Dr Katarina

MikacPLAGIARISM

“TOKYO—A prestigious Japanese research institute

ensnared in controversy over two high-profile papers

on stem cells apologized Friday, saying the work

contained ‘serious errors’. “

HEAD OF JAPAN'S RIKEN INSTITUTE APOLOGIZES

OVER STEM-CELL PAPERS

B Y A L E X A N D E R M A R T I N & T O K O S E K I G U C H I ( T H E W A L L S T R E E T J O U R N A L : M A R C H 1 4 , 2 0 1 4 )

‘The doctoral dissertation that is

currently making the rounds in the

media is not the version that has

passed screening but a rough draft.

That version didn't contain citations or

corrections.’

You said what? your thesis draft didn’t include citations

or references… then how do you know

where you read the information?!

‘The doctoral dissertation that is

currently making the rounds in the

media is not the version that has

passed screening but a rough draft.

That version didn't contain

citations or corrections.’

… but the article was published Nature: impact factor= 38.5

the # 1 interdisciplinary journal in the world… how did they get it so wrong?

Nine expelled for plagiarism at DeakinBy JOHN ROSS (The Australian: October 06, 2012)

‘Up to 30 students at Victoria's Deakin University have been found guilty of

plagiarism and nine have been expelled, the university revealed yesterday’

‘The International Education Association of Australia said it was becoming

increasingly challenging to police plagiarism. “It’s incredibly difficult for

institutions to track where some of this material is coming from and to

guarantee it is generated by the student,” said executive director Phil

Honeywood. He stressed that plagiarism was not limited to international

students, or students per se. “We’ve had vice-chancellors dismissed for

plagiarism too,” he said.

Parental pressure and the challenges of the English language and different

teaching methodologies could lead some overseas students to “take shortcuts”,

he said. “However the potential damage to their family’s reputation and future

career prospects would discourage the vast majority.”

the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas

and passing them off as one's own

(Oxford Dictionary)

WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?

Copy sentences from

journals in another

language and change

with Google Translate

HOW DO STUDENTS PUT LECTURERS OFF

THEIR TRAIL WHEN PLAGIARISING?

Link to Entomologica Croatica

Pay someone to

write for them(eg my assignment

help)

HOW DO STUDENTS PUT LECTURERS OFF

THEIR TRAIL WHEN PLAGIARISING?

Copy from one journal article and cite another

Buy assignments from friends who’ve done the subject before

Text matching software

HOW DOES MY LECTURER DETECT

PLAGIARISM?

PLAGIARISM LOOKS LIKE THIS

This literature review was looking into skin cancer prevention programs in Australia

PLAGIARISM LOOKS LIKE THIS

This literature review was looking into maternal health in Nepal & ways to improve it

Step 1: student is notified by Subject Coordinator

and asked to attend a meeting with them

Step 2: at the meeting student is asked to explain

Step 3: Subject Coordinator refers student to UOW

policies on plagiarism and decides whether it’s a

low, medium or high level offence

UOW Academic Integrity and Plagiarism Policy

Procedure for Managing Alleged Academic Misconduct

by a Student Undertaking Coursework

WHAT DOES UOW DO IF A STUDENT

HAS PLAGIARISED?

Step 4:

Low grade offence: student will redo the assignment.

Medium - high grade offence: student will be called to

attend a meeting with the Subject Coordinator,

Associate Dean of Faculty and a Principal Investigating

Officer.

Step 5: at that meeting, student will have to argue

for or against their case. Outcomes vary from

failing the assignment, failing the subject or being

expelled from UOW.

WHAT DOES UOW DO IF A STUDENT

HAS PLAGIARISED?

D’uh…. Don’t plagiarise.

Plan all your assignments well ahead of time.

Give yourself twice as long as you think you

need to complete an assignment.

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?