International Plagiarism Conference Reaches Record Registrations

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International Plagiarism Conference Reaches

Record Registrations

PR Newswire

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, July 5, 2012

- More than 250 scholars to share current research on academic integrity at

international conference

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England

,

July 5, 2012

/PRNewswire/ -- The

following event is being announced by iParadigms:

The 5th International Plagiarism Conference is nearing its registration

maximum as leading academics plan to convene from

July 16-18

at The Sage

Gateshead in Newscastle upon Tyne. Presented by PlagiarismAdvice.org, this

year's conference celebrates 10 years of providing academic institutions and

organizations worldwide with the latest research on plagiarism trends,

research, and innovative approaches to handling issues of academic integrity.

The conference's featured keynote speakers reflect the reach that issues of

plagiarism and academic integrity have across disciplines, borders and

institutions:

Dr. Virginia Barbour, Chair of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Dr. Tara Brabazon, Professor of Creative Media and Head of Photography and

Creative Media at the University of

Bolton, UK

Dr. Tracey Bretag, Director: Global Experience Program, Division of Business,

University of

South Australia

Kirby Ferguson, noted

New York

-based writer and filmmaker

Jonathan Zittrain, internationally-known cyber law scholar and writer, Harvard

University

In addition to the keynotes, the conference will feature more than 50

presentations by teachers and scholars from 15 countries. Attendees may

choose from session topics such as the challenges of addressing plagiarism,

proven strategies for encouraging students to produce rewarding and original

academic work, and institutional approaches and developments in the use of

plagiarism detection technologies.

"With the 5th International Conference, we've sought to focus attention on

fostering student learning and to call for a more global and diverse perspective

on the issues pertaining to teaching students about plagiarism and academic

integrity," said Will Murray of PlagiarismAdvice.org.

The Higher Education Academy (HEA) is a Gold sponsor of the event. "With their

focus on enhancing the student learning experience through excellence in

teaching and learning, HEA is the perfect partner for this conference," added

Murray.

For more information about the HEA, visit http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/.

For more information about the Conference including a list of the full abstracts,

visit: http://www.plagiarismadvice.co.uk/conference/plagiarism-conference-

2012/welcome.

To register, please visit http://ipc5.eventbrite.com/.

About the Plagiarism Conference

With its first international conference in 2004, PlagiarismAdvice.org has been at

the center of bringing together teachers and academics worldwide to discuss

research on plagiarism and academic integrity, and to share approaches for

creating opportunities to conduct authentic assessment of student learning. For

more information about the Plagiarism Conference and PlagiarismAdvice.org,

please visit: http://www.plagiarismadvice.org/.

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