University of the West of Scotland

Developing academic engagement and confidence in students through the use of Turnitin originality checking and plagiarism prevention software

With UWS stating an institutional commitment to make Turnitin available on all modules where text-based plagiarism is a potential issue, Neil McPherson, Lecturer in Sociology at the UWS has written a paper reflecting on student perception of using anti-plagiarism software and the potential of Turnitin as a technical and pedagogical tool.
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