Wednesday 7 March 2012

Fwd: ASKe Plagiarism event 14 June 2012




Institutional Policies and Procedures for Managing Student Plagiarism

(With apologies for cross posting)

 

ASKe (Assessment Standards Knowledge exchange) is delighted to announce its Sixth Plagiarism event will be held in conjunction with the Higher Education Academy (HEA) as follows:

 

Date: Thursday 14 June 2012

Time: 9.45am - 4.30pm 

Venue: Wheatley Campus, Oxford Brookes University

Fee:  £65 early bird (before Easter); £85 thereafter

Registration: Form available at at www.brookes.ac.uk/aske

Enquiries to: Nicola Ranjit at nranjit@brookes.ac.uk

 

This one day event will explore current issues and strategies for managing student plagiarism in higher education. It will focus on developing institutional approaches, policies and practice. There will be opportunities to discuss current concerns, share good practice and consider valuable developments.

 

Keynote speakers

Dr Tricia Bertram Gallant, Academic Integrity Co-ordinator, University of California, USA

Step One – Create a Policy.  Step Two – Now What Do We Do?

Dr Bertram Gallant is editor of Creating the Ethical Academy: A Systems Approach to Understanding Misconduct and Empowering Change in Higher Education (2010) and author of Academic Integrity in the Twenty-First Century: A Teaching and Learning Imperative (2008)

 

Peter Hartley, Professor of Education Development, University of Bradford

Envisioning a world without plagiarism: the impact of programme assessment strategies

 

Topics covered

·         Developing institutional approaches and practice

·         Institutional policies and the Plagiarism Reference Tariff

·         Effectively using text-matching software

·         International perspectives

There will be a range of workshops, as well as a plenary and panel session.

 

Do you have any burning questions? We will do our best to ensure your issue is addressed and please note there is a panel session on the day.

 

If you wish to showcase your work or have online or printed resources that you wish to display, please let me, Nicola Ranjit, know at nranjit@brookes.ac.uk

 

Who should attend?

Senior managers, those working in academic registry or quality enhancement areas, student services managers, student support professionals, education developers, academic conduct officers, lecturers, anyone with an interest in student plagiarism.

 

Venue and travel

Taking into account your feedback from last year, we are pleased to host the event at our Wheatley Campus in order to take advantage of the excellent facilities including lecture theatre and workshop rooms in our Postgraduate Centre in the Faculty of Business (http://www.brookes.ac.uk/about/findus). We therefore encourage car sharing and planning your travel in good time. Please note details on the registration form regarding car parking and taxis.

 

Feedback from Plagiarism Event 2011

'I'd like to congratulate you on putting on such a fantastic conference. The atmosphere was really buzzing and good for networking, and I came away with some new ideas and lots of enthusiasm.'

'Last Thursday's meeting was very enjoyable; we will certainly be reviewing the means by which we educate students about academic integrity.'

'Please keep running this event.'

'Stimulating and participative day, many thanks.'

 

 

 


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Professor Margaret Price

Director Pedagogy Research Centre, including ASKe

Faculty of Business, Room N413

Oxford Brookes University

Wheatley Campus

Oxford OX33 1HX

 

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www.brookes.ac.uk/aske
 

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