the exact thing that he was doing was actually going to cost him his degree.
But they had told him that plagiarists would fail, every year, in the University regulations and departmental handbook, at study skills sessions. I'd be very surprised if the handbook did not explicitly state was plagiarism was. The departmental handbook is given to all students and they are expected to read it - they are told from day one that ignorance of the rules and procedures in the handbook is no defence.
As a poster said above, it is very likely they did not discover the extent of his plagiarism until the end of the year - Kent are trailing plagiarism detection software that is able to pick up stuff that your average academic can't. They are probably using the stuff provided through the JISC. Plagiarism using web sites is becoming more and more rife in all UK universities and all the academics I know are very clear to their students as to what is acceptable. I myself, as a mere librarian, give all students I teach a full rant on why acknowledging your sources is so important. Quote by all means, but make it clear you are quoting.
And he was an adult. Just a very stupid and dishonest one.
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Re: I'm not saying the kid wasn't a wally...
Date: 2004-06-03 06:44 am (UTC)But they had told him that plagiarists would fail, every year, in the University regulations and departmental handbook, at study skills sessions. I'd be very surprised if the handbook did not explicitly state was plagiarism was. The departmental handbook is given to all students and they are expected to read it - they are told from day one that ignorance of the rules and procedures in the handbook is no defence.
As a poster said above, it is very likely they did not discover the extent of his plagiarism until the end of the year - Kent are trailing plagiarism detection software that is able to pick up stuff that your average academic can't. They are probably using the stuff provided through the JISC. Plagiarism using web sites is becoming more and more rife in all UK universities and all the academics I know are very clear to their students as to what is acceptable. I myself, as a mere librarian, give all students I teach a full rant on why acknowledging your sources is so important. Quote by all means, but make it clear you are quoting.
And he was an adult. Just a very stupid and dishonest one.