What is referencing and how do I avoid plagiarism?
Referencing
The work you submit for assessment must be your own and should reflect the amount of effort you have put into the assessment.
The state that:
'All work for classes and seminars as well as scripts (which include, for example, essays, dissertations and any other work, including computer programs) must be the student's own work. Quotations must be placed properly within quotation marks or indented and must be cited fully. All paraphrased material must be acknowledged. Infringing this requirement, whether deliberately or not, or passing off the work of others as the work of the student, whether deliberately or not, is plagiarism.
A student’s own work consists of:
- Work written exclusively by the student, which may draw upon source material but does not copy this material directly.
- Work produced by collaboration expressly allowed by the department or institute concerned (e.g. group project) or, at MPhil/PhD level, allowed under the for Research Degrees.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism refers to the use of any work of others without proper referencing, whether published or not, and can include the