Hello, and welcome to the continuing blog for the RUSU VP Education. I took over from Ryan in July and everyone here at RUSU HQ has been working tirelessly to make huge steps of progress over the summer.
We've got a jam packed year planned, campaigning on issues ranging from the hidden cost of your education, extending library hours, plagiarism awareness and improving processes, and ensuring a strong student voice is heard through the QAA Institutional Audit.
A research project has helped us to gather the views of hundreds of students, course reps and supporting staff about how we can improve the Course Rep Scheme. I'm currently working on fitting all this together into a five year strategy to push this forward in leaps and bounds. This will be fresh, bright and shiny for the new term!
If you have any questions about the plans for the year, how you get involved, or generally want to talk about some issues around your university life then feel free to get in touch! My email is p.jeffreys@reading.ac.uk office number is 0118 378 4130 or mobile 07980 697089
We may be moving our blogs onto www.rusu.co.uk - watch this space!
Showing posts with label Plagiarism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plagiarism. Show all posts
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Plagiarism
Many students are anxious about plagiarism and correct referencing. Deliberate plagiarism is a serious acadmic offence. However, accidental plagiarism is usually due to poor academic practice. Click here for top tips and good practice that will help you understand that avoiding plagiarism is not a secret formula, but plain commonsense.
Friday, September 15, 2006
Plagiarism...
One of the things i am keen on this year is highlighting issues before its too late, such as plagiarism, with the ever developing software to check essays for possible cheating it is vital to make sure people dont get caught out. In a recent article Wes Streeting NUS Vice President Education stated that
The article also suggests that cases are often dealt with informally in departments and students are encouraged not to appeal, this is crazy, every student has the right to appeal, and should do if accused of such a thing. An essay that is marked down or not graded can be the difference between a degree classification. At Reading this hasnt been an issue, and it should stay that way....
The problem appears to be that students are not being told what plagiarism is, or how to avoid it, it is written the course handbook you recieve when you arrive and thats about it!
During week 7 of the Autumn term and again the Spring term, the union will be raising awareness of this issue and assisting students in avoiding such problems.... interactive workshops, handouts, and useful diagrams will coming your way.
If you have any academic issues that you need support with, please dont hesitate to contact me or pop along to membership services at RUSU.
Anyway week 7 is a long way off yet, first Freshers week, South East Weighting Campaign, Admission Impossible Campaign, The National Demo, Money Week.....
more to follow
Ryan
r.j.e.bird@reading.ac.uk
"We are coming across an increasing number of cases where students have been accused of plagiarism when it's not obvious that the accusation is justified,"
The article also suggests that cases are often dealt with informally in departments and students are encouraged not to appeal, this is crazy, every student has the right to appeal, and should do if accused of such a thing. An essay that is marked down or not graded can be the difference between a degree classification. At Reading this hasnt been an issue, and it should stay that way....
The problem appears to be that students are not being told what plagiarism is, or how to avoid it, it is written the course handbook you recieve when you arrive and thats about it!
During week 7 of the Autumn term and again the Spring term, the union will be raising awareness of this issue and assisting students in avoiding such problems.... interactive workshops, handouts, and useful diagrams will coming your way.
If you have any academic issues that you need support with, please dont hesitate to contact me or pop along to membership services at RUSU.
Anyway week 7 is a long way off yet, first Freshers week, South East Weighting Campaign, Admission Impossible Campaign, The National Demo, Money Week.....
more to follow
Ryan
r.j.e.bird@reading.ac.uk
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