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Wednesday, 20 April 2011
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Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Knowledge, Networks and Nations
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via elearnspace by gsiemens on 04/04/11
Religion, economics, and science are global entities. To explore what is happening in these three domains provides greater insight into global trends than the aspirations, intentions, or policies of any particular country. The Royal Society has published an outstanding report on Knowledge, Networks and Nations (.pdf). The report is packed with all kinds of statistical goodies: almost $1.2 trillion spent annual on research, 7.1 million researchers, and 1.58 million annual research publications (of which less than 9% come from social sciences and humanities).
A few other points:
- The G-8 countries are still leaders in research, but will be overtaken by China in the near future.
- The growing need for open access – not only in developing countries, but for the benefit of science globally.
- 65% of R&D is funded by private enterprise (up from 52% in 1981) in OECD countries. Developing countries have a greater percentage of gov't funded research.
- Collaboration is on the rise – researchers, institutions, and countries are interconnected in their research (some outstanding images of global collaboration from p. 48-56)
- "Science is happening in more places but it remains concentrated. There continue to be major hubs of scientific production—flagship universities and institutes clustered in leading cities. What is changing is that the number of these hubs is increasing and they are becoming more interconnected."
- The growing role of foundations (Bill & Melinda Gates in particular) on global health research…along with concerns about transparency of Foundations in general.
If you want to get a broad overview of science and research globally, this is a must-read report.
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Friday, 1 April 2011
Advice for universities on student plagiarism
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via JISC News Web Feed by n.yeeles@jisc.ac.uk (Nicola Yeeles) on 31/03/11
The Academic Integrity Service (AIS) managed by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) with JISC, has today published a report to enable higher education institutions to review and develop their policies relating to student plagiarism.
"Policy works: recommendations for reviewing policy to manage unacceptable academic practice in higher education", includes an overview of previous guidance and research work on this topic.
The report then focuses on 12 recommendations that can be used by staff to aid the review and continued development of institutional policy.
These recommendations include:
• establishing a cross-institutional group;
• making explicit the responsibilities of the institution, staff and students;
• considering terminology and definitions;
• providing detailed procedures for reporting and managing cases;
• establishing a set of penalties and associated guidance.
Dr Erica Morris, senior adviser at the HEA and lead author of the report, said: "There are many challenges facing higher education and students may well have higher expectations about their experience at university in the future.
More than ever before it's vital that HEIs have up-to-date policies in place for managing issues including student plagiarism, collusion and data fabrication.
"The recommendations in this report can be used or adapted by universities and colleges to suit their own particular academic integrity needs. Each of the recommendations is illustrated with examples and case studies so lecturers and policy makers across the sector can benefit from the experiences of others.
"All institutions take academic integrity seriously, and this report will provide practical information on how they can continue to review and develop their policies for managing unacceptable academic practice."
Policy works is the second report published by AIS this academic year. Published in November 2010, "Supporting academic integrity: approaches and resources for higher education", brought together educational resources on academic integrity to provide the sector with a range of perspectives on plagiarism and associated issues.
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