Introduction of a Plagiarism Register!

From 2008, the following will appear in your unit guides:

Register of counselling about plagiarism

The university requires faculties to keep a simple and confidential register to record counselling to students about plagiarism (e.g. warnings). The register is accessible to Associate Deans Teaching (or nominees) in the Law faculty and any other faculty in which the student is studying a combined degree course.

Where requested, students concerned have access to their own details in the register. The register is to serve as a record of counselling about the nature of plagiarism, not as a record of allegations; and no provision of appeals in relation to the register is necessary or applicable.

This means that if you are ever spoken to about plagiarism, your name will go onto a register, regardless of whether you are proven to have committed it or not. This completely removes the burden of proof from the University, effectively blacklisting a student who may be entirely innocent. And as the student won?t have been through a Disciplinary Committee, they have no right to appeal this action.

There has also been talk of introducing Plagiarism Detection Software, we?ll keep you posted on any new developments in that area.

The Plagiarism policy is available here

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please email your Education Officer at Dash.Jayasuriya@adm.monash.edu.au


	Introduction of a Plagiarism Register! From 2008, the following will appear in your unit guides: Register of counselling about plagiarism The university requires faculties to keep a simple and confidential register to record counselling to students about plagiarism (e.g. warnings). The register is accessible to Associate Deans Teaching (or nominees) in the Law faculty and any other faculty in which the student is studying a combined degree course. Where requested, students concerned have access to their own details in the register. The register is to serve as a record of counselling about the nature of plagiarism, not as a record of allegations; and no provision of appeals in relation to the register is necessary or applicable. This means that if you are ever spoken to about plagiarism, your name will go onto a register, regardless of whether you are proven to have committed it or not. This completely removes the burden of proof from the University, effectively blacklisting a student who may be entirely innocent. And as the student won?t have been through a Disciplinary Committee, they have no right to appeal this action. There has also been talk of introducing Plagiarism Detection Software, we?ll keep you posted on any new developments in that area. The Plagiarism policy is available here If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions please email your Education Officer at Dash.Jayasuriya@adm.monash.edu.au