{"id":9843,"date":"2024-11-19T09:32:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T09:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=9843"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:50:00","slug":"plagiarism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/nso\/plagiarism\/","title":{"rendered":"Plagiarism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9843\" class=\"elementor elementor-9843\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b65bdde e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b65bdde\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4d6f43 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d4d6f43\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4edc5bd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4edc5bd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Plagiarism<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3939267b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3939267b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Plagiarism is the act of using someone else&#8217;s work or ideas without proper acknowledgment, violating ethical and academic standards.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41a69075 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41a69075\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52c800c4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"52c800c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-103b4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"103b4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a99374 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6a99374\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04678ed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"04678ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fb57a0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fb57a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c46b815 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c46b815\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is plagiarism?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2fa4ad e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c2fa4ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fdcd8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fdcd8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The word \u201cplagiarise\u201d comes from the Latin word\u00a0<em>plagium<\/em>\u00a0which means \u201cthe act of kidnapping\u201d. Kidnapping is \u201csnatching\u201d or \u201ctaking furtively and illicitly that which is not your own\u201d.<\/p><p>Applied to intellectual property, it is the appropriation of another\u2019s work without proper acknowledgement.<\/p><p><strong>Plagiarism Definition<\/strong>:\u00a0 is the act of taking words, ideas and thoughts of others and passing them off as your own. It is dishonest and punishable to represent as your own ideas, words and academic work that belong to another person, whether unintentionally or deliberately.<\/p><p><strong>Consequences<\/strong>: serious academic offence that can lead to the rejection of your dissertation or research project.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a600cef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3a600cef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-111f0754 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"111f0754\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68d86480 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68d86480\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">VUT Plagiarism Policy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b1c3d46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b1c3d46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Students are reminded that they must give credit to the sources they use.\u00a0 The following are regarded as plagiarism:<\/p><ul><li>Copying words or ideas without giving credit.<\/li><li>Failing to put a quotation in quotation marks.<\/li><li>Giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation.<\/li><li>Turning in someone else\u2019s work as your own.<\/li><li>It involves stealing someone else\u2019s work and lying about it afterwards.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-282adfe6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"282adfe6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e3d5084 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e3d5084\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vut-research.ac.za\/postgraduate-applications-masters-doctoral-degrees\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"343\" 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data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3df76ab3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3df76ab3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lib.vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/vut-higher-degrees-guide.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"444\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Postgraduate-Studies.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3266\" alt=\"Postgraduate Studies\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Postgraduate-Studies.png 444w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Postgraduate-Studies-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Postgraduate-Studies-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" title=\" \u2013 Vaal University of Technology\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-166439c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"166439c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">For more information consult VUT Higher Degrees Guide<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32cd80f9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"32cd80f9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27994f75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27994f75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Turnitin<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4775a02d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4775a02d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Turnitin is an anti-plagiarism software or originality checking software that assist detect plagiarism before submitting your work. It compares your research work against over 12 billion web pages, and millions of other books, journals, newspapers, and other student papers.<\/p><p>Once your work is loaded on Turnitin, results are returned in the form of customized originality reports. Any text matches found in Turnitin database are highlighted and linked to the source. Originality reports allow the supervisor or faculty to determine of whether plagiarism has occurred or not.<\/p><p>Students are encouraged to check their work on Turnitin before submitting.<\/p><p>Should you need training on using Turnitin, kindly contact your Faculty Information Librarian.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plagiarism Plagiarism is the act of using someone else&#8217;s work or ideas without proper acknowledgment, violating ethical and academic standards. 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