“The results of the second phase of the Academic Misconduct Benchmarking Research Project (AMBeR) show that while HEIs vary in their application of plagiarism policies, there are clusters of consensus within groups of universities.

The details highlighted by the research will be used by higher education institutions to review and develop their individual plagiarism policies in the future.  Institutions are also encouraged to use the project’s results to examine their existing procedures and engender a  complete and transparent picture of activity within the sector.

The research, the first of its kind in the UK, was conducted by the Academy JISC Academic Integrity Service (AJAIS), and  aims to benchmark current policy and practice in UK higher education with regard to the methods used to manage student plagiarism.”

Press release on the Higher Education Academy web site with links to full report & executive summary.