Dealing with plagiarism in Norway

Jill has an interesting post about plagiarism in her department that I'd like to discuss a bit ... I completely agree that I think we need to be strict and very consistent about plagiarism. and (hope) that I (if not 100% of my colleagues) are being similarly strict and feel the same way: Imagine what we teach students if we allow them to plagiarise their work?.

I love this idea:

If the student is found to have plagiarised, the exam will be annulled and the student may be barred from taking exams at any university in Norway for one or two semesters, depending on the gravity of the plagiarism and how advanced the student is.

Barring them from other universities for major offences seems like a great idea. Perhaps we could manage something similar with a system of questions on a mandatory academic reference? Otherwise I imagine the problem would be too large to handle.

She also expresses how I felt when I first became aware of blatant copying in my modules, but says it more eloquently than I:

Most of all I've discovered my own fury when confronted with plagiarism, though. They think I'm stupid not to see through this? How dare they waste my time like this? Why on earth would I put effort into doing a good job as their teacher when this is all they think learning is worth?

Thanks for such an encouraging post & let's keep on doing the right thing...