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Overview: some candidates are able to learn many pages of text by heart. Those brought up with rote learning often don't realise that reproducing such material in a written examination constitutes plagiarism if it is reproduced without attribution. In technical subjects this might be described as 'bookwork' and be perfectly acceptable. In other subjects, Examiners may regard this as plagiarism.
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Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should make it clear that plagiarism can occur in written examinations and explain how candidates should acknowledge sources in such examinations. Examiners are strongly advised to include an appropriate rubric on the front pages of examination papers.
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Overview: reference material is provided in many invigilated examinations and conventions for using such material vary by subject.
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Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance and the rubric should clarify what is permitted: in the absence of such guidance candidates may justifiably feel able to copy anything from the provided material without attribution.
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Overview: in some invigilated examinations candidates are permitted to bring in books which they have indexed and annotated.
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Suggestions for staff and examiners: local guidance should clarify what is and what is not permitted. Phrases such as 'a reasonable amount of annotation' are readily misinterpreted.
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Got a third in my second year and the highest I’ve achieved in third year was 55%Last reply 2 weeks ago
Got a third in my second year and the highest I’ve achieved in third year was 55%