Here is a curiously interesting story that requires a little thought and action.
BBC education reporter Sean Couglan notes that the Higher Education Authority and JISC have established the Academy JISC Academic Integrity Service "to help promote a culture of academic integrity in UK Higher Education"
It would appear that they face a monumental task.
"A study found only 143 students caught cheating were expelled out of
9,200 cases - despite almost all universities threatening expulsion as
a sanction."
I guess that tells us that the sanction isn't working.
"despite the repeated warnings to students not to cheat by using
someone else's work, those caught are unlikely to face particularly
severe penalties.
BBC education reporter Sean Couglan notes that the Higher Education Authority and JISC have established the Academy JISC Academic Integrity Service "to help promote a culture of academic integrity in UK Higher Education"
It would appear that they face a monumental task.
"A study found only 143 students caught cheating were expelled out of
9,200 cases - despite almost all universities threatening expulsion as
a sanction."
I guess that tells us that the sanction isn't working.
"despite the repeated warnings to students not to cheat by using
someone else's work, those caught are unlikely to face particularly
severe penalties.
More than 98% of students caught cheating were allowed to stay
at their university - even though some of these students had been
caught before."
Perhaps more disturbing is the observation that
"the recorded level of plagiarism among postgraduate students was so
much higher than the recorded level among undergraduate student,"
It seems that the colleges face a problem.
Plagiarism can and is being detected.
The question is what should be done with the plagiarists?
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