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     * What is plagiarism?
          + What is plagiarism? overview
          + The University's definition of plagiarism
          + Why does plagiarism matter?
          + Students' responsibilities
          + Collusion
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     * Information for staff
          + Information for staff overview
          + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism
          + Requirements of Faculty Boards
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          + Requirements of Faculty Boards
          + Forms of plagiarism and collusion
     * Resources and support
          + Resources and support overview
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The University's definition of plagiarism

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     * Plagiarism

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     * What is plagiarism?
          + The University's definition of plagiarism
          + Why does plagiarism matter?
          + Students' responsibilities
          + Collusion
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     * Turnitin UK

University-wide Statement on Plagiarism

   The General Board, with the agreement of the Board of Examinations and
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   Departments.

   Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective of
   intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from
   the work of others without due acknowledgement. It is both poor
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   scholarship and a breach of academic integrity.

   Examples of plagiarism include copying (using another person's language
   and/or ideas as if they are a candidate's own), by:
     * quoting verbatim another person's work without due acknowledgement
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       to a joint project.

   Plagiarism might also arise from colluding with another person,
   including another candidate, other than as permitted for joint project
   work (i.e. where collaboration is concealed or has been forbidden). A
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   piece of written work.

   Plagiarism can occur in respect to all types of sources and media:
     * text, illustrations, musical quotations, mathematical derivations,
       computer code, etc;
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   not referencing sources) in examinations or assessed work may affect
   the mark given to the candidate's work. In addition, suspected cases of
   the use of unfair means (of which plagiarism is one form) will be
   investigated and may be brought to one of the University's Courts. The
   Courts have wide powers to discipline those found guilty of using
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   The University makes use of text-matching software for the purpose of
   plagiarism education and detection, and reserves the right to submit a
   candidate’s work to such a service. For this purpose, candidates
   consent to the submission of their papers to the service and for the
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   No candidate shall make use of unfair means in any University
   examination. Unfair means shall include plagiarism* and, unless such
   possession is specifically authorized, the possession of any book,
   paper or other material relevant to the examination. No member of the
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   (Statutes and Ordinances 2016, p. 191).

   * Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one's own work, irrespective
   of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety
   from the work of others without due acknowledgement.
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   known as Discipline Regulation 6.

Proctorial Notice on plagiarism

   The Proctorial Notice for 2016 can be viewed on the Proctors' website.