Tag: plagiarism
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Recently Read (7 – 13 April): Three perspectives on academic integrity
The stories that make up this week’s collection focus on academic integrity. The first story invites reflection on whether “generational differences” can be a valid excuse for plagiarism; the second one looks into the criteria of awarding honorary doctorates; and the third one reports on efforts to fight malpractice by regulating the provision for ethics…
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Academic publishing: the REF, Open Access, plagiarism and pseudoscience
This is a post summarising articles, blog posts and news items about Higher Education, academic publishing and language learning, which were published between 31 March and 6 April 2014. This week’s selection of news and comments brings together an initiative by England’s top research funding body to promote open access, some concerns about the way the…
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Some things that are wrong in academia
About this post: This is a summary of posts, articles and other content about Higher Education, language teaching and learning and academic writing, which appeared in the last week of March 2015. This week’s collection of readings is not thematically linked, as was the case with last week’s stories on oppression and resistance. Rather, I…
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Research misconduct, tuition fees and enrollment
About this post: This is a summary of posts, articles and other content about Higher Education, language teaching and learning and academic writing, which was published in late January 2015. University life getting uglier Since the introduction of £9,000 tuition fees, there appears to have been a marked increase in the numbers of students who…