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Plagiarism
Plagiarism undermines academic integrity. The
University's Rule Book for Students (2008: 23-24) says the following:
"The credibility of the Institution as a proud provider of top caliber
tertiary, career-specific education and training is dependent on its
academic integrity as embodied in the worthiness and honesty of its staff,
students and graduates, and consequently of the qualifications it awards.
The Institution is uncompromising in safeguarding its academic integrity.
the following fraudulent acts, if committed by students, will be regarded as
undermining the Institution's academic integrity and will therefore be
severely dealt with:
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- plagiarism, i.e. the submission by a student without
acknowledgement of written, visual, or oral material originally produced by
someone else, purporting to be the student's own work, for example, copying
directly from any text (including the Internet) without using quotation
marks and proper referencing; presenting someone else's ideas using the
student's words but with proper referencing ...
The site below gives some useful information and help regarding plagiarism
and how to avoid it.
http://www.plagiarism.org
DUT
Plagiarism Policy
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