Aqa coursework plagiarism

For our views on the importance of tackling malpractice, you can read our blog post: A fair experience for all our students: tackling exam cheating by Alison Lewis, Director of Quality and Customer Standards at AQA.

The exam board says in its report, published annually to give guidance to teachers on the year's exam performance, that it had found cases where coursework had been clearly copied from material available on the internet. In some cases, moderators were surprised that even obvious plagiarism had been overlooked by teachers.

This includes: what the malpractice was, who perpetrated it, who benefited from it, when it took place, where, and who, if anyone, may have witnessed it taking place, if appropriate. Additional information about making an allegation and whistleblowing can be found on JCQ's malpractice page .

The AQA proposes a lesson on plagiarism for students embarking on GCSE courses. It also says that sufficient class time should be given for coursework, so teachers can directly supervise pupils and be confident the result is entirely the student's work.