Hi everyone,

Next week will be National Academic Integrity Week, which will see institutions across the country celebrate the principles of Academic Integrity in a number of ways, and highlight the supports available to help learners stay on track in their academic journey.

DBS will be running several events and activities throughout the week, both for learners and staff, and we invite you to learn more about what academic integrity is, and what it’s not.

For learners, the following events will be running:

• Mon 18th October 4:30pm - Library-run class on referencing, ‘Cite Rite for Success’, you can register here: https://libcal.dbs.ie/event/3789942

• Tues 19th October 5pm - a talk presented by Richard O’Callaghan, “Beatdown: Why the music industry has become so aggressive in defending its intellectual property and what this means for your academic journey”. You can either attend in person in CH3.10, or dial in through Zoom here: https://dbs.zoom.us/j/8627402537

• Weds 20th October 2:30pm - Library-run class on Ouriginal/ Urkund, ‘Using Ouriginal to Enhance Academic Writing’, you can register here: https://libcal.dbs.ie/event/3781147

• Thurs 21st October 4pm - Library-run class on ‘Preparing for Online Exams’, with a Q&A with the Exams team, you can register here: https://libcal.dbs.ie/event/3799947

• Fri 22nd October 2pm - launch of a podcast discussion around Essay Mills, ‘Essay Writing Services - Benign or Malignant?’, which will be released here: https://students.dbs.ie/quality-assurance/academic-integrity#GhostWriting

We will share additional information during the week. You may be interested in the other events being run nationally: https://www.qqi.ie/Articles/Pages/National-Academic-Integrity-Week-2020.aspx

As part of this week, we’re also inviting learners to give feedback on our existing Academic Impropriety Policy. We have set up a commentable-version HERE, which you can make any comments or suggestions to, so we can develop this further to be clear for learners, transparent as a process, and fair for all parties.

Kind regards,

DBS Team