UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery Annual Report 2020

Teaching, Contribution to Community and Practice, Awards

Academics from the School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC use art to illustrate the different categories of plagiarism

and Dr McCarthy highlight the utility of art in helping students and academics to understand and visualise the varying categories of plagiarism. Reference: Goodwin, J., & McCarthy, J. (2020). Explaining Plagiarism for Nursing Students: An Educational Tool. Teaching and Learning in Nursing.

Plagiarism is a concern for students, academic staff and educational institutions and is a core dimension of academic integrity. Students unintentionally and sometimes intentionally use other people’s ideas or their work without providing the appropriate credit. In an academic setting plagiarism can result in serious consequences for the student. In this paper, Dr Goodwin

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