Author: Viper Plagiarism Checker

Universities worldwide increasingly subject PhD theses to rigorous plagiarism checks to safeguard academic integrity. Many institutions now mandate that every doctoral thesis be screened using text-matching software before final submission (Karolinska Institutet 2025). For example, Karolinska Institutet in Sweden performs systematic plagiarism scans on all doctoral dissertations as part of standard research practice (Karolinska Institutet…

Many UK universities have recently updated their academic integrity policies to address student use of generative AI tools – for example, highly specialist trained AI essay writers like Uniwriter.ai. Rather than banning these tools, institutions are increasingly supporting their ethical and transparent use as legitimate learning aids. Notably, the Russell Group of 24 leading universities…

Plagiarism – presenting others’ work as one’s own – is one of academia’s cardinal sins. Over the years, numerous high-profile figures across science, humanities, and politics have been caught in plagiarism scandals. These cases span different countries and disciplines, but all serve as cautionary tales about academic integrity. Below, we explore ten of the worst…

You may be reading this and asking yourself, what is the ‘honour pledge’ (or ‘honour codes’) system? Therefore, how will this so called ‘pledge’ help reduce plagiarism in schools and universities? Well, stick around – this blog post will explain the ins and outs of this system and how it is becoming more and more…

In order to fully understand the intricacies of plagiarism, one first must know the definitions of plagiarism. Then it is crucial to understand it and avoid it. Plagiarism is: the practice of taking somebody else’s work or ideas, and then passing it off as your own. This then, provides a working definition of plagiarism. While…

If you are a student, then it’s essential that you don’t plagiarise when completing your assignments. So, you’re about to get a Plagiarism for Dummies 101 crash course. If you don’t want to get caught for cheating, you must remember and implement the following EIGHT points. 1. Don’t steal anyone else’s work and lie about…

Discussions about plagiarism are inevitably tied up in discussions about ethics. The overt use of other people’s work is nothing more than stealing. It is literary theft, and just like any form of theft, it is illegal. It deceives others by passing content off as your own. So, what are the ethics of plagiarism? Plagiarism…

Technology and Plagiarism has changed due to the rise of the Digital Age in the last twenty years. The Rise of the Internet Just two decades ago (yes, two!) the Internet was a relatively new phenomenon. Students in the 1990s, who used the Internet to conduct research, were seen as progressive. They would have of…

There is some controversy at present in respect to online essay mills, and how they are helping students to cheat. A recent petition calls for a ban of the advertising of such services in the UK. Almost 6,000 people signed such petition. This though is still not enough to warrant a discussion on this in…