1. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 1 Steve Button - Discipline Leader Petroleum Production Engineering Wednesday 17th September 2008

2. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 2 Plagiarism and Collusion

3. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 3 RGU Definitions of Plagiarism and Collusion taken from A3 – Section 2: Academic Misconduct A3 : STUDENT CONDUCT, APPEALS AND COMPLAINTS 6. CATEGORIES OF ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT http://www.rgu.ac.uk/academicaffairs/quality_assurance/page.cfm?pge=1826

4. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 4 http://www.rgu.ac.uk/energy/home/page.cfm

5. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 5 http://www.rgu.ac.uk/energy/induction/page.cfm?pge=48529 Click here

6. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 6 http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/energycentre/inductions/engage.html Click here

7. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 7 http://www.rgu.ac.uk/academicaffairs/quality_assurance/page.cfm?pge=1826

8. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 8 Plagiarism The University defines this as the practice of presenting the thoughts, writings or other output of another or others as original, without acknowledgement of their source(s) at the point of their use in the students work.

9. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 9 Plagiarism The University defines this as the practice of presenting the thoughts, writings or other output of another or others as original, without acknowledgement of their source(s) at the point of their use in the students work. All materials including text, data, diagrams or other illustrations used to support a piece of work, whether from a printed publication or from electronic media, should be appropriately identified and referenced and should not normally be copied directly unless as an acknowledged quotation.

10. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 10 Plagiarism The University defines this as the practice of presenting the thoughts, writings or other output of another or others as original, without acknowledgement of their source(s) at the point of their use in the students work. All materials including text, data, diagrams or other illustrations used to support a piece of work, whether from a printed publication or from electronic media, should be appropriately identified and referenced and should not normally be copied directly unless as an acknowledged quotation. Text, opinions or ideas translated into the words of the individual student should in all cases acknowledge the original source.

11. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 11 Collusion The University defines this as two or more students working together, without the prior authorisation of the Course Leader, tutor or supervisor, to produce the same piece of work, and then attempting to present this work as their own.

12. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 12 RGU utilises "TurnitinUK which is an online service hosted at www.submit.ac.uk. This enables staff to carry out electronic comparison of students' work against electronic sources including other students' work."

13. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 13 We will show you examples where Plagiarism, Collusion and use of un-referenced sources has been identified in year 2008 students

14. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 14 Example of Students Coursework Collusion

15. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 15 February 2008 ENM205 Production Operations Background: Student gained an A Pass in his coursework and Turnitin Originality Report was examined as the high mark was considered unusual. This is what was found………………………………. Example 1

16. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 16 Source of material identified his work was 99% similar to pre-existing work

17. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 17 Source 1

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21. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 21 Submitted CourseworkSource Coursework Extracts

22. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 22 Submitted CourseworkSource Coursework Extracts

23. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 23 Submitted CourseworkSource Coursework Extracts

24. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 24 Submitted CourseworkSource Coursework Extracts

25. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 25 Submitted CourseworkSource Note: Unusual misspelling Coursework Extracts

26. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 26 Student failed their Coursework, they were prevented from going onto their Project and they had to resubmit the Coursework 8 months later.

27. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 27 February 2008 ENM205 Production Operations Background: Turnitin Originality Report was examined and material sources traced. This is what was found………………… Example 2

28. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 28 Source of material Identified as previous years courseworks and unreferenced sources work was 54% similar to pre-existing work

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32. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 32 Student failed the Coursework, and had to resubmit 8 months later.

33. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 33 Example of Student Project Example 3

34. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 34 Submitted ProjectSource Student had referenced but Cut/Paste is not acceptable

35. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 35 Submitted ProjectSource Student had referenced but Cut/Paste is not acceptable

36. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 36 Submitted ProjectSource Again student had referenced but Cut/Paste is not acceptable

37. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 37 The Student failed their MSc Project and it added 9 months to their course length.

38. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 38 Why do we feel that this is so important?

39. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 39 Why do we feel that this is so important? 1.Students who cheat devalue the Masters Degree

40. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 40 Why do we feel that this is so important? 1.Students who cheat devalue the Masters Degree 2.RGUs reputation is adversely affected

41. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 41 Why do we feel that this is so important? 1.Students who cheat devalue the Masters Degree 2.RGUs reputation is adversely affected 3.It is unfair on majority of hard working students

42. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 42 Why do we feel that this is so important? 1.Students who cheat devalue the Masters Degree 2.RGUs reputation is adversely affected 3.It is unfair on majority of hard working students 4.I did my MSc in 2006, worked extremely hard, did not cheat and therefore those who do devalue my efforts.

43. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 43 I have spent the last 10 years carrying out statistical Analysis relating to Well Engineering Risk. I have a particular interest in evaluating statistical data and Turnitin is really a comparative statistical analysis of large amounts of data.

44. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 44 I have spent the last 10 years carrying out statistical Analysis relating to Well Engineering Risk. I have a particular interest in evaluating statistical data and Turnitin is really a comparative statistical analysis of large amounts of data. In short I am perfectly happy spending many hours checking through Turnitin outputs to ensure that Students maintain academic standards and that RGUs standards are upheld.

45. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 45 As a test on some of my own work I submitted some of my course notes on Coiled Tubing and also my 2006 MSc Project to Turnitin and these are the findings……

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49. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 49 Conclusions If you are considering using another persons work, either from your class or previous years courseworks or projects, or cutting/pasting material whether referenced or otherwise then

50. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 50 Conclusions If you are considering using another persons work, either from your class or previous years courseworks or projects, or cutting/pasting material whether referenced or otherwise then YOU WILL BE CAUGHT

51. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 51 Conclusions Turnitin will also pick up inadequate referencing and flag up potential Plagiarism so read the RGU Plagiarism and Academic Guidelines.

52. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 52 Information resources on Plagiarism Guidelines

53. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 53 RGU Website

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57. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 57 http://www.rgu.ac.uk/energy/induction/page.cfm?pge=48530

58. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 58 http://www.rgu.ac.uk/delta/learndev/page.cfm?pge=41820

59. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 59 http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/energycentre/inductions/engage.html Click here

60. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 60 http://www.rgu.ac.uk/library/howto/page.cfm?pge=25531

61. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 61 and on CAMPUS MOODLE

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65. © The Robert Gordon University 2008 65 Thank you for your attention