“Yes, this is another post on plagiarism, which is a topic academics will continue discussing until it disappears (and how likely is that to happen?). ProfHacker has had posts before on preventing plagiarism and responding to plagiarism, and I am sure we will have more posts following this one …” (more)
[HT: Sharon Flynn]
[Nels P Highberg, Chronicle of Higher Education, 17 March]
“Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology has invited staff to review its policy on plagiarism and student assessments following recent controversies at the third-level institution …” (more)
[Lorna Siggins, Irish Times, 12 March]
“There is a half-life to the dynamics of political scandal. If headlines stay on the front page a week and then move inside, its political toxicity may be diluted and the culprit may survive. Two weeks, and new revelations, and the poison will eventually topple the most popular of politicians. So it was for Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg …” (more)
[Irish Times, 5 March]
“The resignation of a minister over PhD plagiarism reveals how much more Germany values academia than we do …” (more)
[Philip Oltermann, Guardian, 2 March]
“German’s defence minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has resigned from all political posts after a scandal over duplications in his PhD thesis has grown out of proportion …” (more)
[Quirin Schiermeier, The Great Beyond, 1 March]
“A company offering to write essays for students insisted today the service does not tempt students to commit plagiarism. Write My Assignments has already supplied 10 Irish students with written essays for €280 to €350 each …” (more)
[Alan O’Keeffe, Herald, 28 February]
“Thousands of German scientists and academics have signed an open letter to Chancellor Angela Merkel expressing their unhappiness over the official handling of the by-now notorious case of plagiarism on the part of her minister of defence. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is accused of having duplicated large parts of his 2006 PhD thesis …” (more)
[Quirin Schiermeier, The Great Beyond, 28 February]
“A company offering students help with college assignments has denied it promotes plagiarism despite warnings against the use of such services …” (more)
[Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 28 February]
“There has been much hand wringing on the web lately over plagiarism. Today, Silicon Republic highlights the story of two young entrepreneurs who have brought the Write my Assignments business model to Ireland …” (more)
[Robert Cosgrave, Tertiary21, 25 February]
“Academics are used to discussions about the nature and implications of plagiarism, both on the part of students and occasionally by staff. But just occasionally plagiarism that had its origins in academic exercises creates waves in the wider world …” (more)
[Ferdinand von Prondzynski, University Blog, 24 February]
“The German defence minister rejected opposition claims he was a ‘liar and a cheat’ but has admitted writing an ‘obviously problematic’ doctoral thesis …” (more)
[Derek Scally, Irish Times, 24 February]
“When a medical ethics report co-authored by a top Canadian doctor was published, it was hailed as ‘required reading’ for all health-care providers and medical students. Now, people can’t distance themselves from the report fast enough …” (more)
[Margaret Munro, University World News, 20 February]
“… On Wednesday, Hobsons, a marketing and technology company that serves colleges, and iParadigms, which provides plagiarism-detection services such as Turnitin.com, announced a new partnership that will allow colleges to bring ‘automated content authentication’ into the admissions process. Translation: The partnership will merge Hobsons’ popular online application system, ApplyYourself, with an iParadigms service called Turnitin for Admissions …” (more)
[Eric Hoover, Chronicle of Higher Education, 26 January]
“Hundreds of cases of academic ‘misconduct’ are being detected at Scottish higher education institutions every year …” (more)
[Judith Duffy, University World News, 23 January]
“Nearly two years ago I wrote a post on this blog about plagiarism, arguing that if we were to contain it we would need to have a shared vision with students about the principles and objectives of learning …” (more)
[Ferdinand von Prondzynski, University Blog, 21 January]
“Via @jobadge RT @WeWuWiWo: Plagiarism detection study published at: http://bit.ly/fdnMzy – SafeAssign does not fare well. Interesting read.” (tweet)
[David Walker, Twitter, 7 January]
“RT @ajcann: Students Turned Off by Turnitin? Perception of Plagiarism and Collusion by Undergraduate Bioscience Students http://t.co/tE8GdHj” (tweet)
[Turnitin, Twitter, 28 December]
“Academic staff at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) are expected to express serious concerns about incidents of students’ plagiarism and how they were handled within the college, at an Academic Council meeting today …” (more)
[Dara Bradley, Galway City Tribune, 26 November]
“A third-level college has said that allowing three students who admitted plagiarism in an exam to continue their course was a ‘proportionate response’ …” (more)
[TheJournal.ie, 15 November]
“A third-level college has moved to defend itself against allegations of plagiarism among students and a ‘dumbing down’ of academic standards. Sources at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) have acknowledged that students who admitted plagiarism were not asked to repeat a course …” (more)
[Sean Flynn and Lorna Siggins, Irish Times, 15 November]
Ninth Level Ireland 