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Dr. Fiona Duggan 7 th September 2007

Institutional responses to student plagiarism in UK HEI’s: interim findings from the AMBeR project. Dr. Fiona Duggan 7 th September 2007. Reactions. Reluctance Recognition Relief Acceptance. Progress?. Turnitin questions on discussion list attract more responses than any other subject

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Dr. Fiona Duggan 7 th September 2007

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  1. Institutional responses to student plagiarism in UK HEI’s: interim findings from the AMBeR project Dr. Fiona Duggan 7th September 2007

  2. Reactions • Reluctance • Recognition • Relief • Acceptance

  3. Progress? • Turnitin questions on discussion list attract more responses than any other subject • Paper on ‘contract cheating’ attracted most media coverage at 2006 Conference • Institutions still ‘re-inventing the wheel’

  4. More progress • Issues now being debated throughout education sector • Joint initiatives between HE and QCA to develop common approach • Holistic approach harnessing the benefits of technology becoming standard approach

  5. OIAHE call • Keynote presentation at 2006 conference called for study of current regulations and penalties • JISC funded study (AMBeR) commenced December 2006 • Three stages to project

  6. AMBeR aims • To inform institutional policy • To inform national policy • To provide a benchmark against which future activity can be measured

  7. AMBeR - stages • Collation of existing regulations and applicable penalties • Survey to identify number and range of penalties applied in specific timeframe • Case studies to determine process of penalty application in given set of circumstances

  8. AMBeR – First stage • Data collection now complete • Contacted 168 HEI’s with request for a copy of their current academic misconduct regulations • 153 responses in final analysis (91%)

  9. Stage 2 • Deadline for responses this week • Already over 80 responses received • Analysis to be undertaken in next few weeks

  10. Next stage • Report findings to OIAHE • Disseminate findings to sector • Identify potential case study sites for final phase of project

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