ASSESSED COURSEWORK

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Module Leader Module Code Module Name Title of Coursework (please provide whole question) Word count (not including bibliography and appendices) Date of submission

Statement of Authenticity By submittin! this assi!nment throu!h Blac"board# $ confirm % That this &or" is my o&n and that $ ha'e not (la!iarised the &or" of others in any form &hatsoe'er) % That $ am a&are of the Uni'ersity*s definition of +la!iarism and understand ho& it can be a'oided) % That this &or"# or any (art of it# has not been (re'iously submitted to the Uni'ersity of Bradford for assessment in any other module) % That $ ha'e read and understood the information (ro'ided belo&) Si!ned ,,,,,,,,),,,,, Date ,,,,,,,,,,,,))

PLAGIARISM +la!iarism is the co(yin! or ac-uirin! of the &or" of others and# directly or indirectly# claimin! it to be your o&n inde(endent and ori!inal &or") This is &hat the Uni'ersity of Bradford (olicy on academic inte!rity says about (la!iarism .A dissertation# thesis# essay# (ro/ect or any other &or" &hich is not underta"en in an e0amination room under su(er'ision but &hich is submitted by a student for formal assessment must be &ritten by the student and in the student*s o&n &ords# e0ce(t for -uotations from (ublished and un(ublished source# &hich shall be clearly indicated and ac"no&led!ed as such,1 $f you co(y &or" for assessment# it defeats the &hole (ur(ose of the e0ercise) When &or" that you ha'e co(ied is mar"ed it is not your (ro!ress that is bein! e'aluated but that of somebody else) And if it is someone else*s &or"# the feedbac" you recei'e &ill not hel( you im(ro'e your o&n (otential) +la!iarism is an issue that the Uni'ersity of Bradford ta"es 'ery seriously and is treated as a form of Academic Misconduct (or cheatin!)) There are four main forms of plagiarism 2) Co(yin! or usin! another (erson*s &or"# includin! the &or" of another student (&ith or &ithout their consent)# and claimin! or (retendin! it to be your o&n3 4) +resentin! ar!uments that use a blend of your o&n and the directly co(ied &ords of the ori!inal author# &ith or &ithout ac"no&led!in! the source3 5) +ara(hrasin! another (erson*s &or"# but not !i'in! due ac"no&led!ement to the ori!inal &riter or or!anisation (ublishin! the &ritin!# includin! &or" on $nternet sites3 6) Colludin! &ith other students and submittin! identical or near identical &or") 7o&e'er it is 'ery im(ortant that you are a&are of Self8+la!iarism) This is described in a document called .What is Academic Misconduct1 &hich is a'ailable on the Le!al and 9o'ernance &ebsite) :ou must not submit the same assi!nment# or the any (art of that assi!nment# as the assessment for t&o modules# nor should you .cut and (aste1 lar!e sections of &or" from one submission into another) :ou can refer to your o&n &or" (&hether submitted for another module or (ublished else&here) but you must ac"no&led!e this by citin! the ori!inal &or"# /ust li"e any other source that sha(es your o&n &or") !o" #o a$oi% plagiarism A((lyin!# analysin!# criticisin! or -uotin! other (eo(le*s &or" is e0(ected of you and is (erfectly acce(table (ro'idin! you al&ays 2) Attem(t to summari;e or restate in your o&n &ords another (erson*s &or"# and !i'e ac"no&led!ement to that (erson) This is usually done by citin! your sources in the te0t of the assi!nment and (resentin! a list of references at the bac" 3 or 4) By al&ays usin! -uotation mar"s (or indentin! len!thy -uotations in your te0t) to distin!uish bet&een the actual &ords of the &riter and your o&n &ords) <nce a!ain# you &ould cite all these sources in the te0t strai!ht after the -uote and (resent full details of these in your list of references) Using Turni#in :ou must be 'ery careful to ensure that your submission is free from +la!iarism before you submit it) All submissions are made electronically 'ia Turnitin &hich is a (iece of soft&are that is able to identify .non8 ori!inal1 content &ithin a submission) When you submit your &or" it is matched to (re'iously submitted &or" both at the Uni'ersity of Bradford# on the &eb and &or" submitted to other Uni'ersities across the &orld) :ou &ill be (resented &ith an <ri!inality =e(ort &hich &ill hi!hli!ht any non8ori!inal content in your &or") :ou are (ermitted to submit a draft 'ersion of your &or" to Turnitin before the final submission deadline) This &ill allo& you to see the <ri!inality =e(ort for the draft and to address any issues that the re(ort identifies) The re(ort can ta"e a fe& hours to !enerate# so !i'e yourself sufficient time to recei'e and e0amine the re(ort and to be able to &or" on your submission as necessary before the deadline (asses) $t is essential that you understand &hat is e0(ected and ho& (la!iarism can be a'oided) The uni'ersity (ro'ides a !reat deal of resources to hel( students understand their res(onsibilities) $nformation about these ser'ices is a'ailable at the LSS &or"sho( site) $f there are any s(ecific issues relatin! to (la!iarism and or Turnitin (lease contact the rele'ant Module Leader or your +ersonal Academic Tutor)