Plagiarism stats
Dear Kingston University,
could you please provide me with the following:
1) the number of students caught cheating/plagiarising over the last five years, with a breakdown for each year
2) the number of students caught cheating in exams over the last five years, with a breakdown for each year
3) the number of students expelled as a result of cheating/plagiarising over the last five years, with a breakdown for each year
Yours faithfully,
Zia Weise
Dear Zia
Thank you for your recent request for information relating to Kingston University. Your request was received on 27/01/2014 and is now being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please note that in some circumstances a fee may be payable prior to information being supplied. If a charge is applicable in this case I will contact you to request payment before proceeding further. Details of the University’s charging policy can be found in section 3 of its Freedom of Information Policy, available at the link below:
http://www.kingston.ac.uk/aboutkingstonu...
I will be in touch again in due course and in any event not later than 24/02/2014, this being twenty working days following receipt of your request. In the meantime, please feel free to contact me if I can be of any further assistance.
Cathy Murr
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Cathy Murr
Resources and Compliance Team
Library and Learning Services
Kingston University
Dear Kingston University,
This Freedom of Information request should have received a response, by law, on 24 Feb 2014.
Yours faithfully,
Zia Weise
Dear Zia
Further to your recent request for information, the University can provide
a partial response as follows.
1) the number of students caught cheating/plagiarising over the last five
years, with a breakdown for each year
Records relating to plagiarism are not held centrally but at a devolved
faculty level typically on individual student files. Methods of data
collection vary from faculty to faculty and it is therefore not possible
to provide a full overview of all formal cases of plagiarism investigated
across the University or in the breakdown of students as requested. In
addition, details relating to first offences which are typically dealt
with informally are not recorded uniformly.
However, the following data provides a snapshot of formal cases of
plagiarism in 2010/2011, 2011/12 and 2012/13.
Plagiarism/Collusion
Faculty Plagiarism Self-Plagiarism Collusion
12-13 11-12 10-11 12-13 11-12 10-11 12-13 11-12 10-11
Academic Development 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Centre
Art, Design & 25 19 16 0 0 0 3 0 0
Architecture
Arts & Social 71 99 238 0 0 7 10 1 24
Sciences
Business & Law 46 32 76 0 0 0 1 8 27
Health and Social 13 5 18 1 0 0 1 0 3
Care Sciences
Research 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
Science, Engineering 39 68 133 1 0 0 9 5 17
& Computing
TOTALS: 194 223 484 1 0 7 24 20 73
2) the number of students caught cheating in exams over the last five
years, with a breakdown for each year
2012/13 – 369
2011/12 – 302
2010/11 – 195
2009/10 – 176
2008/09 - 211
3) the number of students expelled as a result of cheating/plagiarising
over the last five years, with a breakdown for each year
This data is not held centrally and it has not been possible to gather it
within the statutory time frame for this request. We therefore request an
extension from you until Friday 7 March.
Kind regards
Cathy Murr
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Cathy Murr
Resources and Compliance Team
Library and Learning Services
Kingston University
Dear Cathy,
I would be happy for you to reply to me by March 7. If by this date you could also list the numbers you gave me under 1) in an Excel spreadsheet, I'd be very grateful.
Yours sincerely,
Zia Weise
Dear Zia
Further to your recent request for information, the University can
complete its response as follows.
3) the number of students expelled as a result of cheating/plagiarising
over the last five years, with a breakdown for each year
2008-09 2
2009-10 8
2010-11 4
2011-12 6
2012-13 12
2013-14 6
As requested I have also reformatted our previous response to 1) the
number of students caught cheating/plagiarising over the last five years,
with a breakdown for each year
as an Excel spreadsheet and attached it to this email.
This completes the University’s response to your information request. If
you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision
please contact:
Head of Secretariat, Kingston University, River House, 53-57 High Street,
Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1LQ.
In the event that you are not content with the outcome of your complaint
you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.
Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you
have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by Kingston University.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
I hope that you now have all the information you require,
Kind regards,
Lyn
Lyn Porteous
Resources and Compliance Team
Library and Learning Services
Kingston University
Penrhyn Road
Kingston upon Thames
Surrey KT1 3EE
020 8417 62099
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