Faculty of Education : Guide to courses

13. Plagiarism

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 13. Plagiarism

It is University policy that cheating by students in any form is not permitted, and that work submitted for assessment purposes must be the independent work of the student concerned (or, where joint work is permitted, of the students concerned). This is in keeping with the rules made by University Council under Regulation 12.2.10 (as reprinted in the Student Diary).

Plagiarism, or copying of another's work without proper acknowledgment is not permitted, nor is it permissible for anyone to allow another person to copy their work for the purposes of assessment.

Plagiarism may take several forms. Any of the following, without full acknowledgment of the debt to the original source, counts as plagiarism:

• direct duplication, by copying (or allowing to be copied) another's work, whether from a book, article, Web site, another student's assignment, etc.;

• paraphrasing of another's work closely, with minor changes but with the essential meaning, form and/or progression of ideas maintained;

• piecing together sections of the work of others into a new whole;

• submitting one's own work which has already been submitted for assessment purposes in another subject;

• producing assignments in conjunction with other people (e.g. another student, a tutor) which should be your own independent work.

Where a student is suspected of plagiarism by an examiner, the following procedures will apply:

• the examiner will present the details to the Chair of the Subject Examination Board (usually the Head of Department) who will determine whether to proceed with the matter;

• if the Chair determines to proceed, the student(s) will be invited to a hearing before the relevant subject Examination Board;

• if, after the hearing, the subject Examination Board is of the opinion that the student(s) has been guilty of plagiarism it may:

  • require the student to undertake additional assessment in that subject;

  • return a mark of zero for the piece of assessment;

  • return a fail grade for the subject;

  • refer the matter to the Dean regarding the possible presentation of the case to the University Disciplinary Committee;

  • do more than one of the above.

• In all cases where a penalty is applied to a student, a written notification will be sent by the Chair of the Subject Examination Board to the Education Faculty Office.

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