FRIDAY 9 JULY

2.15 PM – PAPER SESSION
PRESENTER – ROD ST HILL

Developing a New Faculty Approach to Quality Policy on Plagiarism

Mr Rod St Hill

Associate Dean (Academic), Faculty of Business,
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia

Hundreds of cases of plagiarism are detected each year. Existing policy focuses on penalties rather than education. The Faculty’s Quality Committee is developing a quality policy focused on assessment design, information literacy education, and redefining what constitutes minor academic misconduct. The objective of the new approach is to reduce the incidence of plagiarism, by educating students about information literacy and encouraging staff to design assessment instruments that do not lend themselves to using somebody else’s work without acknowledgement.