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Registry - Plagiarism, Copying and Collusion
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plagiarism, copying and collusion
Notice To All Students
- Plagiarism is a major offence in the University
- It is the act of taking and using another persons' thoughts or work as your own.
- It includes inadequate referencing, reproducing the work (even with small changes) of another taken from books, journals, articles, TV programmes, the Internet, lectures and so on.
- It also includes copying another person's work, with or without his/her consent.
- Also included is collusion where a group of people collaborate or collude to present an assessment or a substantial part thereof, when the examiner required individual research and outcome.
- These offences will be dealt with by the University with the utmost gravity.
- You should be very clear how to reference your assessed work.
- You should not use another student's assessed work -either with or without their consent unless you attribute it to him/her.
- You should not give your assessed work to another student for him/her to copy.
- You should familiarise yourself with the University's Regulation on Plagiarism, Copying and Collusion (see Registry Website)
- You must sign and submit the declaration which is included on the Regulation on Plagiarism, Copying and Collusion with EACH piece of assessed work you submit.
- You can expect a penalty concomitant with the seriousness of an offence against the Regulation