I am tempted to mention my own daughter's problem:
She is on a course that includes Film Studies and wrote her first film
review for assessment. A friend said she was struggling to understand
what kind of format the work should take and my daughter lent her own
work as an example of how to approach it.
Both girls were later summoned to the HoD, accused of copying and
received zero marks. Of course the friend was guilty as charged, but
my daughter was very cross to be penalised for what she regarded as
a simple act of helpfulness. It never crossed her mind that the friend
would copy her work.
Of course the HoD had no way to apportion guilt and did the only thing
possible, but this must happen quite a lot. Any definition of a minor
offence ought to take account of the fact that there may be two parties
involved and only one actually guilty.
Regards
Peter A
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Peter Armstrong; Team Leader
Corporate Information and Computing Services
The University of Sheffield
285 Glossop Road
Sheffield S10 2HB, England
Tel. 0114 222 3091
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