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Plagiarism & Open access

Plagiarism

The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) defines plagiarism as: Unacknowledged copying from published sources (including the Internet) or incomplete referencing (JCQ, 2008, p28).

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The short video below outlines the main types of plagiarism...

A Ted Ed video outlining the importance of avoiding plagiarising.

Open Access

Open access publishing is the means by which peer-reviewed research is made freely available online, with as few restrictions on how the works may be re-used as possible.
Researchers make thair publications open access so that their work visible to those who do not have institutional subscriptions to journals or e-books.

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