Plagiarism
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Plagiarism is a big deal at university. It’s basically passing someone else’s work off as your own. However, it’s not as obvious as it sounds. It’s very easy to plagiarise if you don’t fully understand how to reference your work correctly. The worst thing about plagiarism is not that you will get poor marks, but worse, as you could fail.
It is really important to get to grips with what plagiarism is and fully understand the consequences if you are caught plagiarising. Plagiarism is an important issue within higher education and once you arrive at university your tutors will discuss this further with you. Don’t be shy, ask your tutor lots of questions if you are unsure, it is better to be fully informed so that you can avoid all forms of plagiarism.
Here’s a video showing a basic mistake loads of students make to get you thinking about plagiarism….
If you are keen to get the ball rolling and want to get an idea of what plagiarism is all about then watch the podcast - also available in Chinese!The podcast gives a good description of plagiarism and is well worth checking out. If you are eager to find out more about plagiarism, look at some examples and find out about Turnitin (a plagiarism detection tool used at UCLan) then please look at the additional information. It is also well worth seeing what the Students Union has to say about plagiarism.