The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) hosted a five-day training course on the effective use of Turnitin to strengthen academic integrity and research quality

.

The training was facilitated by Dr Mwema Felix Mwema and brought together ICT staff, librarians, system administrators, as well as academic and research staff from four academic institutions, with the aim of promoting a shared culture of integrity across the institutions.

The course focused on building participants’ capacity to use Turnitin to prevent plagiarism and improve the quality of academic and research writing. Participants were trained in managing Turnitin accounts, interpreting similarity reports, understanding plagiarism, and improving citation practices.

In addition, the programme covered the integration of Turnitin into coursework assessment, postgraduate supervision, and institutional quality assurance processes.

The training was officially closed by the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic, Research and Innovation, Prof. Anthony Mshandete, who awarded certificates to participants and reaffirmed NM-AIST’s commitment to quality research and integrity in scholarly work.