Plagiarism in UK law schools: Is there a postcode lottery?

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Bermingham, Vera ^a   Watson, Susan ^b   Jones, Martin ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Definitions; Inconsistencies; Law students; Plagiarism; Policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955556859     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930802471801     Document Type: Article

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