Plagiarism Definition and Approach
Plagiarism When a student begins a course of study, they are often warned at the outset of the academic year not to plagiarise the work of other individuals. Typically, the student will receive guidelines on how to ensure they avoid plagiarising content in the module handbooks distributed at the beginning of the course. This section provides a concise and practical guide to avoiding plagiarism, highlighting the common traps students can easily fall into if they do not use and reference material correctly. Definition of Plagiarism In short, plagiarism is the act of using another individuals work without giving them due credit. In an academic context, plagiarism refers to the process of students attempting to pass off another authors work as their own. An alternative definition of plagiarism is proffered by the University of Oxford who instead suggest that plagiarism is the practice of presenting someone else’s work as one’s own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into yo...