Plagiarism

The UK Centre for Bioscience has resources and information relating to plagiarism in the form of publications, events and funding.

Publications

Short guide: Preventing and Designing out Plagiarism Plagiarism is a major issue for all those involved in teaching and learning in Higher Education. It is unlikely it will ever stop. Although detecting and punishing students who plagiarise is likely to be necessary, it is better to try and reduce plagiarism through educating students and assessment design. The Assessment Briefing, a collection of resources and references for assessment in the biosciences, has a section on Question and Assessment design which considers the design of assessment to minimise plagiarism.

Journal papers

Dawson M.M. and Overfield J.A. (2006) Plagiarism: Do Students Know What It Is? Bioscience Education E-Journal. Volume 8. Appendix: Guidelines on Plagiarism (for students)

Funded project

Plagiarism: do students know what it is?
Maureen Dawson, Manchester Metropolitan University

Events

Plagiarism Discussion Forum
30/04/2003 - York

Preventing and Designing out Plagiarism
08/04/2008 - University of Leicester

Presentations at the Science Learning and Teaching Conference 2009

Development of a workshop to enhance scientific writing skills and reduce plagiarism
Dorothy Aidulis (full paper available)

Raising awareness of plagiarism in international postgraduate students
Catherine Tobin

Subject specific online plagiarism tutorials
Stuart Johnson

Resources and projects from the sector

• Jude Carroll and Jon Appleton (2001). Plagiarism: A Good Practice Guide . JISC/Oxford Brookes University. This guide has some useful suggestions on how to prevent plagiarism.
• PlagiarismAdvice.org has advice for students and staff on plagiarism

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