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A recent article about foreign students, plagarising work during their studies at a University in Australia.

The article is written in a very politically correct format, No accusations, No specifics, tactful!

Now let's pretend you are a Korea Herald Journalist, or a Joongang Ilbo journalist. How would you have written the article. Now don't hold back!

Foreign students in plagiarism scandal
Full-fee-paying international students have been caught cheating in their masters courses in a plagiarism scandal at the University of New England (UNE).

The university on Wednesday said an audit of 210 students enrolled in one subject in two postgraduate courses between 2004 and 2006 had uncovered substantial evidence of cheating.


Students proven to have plagiarised material could be stripped of their degrees.

"Of the 210 theses involved in the unit under review, a significant proportion are alleged to be plagiarised," the university said in a statement.

"The university takes any allegation of plagiarism very seriously, and, where appropriate, may seek the rescission of awards by the University Council."

A student raised the alarm in November 2006, warning university management of suspected plagiarism and prompting an investigation.

UNE vice chancellor Alan Pettigrew said the university would not hesitate to penalise students found to have cheated.

"The issue of plagiarism is a difficult one for all universities," Professor Pettigrew said.

"The university will not shy away from the application of penalties, if necessary, to protect its academic integrity."

The theses were by full-fee-paying international students reportedly enrolled in an information technology course delivered externally by a commercial partner of UNE.

Citing privacy reasons, UNE refused to name the students or the commercial partner that delivered the course.

Foreign students are more likely to plagiarise material because they may not be familiar with academic standards required by Australian universities, the students' union says.

The National Union of Students described the issue as "definitely disturbing", but said universities could do more to prevent plagiarism by ensuring international students understood Australian referencing requirements.

"There's generally a high incidence of international student plagiarism because of different academic requirements they encounter when they come to Australia," said NUS president Michael Nguyen.

"There are different referencing standards across the world. That's probably an issue that needs to be looked at.

"They're probably not aware of the academic requirements for Australian universities."

Mr Nguyen said some international students had inadequate English ability and did not receive enough guidance with skills such as essay writing.

Simply stripping the UNE students of their degrees would not solve the problem.

"It's probably not really addressing the systemic problem," he said.

"Clearly, it's something systemic that's happening and it needs to be addressed by policy changes within the university ... to ensure students are adequately prepared and have enough support."

http://au.news.yahoo.com/070822/2/148wr.html?f=mv