the USA, especially in South-east Asian countries, plagiarism is not strictly enforced or frowned upon, which leads to complacency and lack of knowledge of plagiarism when students go to west for further education. Plagiarism can be of various types such as*: a.Copying or paraphrasing text from websites, articles, research -- -- c.Duplicating your work, for instance by submitting almost the same work for two different tasks. So, how to avoid plagiarism? The answer is referencing, paraphrasing and citing the sources. The most common citation styles are as follows: -- -- marks. *Avoiding plagiarism: A guide for international students. (n.d.). Retrieved from -- Retrieved from http://www.educationuk.org/india/articles/avoiding-plagiarism-guide-for -international-students/ Disclaimer: www.studentcircus.com (Student Circus UK ) is not #Teaching Matters blog » Feed Teaching Matters blog » Comments Feed Teaching Matters blog » Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? Comments Feed Exploring research-led teaching at Senate Training and support for postgraduate students who teach (PGWT) alternate -- -- 27th July 20175th September 2017IAD user Guarding against PhD Plagiarism – an unmet need? PhD nightmare crop Poor academic practice and academic misconduct cases -- -- occur and the consequences are potentially catastrophic and extremely distressing for all concerned. Cases we are aware of have involved the external examiner identifying plagiarised material with an almost forensic level of rigor – exactly what we expect of any external examiners doing their job. It has struck us that there is currently an -- -- Our pilot of this approach has already proved valuable by identifying patterns of poor scholarship including plagiarism among year 1 progression papers; issues we have identified would definitely land students in trouble if they had submitted work for UG or taught PG -- -- of Turnitin. Undetected problems could persist within a final submitted thesis and this could be catastrophic; in 2013 the Education Minister for Germany had their PhD rescinded because of plagiarised content. PhD theses are still a special case and the nature of similarity needs Written on May 23 2013. Misconception 15: Turnitin employs legions of writing experts to read and evaluate papers for plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin receives over 200,000 papers daily, and no human reads the papers at Turnitin. All papers are processed by our -- -- Reality: Turnitin matches text similarity and does not grade papers for the instructors. It is up to the instructor and/or student to determine whether the assignment exhibits plagiarism. Misconception 13: Turnitin has expertise in plagiarism and can render judgment on specific cases. 
Reality: There is no "threshold" Similarity Index that is either -- -- at the Originality Report. Misconception 3: The "Similarity Index" shows the percentage of paper that is plagiarized.
 Reality: The Similarity Index is just a percentage of material in the paper that matches sources in the Turnitin databases. Text that is -- -- Instructors can decide to let their students see their reports, do re-submissions, get revised reports -- or not. Misconception 1: Turnitin detects plagiarism.
 Reality: Turnitin matches to text in our databases and leaves the judgment up to the instructor. As mentioned above, instructors MUST Blog Is Recycling Your Own Work Plagiarism? Written on July 20 2016. -- -- Written on July 20 2016. [self-plagiarism-blog-image.png] This post is excerpted from an article originally published on -- -- Writers often claim that because they are the authors, they can reuse their work, either in full or in excerpts, over and over again. How can republishing one’s own work be defined as plagiarism if the author has only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the -- only used his or her own words and ideas? This article explores the definition of self-plagiarism, how it crosses into copyright laws and ethical issues, and the different ways an author can avoid this increasingly controversial act of scholarly misconduct. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ What is Self-plagiarism? Let's look at one scenario: Leslie is an assistant professor going -- -- number of publications for tenure, but from the same work. Doing so, Leslie might commit what Scanlon (2007) calls “academic fraud,” a form of selfplagiarism (pg. 57). -- Self-plagiarism is defined as a type of plagiarism in which the writer republishes a work in its entirety or reuses portions of a previously written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that -- -- written text while authoring a new work. Writers often maintain that because they are the authors, they can use the work again as they wish; they can’t really plagiarize themselves because they are not taking any words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on -- words or ideas from someone else. But while the discussion continues on whether self-plagiarism is possible, the ethical issue of self-plagiarism is significant, especially because self-plagiarism can infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of -- infringe upon a publisher’s copyright. Traditional definitions of plagiarism do not account for self-plagiarism, so writers may be unaware of the ethics and laws involved in reusing or repurposing texts. -- -- texts. The American Psychological Association (2010) explains how plagiarism differs from self-plagiarism: “Whereas plagiarism refers to the practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of -- practice of claiming credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of others, self-plagiarism refers to the practice of presenting one’s own previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). -- -- previously published work as though it were new” (pg. 170). As Roig (2006) suggests, self-plagiarism occurs “when authors reuse their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared -- -- their own previously written work or data in a ‘new’ written product without letting the reader know that this material has appeared elsewhere” (pg. 16). Roig identifies a few types of self-plagiarism: * Republishing the same paper that is published elsewhere without notifying the reader nor publisher of the journal -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Definitions of Plagiarism -- The question of whether self-plagiarism exists or not—is it possible to plagiarize oneself?—is rooted in the definition of plagiarism. Plagiarism is typically defined as stealing the work of another and presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary -- presenting it as if it were one’s own. The Oxford English Dictionary (2011) defines plagiarism as taking the work of another as “literary theft.” The verb to “plagiarize” is defined as: * “To take and use as one's own (the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another person);” -- -- According to the OED definition, in the strict sense recycling papers would not be plagiarism. -- However, Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2011) defines to “plagiarize” similarly with the addition description in the second definition below: * To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own: -- -- So, in the Webster definition, recycling one’s own papers would fall under “to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source” and is, therefore, considered plagiarism. But what is more important than the definition of plagiarism, and whether it is possible to “self-plagiarize,” is the ethics behind self-plagiarism. __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Ethical Issues of Self-plagiarism -- Publications manuals have a set standard regarding self-plagiarism. When an author publishes in a journal, the author often signs over rights to the publisher; thus, copyright infringement is possible if an -- -- Biomedical journals in particular have had significant problems with copyright due to self-plagiarism and many have taken a stance against the practice in publication. Some have gone so far as to request the author’s previous manuscripts to ensure that the work is original (Roig -- -- It seems that even the American Psychological Association (APA) has taken a recent position against the practice by addressing self-plagiarism in the 2010 sixth edition of the publication manual, a discussion, which is absent from previous editions. -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Avoiding Self-plagiarism Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for -- -- Roig (2006) offers writers a comprehensive list of guidelines for avoiding plagiarism, four of which deal specifically with self-plagiarism, as follows: * Guideline 10: Authors who submit a manuscript for publication containing data, reviews, conclusions, etc., that have already been -- -- that is subsequently presented as a new study is an equally serious ethical breach. * Guideline 12: Because some instances of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and even some writing practices that might otherwise be acceptable (e.g., extensive paraphrasing or quoting of key elements of a book) can constitute copyright infringement, -- -- Technology like iThenticate by Turnitin is another way to avoid self-plagiarism. By comparing written work against the largest database of scholarly, full-text content, authors and researchers can screen their work prior to publication submission and organizations can -- -- Conclusion The issue of self-plagiarism is becoming more and more prevalent, and some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, -- some fields, particularly in STM organizations, such as biomedicine, have seen a rising trend in self-plagiarism. The APA publication manual has no discussion of self-plagiarism in its fifth edition, but addresses it twice in the sixth edition, perhaps to prevent such practices. Organizations and individual authors and researchers can -- -- take preventative measures in their writing practices and editing processes, including the use of technology that helps detect potential self-plagiarism before submitting their work for publication. References -- -- Style Chicago. 16th Edition. 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