KU organizes workshop on ‘plagiarism’
Srinagar: Department of Bio-resources, University of Kashmir (KU) organized one-day online workshop on “Plagiarism -An Opportunity to Learn, Teach & Excel” in collaboration with ‘Turnitin’ for faculty, researchers, scientists and scholars of various higher education institutions and Universities.
While inaugurating the workshop Vice Chancellor, KU Prof Talat Ahmad stressed upon research ethics and integrity especially in the present era of technology and knowledge explosion.
He emphasized the need to revise priorities by all stakeholders, including Government, National agencies, Universities and teacher’s in these difficult times and said that all should work together to create a national strategy for education and professional learning that reflects the principles of ‘research-informed clinical practice’.
“We need to pool and share our resources, using latest technologies for the collective growth of all,” added Prof Talat.
Prof. Akbar Masood, Dean Academic Affairs, KU welcomed the participants and highlighted the teaching activities carried out at the University. He emphasized about the problems faced by teaching and student community in upholding the academic integrity and ethics and efforts put in by the university administration to resolve those.
Prof. (Dr.) Shakil A Romshoo, Dean Research, KU highlighted the research activity and various projects going in the University of Kashmir and also stressed upon the quality research during his key note address. Prof. Romshoo also discussed the University Code of Ethics in Research and Publications.
Earlier, Dr. Manzoor Ahmad Mir, Coordinator, Department of Bioresources KU and organizing secretary of the workshop in his welcome speech said “we are going through tough times and COVID-19 lockdown has put a lot of strain on academic activities and teaching learning process. So, in order to maintain the academic activities, it is imperative to look out for ways to effectively contribute to educational society and to reach out to scholars, faculty and heads of the Departments and Institutions to provide a helping hand and a support through these kinds of workshops”.
He informed the participants that Department of Bioresources KU, under the leadership and guidance of Vice-Chancellor Prof. Talat Ahmad, has started online webinar series and today’s workshop is 2nd in that direction.
He added that the purpose of the workshop was to enhance research and academic integrity besides providing exposure to various kinds of plagiarism and the role of Turnitin’s to fight against Plagiarism.
The workshop provided hands on training sessions regarding use of Turnitin Feedback Studio and newly launch tool Grade Scope.
The workshop benefited participants to understand the research workflow, academic and research integrity, publishing process and covered the basic features and functionalities of Turnitin software.
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