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Plagiarism Compliance Statement

On 15 Feb 2005, The Vice-Chancellor approved a new policy,
"Student Plagiarism: Course Work Policy and Procedure".

Part C.8.1 of this policy, "Preventing Plagiarism - Compliance Statements", states that,

"All students are required to submit a signed statement of compliance with all Work submitted to the University for assessment, presentation or publication. A statement of compliance must be in the form of:
  1. University assignment cover sheet;

  2. University electronic form; or

  3. University written statement;

certifying that no part of the Work constitutes a breach of this Policy."

The University is investigating the best way to implement this policy within the learning management systems on campus.

In the interim, we suggest that lecturers take the following measures in good faith:

  • Place this [image] of the compliance statement on the assignment submission and quiz introduction pages, along with a link to the Plagiarism Policy
  • Incorporate the compliance statement into your assignment coversheet, or provide the statement as a separate document to be submitted with the assignment.

You can download and edit the [rtf version] of the statement to suit your needs. Students will be able to type their name and date of submission into this document. If they provide this information elsewhere in the assignment, you can delete these lines.

Policy Compliance Statement for electronically submitted assignments


STUDENT PLAGIARISM: COURSE WORK - POLICY AND PROCEDURE COMPLIANCE STATEMENT INDIVIDUAL / COLLABORATIVE WORK

By submitting this assignment through My eLearning, I / We certify that:


  1. I/We have read and understood the University of Sydney Student Plagiarism: Coursework Policy and Procedure;
  2. I/We understand that failure to comply with the Student Plagiarism: Coursework Policy and Procedure can lead to the University commencing proceedings against me/us for potential student misconduct under Chapter 8 of the University of Sydney By-Law 1999 (as amended);
  3. this Work is substantially my/our own, and to the extent that any part of this Work is not my/our own I/we have indicated that it is not my/our own by Acknowledging the Source of that part or those parts of the Work.