What is plagiarism?
This following extract is taken from our ‘General Regulations and Procedures affecting students 2006/2007’ : “Plagiarism is the deliberate attempt to gain advantage by presenting work that is not the student’s own as if it were. Plagiarism is commonly the word for word substantial duplication of phrases or sentences in written work, or in oral presentations, where the source is deliberately not mentioned. This definition of plagiarism also extends to non-written forms of production (for example, in performance, design, the making of artifacts or other objects) where equivalent duplications are made. In all cases, such sources may include the work of other students at the University or another institution or contracted third parties. The University reserves the right to test any student’s work for plagiarism. This includes the submission of student work in anonymised form to third parties for electronic testing.
IASTED defines plagiarism as the verbatim copying or paraphrasing of ideas or words without properly citing the author or the source. This includes: • Verbatim copying of another author’s words but not differentiating the text from one’s own (i.e. not using quotation marks), with or without proper citation; • Copying equations, diagrams, processes, results or computer codes that are not common knowledge, without proper citation; and • Verbatim copying or extensive reuse of one’s own previously published work without proper citation (self-plagiarism).
Work submitted by you for assessment must be your own. If you try to pass off the work of others as your own you will be guilty of plagiarism. The School defines plagiarism as: “All work for classes and seminars as well as scripts (which include, for example, examinations, essays, dissertations and any other work, including computer programs) must be the student’s own work. The definition of a student’s own work shall include work produced by collaboration expressly permitted by the department or institute concerned. Quotations must be placed properly within quotation marks and must be cited fully and all paraphrased material must be acknowledged completely. Infringing this requirement, whether deliberately or not, or the deliberate or accidental passing off of the work of others as the work of the student is plagiarism.” (Para 10. LSE Regulations on Assessment Offences and Plagiarism) The School imposes tough penalties in cases where plagiarism is discovered. Ignorance of the rules is
