Tariff workshop
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The document discusses a proposed "plagiarism reference tariff" which would establish standardized penalties for student plagiarism across higher education institutions. An international evaluation project analyzed 155 plagiarism cases from 8 institutions in multiple countries and found that 54% of the penalties matched the proposed tariff. While the tariff aligned with most first-time offenses, there were some cases where the penalties did not match the tariff. The document asks the reader to consider applying the tariff to a past case and discuss situations where it may not be applicable and whether their own institution would adopt such a standardized approach.
Tariff workshop
- 1. Should we have a nationally applicable plagiarism tariff?Dr Jo Badge@jobadgewww.le.ac.uk
- 2. Plagiarism Reference TariffA benchmark tariff for the application of penalties for student plagiarism in higher education Full report
- 3. Tariff
- 4. International evaluation projectTake 2009-10 plagiarism cases through tariff and compare the results against actual penalties awardedData collected from 8 HEIs to date in : England, Wales, Ireland, Australia and distance-only
- 5. Data155 cases submitted87% first offence54% match to tariff
- 6. Number of cases by level and history
- 9. Cases not matching the tariff
- 10. Over to youThink of one case youve worked on and apply the tariffIn what situations would the tariff not work in your institution?Would your institution adopt it?
Editor's Notes
- #3: A benchmark tariff for the application of penalties for student plagiarism in higher education published in June 2010 at the 4th International Plagiarism Conference, Newcastle, UKArose from original request by Baroness Deech, then Independent Adjudicator for HE, to examine the policy and practices of the sector when applying penalties for plagiarism.Tariff was created from responses to survey and based on data already collated from AMBER studies.
- #4: http://www.plagiarismadvice.org/documents/AMBeR Tariffv2.pdfTariff available as two page leaflet on PDF from plagiarismadvice.orgUses points based system for different elements involved in judging the severity of case of plagiarism.Bands for penalties were carefully designed to allow for wide range of judgements.
- #9: 380-479 suggested penalties on the Tariff are:Assignment awarded 0% resubmission required but with no penalty on markAssignment awarded 0% resubmission required but mark capped or reduced