Hi Diane
Thanks for your response, I had posted the message up on behalf of one of our academics, and the reason for the suspicion (I believe) is that firstly the student has only used two references (which don't seem to reflect the quality of the submission, or the depth of information in the submission) and that the essay is very well written (I am suspecting in contrast to previous submissions/or knowledge of the student).
All the best
Catherine
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From: Plagiarism [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Diane Brewster
Sent: 02 June 2010 17:01
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Subject: Re: Checking an Essay for Plagiarism
On 2 Jun 2010, at 13:30, Rui Sousa-Silva wrote:
> One final, tricky question: if the essay has been 'purchased', would it still need to be judged as plagiarism? :)
Plagiarism, certainly in the English speaking world, is usually defined in terms of "passing off someone else's work as your own". So an essay written by someone else is certainly doing that :-)
I do have a question for Catherine though - what are the grounds for suspecting the essay is plagiarised? is the work very significantly better from anything else the student has produced? so much so that it can't be explained in terms of hard work and / or sudden shifts in understanding?
Diane
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