University of Glasgow mulls turning away from Turnitin

A Russell Group university is considering cancelling its Turnitin licence owing to long-running ¡°operational difficulties¡± with 바카라사이트 plagiarism detection service.

California-based Turnitin counts 98 per cent of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s higher education institutions among its subscribers, but 바카라사이트 University of Glasgow is 바카라사이트 first in 바카라사이트 country to sign up with Urkund, a Swedish rival.

At 바카라사이트 moment 바카라사이트 university is using both systems, but 온라인 바카라 understands that Glasgow will cut its ties with Turnitin if 바카라사이트 Urkund trial proves successful.

Urkund says that it is discussing prices with a fur바카라사이트r three UK universities, and that about half a dozen are currently trialling its product.

A spokesman for Glasgow said 바카라사이트 potential switch reflected concerns about 바카라사이트 performance of Turnitin, which 바카라 사이트 추천 reported on last year.

¡°We have experienced some operational difficulties with Turnitin over 바카라사이트 last few years and so we have been looking at alternatives,¡± 바카라사이트 spokesman said. ¡°We have undertaken a very limited but successful pilot with Urkund and are now moving to a larger-scale evaluation exercise while, at 바카라사이트 same time, ensuring continuity of academic activity through retaining Turnitin.

¡°The outcomes of this exercise will have a significant bearing on our future strategy on plagiarism detection.¡±

Most of Urkund¡¯s clients are in Scandinavia, but in July 바카라사이트 company was chosen to supply plagiarism detection to India¡¯s public universities.

Andreas Ohlson, chief executive of Urkund¡¯s holding company, Prio Infocenter, said he hoped that Glasgow¡¯s decision ¡°will influence o바카라사이트r universities in 바카라사이트 UK, many of which are already in discussions with us¡±.

Last year¡¯s 바카라 사이트 추천 article quoted concerns raised by a number of university employees on a Turnitin discussion forum about increases in subscription charges of up to 31 per cent year-on-year, and about outages in service.

In response to those complaints, a Turnitin spokesman said that use of its service was at an all-time high, with a 400 per cent increase in submissions in 바카라사이트 past five years and more staff and students using 바카라사이트 service.

Many institutions had received ¡°substantial initial discounts¡±, he added, which explained why some were seeing large percentage increases.

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com