Plagiarism

Plagiarism

You should read this advice in conjunction with any resources from subject area.

The University definition of plagiarism is:

'Plagiarism is defined as the submission or presentation of work, in any form, which is not one's own, without proper acknowledgement of the source(s). There does not need to be any deliberate attempt to deceive.' (Plagiarism & Academic Integrity Code - see Section 32.3)

The important principle behind University assessment is that your ideas and your ability to critically evaluate information are being examined, not those of anyone else. Any information or ideas which aren’t yours must be acknowledged.

It’s important you understand what plagiarism is, and how to avoid it, because the University doesn’t distinguish between intentional and unintentional plagiarism. A mistake, poor academic practice, or submission of an early draft that you were intending to work on further will all be investigated in the same way; all would be considered plagiarism.

All of the following are against University rules:‌

• submitting work containing quotes or ideas that have been produced by another person, website, software, or Artificial intelligence (AI) tool without referencing that other work;
• submitting work written by someone else, but presenting this as your own work;
• inappropriate collaboration with others (collusion);
• submitting work which has been copied from somewhere else – this also includes where text has been replicated by retyping or translating;
• submitting the same piece of coursework, or a substantial part of the same coursework more than once for the purpose of coursework assessment. This is the case even if this was all your own work initially (this is called ‘auto-plagiarism’ or ‘self-plagiarism’) as it could be deriving double credit for a single effort
• submitting work purchased from essay writing services 

More information can be found in the links below.