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Plagiarism Avoidance for New Students: Smoothing the transition into Higher Education.
Costigan, Anne T. George, Sarah
Costigan, Anne T.
George, Sarah
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2012
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Plagiarism and referencing are areas in which the transition into Higher Education can be a particularly
severe leap. University expectations regarding referencing are often wildly different from those previously encountered, not just for international students but for UK school leavers and mature students (Hardy and Clughen 2012). These expectations are often implicit rather than clearly expressed, hidden in little-read
departmental handbooks or pre-enrolment information at a time when the student is more concerned with immediate issues of where they will live and whether they will make any friends. Lillis (2001 p14) calls referencing ¿an ideologically inscribed institutional practice of mystery¿. This paper reports on an initiative
from the University of Bradford library which attempts to smooth the transition into HE by introducing students to ideas of referencing and plagiarism in a timely and non-threatening manner.
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Costigan, A. T. and George, S. (2012). Plagiarism Avoidance for New Students: Smoothing the transition into Higher Education. ALISS Quarterly. Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 8-11.
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