CASE STUDY: POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND RESPONSES TO PLAGIARISM IN SLOVAKIA

Authors

  • Tomáš Foltýnek Mendel University in Brno
  • Julius Kravjar Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
  • Irene Glendinning Coventry University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2014.070104

Keywords:

Plagiarism policies, Slovakia, National repository

Abstract

The European project “Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education Across Europe“ has identified best practices and gaps related to plagiarism in different European countries. Slovakia is one of interesting ones, where national repository for plagiarism detection was established. However, there are still gaps in terms of policies and overall understanding of plagiarism. This case study describes what happened in Slovakia in last few years, compares the situation with other European countries and discusses the results. Additionally, the number of occurrences of the terms “plagiarism” and “academic integrity” in media and on the Internet is examined in relation to recent changes.

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    2014-03-31

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    Foltýnek, T., Kravjar, J. and Glendinning, I. (2014) ’CASE STUDY: POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND RESPONSES TO PLAGIARISM IN SLOVAKIA’, Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 19–25. https://doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2014.070104

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