Academic writing and the Transition from Further Education to Higher Education Jayne Foley and Gina Newbury June 2015

What do students need to know? What citing and referencing mean Why it is important to reference the information used How to cite sources in written work using the Harvard referencing style How to include quotations in written work How to write the reference list in the Harvard style

How does referencing Help? Improves academic writing Improves confidence Improves engagement with Programme – Helps avoid Unfair Practice – Student’s mark is set to zero (resit mark will be max of 40) – A referral to University Committee of Enquiry from which could result in exclusion from the programme. – A referral to the Fitness to Practice Panel in University and the NMC/HPC

Why Cite references? Student’s need to cite references to: provide a reference whenever they paraphrase or quote from another source in their work support arguments and give work a factual basis protects against charges of plagiarism demonstrates to assessors or critics that they have carried out the necessary research allows the reader to locate the material they consulted Accuracy and completeness are important. Keep track of all sources throughout the research process.

When do students need to reference? Cite their source when they... paraphrase summarise quote refer to the ideas or theories of another's’ work in their assignments.

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The Reference List At the end of the work, under the heading References, list in full all of the sources that have been cited. Write the list in alphabetical order by the author's last name. Italicise titles of books, reports and conference proceedings. For journal articles, the title of the journal (not the title of the journal article) should be printed in italics. Capitalise the first letter of the publication title, the first letters of all main words in the title of a journal and all first letters of a place name and publisher. Web sites - Author or Editor (if available). Year (if available). Title [Online]. Place: Publisher (if available). Available at: web address of document [Accessed: day Month year]. Above all, references should be accurate, consistent and include all the required information to enable a reader to locate the source.

What students should do Keep track of everything that has been consulted while researching a piece of work. Note down all the details required to reference each source in full before starting to taking notes. Write down the page numbers of any quotes noted. If unsure about the date or place of publication, check the library catalogue. Make sure student’s follow the Harvard style carefully and accurately

What is Unfair Practice? Unfair Practice is defined generally as any act whereby a person might obtain for him/herself or for another, an unpermitted advantage or a higher mark or grade than his/her abilities would otherwise secure. Intention This policy applies to all forms of assessment.

Forms of UP Unfair Practice can take one or more of a number of forms in relation to non- examination and examination conditions. – Plagiarism – Collusion – Self Plagiarism – Examination misconduct (copying, electronic devices, unauthorised source of information) – Acting dishonestly in any way (falsifying data, extenuation circumstances

Plagiarism This is using the words or ideas of others without acknowledging them as such and submitting them for assessment as though they were one's own work. 'Words or ideas' includes figures, diagrams, mathematics formulae, and computer programs. – Lack of referencing – Poor paraphrasing – Incorrect formatting (quotes)

Collusion This takes place when work that has been undertaken by or with others is submitted and passed off as solely the work of one person. This also applies where the work of one student is submitted in the name of another. Where this is done with the knowledge of the originator both parties can be considered to be at fault.

Self Plagiarism The reproduction and presentation for assessment of work that was previously submitted for another assessment. This includes both work submitted for assessment on the student's current programme of study, and work previously submitted as part of another programme of study (within or without the University).

How do we know? Exams – Invigilators Written submissions – Turnitin Other submissions – Markers (specialist area)

Turnitin World wide resource of literature – Books – Journal articles – Previous submissions – Web sites All written submissions go through Turnitin

How do we generate a Turnitin report? The Originality report is automatically generated when you submit an assignment through the Turnitin portal

Turnitin report Example.

Any Questions?