Plagiarism
Plagiarism is considered a serious academic offence. All use of any source material must be clearly and correctly referenced in your assignments. Presenting any work or ideas from other sources as your own, without acknowledgement, is not allowed.
Check the University's guidelines to avoid accusations of plagiarism or cheating. If you find these regulations unclear or difficult to understand, do not hesitate to contact your course convenor, The Division for Academic and Student Affairs, or the Library.
Below you will find some useful resources about plagiarism. The Division for Academic and Student Affairs will also provide more general information about "Cheating and plagiarism", which will be published on the website under "Examination".
Rules and regulations at VID
- Examination
We have gathered all information about examination in one place. Read about what is happening before, during and after the examination, find resources and contact information if you have questions.
- Act relating to universities and university colleges, Section 4-7.Annulment of examinations or tests, Section 4-8.Exclusion and expulsion
Useful resources on writing, referencing and plagiarism
Research Ethics Committees – resources on cheating and plagiarism in bachelor's and master's theses
8. Good citation practice
All research should follow good citation practice. Recognition of the work of others is important to maintain a collegial culture and it is a precondition for accountability and critique.
Good citation practice is about recognising the work of others. Researcher should build on others’ work in a respectful, thorough, and accountable manner, in line with good citation practice.
Good citation practice is necessary to verify claims and arguments. Researchers should provide accurate references to all sources they make use of. This also applies when reusing text from one’s own publications and when using sources that are not scientific. References should be sufficiently specific to allow others to locate, evaluate, and interpret the content in its original context.
The research community has a collective responsibility to comply with and communicate norms for good citation practice. Teachers and supervisors have a particular responsibility to ensure that students and PhD candidates are taught good citation practice.
10. Plagiarism
Stealing someone else’s work and presenting it as one’s own is incompatible with good scientific practice.
In research ethics, plagiarism involves stealing the work of others, fully or partially, and presenting it as one’s own. The most obvious form of plagiarism is direct reproduction of text, although it also encompasses paraphrasing if the statement is close to the original source. Plagiarism may also imply presenting the ideas, hypotheses, concepts, theories, interpretations, data, design, illustrations, or results of others as one’s own (the list is not comprehensive). Plagiarism is incompatible with good scientific practice.