Find out how you can address student plagiarism

Plagiarism is a growing concern in all areas of education, and further education institutions have a responsibility to ensure students are equipped with key research and information handling skills as they enter the workplace or go on to further study.

PlagiarismAdvice.org (originally funded by JISC in 2002) have been offering advice and guidance to institutions and awarding bodies for almost 10 years and promoting an holistic approach to addressing plagiarism through a combination of ethics, engineering and enforcement along with access to Turnitin. Turnitin is the leading software in plagiarism prevention providing originality checking, e-submission and online grading, making it an indispensable tool for both detecting unoriginal work and also teaching students about proper attribution of electronic sources. Turnitin is currently used by over 20 million students and instructors in 126 countries. Within the UK specifically 98% of universities and 40% of colleges use Turnitin along with all 7 major UK awarding bodies.

Through working with educational institutions, government, awarding and regulatory bodies in the UK and further afield the service aims to showcase good practice from all areas of the academic community, via the PlagiarismAdvice.org website which offers a range of free resources such as case studies, training videos and research reports. Ofqual, in conjunction with PlagiarismAdvice.org have created a series of guides for teachers, students and parents to promote academic integrity and original work from students.

Nicola Blackwell is sales account manager for FE at Turnitin, the plagiarism-prevention service

Turnitin are delighted to work with Vision West Notts to host a free event on 24 May 2012, entitled “Preventing and detecting plagiarism: a further education perspective”.

The event is open for any college representative to attend whether you use Turnitin or not. It is a chance to network with other colleges to discuss how your institution deals with the issue of plagiarism and to share best practice.  

Guest speakers include, Simon Birkett, Technology Enhanced Learning Manager, University of Derby, who will present a higher education perspective and Luke Jenkins, Business Assurance Advisor from Edexcel who will offer an insight into how the awarding body addresses misconduct using Turnitin. 

The event is free of charge, and refreshments and lunch will be provided. Registration is from 10.45 and the introduction will commence at 11.00. The event will consist of a range of speakers, case studies and parallel sessions. Close will be 3.15pm. Onsite parking is available.

Feel free to come along to the event to discuss this important issue and learn more about plagiarism prevention and detection.