Post #4463868
2026-08-09 08:13 UTC
Plagiarism has been in the news (due to the case of Jason Arday).... so its worth noting:
Much academic work is mostly 'inter-textual', it builds on & responds to previous academic work (published in the area of research).
So, apparent plagiarism is often just referencing failure! Missing or incomplete references end up looking like unattributed use.
This is why when I taught undergraduates I was very hard on bad referencing; my view is you *cannot* over reference.
#universities #plagiarism
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@TerryBTwo@ohai.social 2026-08-09 09:15
@ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk Which makes sense. That said doing various postgrad courses while working, not aiming at an MA or anything, the need to reference stuff, in that institution’s house style, for my dissertation drove me bonkers. Later in life I didn’t even bother to do one. Not needing the certificate as such.