Resources
The project is now complete
The resources created by the project is avaiable on the project resources website located here:
Please find below some of the papers and presentations produced by the Student Diversity and Academic Writing Project.
Resources are currently organised in the following sections:
- Journal articles
- Workshop presentations
- Conference papers
- Other project outputs
1. Journal articles
Cultural Values, Plagiarism, and Fairness: When Plagiarism Gets in the Way of Learning, written by Hayes J N and Introna L, Ethics & Behavior, 2005, Vol. 15, No. 3: pages 213-231
Abstract
The dramatic increase in the number of overseas students studying in the United Kingdom and other Western countries has required academics to reevaluate many aspects of their own, and their institutions', practices. This article considers differing cultural values among overseas students toward plagiarism and the implications this may have for postgraduate education in a Western context. Based on focus-group interviews, questionnaires, and informal discussions, we report the views of plagiarism among students in 2 postgraduate management programs, both of which had a high constituency of overseas students. We show that plagiarist practices are often the outcome of many complex and culturally situated influences. We suggest that educators need to appreciate these differing cultural assumptions if they are to act in an ethical manner when responding to issues of plagiarism among international students.
Systems for the Production of Plagiarists? The Implications Arising from the Use of Plagiarism Detection Systems in UK Universities for Asian Learners, written by Hayes J N and Introna L, Journal of Academic Ethics, 2005, Vol.3, No.1 (March)
Abstract
This paper argues that the inappropriate framing and implementation of plagiarism detection systems in UK universities can unwittingly construct international students as ‘plagiarists’. It argues that these systems are often implemented with inappropriate assumptions about plagiarism and the way in which new members of a community of practice develop the skills to become full members of that community. Drawing on the literature and some primary data it shows how expectations, norms and practices become translated and negotiated in such a way that legitimate attempts to conform with the expectations of the community of practice often become identified as plagiarism and illegitimate attempts at cheating often become obscured from view. It argues that this inappropriate framing and implementation of plagiarism detection systems may make academic integrity more illusive rather than less. It argues that in its current framing – as systems for ‘detection and discipline’ – plagiarism detection systems may become a new micro-politics of power with devastating consequences for those excluded.
2. Workshop presentations
June 2005
Exploring the Relationship between plagiarism, cultural values and expectations
Powerpoint presentation given at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) on the 30th June by Edgar Whitley and Anja Timm
This session was delivered as part of a bigger event entitled International Students and Plagiarism organised jointly by UCLAN and by the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Business, Management and Accountancy.
3. Conference papers
December 2006
Power, Knowledge and Management Information Systems Education: The case of the Indian Learner
Paper presented by Edgar Whitley at the 2006 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) in Milwaukee
April 2005
Powerpoint presentation given at the IFID 9.4 Technology and Developing Countries conference in Abuja, Nigeria in May 2005 by Niall Hayes.
Abstract: In this paper we will argue that the inappropriate framing and implementation of plagiarism detection systems in UK universities can unwittingly construct international students as ‘plagiarists’. We will argue that these systems are often implemented with inappropriate assumptions about plagiarism and the way in which new members of a community of practice develop the skills to become full members of that community. Drawing on the literature and some primary data we will show how expectations, norms and practices become translated and negotiated in such a way that legitimate attempts, by students, to conform to the expectations of the community of practice often become identified as plagiarism while illegitimate attempts at cheating often become obscured from view. We will suggest that this inappropriate framing and implementation of plagiarism detection systems may make academic integrity more illusive rather than less. We will propose that in its current framing—as systems for ‘detection and discipline’—plagiarism detection systems may become a new micro-politics of power with devastating consequences for those international students who unwittingly find themselves caught in the disciplinary gaze of algorithm.
Presented by Edgar Whitley at the Subject Centre Annual Conference, Networking and Collaboration: Supporting Learning and Teaching, 6-8th April 2005 in Ealing, 6 – 8 April 2005
4. Other project output
Plagiarism and Academic Writing
This short summary paper was prepared by Edgar Whitley for the LSE convenors to facilitate discussion of the policy agenda regarding plagiarism internally.
See also:
Cultural Attitudes towards Plagiarism: Developing a better understanding of the needs of students from diverse cultural backgrounds relating to issues of plagiarism, written by Introna, L.D., Hayes, N, Blair, L. and Wood, E. (2003) and available from JISC PAS.
