[nilesfunnies] [Fwd: BA Plagiarism Studies]

http://radders73.blogspot.com/2006/01/ba-plagiarism-studies.html

[From the Laurie Taylor column in the Times Higher Education Supplement]
- Of interest to those who write Focus, or resignation speeches...

University of Poppleton: BA in plagiarism studies
Following the increased attention being accorded to the question of
plagiarism in higher education, we are pleased to announce the launch of
a new degree in plagiarism studies. Following the increased attention
being accorded to the question of plagiarism in higher education, we are
pleased to announce the launch of a new degree in plagiarism studies.
Graduates from this course may look forward to obtaining well-paid
employment in many of the sectors of commerce that currently place a
heavy reliance on plagiarism: daytime tv (presenting and producing);
takeaway pizza advertising; the preparation of political manifestos;
writing chancellors' degree-day speeches; devising "family and children"
statements for discredited politicians; and the compilation of mantras
and litanies.
All students will be required to take compulsory courses in the
following subject areas; constructive photocopying; intermediate and
advanced cut-and-paste techniques; disguising critical sources;
counterfeiting names and dates; evading electronic detection tools;
bypassing attributions; wholesale downloading; dubious citations;
makey-uppy quotations; intermediate and advanced paraphrasing; general
principles of collusion; and submitting other peoples work: theory and
practice.
Students on this course will be examined by tutoes who are specially
trained in the detection of originality. Any sign of such a
characteristic in submitted work will attract serious penalties. In the
words of our chief external examiner: "Graduates from this course will
not be expected to have a single original idea in their heads."
Successful undergraduate students may consider applying for a place on
our newly founded postgraduate course in advanced and contagious
plagiarism: MPhil bubonic plagiarism.
We look forward to hearing from you. We look forward to hearing from you.