Dear Denize,
At the University of Northampton, we have an School Academic Misconduct
Officer (soon to change name I hope)based in each school. We meet
regularly to ensure consistency.We talk to staff when they suspect a
case of plagiarism and then to the student(s) involved.
It works really well. Staff do come and talk about potential examples of
plagiarism, and the SAMO can act as a critical friend by raising issues
for consideration like "has this form of assessment caused a problem?"
or "what learning Strategies might help" etc etc. The system has
certainly raised the level of consciousness across the institution.
We also see students in situations where plagiarism may have taken
place. We also sit on the Institutions Academic Misconduct panel. 2
SAMOs from other schools for each case and the pro VC.
The job is getting larger and more developmental in terms of staff and
student development, but no formal remission for teaching time has been
given!!
jill
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From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Macdonald, Ranald F
Sent: 23 June 2006 11:29
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Subject: Re: Teaching remission for Academic Conduct Officers?
And I should have said that they don't get any remission as it's part
of their Head of Quality role, for which they do get remission.
Ranald
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Macdonald, Ranald F
Sent: 23 June 2006 11:20
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Subject: Re: Teaching remission for Academic Conduct Officers?
Denize
Working with Jude Carroll a couple of years ago we came up with a system
of Academic Conduct Panels where the Chairs are often the Head of
Quality in the Faculties. There are also Secretaries to the panels. They
are supported by my unit, the Learning and Teaching Institute, and we
have twice-yearly meetings to discuss statistics, case studies and try
to work out why there might be difference between Faculties.
Our main concern is to ensure consistency and fairness across the
University. An annual report is fed back to the Academic Development
Committee and we have amended our regulations as a result of the
experience to recognise that many (but not all) first year students do
not have the necessary skills and understanding of the appropriate
conventions. Our whole emphasis is on Academic Integrity with leaflets
distributed to staff and students and a dedicated website.
We are totally committed to seeing the solution as better academic
practice and not police and punish. Some students will cheat and we have
the appropriately robust regulations to deal with them. However, our
main emphasis is on staff providing the appropriate information and
designing it out of assessment as far as possible and that students have
the necessary skills and understanding.
Hope that helps
Ranald
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Professor Ranald Macdonald
Head of Academic Practice
Learning and Teaching Institute
Sheffield Hallam University
Tel: 0114 225 4759
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From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Mcintyre D A (CELT)
Sent: 23 June 2006 10:27
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Subject: Re: Teaching remission for Academic Conduct Officers?
I'm really grateful for that, Suzanne, thanks very much. I'm quite keen
for my Uni to at least consider it but I'm likely to need the backup of
comments such as yours to do it! If I have enough responses to put
together, I'll put up a generalised response.
Thanks again.
Regards
Denize.
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From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Suzanne
Ryan
Sent: 23 June 2006 10:06
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Subject: Re: Teaching remission for Academic Conduct Officers?
Dear Denize,
We use it at the University of Newcastle Australia and it, along with a
raft of other measure, has made a major difference to consciousness of
academic integrity among both academics and students. At first all
SACOs were allocated the equivalent of one day per week but over time we
have realised that for some it is not a big job, ie not much business
especially in sciences and law and medicine, while for others, like my
graduate school of business with offshore and online courses it is
worth two days per week.
S
Suzanne Ryan
Teaching, Learning and Quality Coordinator Newcastle Graduate School of
Business University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
Phone +61 2 49 216015
Fax +61 2 49 217398
www.gsb.newcastle.edu.au
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Dear All
Following on from something I learned at the Newcastle Conference this
week, we don't currently use a system of Academic Conduct Officers and
I'd like to do a quick tour through the pros and cons of it all. If any
colleagues has strong opinions for the system one way or the other, I'd
be really glad of an e-mail. In particular, would you mind letting me
know what kind of remission on teaching hours the role attracts? I will
obviously anonymise this and be happy to provide some concise collated
info to anyone who would like to see it.
Best wishes
Denize McIntyre
Support Manager
Centre for Excellence in Learning & Teaching The University of Glamorgan
Tel: 01443 482791
Fax: 01443 483667
Web address: http://blendedlearning.glam.ac.uk
<http://blendedlearning.glam.ac.uk/>
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