Turnitin Word Count

There is a method to the madness

it is supposed to stop students relying on quotations and overciting, instead engaging closely with fewer refs and developing their own argument

Works for some of us (definitely did for me, my PhD thesis had fewer than 100 references) but not all.

I did a BSc/MSc in biological sciences so I guess that makes sense the difference in rules. We kinda need the references from journals and I barely ever use quotes 😅

aha! That'll be it!

Yes my degree is also a science degree so you have to use journals and reference them