Deborah Trayhurn External Examiners’ Conference21st January 2008

Deborah TrayhurnAcademic Advisor

Learning & Teaching Support

Update : Activities to help Designing out Academic

Misconduct

Deborah Trayhurn External Examiners’ Conference21st January 2008

Campaigns students and staff, Staff awareness raising Guidelines for Good Assessment Practice

stated focus : students have opportunity to develop understanding and develop skills in academic practice

design Assessment Practices resistant to plagiarism change module assessment regularly and avoid setting tasks

which may be quickly downloaded … create an environment which stresses and promotes student

engagement in the learning process

Academic Misconduct Activities Designing out …

Deborah Trayhurn External Examiners’ Conference21st January 2008

Programme responsibilities – assessments ‘fit’ scheduling; understanding of importance and integration of

the task set; opportunity to develop skills and confidence; chance to discuss the materials and assessments set; clear understanding of expectations of UK and NU practices for the academic world

underpinned by Information literacy programme and Learning climate which fosters integrity

Academic Misconduct Activities Designing out contd…

Deborah Trayhurn External Examiners’ Conference21st January 2008

use of electronic submission of assignments use of detection strategies

using work in progress for discussion with students; use working papers in assignment hand-in; variety methods such as presentations in assessment; vivas as mandatory elements for large pieces of work; technical support to review assignments increase understanding of importance and integration of the task set

Academic Misconduct : Learning climate fosters integrity

Deborah Trayhurn External Examiners’ Conference21st January 2008

Case Study Dissertation & Research Methods School practice  Modules work to embed awareness

Formative exercise undertaken in Research methods: Proposal reviewing OR with supervisors or the module tutors, who provide advice on remedial action.  *

Information Specialist talk/exercises ‘Plagiarism and how to avoid it’.

Students required to submit their whole projects to the PDS prior to submission.  Offered two ‘revision’ submissions before final.  *

Require submission summative work to TurnitinUK

Deborah Trayhurn External Examiners’ Conference21st January 2008

Regulations & AMBeR survey

AMBER survey part 1 outcomes : Northumbria mature Regulatory framework, some additions made:

Student own re-use of materials 3.2.v                 This is the unacknowledged re-submission of

work the student had previously submitted for assessment, whether for an award at this University or elsewhere.

 4.1.7 An allegation of academic misconduct may be made at any time after the work has been marked and returned to the student. See also section 4.4.9

Part 2 examining Regulations in use, await survey outcomes