You are reminded that all work submitted as part of the requirements for any examination and assessment (including coursework) must be expressed in your own words and incorporate your own ideas and judgements.

Plagiarism, which is the presentation of another person's thoughts, words or images and diagrams as though they were your own and which is a form of academic misconduct, must be avoided, with particular care in coursework, essays, reports and projects written in your own time. You are encouraged to read and criticise the work of others as much as possible, and you are expected to incorporate this into your thinking and in your coursework and assessments. But you must be sure to acknowledge and identify your sources.

Direct quotations from the published or unpublished work of others, whether from the internet or from any other source, must always be clearly identified as such by the use of quotation marks, whether in coursework or in an open or closed book examination. A full reference to their source must be provided in the proper form. Remember that a series of short quotations from several different sources, if not clearly identified as such, constitutes plagiarism just as much as a single unacknowledged long quotation from a single source. Equally, if you summarise another person's ideas or judgements, figures, diagrams or software, you must refer to that person in your text, and include the work referred to in your bibliography.

In the case of group work, you should be aware that you have a collective professional responsibility as a group for the integrity of all of the work submitted for assessment by that group. If you become aware that a member or members of the group may have plagiarised part of the group’s submission you have an obligation to report your suspicions to your I-Explore module lead.

The use of the work of another student, past or present, also constitutes plagiarism. Where work is used without the consent of that student, this will normally be regarded as a major offence of plagiarism. Giving your work to another student to use (other than in a group assessment) may also constitute an offence.  Further, submission without reference of your own work previously submitted elsewhere falls under the offence of self-plagiarism.

Finally, collusion is when you present for any type of assessment work undertaken in collaboration with another as entirely your own work or when you collaborate with another student on work which is submitted as that other student’s work.

The College may submit your work to an external plagiarism detection service, and will investigate all instances where an examination or assessment offence is reported and apply appropriate penalties to students who are found guilty. These penalties include a mark of zero for the assessment in which the examination offence occurred or a mark of zero for all the assessments in that year or exclusion from all future examinations of the College (i.e. expulsion from the College).

The College's formal position on academic misconduct is detailed in the Academic Misconduct Policy and Procedures, which lists what the College categorises as misconduct and thus completely unacceptable.

For advice on avoiding plagiarim in your Horizons/ I-Explore module, please consult the relevant field of study handbook. 

Students taking a BPES module as part of I-Explore should refer to the guidance on the Hub.