PLAGIARISM POLICY
(Publication Date: 01st September 2012
Reviewed on: 1st September 2014
Next Review Due: 1st September 2015)
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PLAGIARISM POLICY
1 Definition - Cheating
Cheating is an attempt to deceive the assessor/Internal Verifier. It includes but is not
limited to situations when you:
1.1 communicate or attempt to communicate with a fellow student or individual who
is neither an invigilator nor member of staff.
1.2 attempts to introduce or consult during the examination any unauthorised
printed or written material, or electronic, calculating or information storage devices
3.3 impersonate or allow you to be impersonated.
2 Definitions - Plagiarism
2.1 Plagiarism occurs whenever you present as your own the results of another
person, whatever the medium (text, written or electronic, computer programmes,
data sets, visual images).
2.2 All assessed work including, examinations, assignments and Projects, must be
your own work and must acknowledge assistance given (including from fellow
students or supervisors) and the detailed input into the work from the major sources
involved.
2.3 The passing off of work of others as your work is plagiarism. Any quotation from
published or unpublished works of other persons including other candidates must be
duly acknowledged.
Teaching Staff Responsibility:
1. If teaching staff suspects plagiarism with examination work then the Internal
Verifier (IV) should be alerted immediately to the issue. IV will deal with it
depending on the severity of the plagiarism. If it is a minor offence such as the
student forgetting to include a resource in the bibliography or failing to cite a
small amount of text and the student can be given time to rectify this before
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the exam deadline then this should be dealt with by the department. If it is
a more serious offence involving students copying work, collusion or major
sections of work plagiarised then the Course Director must be informed by the
IV. The college will then take appropriate action. In the majority of cases this
will involve informing the External Body of the offence.
2. All Teaching staff will need to ensure that students are aware of what
constitutes as ‘Cheating’ and Plagiarism’.
Penalties for Plagiarism and Cheating Offence:
Cheating
Students found cheating during examinations will fail the particular module and will
be either asked to re-sit the exam or will be expelled if repeat offender.
Plagiarism
Students who are deemed for have committed minor plagiarism such as
- Forgotten to mention the source of their work in assignments
- Copied a small part of text material or Internet without putting the reference
Will be given a written warning 1 to ensure that student don’t commit the same
mistake again; which will go in student’s file
In Cases where it is not clear which parts are original and which parts are quoted;
- Students’ Marks will be deducted and 2nd/3rd Warning will give which will be
go in student’s file
Students who have committed a more serious plagiarism offence such as
- Repeat Offenders who have committed plagiarism more than once
- An exact Copy or replica of Text Material/Internet, another student’s or any
other source other them him/herself
The whole module will be considered as ‘failed’ and student will have to either retake
the failed module or college will expel (If repeat offender) the student
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