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Slide 1: ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES UMB 1011 WRITING ASSIGNMENT (15 %) Kota Kinabalu: The practice of just downloading information from the internet is among the key reasons in the deterioration of research quality among university students, Higher Education Department director-general Datuk Dr Radin Umar Radin Sohadi said. He said there was a tendency among university students to limit their research efforts to “cutting and pasting” when they should be doing a lot more in finding facts. “Research must take on a holistic approach and not simply gleaning something off the internet,” he said when launching information and computer technology facilities at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) here yesterday. Dr Radin has also said such a culture should be stopped as it did not reflect the core values of academic life. (The Star: March 2009) You have read the newspaper report above and you feel that the plagiarism among university students is an issue of great concern. Write an article to the newspaper editor highlighting the possible reasons that could have led to this problem and ways to overcome it. You should write at least 350 words.