I strongly agree with Paul. Learning from other students is a valuable
educational tool, it is up to the examiners to create an environment
where this can't be abused.
When I was an undergraduate, we collected on behalf of the student
council, and with official admin support from the Faculty, old exam
papers and essays and made them available to students. That was seen as
an essential learning tool. Now as a teachers, I also use "best and
worst practice examples" and make past papers available to students. It
simply means to vary questions sufficiently from year to year.
I suppose in the regulations cited in the first email, this would be
unproblematic for not being "without offical approval", but my point
is tat this approval should be in scenarios like this be the norm, not
the exception
Burkhard
On 08/08/2011 16:29, Paul Cecil wrote:
> I would be wary about reducing the range of penalties. The circumstances could be anything from letting a student look at some work to see the sort of thing that's required (especially if it got a decent mark) to explicitly offering a previous piece of work for sale... ie anything from naivety to a business model. Proving which may be difficult.
>
> The better approach would be to ensure that the assessments preclude the possibility of this sort of thing arising in the first place (ie design it out, rather than regulate it out).
>
> Paul Cecil
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lynn Shaw
> Sent: 08 August 2011 16:23
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> Subject: Re: Collusion definitions and penalties
>
> My view is that the L6 student is culpable and should be penalised. But
> I do not think they should lose their credits as the work they submitted
> was their own. Perhaps this is a case for a fine of some sort rather
> than an academic penalty.
>
> Lynn J Shaw
> Academic Registrar, Professional Higher Education
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Claire
> Hughes
> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 3:50 PM
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> Subject: Collusion definitions and penalties
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> Dear Colleagues
>
> We are currently completing our annual review of our Procedures relating
> to student academic misconduct and we have been pondering our collusion
> definition. Currently it reads:
>
> "Where the student/s knowlingly or negligently allows their work to be
> incorporated in, or represented as, the work of another student; or, the
> collaboration without official approval between two or more students in
> the presentation of work, which is submitted as the work of a single
> student."
>
> This year we have seen a case where the collusion took place with a
> student on Level 5 but the "copied" work was from a Level 6 student who
> had already passed the unit and then lent their copy to the Level 5
> student. Currently we would give them the same penalty and the Level 6
> student would have to resit the work and lose the previously gained
> credits.
>
> We are considering changing this to either not include the higher level
> student, as they would not be gaining extra credit, or making the
> penalty more leniant and wondered how our other colleagues deal with
> this in their institutions.
>
> Once I have received replies I will collate the answers and re-post
> them.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Claire Hughes, Student Conduct, Complaints and Appeals Team, Academic
> Services, Southampton Solent University.
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