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Plagiarism & Academic Integrity

Welcome

Welcome to the Plagiarism & Academic Integrity website. This site will function as a central resource and hub for staff and students at The University of New South Wales. From the outset UNSW has taken an educative rather than a punitive approach to issues of plagiarism. This site is integral to The Learning Centre and the UNSW's educative commitment.

Three Steps to Avoiding Plagiarism

This site aims to address three issues that often result in plagiarism: unfamiliarity with the concept of plagiarism; knowing how it occurs, and developing the necessary academic skills to avoid plagiarism. Text-only overview

Know what plagiarism is
Know how plagiarism happens
Develop effective academic skills

Using this site

If you are a student you can use this collection of resources (worked examples, activities and links) to improve your all-round academic literacy and, consequently, reduce the possibilities for plagiarism.

This icon will take you to an activity you can try, or an example you can work through.

If you are a member of staff you will be able to use this to site to keep yourself abreast of all the issues, policies and research that surround plagiarism and academic integrity.

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Authorised by the Director, The Learning Centre, and the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education & Quality Improvement)
General enquiries: i.collinson@unsw.edu.au or t.downey@unsw.edu.au • Technical enquiries: t.downey@unsw.edu.au
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