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Academic Misconduct/Plagiarism
Hi all,
I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this type of question sorry.
I am a first year Law student with ambitions of becoming a lawyer.I have just been told by my university that part of my assignment has been found with plagiarism.I made a mistake by not referencing properly after paraphrasing as I wasn't aware of this. This was not intentional and due to time pressure and ignorance, I have missed out on referencing quite a lot.Now that they have found this as a major misconduct, this will go for an investigation and committee.I am quite stressed and this never happened in my studies before. I don't know how not to think about this as my dream is to become a lawyer and I am scared that this is going to affect my future studies.I have heard that because this is my first year the admission to legal profession won't have any issues.Can anyone put some light into this, please?
I think I am answering late but still, it may help some other students.
Plagiarism is a serious concern if you paraphrase the content, you need to cite the source from where you copied. Paraphrasing is another type of plagiarism that is not good especially for assignments. However, it's better to use a Plagiarism Checker to find any copied/paraphrased content and some tools also provide the option of citation at the same platform.
This way, you can find the text that is plagiarized and easily cite the source to avoid any consequence.
Don't worry..next time you check your assignment by using Plagiarism Checker to avoid duplicate content..
Hi All,
I have been thinking this for a while but not sure I should do this.I thought of ringing the law society and asking whether I will have to have to worry about my future admission suitability.I have asked a professor about this he said not to worry too much but I still want to be sure if there is something more to it. Any thoughts and suggestions or anyone who has a little bit of information regarding this or someone who has gone thru this.It will be much appreciated as its really concerning me and my studies.
They rung me today to reschedule and said will let me know a date soon 😞
Hi there @bob78
I had a good friend go through a similar experience. She was an occupational therapy student in her second year who sumbitted an assessment which had a portion of un-referenced content.
She went through a very similar experience, however she was just given a warning at the end of the investigation, because:
- She was still "early" in her degree (not a seasoned academic)
- She had no other incidents of academic misconduct
- She acknowledged her error, and advised that it was not intention, just an error
- She offered to take on any further classes/workshops on referencing to prevent an incident from occurring again
I hope this information helps. Getting support from student guild/union will also be able to help. Make sure you also let some trusted family/friends know about the situation so you aren't facing this alone.
Take care!
Hi @bob78,
As a uni student myself I can definitely relate to the pressures of plagiarism checks!
I wanted to check in on you and see how you were going.
I think at this stage keeping in contact with your course convener (or whoever is your point of contact) and making sure to explain what happened on your end will definitely help to clarify things.
Thanks for checking, still haven't heard from them yet waiting.Do you have anyone who has gone thru this?Very painful in initial years trying to figure out everything not knowing what is right or wrong.
Hi @bob78!
I haven't known anyone personally but I have heard of incidences! When we're new to uni it's a learning process and with the amount of students writing academically for the first time, these things can accidentally happen. I believe that when a discussion goes through about plagiarism, they can definitely recognise whether it was accidental or purposeful.
Please don't let this discourage you for the future, if anything it can be seen as a learning experience!
We all go through learning experiences in uni!
Please keep us updated!
Hi missep,
Thank u for the support, I am going in for the committee meeting tomorrow.