This is from a few days ago now, but I just read it in the loo; our third
child arrived on Wednesday evening, after a long labour, so reading
newspapers was low priority.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,2048266,00.html
Entitled "Their Dark Materials", this piece by Jessica Shepherd and Lucy
Tobin is, in my opinion, a very good template for plagiarism reporting in
the media. It reports facts and allows people to make up their own minds. It
allows essay bankers to make their justifications, but illuminates all sides
of the issue. It, ironically, calls into question the use of essays - one of
those justifications - but shows that these essay banks are, I believe,
being parasitic, rather than engaging in genuine debate about assessment and
offering alternatives. It restored my faith in newspaper coverage of the
issue.
Mike
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