Terms and Descriptions Academic integrity Academic integrity involves upholding ethical standards in all aspects of academic work, including learning, teaching and research. It involves acting with the principles of honesty, fairness, trust and ...

Plagiarism is one of the more common forms of academic misconduct. Students and researchers who plagiarise often say that they only plagiarised because they didn’t know how to reference correctly or because they were under time pressure. These are not good...

Reasons why students might commit academic misconduct There are many reasons students might commit academic misconduct: They may not have understood the instructions for an assessment task Sometimes students manage their time poorly, and copy mater...

This document provides information about the concept of plagiarism and ways in which it can be avoided. For information about the use of ' Turnitin ' software (for text matching online and detecting plagiarism), please refer to your subject lecturer who ...

EndNote is a reference management software used to manage references and format bibliographies. Using EndNote at UOW Our site licence allows all current UOW students and staff to download and use EndNote. It is...

Expand All Collapse All What is plagiarism? Is plagiarism limited to words and ideas? So do I have to provide a source for everything I say? Why should I acknow...

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This page is designed to help students who are writing a policy report for a major assessment, for example for a capstone subject. What is a policy report? A policy report presents what is known about a particular issue or problem. It assembles facts a...

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A team of staff and senior students that are committed to assisting you to reach your study goals. Peer Learning Coaches S...

What is an annotated bibliography? An annotated bibliography is a list of sources relevant to your research that includes concise descriptions and evaluations of your selected sources. The annotations for your sources usually contain a brief summary an...

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Academic integrity is a core value at UOW. It involves acting with honesty, fairness, trust and responsibility and requires respect for knowledge and its development. By becoming a student of UOW, you have agreed to become a member of the UOW academic co...

You can assume that students: have been directed to information about academic integrity during their orientation have access to subject outline information that directs them to the UOW Academic Integrity policy have access to an introductory modul...