What is the Law in your Life?

5 things you need to know about plagiarism:

1.   Plagiarism is defined in Oxford Dictionaries as “the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own”.

2.   The policing of plagiarism in educational institutions is very topical as a result of digital communications and the scope of the internet. Plagiarism is often described as academic fraud.

3.   Software detection systems such as Turnitin are now increasingly used as a supplement to academic review.

4.   Ignorance of the law of an institution’s regulations is not an excuse – these are usually made known to students during class and/or as a condition of matriculation.

5.   Given the ease of availability of published texts on almost any subject these days, is there not a case for referencing techniques to be taught at a much earlier age in school?