Fit to Sit Policy and Plagiarism Declaration

The University operates a fit to sit policy whereby you, in submitting or presenting yourself for an assessment, are declaring that you are fit to sit the assessment. You cannot subsequently claim that your performance in this assessment was affected by extenuating factors.

Plagiarism and Unfair Practice Declaration:

By submitting this assessment, you declare that it is your own work and that the sources of information and material you have used (including the internet) have been fully identified and properly acknowledged as required1

. Additionally, the work presented has not been submitted for any other assessment. You also understand that the Faculty reserves the right to investigate allegations of plagiarism or unfair practice which, if proven, could result in a fail in this assessment and may affect your progress.

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Assessment guidance:-

1. Your detailed academic poster is to be one sided. You can decide what tool you want to use to design your poster but PowerPoint is a useful application. There are lots of academic poster guidance videos for you to explore via YouTube.

2. As this is a Masters level assessment, there is an expectation that at least 20 appropriate references are used to support your critical discussion within your poster.

3. The reference list (presented as per the USW Harvard referencing guide) is to be attached to your submitted poster (on a separate page i.e. page 2 of your poster). Please speak to Student Advice Zone if you are unsure how to reference as per USW Harvard Referencing.

4. You will be required to upload your detailed academic poster to the ‘Assessment 1 submission point – Academic Poster’ within the ‘Assessment’ area of your module page (via the menu link on the left hand side of the module page) by Monday 15th March 2021 (23:59 GMT latest).

5. One you have submitted your detailed academic poster, you will be required to undertake a 15 minute presentation of your poster, taking your audience through the key sections of your critical discussion. This presentation will be recorded for moderation purposes. This presentation element of the assessment will be confirmed.

Assessment guidance

6. Ensure that your academic poster is engaging, referenced appropriately and there is underpinning academic content throughout supporting your research.

7. The USW Post Graduate marking guide in conjunction with the presentation assessment marking sheet are found below.

• How do you reference?

There are a number of different methods of citing and listing your references or bibliography, but the accepted method of referencing used at University of South Wales, is the Harvard System of referencing.

• Where do you reference?

Both references to sources acknowledged in the text and those works which have been of value (for example, for background reading) but which have not been specifically referred to in the text must be acknowledged in the bibliography.

• When do you reference?

You should reference other’s work whenever you draw on it for inspiration, use it as support for a theory or argument, or use it for particular examples.

• Referencing in the Text (In Text Referencing)

Referencing in the text or in text referencing is where all the sources (text based and electronic) which you have referred to in your assignment, essay or dissertation are acknowledged (cited). Unintentional plagiarism can occur if you fail to follow the rules regarding in text referencing of summarised, paraphrased and quoted work.

Every piece of information you use in the text of your assignment, essay or dissertation that is not part of your own original research, be it an argument, opinion, fact, idea or theory must cited and listed in alphabetical order by author/editor/artist surname at the end of the work in the reference section or list.

• Summarising the Work of Others

Summarising or briefly describing the work of another person. Where the author name is not cited directly - put authors’ name and the year of publication in brackets at the end of the summary. e.g.

Where the author name is cited directly and is part of the sentence - put the year of publication in brackets after the author’s name.

Note: For summaries (brief descriptions of work) and for indirect quotations some tutors may ask you to also include a page number. If in doubt, always check.

Plagiarism and unfair practice

It is dishonest not to acknowledge the work of other people and you open yourself up to the accusation of plagiarism. The text of this assignment must be in your own words (not even a sentence or phrase should be taken from another source unless this source is referenced or the phrase placed in quotes). Plagiarism is described as:

• copying text from internet sources, published works or from lecture notes without full referencing and direct quotations

• copying another students assignment;

• collusion – which is when work that has been undertaken by or with others is submitted and passed off as solely your own work.

• bringing unauthorized materials into an examination, e.g. copying from notes, downloading material onto a mobile phone etc;

• Fabrication of data, making false claims to have carried out experiments, observations, interviews or other forms of data collection and analysis.

• Presentation of evidence of special circumstances which is false or falsified or which in any way misleads or could mislead Examination Boards.