However, at times when many graduate students are submitting theses, particularly at Easter and from late July to early November, demand may be such that it is not possible to complete all work within 48 hours. It is then necessary to restrict work to the two copies required by the examiners and so ensure than all students are able to submit on time. The other copies are bound as soon as possible, Students are advised to present their work in good time for binding or alteration. No work can be promised in less than 48 hours. Plagiarism University regulations require that the thesis must be the student s own work, and examiners are asked to certify that this is the case or, if the work was done in collaboration, that the candidate s share in the research is adequate.
Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use of another person s ideas, words or work.
At one extreme it may involve the submission of the whole or part of a book or paper towards a degree. At the other extreme, it may occur unintentionally because the student is unclear as to the use which can be made of the work of others in the field without committing plagiarism. A full reference to the original source must be provided. The substitution of a few words in an otherwise verbatim passage will not obviate the need to use quotation marks and to provide a full reference. Ideas and data which are your own or are truly in the public domain may be included without attribution, but should be expressed in your own words.