What is plagiarism?

Plagiarism is the act of presenting other people's words, ideas and creations as your own work. You are not presenting others words ideas and creations as your own if you acknowledge that they belong to others. Plagiarism can happen intentionally or unintentionally and is probably the most common form of academic misconduct.

Plagiarism may take a number of forms, including:

UWS policy on plagiarism
Plagiarism is cheating and is regarded as grounds for failure, suspension and expulsion.
UWS students need to read and understand the UWS Student Academic Misconduct Policy, Section 2 Plagiarism (http://policies.uws.edu.au/view.current.php?id=00051)