Dear John/all
I hope everyone is feeling refreshed after the break, or maybe
like me you feel you need another holiday to recover from
pre-sessional support sessions!
Anyway, referencing. I am very impressed that John and his
colleagues are encouraging academics to supply examples of
preferred referencing styles in the disciplines. I agree that
this helps academics to see what kinds of issues the students
may have with referencing - especially cultural ones. At Exeter,
our service has been asked to provide some sessions on
referencing and academic misconduct over the next few weeks
which is good, but I really hope I don't scare students so much
they feel they can't put pen to paper. There's so much anxiety
over plagiarism these days that I'm surprised students dare
write anything.
However, I do agree with the principle of referencing, if only
as a courtesy to those who "thought or wrote it first".In answer
to John's question about coping with conflicting styles of
referencing on different parts of students' courses, I'm afraid
I cover myself entirely by telling the student to ask individual
lecturers what system they prefer to see - and what permutation
of that system. I realise that this can be confusing for the
student but it's the only way they can get a quick and reliable
guide.
Sarah
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