Plagiarism

Plagiarism is regarded as a form of theft and is therefore a serious offence. Examples of plagiarism may be found on page 18 of the Q Manual which is issued to all students. Plagiarism is the use of another person's work or idea as if it were your own. The other person may be an author, critic, lecturer or another student. The faculty will consider that plagiarism has occurred in any of the following circumstances:

when phrases and passages are used verbatim without quotation marks and without a reference to the author;
when an author's work is paraphrased and presented without a reference;
when other students' work is copied or partly copied;
when items for assessment are written in conjunction with other students (without prior permission of the relevant staff member);
when a piece of work has already been submitted or assessed in another subject.

It is accepted that students will assist each other with problems associated with their studies and discuss issues with each other. All assigned work, however, must be undertaken by students independently and students must not work in groups unless specifically requested to do so by the lecturer.

In the case of cheating, collusion or plagiarism, all chief examiners have been advised to disallow such work by not giving it an assessment and report this action in writing to the student and the dean.

When it is desirable or necessary to use another person's material, take care to include appropriate references and attribution - do not pretend the ideas are your own. Be sure not to plagiarise inadvertently. Plagiarism may lead to expulsion.

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