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Plagiarism

What is plagiarism?

The Student Handbook provides a definition and context for how the University views and provides support for avoiding plagiarism in your academic writing. University regulations Section E, Regulations For The Assessment of Students on Taught Programmes of Study provides further definitions of what constitutes plagiarism.

The Academic Skills Community on myBU (Plagiarism section) contains further advice and related activities for students.

For information on student workshops please contact Library and Learning Support on +44 (0) 1202 965959.

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Where can I find more information?

The University's guide to Citing References tells you how to acknowledge other people's work using the Harvard Referencing System.

The Copyright Compliance web page helps you to ensure that you are also working within the copyright regulations.

The JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service External Link offers general advice and guidance on plagiarism to both staff and students.

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