Reducing unintentional plagiarism amongst international students in the biological sciences: An embedded academic writing development programme

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 358-378

  Divan, Aysha ^a   Bowman, Marion ^b   Seabourne, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic writing; international students; plagiarism; referencing; taught masters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924181972     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2013.858674     Document Type: Article

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