* Information for staff 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 -- -- Forms of plagiarism and collusion -- * Plagiarism * Information for staff -- -- * Information for staff + Procedures and policy for investigating plagiarism + Requirements of Faculty Boards -- + Requirements of Faculty Boards + Forms of plagiarism and collusion * What is plagiarism? * Resources and support * Turnitin UK -- -- * Turnitin UK This page outlines some common forms of plagiarism and collusion, and suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. -- -- suggests ways that staff and examiners might prevent incidence of these by clarifying requirements and reducing opportunities. * Plagiarism in invigilated examinations * Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework * Collusion in dissertations and other assessed coursework __________________________________________________________________ -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in invigilated examinations Collusion (perhaps by candidates exchanging notes) is extremely rare in -- -- invigilated examinations; this is clearly an offence which would be reported immediately to the Proctors. The most common forms of plagiarism in invigilated exams are: Reproducing material committed to memory -- -- heart. Those brought up with rote learning often don't realise that reproducing such material in a written examination constitutes plagiarism if it is reproduced without attribution. In technical subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as -- -- subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as plagiarism. * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it -- * Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it clear that plagiarism can occur in written examinations and explain how candidates should acknowledge sources in such examinations. Examiners are strongly advised to include an appropriate rubric on -- -- __________________________________________________________________ Plagiarism in dissertations and other assessed coursework There are numerous forms of assessed work which are not produced under -- -- strict examination conditions, including: dissertations, assessed essays, practical work, seminar-style presentations, and musical compositions. Cases of both plagiarism and collusion are regularly reported in these forms of assessment and some are taken to the Court of Discipline. -- -- of Discipline. 'Classic' plagiarism -- * Overview: plagiarism most commonly involves copying from the Internet, published works, lecture handouts or private communications. Work copied from the Internet can be detected by -- -- the requirements and explain that serious penalties can be imposed. In cases of supervised work, Supervisors are expected to play a role: the Proctors may ask why the plagiarism wasn’t detected before the work reached the Examiners. -- -- before the work reached the Examiners. Third-party plagiarism -- * Overview: a more troublesome form of plagiarism is the use of work commissioned from a third party. These may be purchased from organisations which supply dissertations and essays on a -- -- candidate normally submits. Review-section plagiarism -- * Overview: a common form of plagiarism, which is usually more or less innocent, occurs in review sections. A final-year dissertation may legitimately build on the work described in a dissertation -- -- permitted and what is not. Guidance on proofreading is available on the collusion pages of this website. * Treatment of cases: unlike cases of plagiarism, work produced by unauthorised collusion cannot be made good by proper attribution. The Board of Examinations has agreed that it is inappropriate to -- -- A copies from B without B's knowledge Strictly, this is plagiarism rather than collusion but plagiarism that cannot be made good by any form of attribution. It may be necessary to interview both A and B at an investigative meeting. If it is clear that -- -- This example is much like the former except that B may now be in trouble too. It should perhaps be regarded as a case of collusion rather than plagiarism. Again A should not be awarded any marks for the copied elements of the