Plagiarism

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Plagiarism

• CSEM03
• REPLI

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What is plagiarism?Notes from the University of
Sunderland Library help page http//www.library.su
nderland.ac.uk/the-library/researchers/self-help/i
nfobites/plagiarism_html

• Plagiarism is the use of the words, thoughts,
  findings, ideas etc. of others without
  acknowledging them as such. Some instances of
  plagiarism are deliberate, for example, if work
  is copied in order to meet a deadline. In other
  cases it may be done in innocence or ignorance,
  when a student may be experiencing difficulty in
  approaching a task, or because they do not
  understand the importance of citing sources
  correctly. Either way, plagiarism is a form of
  cheating and will be penalised.
• Collusion
• Collusion is another form of plagiarism. While
  collaboration and group work are often required
  to encourage students to exchange ideas and work
  as a team, this must not result in the submission
  of individual work that is essentially the same
  or very similar. In such cases, collaboration
  becomes collusion.

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Definition

• New Oxford Dictionary of English 2001
• The repeated or habitual, intentional
  presentation or publication of the work of others
  without any, or any proper, acknowledgement of
  the source of that work by a responsible,
  informed individual as if it were that
  individual's own work.
• Plagiarism is presenting somebody else's work as
  your own.
• Plagiarism is using other's ideas and words
  without clearly acknowledging the source of that
  information.
• To plagiarise is to give the impression that the
  student has written, thought or discovered
  something that he or she has in fact borrowed
  from someone else without acknowledging this in
  an appropriate manner.

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Why do students plagiarise?

• Lack of confidence
• Sometimes it seems obvious that someone has
  written something online or in a journal or book
  and has phrased it so well that you think you
  cannot do better.
• But to learn how to write in an academic style
  you need to read the material, understand it and
  then write your own notes in your own words
• You can quote small sections but they must be in
  quotation marks ( so it is obvious that you have
  not written those words).

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Moral and ethical issues

• Plagiarism is cheating
• Widespread plagiarism devalues the work from that
  institution
• -If you take shortcuts when writing material e.g.
  buying an essay online, you are not learning
  anything and the other students who work very
  hard will be at a disadvantage.

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Individual responsibility

• Every assignment has a declaration that you the
  student have submitted your own work
• It is your responsibility not to lend out your
  work so that others may copy it.
• You may feel that you are helping someone but if
  the work then copied wholesale then you are at
  risk of penalties as well as the person copying.

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Notice on assignments

• IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• You are required to submit your work within the
  bounds of the University Infringement of
  Assessment Regulations (see your Programme
  Guide). Plagiarism, paraphrasing and downloading
  large amounts of information from external
  sources, will not be tolerated and will be dealt
  with severely. Although you should make full use
  of any source material, which would normally be
  an occasional sentence and/or paragraph
  (referenced) followed by your own critical
  analysis/evaluation. You will receive no marks
  for work that is not your own.
• Where you are asked to submit an individual piece
  of work, the work must be entirely your own.
  Students may research together, and in many
  cases, are actively encouraged to do so.
  However, you must analyse, evaluate and
  critically appraise the requirements of your
  assignment and produce the work on your own. The
  safety of your assessments is your
  responsibility. You must not permit another
  student access to your work unless such access is
  specifically allowed in the assignment
  guidelines.
• Where referencing is required, unless otherwise
  stated, the Harvard referencing system must be
  used (see your Programme Guide).

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JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service for Higher
Education Institutions

• JISC offers advice for staff and students on
  avoiding plagiarism
• http//www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?nameservices_plag
  iarism/

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Using Turnitin in Vista

• We can now use Turnitin inside Vista without
  registering with JISC

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Next step
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How many times can you submit to Turnitin?

• You can submit drafts to Turnitin as many times
  as you like to check that you have not
  plagiarised.

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The report