UWE Bristol Academic integrity [These slides are available for use on their own, or to insert into induction/presentation materials for students.] Name Title

Academic integrity The University values a culture of honest and mutual trust, (Academic Integrity), and expects all members of the University to respect and uphold these core values. (Academic Regulations and Procedures; G1.1) UWE Assessment Offences Policy us/pdf/Policies/Assessment_offences_policy.pdf

Good academic practice High quality assignments are achieved by using a wide range of resources Drawing ideas from others is an accepted and acceptable aspect of creating new knowledge However, it is important to make it clear what is taken from other people, ie give them credit This is done through systems of “referencing”

You need to reference your sources when… …including other people’s views, concepts, ideas, theories, etc …using facts, statistics, pictures, diagrams, etc, from other sources (including the Internet) …directly quoting the words of another person (written or spoken) …paraphrasing another person or summarising their words or ideas

Benefits of referencing Demonstrates –your respect for other’s ideas –the breadth of the resources you have used –your ability to synthesise knowledge by drawing together and appropriately using different ideas –good assessment practice which therefore gains marks Avoids accusations of an assessment offence (cheating), e.g. Collusion or Plagiarism

Assessment offences Plagiarism “Passing off someone else’s work whether intentionally or unintentionally as your own, for your own benefit” Carroll,J.(2002) Collusion “Working together to produce assessed work in circumstances where this is forbidden.” Barrett & Cox (2005)

Avoiding plagiarism Understand more about plagiarism Learn to reference correctly Workshops and resources to help you with this are widely available at UWE on the study skills web site: –