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Plagiarism

Plagiarism. What you need to know Cath Crosby and Dave Powell School of Social Sciences and Law University of Teesside. What is “plagiarism”?. It is a form of cheating.

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Plagiarism

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  1. Plagiarism What you need to know Cath Crosby and Dave Powell School of Social Sciences and Law University of Teesside

  2. What is “plagiarism”? • It is a form of cheating. • Essentially it arises when students submit work which they claim to be their own, when some or all of the work is actually someone else’s.

  3. How does this happen? • Commonly it arises in three ways: • By copying from another student(s) • Copying from textbooks / journals etc. • Copying / downloading material from the internet.

  4. What is the effect of a plagiarism finding? • All cases of suspected plagiarism must be reported. • If a student is found guilty of the offence, the normal penalty is for a mark of zero to be recorded for that module, (providing it is at level 1 or 2). A referral may be offered at the discretion of the Assessment Board.

  5. Effect of a finding: • If the finding relates to a module at Level 3 or a dissertation? • The normal penalty is a nil mark with no referral opportunity and no opportunity to restudy!

  6. You may be thinking that’s worth taking the risk? • The penalties above are University penalties applying to all students. • However, for law students findings also have to be reported to the Law Society and the Bar – you will be refused admission and cannot practice!

  7. How to avoid plagiarism: • Ensure that the work you submit is your own! • Any passages quoted, paraphrased or opinions relied upon must be properly attributed. • Do not copy or paraphrase whole sentences or more.

  8. How to avoid plagiarism: • Acknowledge the sources of your material by putting quotes in quotation marks and referencing the source. • When paraphrasing (expressing the meaning in other words) again, acknowledge the source!

  9. Example 1: • Stone, R. The Modern Law of Contract,5th.Ed. p115: Another way of approaching the issue of ‘intention’ would be through formal requirements. Should appear as:- “Another way of approaching the issue of ‘intention’ would be through formal requirements.” Footnote as Stone, R. The Modern Law of Contract, p115.

  10. Example 2: • Stone, R. The Modern Law of Contract,5th.Ed. p115: Another way of approaching the issue of ‘intention’ would be through formal requirements. If paraphrasing: Formal requirements could be introduced to deal with the issue of intention. (Stone,R.)

  11. Plagiarism • Note all work will be randomly sampled and checked. • Warning - work taken from the internet is unlikely to answer the assessment question we have set. It is also likely to be poor quality – anyone can post material! • Simply citing a source in your bibliography will never be sufficient if you’ve copied!!!

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