Follow-up to Plagiarism: are things really this bad? from Prole Art Threat
In the Guardian the other day there was a piece by Frank Furedi on cheating:
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Sadly universities tend to accommodate rather than challenge the culture of cheating. Cheating is now so rife on campuses that it is covertly accepted as part of the daily routine of British university life. When a case occurs, the response is to try to avoid taking potentially time-consuming action. Authorities preoccupied with increasing student numbers are reluctant to get involved in the messy business of appeals and litigation. While officially condemning cheating, universities tend to be hesitant about taking a robust stand in specific cases. Is it any surprise that for many students cheating ceases to have any serious moral significance?
Furedi’s line seems to be that university staff are, effectively, complicit in a culture of cheating because it’s all a bit difficult and too much effort to tackle it. I just find it difficult to accept that this is genuinely the case.
Prole Art Threat 
It’s most certainly not the case at Warwick, if my experience of working on plagiarism prevention with staff across the institution is anything to go by. Furedi has a habit of stirring things up with his opinions. Jude Carroll had this to say: