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The document discusses a plagiarism reference tariff created to standardize penalties for student plagiarism across higher education institutions. An evaluation involved comparing penalties from 60 plagiarism cases across 11 institutions against the recommendations of the tariff, finding a match in 66% of cases. While the tariff was found to be easy to use, concerns remained around adequately capturing all characteristics of plagiarism cases. The author invites further involvement in evaluating the tariff.
TurnitinUK User Grp Feb 2011
- 1. Levelling the playing field, using a single penalty tariffDr 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. Evaluation 11 HE institutions involvedTake 2009-10 plagiarism cases through tariff and compare the results against actual penalties awardedData collected from 6 HEIs to date in : England, Wales, Ireland, Australia and distance-only
- 5. Data so far60 cases submitted92% first offence66% match to tariffExceptionscollusion, exam cheatingPenalties not included in tariffmark reduction, cap on assignment without resubmission
- 6. Usability of the TariffEasy to useAdditional characteristics problematicNo cases of formative useConcerns over amount/ extent category
- 7. Want to get involved?Dr Jo Badgejlb34@leicester.ac.ukCases remain in your institution, coded locally and anonymised by you.Re-coded and anonymised for publication
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.