Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the use of someone else's work, either copied or paraphrased, which you pass off as your own by failing to cite its true source. Any phrases and sentences taken from any other work (including any other student essay) must be set out as a quotation by being enclosed in inverted commas, or, in the case of longer quotes, indented.

The work from which it is taken must be acknowledged in a footnote. When you need to set out the argument of an authority, paraphrasing is preferable to quotation at length. In either case, the authority must be properly cited. It is usual also to mention the name of the authority in the text, often with an indication of why you consider it important.

Plagiarism in any form is unethical and unacceptable. A paper of which any portion is plagiarised may well be failed and even receive no mark at all. This also applies to unauthorised collaboration between students.

See also the Faculty of Music plagiarism policy. All written work submitted in the Faculty must be accompanied by the Faculty plagiarism declaration.

Plagiarism Declaration (pdf)