Bath Spa University Students' Union

Plagiarism...

plagiarism

Plagiarism is one of the biggest problems that Students get accused of and can have big consequences academically!

What are the Consequences?

Warning Letter
Having a module capped at 40%
Being kicked out of University
Officially marked as a cheat

As you can see students can receive severe penalties and there are cases where these are awarded.

So what is Plagiarism?

Submitting work that is not your work.
- If you submit a piece of work to count towards your grade, and this work is not your own, you are technically stealing and will be penalised.
Failing to reference cited sources
- If you fail to accurately acknowledge ideas, views or any material from other sources, you will be accused of plagiarising. The University rarely accepts ignorance as an excuse so be warned.
Double Counting
- Although plagiarism is generally defined as stealing someone else’s work and passing it off as your own. You can now be held accountable of plagiarising by stealing your own work.

Although this sounds a little oxymoronic, the University will hold you accountable to ‘cheating’ if you re-use previous work without relevant referencing.

Technology is increasing the chances of being detected should you plagiarise:

The University is currently affiliated with TurnitinUK a company which stores hundreds of thousands articles and scans a large amount of the Internet. Furthermore it stores all essays handed in at all Universities in previous years.