* Turnitin UK Plagiarism * Home -- -- * Home * What is plagiarism? + What is plagiarism? overview + The University's definition of plagiarism + Why does plagiarism matter? + Students' responsibilities + Collusion -- -- * Information for staff + Information for staff overview + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * Resources and support + Resources and support overview -- -- Turnitin FAQs * Plagiarism * Turnitin UK -- -- + Turnitin FAQs + Turnitin information for Faculties and Departments * What is plagiarism? * Information for staff * Resources and support -- -- Participation in a course at Cambridge is deemed as acceptance of the University's right to apply specialist software (like Turnitin) to your work for the purposes of plagiarism education and detection; the University's Statement on Plagiarism includes this consent. However, you do have the right to request that your work is not retained in the Turnitin UK database after it has been submitted. For -- -- be used as source material for future submissions; this will help to maximise the effectiveness of the software and to protect your work from future attempts to plagiarise it. However, you have the right to request that your work is removed from the database. This can only be done on an individual basis for each piece of work, and in some cases -- -- Q. I have been asked to attend an investigative meeting because Turnitin highlighted matched text, but I know I didn't plagiarise; what do I do? Firstly, don't panic; the meeting will be investigative, not -- -- Turnitin reports will be reviewed in detail in order to make an academic judgement on whether the matched text may be a result of plagiarism, or whether it may reflect commonly-used phrases or correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the -- -- correctly-cited references (such as your bibliography, which would necessarily match anyone else using that source). Under the University's Definition of Plagiarism, plagiarism is the submission of someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to -- someone else's work as your own, irrespective of your intent to deceive; this means that you have plagiarised even if you did it accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine -- accidentally, through poor note-taking. If the Examiners determine that the matches are the result of plagiarism, they then judge whether this is minor, or more serious/extensive. If it is minor, they may adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor -- -- adjust the mark awarded to reflect the nature and extent of the poor scholarship, so you will receive a lower mark than you otherwise would have, if you had referenced appropriately. If the plagiarism is more serious or extensive, they may deem that it merits disciplinary action. -- -- Turnitin UK, the University’s use of the software complies with this requirement. The University has identified ‘providers of anti-plagiarism software’ in its information to students as organisations with whom data may be shared. For more information about data protection and the way the University uses your data, see the -- -- Q. What support is available? If you have any queries about plagiarism or good academic practice, you should contact your Tutor or Director of Studies in the first instance. Our Resources and support pages may also be of help; these contain a