A couple of years ago, we had a student who was suspected of submitting an essay that was not written by him. The main evidence was that it was "too good" for that student. There was no other evidence.
A viva was held. Unfortunately, as it took so long to get to that stage, the student had forgotten a lot of what had been written and did not do very well in the viva. Students do tend to move on and concentrate on their next module once the assessment for the last has finished.
The student was found guilty, but I still worry about it. In essence, the student was penalised for being "too good".
I guess the moral of that story is to act quickly, so as to ensure that if you do use a viva, it is a fair one.
(we learned a lot of lessons from this and I'm sure it couldn't happen like this again)
Regards
Derek.
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Derek Ord
Head of Student Administrative Services
University of Hull
Hull, HU6 7RX
www.hull.ac.uk
01482 46 5980
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From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Whyley
Sent: 03 June 2010 09:25
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Subject: Re: Checking an Essay for Plagiarism
In my opinion the only sensible thing to do is viva the student.
Chris
Catherine Ogilvie wrote:
> Dear All
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> One of our lecturers has an essay which is suspected of being plagiarised. The essay has been submitted via TurnitinUK and the report was okay, with no obvious duplication being highlighted. The suspicion is that the essay is a 'purchased' essay, with the request to ensure it exhibits no duplication when submitted via TurnitinUK. Unfortunately a claim of plagiarism cannot be made unless there is specfic evidence, such as grammatical changes, collusion with another student, a high percentage level of duplication on the originality report using TurnitinUK, etc. I had a look at the original Word document, but this does not provide much insight (via the File, Properties menu; Tools, View, Hidden text and Track Changes options)
>
> Has anyone any other suggestions for trying to find out any other sources of evidence prior to initiating a meeting with the student?
>
> Thanks
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