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Plagiarism and legal education

Plagiarism Advice Plagiarism Advice, formerly the JISC Plagiarism Advice Service, provides resources, training, advice and guidance to the higher education sector. Useful resources include Developing assessment strategies which encourage original student work: an online guide.…

Plagiarism in an electronic age

2008. Although not a new problem, the nature of plagiarism is changing in this electronic age. Both staff and students in higher education struggle to reach a consensus on a definition of plagiarism and the application of any definition in practice. In addition, in an era wher…

Plagiarism: the Teesside experience

Teesside has experienced an increase in plagiarism. The staff decided to take action and to run a series of workshops to help students understand what is acceptable academic practice and what is not. Here two staff members, Cath Crosby and Dave Powell, reflect on the rationale f…

Culture shock: I don't understand what plagiarism means

educational setting? Investigations of alleged plagiarism amongst international students at Glasgow Caledonian University have revealed that whilst some instances were rooted in dishonesty, the majority are a reflection of poor academic practice, where culturally diverse prior…

Essaybanks and Internet plagiarism: threat or opportunity?

Presentation on Internet plagiarism by Fiona Duggan (JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service) at the UKCLE seminar on plagiarism and legal education held on 22 September 2004. Although plagiarism by students is not a new issue in higher education, the rise of Internet usage and assoc…

Tackling plagiarism at Sheffield Hallam University

(SHU) on efforts to tackle the growth in plagiarism (featuring a compusory moot), presented at UKCLE’s seminar on plagiarism and legal education on 22 September 2004. In tackling plagiarism at Sheffield Hallam the university places much emphasis on student information an…

All my own work? Plagiarism and how to avoid it

student guide supplement the UKCLE guide to plagiarism for law lecturers by Alison Bone (University of Brighton). Readers are invited to customise the guide by inserting extracts from their own university regulations where indicated. The author acknowledges with thanks the con…

Plagiarism: a guide for law lecturers

provides basic information on the nature of plagiarism and how to prevent it, supplemented by extracts from the University of Brighton’s student guide on plagiarism. There has been much recent publicity regarding plagiarism – for example, a special report for BBC …

Plagiarism in UK law schools: policies, procedures and penalties

procedures and penalties used to combat plagiarism in UK law schools during 2005-06. Below is the final report from the project – for details of background and methodology see the project page. How widespread is plagiarism? Law school policies and procedures Plagiarism i…

Is plagiarism a problem?

can. Portfolios can limit the possibility of plagiarism because: Students cannot readily purchase their reflections on your course from the Internet! The requirement of an evidence base also makes it more difficult for students to cheat particularly if you look for …

Academic misconduct in legal education

£4,000 Project latest: final report – Plagiarism in UK law schools: policies, procedures and penalties | recent comment on plagiarism in law schools – Can law students get away with plagiarism (The Times) ‘1 in 2’ admits to plagiarism (Varsity) Media…

Teaching resource notes

(2009) Multiple choice question (MCQ) tests (2003) Plagiarism (2003) Portfolio-based learning and assessment (2002) Small group learning and teaching (2009) Virtual learning environments (2003) See the TRN author guidelines if you have are interested in compiling a…

What activities are suitable for small group work?

rules on how to write essays or how to avoid plagiarism games and simulations, role play spontaneous activities such as brainstorming or small group discussion within a seminar; buzz groups are useful short exercises to break up the monotony of one way communication (such as…

Resources

students’ perceptions of cheating and plagiarism in academic work’ Studies in Higher Education 20(2) 187 Baume D (2001) Briefing on the assessment of portfolios (LTSN Generic Centre Assessment Series) (York: LTSN Generic Centre) Benett Y (1993) ‘The validit…

Why should I consider using portfolios?

conventional coursework assessments (see Is plagiarism a problem?) provide evidence of ‘employability’ by showing employers what students can do, as well as what they know be an effective way of proving that a programme meets the Quality Assurance Agency’s …

Portfolio-based learning and assessment

assess that other tools can’t? Is plagiarism a problem? Should portfolios be graded? Resources Portfolio-based learning and assessment at Westminster …

Meeting the QAA code of practice for assessment

reliable, and that mechanisms for policing plagiarism and any breach of assessment regulations are in place. Recommendations: when new courses are validated or existing courses revised, the course team should ensure that module specifications are updated to reflect…

How important is it to prescribe the contents of the portfolio?

penalties for breach thereof what constitutes plagiarism and whether collaboration is allowed for the purposes of this assessment. Given that most students will be unfamiliar with portfolios, it is also a good idea to: introduce them to the basic (experiential) learni…

Using podcasts to develop students' referencing skills using OSCOLA

centred on the lack of structure in writing, plagiarism and lack of discrimination in the use of electronic sources, referencing and the use of the OSCOLA system. A series of staged tasks was developed using WebCT and wikis specifically targeting these aspects of academic writin…

Assessment

Finally, ways of identifying and combating plagiarism and collaboration between students are discussed. The purposes of assessment Assessment can serve many purposes, some of which are: judging mastery of essential skills and knowledge measuring improvement over time …

A world class legal education?

plague of locusts – dumbing down, plagiarism and grade inflation run riot, unchecked by toothless and remote quality assurance bodies, who watch as UK universities become beacons of mediocrity. These concerns, of course, are not unique to law – they impact the whol…

(De-)Constructing the global law school

material is written will change, and that plagiarism will need to be redefined. Universities need to move away from pre-Internet models of learning, and may cease to have the sort of physical presence that they currently have. They need to clarify and develop their roles in prod…

Integrating reflective practice into the curriculum

feedback, and collaboration, groupwork and plagiarism. What is your purpose? Reflection can be used in different contexts for different purposes. If you are thinking about introducing reflection into a module or programme it makes sense to think about the purpose and func…

Getting started with e-portfolios: University of Westminster

into a format accepted by the Turnitin UK plagiarism detection service h3. The PebblePad e-portfolio a PebblePad e-portfolio (note the customised home page) PebblePad enables users to create new records of learning (thoughts, blogs, action plans, achievements, experience…

BILETA research into ICT provision in law schools

assessment only one respondent used electronic plagiarism detection software The universal use of VLEs represented the most significant development. The survey did not fully reveal how they were being used – there was evidence that content was being uploaded, but use…

Restructuring your QLD: rebutting allegations of 'dumbing down'

probably correct to say that incidents of plagiarism are on the increase, and the temptation is to go back to an examination as being one of the methods of assessment less likely to be tainted. That said, if this disadvantages potentially good students, it cannot be the corr…

Legal education in Scotland

Culture shock. I don’t understand what plagiarism means Enhancing legal education in Scotland – reports and resources from the 2009 UKCLE conference UKCLE in Scotland As part of our nations strategy UKCLE supports activities of a country specific nature: …

References

students’ perceptions of cheating and plagiarism in academic work and assessment’ Studies in Higher Education 22(2) 187-203 Beaty L (1997) Developing your teaching through reflective practice (Birmingham: SEDA) Becher T (1989) Academic tribes and territories: int…

Developing reflective practice in legal education