Lecture 3
UNIT 1: ACADEMIC STANDARDS
Aims and objectives of this Unit
▪ Familiarize students with academic standards and practices
▪ Identify common academic activities carried out by universities
▪ Discuss the importance of academic integrity and intellectual
property
▪ Follow the academic integrity as reflected in the Wheel of Academic
Law of the RUB and integrate four language skills into their university
learning.
What is Academic Standards?
▪ It is the knowledge and skills required by students to use at university level.
▪ It identifies what students should know and be able to do in the classroom within a given subject or
content area.
▪ Standards serve as goals for students’ learning, guideposts for classroom instructions, and a
framework for assessment” (Kimberly Area School District, 2018).
▪ Academic standards are an explicit level of academic attainment that is used to describe and
measure academic requirements and achievements of individual students and groups of students
(United Kingdom Higher Education Quality Council, 1997)
What’s the purpose of Academic Skills?
To be successful at University, students need to develop their academic skills.
▪Research skills
▪Critical thinking skills
▪As part of this module, students will study essential academic skills such as:
▪Note-taking,
▪Academic reading
▪Critical thinking
▪Academic writing
▪Research
▪Using references in their academic work
▪Oral presentations.
Academic Integrity
“A core value” that “involves acting with honesty, fairness, trust and
responsibility” (UOW, 2018)
Classwork
Exercise 1, p8
Academic Integrity at RUB
Collusion: the representation of a piece of unauthorized group work as the
work of a single candidate
Commissioning: submitting an assignment done by another person as the
student’s own work
Duplication: the inclusion in coursework of material identical or substantially
similar to material that has already been submitted for any other
assessment within the University
False declaration: making a false declaration in order to receive special
consideration by an Examination Board or to obtain extensions to
deadlines or exemption from work
Falsification presentation of data in laboratory reports and projects based
of Data on work purported to have been carried out by the student ,
which have been invented, altered or copied by the student
Plagiarism the unacknowledged use of another’s work as if it were one’s
own
Examples of Plagiarism
• verbatim copying of another’s work without acknowledgement
• paraphrasing of another’s work by simply changing a few words or altering the order
of presentation, without acknowledgement
• ideas or intellectual data in any form presented as one’s own without acknowledging
the source(s)
• making a significant use of unattributed digital images such as graphs, tables and
photographs taken from textbooks, articles, films, plays, handouts, internet or any
other source, whether published or unpublished
• submission of a piece of work which has previously been assessed for a different
award or module or at a different institution as if it were new work
• use of any material without prior permission of copyright from the appropriate
authority or owner of the materials used.
Classwork
Exercise 2, p10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wvXEAO4Q44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRRUeCEUm5E
Intellectual Property
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) defines intellectual property (IP) as “creations of the mind such as
inventions; literary and artistic works; designs and symbols, names and images used in commerce”.
WIPO mentions five types of IP such as copyright, patents, trademarks, industrial designs and geographical indications,
and it defines these as follows:
1. Copyright: It is a legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works.
2. Patent: It is an exclusive right granted for an invention. A patent provides the patent owner with the right to decide
how – or whether – others can use the invention.
3. Trademark: It is a sign capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one enterprise from those of other
enterprises.
4. Industrial design: It constitutes the ornamental or aesthetic aspects of an article.
5. Geographical indication: It is used on goods that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities, a
reputation or characteristic that are essentially attributable to that place of origin.
Homework
Exercise 4, p11
Thank you
