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Yes. Christina Mainka, PhD Academic Development Adviser Napier University Edinburgh, Scotland ________________________________ From: Plagiarism on behalf of E.V.Brack Sent: Fri 8/12/2005 11:52 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: (Fwd) plagiarism prevention - 'dissolution' of JISCPAS Has anyone else received messages like this? Verity ------- Forwarded message follows ------- To: [log in to unmask] Subject: plagiarism prevention Date sent: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:00:58 -0500 From: Alex Yaskin <[log in to unmask]> -Dear E.V.Brack, My name is Alex Yaskin, and I am a Senior Account Manager at Sciworth Inc . Our company develops innovative online-based assignment management solutions for academic institutions and produces SafeAssignment 96 a renowned plagiarism prevention system used by more than 500 institutions worldwide. Our clients in the United Kingdom include the University of Portsmouth, University of Dundee, Richmond University and many more. As you are probably aware, the Joint Information Systems Committee Plagiarism Advisory Service (JISCPAS), which offers plagiarism prevention technologies to the UK institutions free of charge, will dissolve later this month. The service will, however, be restructured and will reemerge as an entirely commercial enterprise called TurnitinUK. Building on the success of the JISCPAS, the new service is intended to capitalize on its monopol istic position and to charge lofty fees for services that used to be freely available to all UK institutions during the last three years. To assist the University of Sheffield in effectively assessing more cost -effective alternatives to JISCPAS 92 successor, our company developed a special 150 day free pilot program for the SafeAssignment 96 a plagiarism prevention solution which caries out the same functionality as the JISCPAS and can be delivered to faculty members at the University of Sheffield either as a stand-alone solution or be integrated with a learning management system, such as Blackboard AE. I would very much appreciate if you could tell me whether the University of Sheffield might be interested in pursuing the opportunity of piloting SafeAssignment over the next semester. I will be delighted to email you a SafeAssignment product information package and an official pilot proposal. If you think I need to discuss this opportunity with someone else at the University of Sheffield ,please let me know. Thank you very much for your time and consideration. I am looking forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Alex Yaskin Senior Account Manager MyDropBox 99 Family of Products Sciworth Inc. [log in to unmask] Phone: (888) 412-0973 Direct Line: (416) 907-0703 Fax: (888) 479-5874 www.MyDropBox.com www.SafeAssignment.com ------- End of forwarded message ------- ************************* Dr E V Brack Access & Flexible Learning Development Officer Institute for Lifelong Learning University of Sheffield 196-8 West Street SHEFFIELD S1 4ET tel: +44 (0)114 222 7085 fax: +44 (0)114 222 7001 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ************************************************************************* You are subscribed to the JISC Plagiarism mailing list. To Unsubscribe, change your subscription options, or access list archives, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/PLAGIARISM.html ************************************************************************* This message is intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied or disclosed to anyone else outwith the University without the permission of the sender. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and any attachments are scanned for viruses or other defects. Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this email or any attachment, or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Email entering the University's system is subject to routine monitoring and filtering by the University. ************************************************************************* You are subscribed to the JISC Plagiarism mailing list. To Unsubscribe, change your subscription options, or access list archives, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/PLAGIARISM.html *************************************************************************