1. How is plagiarism defined at the University of Leeds?

How does this differ from the definition of fraudulent or fabricated coursework? Plagiarism is defined as submitting somebody elses work and making it as own. Work means any intellectual output, and typically includes text, data, images, sound or performance. (University of Leeds website) Fraudulent or fabricated coursework is defined as work, particularly reports of laboratory or practical work that is untrue and/or made up, submitted to satisfy the requirements of a University Assessment in whole or in part (University of Leeds ). 2. What is the purpose of the Declaration of Academic Integrity? The purpose of Declaration of Academic Integrity is that the student has submitted his own piece of work without the help of the external source and not copied someone elses performance. It is the form of consent that student gives to the university regarding the distribution or copying of the material so that the regulations of the university are not breached. 3. What are the most serious and least serious penalties that can be applied to a level 1 student for a first offence? The most serious penalty that can be applied to the student who has committed plagiarism is the expulsion from the university with no award. The second case which is least serious is that the student is the whole or in part of the course work must be redone. In most cases a penalty in the form of loss of marks or credits, or temporary or permanent discontinuation of studies, will be applied. Work submitted as part of a plagiarism penalty is considered to be a second attempt. Such work must pass the standards and must be free of plagiarism. The mark for the whole course is given zero. 4. What is the most serious penalty that can be imposed for plagiarism? The most serious penalty that can be applied to the student who has committed plagiarism is the expulsion from the university with no award.

5. Under the section Plagiarism - what is it?' three important points are made. What are they? Plagiarism committed by accident is still considered an offence which could be lack of awareness and is not a sufficient excuse. Plagiarism can occur in any type of work submitted for marks. So this is not just written assignments, but also presentations, computer code, art work, performances etc. Plagiarism is not about the stealing of ideas, words etc without the permission of the original author. It does not matter whether the original author has consented or not.

6. What is the definition of collusion? The dictionary meaning of collusion is A secret agreement between two or more parties for a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose. Collusion occurs when two or more students consciously collaborate in the preparation and production of work which is ultimately submitted by each in an identical or similar form. Collusion also occurs where there is unauthorized co-operation between a student and another person in the preparation and production of work which is presented as the students own.

7. Please look at the examples and complete the quiz to make sure that you fully understand the nuances of the process and procedures.

8. What are the main points being made for journalists? The main points that are being made for journalists are Copying: A journalist is expected to provide clear and true attribution for all sources, including copied text. Trying to pass off fiction as fact: which could be the result of lying or making things up. Paraphrasing: Re-writing the words in own phrase and putting quotation marks referring the text sited by the other person. Creating composite characters: To write about real people, quote their real words, and to describe only real events that you witnessed. It is similar to making thing or person up. Describing events: The journalist must make it clear about the event that he did not witnessed by providing the explanations to the reader. Hiding a person's identity: Is done sometimes to protect the person from harm. But the journalist should specify the reason for doing so otherwise he would lose the confidence of the reader. Anonymous sources: journalist must avoid using anonymous sources. He should give the person's full name, so that he get the readers confidence in his story. Mishandling quotes obtained in an interview: quoted material is very important and must always be handled with great care and attention. 9. Enter plagiarism into Google. How many sites does it find? Having looked at the Leeds site and two others you select through Google, please give three reasons why detection and penalties are so important that they are part of University and professional organization regulations. The plagiarism search on google produced About 12,600,000 results. And the plagiarism leeds search narrows it down to 534,000 results. The three main reasons why detection and penalties are so important as follows To prevent the offence against academic values. To evaluate the students on the fair grounds (http://www.ehow.com/facts_5972805_plagiarismimportant-issue-college_.html) To prevent malpractice. (http://www.ehow.com/plagiarism-penalties/)