The digital age has provided many advantages for schools – making education a more interactive and fun experience. However, a survey in 2012 by the awarding body Edexcel has found that some students in secondary schools are abusing the internet by plagiarising content, while others are using it without analysing the data for themselves.
Copying someone else’s work is becoming a growing problem among secondary school students. In 2012, Edexcel found that when it ran its papers through the Turnitin plagiarism detection service there were 122 cases of plagiarism, including 42 at Diploma level and 26 at GCSE.
Since more than 98 per cent of UK universities use Turnitin, copying and issues surrounding plagiarism are increasingly areas which need to be addressed at secondary level. Will Murray, Turnitin’s senior vice president product management and international, said: “The increased availability of online materials means that plagiarism is as much an issue in schools as it is in further and higher education.”
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