Plagiarism is defined as deliberately representing someone else's ideas or work as your own without giving the correct acknowledgement to the source of the information. When carrying out an assignment student's are allowed to quote another person's work if it is relevant to that topic. However, they must accurately reference where they got this quote and whose quote it is in both the text and reference list at the end.
When a student has completed their assignment, they have submitted their assignment through a plagiarism detection software called 'Turnitin' which highlights the percentage of the assignment that is plagiarised. It is a very serious academic offence to plagiarise any work. If a student's work is found to have been plagiarised brought before their college board and disciplinary procedures will be taken. Plagiarism can lead to a student being kicked out of college and losing out on their degree.
When I am carrying out any assignment I carefully make sure that any work that I have sourced from an internet site or book is correctly referenced in both the text and the reference list. I also make sure that I have clearly shown the parts of my assignment that are direct quotes. I also put my own words and understanding of the topic into the assignment. Before handing in my assignment I check that the work I have got from a second hand source is properly referenced.
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