1. FRANCHISE INSTITUTION
Academic Integrity
Lesley Earle

2. Introduction What is meant by Academic Integrity? Why does it matter?
How can issues be detected?
What is the process and the penalties?
What other resources are there?

3. Academic Integrity terminology
Cheating - applies to exams, in and outside the room
Plagiarism – ‘The substantial, unacknowledged incorporation into a student’s work of material derived from the work (published or unpublished) of another’ (Leeds Beckett University, 2015, C9.1.8)
Self-plagiarism – submitting work for credit which they have submitted elsewhere
Collusion – where collaboration with other students has gone beyond the limits indicated in the assignment
Ghost writing – paying (or not) someone to do some or all of their work
Unfair practice – attempting to gain an unfair advantage

4. Why does it matter? Academic Integrity
Credit for what YOU have done, your real attainment
Pride in your work
Issues in your career, where learning has not taken place
University reputation

5. How can issues be detected
Some assessment methods can minimise issues -
Exams, tests, demos, presentations, reflections etc
Range of methods for detection
Lecturers experience –
Changes in writing style, Know the students, Knowing the sources, Experience
Electronic tool – Use of Turnitin
Matches text in your work with a worldwide database
Highlights sections which have been written elsewhere and gives the source
Does not decide if there is plagiarism, self plagiarism or collusion
Provides a % of the work which has been identified as written elsewhere

6. Academic Integrity issues
All substantial cases investigated
If proven or admitted:
student takes the assessment again
normally a different assessment
it will be capped – Academic Integrity Board
No cap (very rare), Cap at 40%, Cap at 30%, Fail required to withdraw
If case is on a reassessment, no further opportunity to submit and 0 is awarded

7. What is Substantial? depends on the piece of work
can mean the actual proportion of the student’s work BUT there is no SAFE limit you MUST look at the output from Turnitin, it also depends which options the lecturer chooses
what is important or critical to that piece of work e.g.
Aims and Objectives (Turnitin10%)
Conclusion of a report (Turnitin 15%)
Image (Turnitin 0%)

8. Output from Turnitin

9. Click on title to see full report from Turnitin
Check similarity index BUT most importantly check the output
Click on title to see full report from Turnitin

10. Colour coding indicates matches with sources on right hand side black text is original wording

11. Resources Leeds Beckett Harvard
YouTube Video
Leeds Beckett Harvard
munication/category_homepage.shtml
Epigeum On-line resource with test, find in every module on MyBeckett

12. Avoiding Plagiarism - Quotes
“Plagiarism is the substantial, unacknowledged incorporation in a student’s work of material derived from the work (published or unpublished) of another. “Work” includes internet sources” (Leeds Met, 2015, p. 2).
We need to know how you have been informed by your research, you get marks for it
Read and use the work of “others” but you must always acknowledge the use of such work
Reference.
Leeds Beckett (2015), Academic Regulations, Section C9.1.8 [Online] Leeds Beckett University. Available from < Integrity.pdf> [Accessed ]

13. Avoiding Plagiarism - Quotes or paraphrasing etc.
No more than about 20 quoted words, generally fewer is better
2 or 3 sets of quotes is enough in one piece of work
Better to re-write the text in your own words and use a citation
Paraphrasing, summarising, referring to the source
Statistics or data must have the source cited

14. Referencing At the end of the report, but before Appendices
Harvard specification of each source used check out A-Z unication/quote_unquote_online/05.shtml
Each type of source has its own type of specification e.g:
Books
eBooks
Websites
Journals
Conference papers
Blogs
Newspapers

15. Collusion Discussion of ideas and sources - good
Individual assessments:
Don’t ask to see another student’s work electronically or on paper
Don’t show your work to another student
Keep your work secure
Team based assignments:
Ensure your team collaboration stays within the assignment brief
All team members are responsible for shared submitted documents
Usually same penalty for all involved

16. Ghost Writing
Using someone else to write part or all of your assignment
Whether they are paid or not is irrelevant
Usually given a harsher penalty including withdrawing students from the university
Often identified by tutors as too good for the level of student:
May be extremely well written e.g. use of language
Uses content outside the scope of the course
Uses resources not available to our students
Doesn’t answer the question set

17. Process of Investigation
1St Stage - Investigatory Interview
informal, course leader, module leader
outcome
Admitted refer to Academic Integrity Board for Penalty
Not admitted case goes to next stage Assessment Enquiry Panel
Not found, no further action all documentation destroyed
2nd Stage - Assessment Enquiry Panel
formal panel of at least 4 people
Found by Panel refer to Academic Integrity Board for Penalty
Make it a learning experience so you don’t do it again, penalties get harsher

18. Summary What is meant by Academic Integrity? Why it matters?
How can it be detected?
What is the process and the penalties?
What other resources are there?