Plagiarizing Across Europe

By Elizabeth Gibney for Times Higher Education. Many students do not understand what plagiarism is, according to a Europe-wide study. Asked about a situation where 40 percent of a submission is copied word for word without using quotations, citations or references, 91 percent of respondents accurately identify this as plagiarism. Data from the survey also show that almost a third of British students think they have plagiarized either deliberately or accidentally... This compares with 65 percent in Lithuania, 46 percent in France and only 10 percent in Germany. Read more...