Plagiarism Information for staff

The University wishes to provide a high standard guidance to its students so that they are able to:

• understand what plagiarism is and why it is unacceptable;

• avoid the penalties that can follow the submission of plagiarised work;

• make proper use of source referencing in order to obtain good marks.

The Code of Practice on Plagiarism sets out what level of support should be provided to students by Schools to enable them to avoid plagiarism. The Code also defines how the University will handle allegations of plagiarism, including categorisation of plagiarism and referral to Student Conduct.

For more information please select from the links below. Please note the information below relates to the current cohort (2021/22) - it is important to refer to the correct cohort details for your studies. Further information relating to alternative cohort years is available on the cohort legislation and regulations pages:

• Code of Practice on Academic Integrity

• Plagiarism Regulation 8.2.1 (j) (PDF - 174KB)

• Guidance on plagiarism for students

• Guidance on referring plagiarism cases to a College Misconduct Committee (PDF - 117KB) 

Plagiarism/AI template letters for all cohorts (from 2017-18) (not FTP)

If you require template letters for previous cohorts, please email: plagiarism@contacts.bham.ac.uk for assistance

• Notification Letter - Academic Integrity Meeting  (Word- 45KB)

• No Plagiarism Outcome Letter (Word - 56KB)

• Poor Academic Practice Outcome Letter (Word - 58KB)

• Moderate Plagiarism Outcome Letter (Word - 65KB)

• Moderate Plagiarism Results in Programme Failure and CMC Referral Letter (Word -59KB)

• Serious Plagiarism Outcome Letter (Word-57KB)

Plagiarism/AI template letters and IO Report for students registered on Fitness to Practise programmes

• Poor Academic Practice Advice Letter (no meeting required) (Word - 18KB)
  
  

• Academic Integrity Meeting Notification letter for FTP student template (Word - 23KB)

• No Plagiarism Outcome Letter for FTP students (following Academic Integrity Meeting) (Word - 22KB)

• Poor Academic Practice Outcome Letter for FTP students (following Academic Integrity Meeting) (Word - 22KB)

• Moderate Outcome letter CoP AI template (Word - 30KB)

• Moderate Outcome leads to failure of the programme letter CoP AI template (Word - 29KB)

• Serious Plagiarism Outcome letter CoP AI template (Word - 23KB) 

• Investigating Officer's Report template for Fitness to Practise students - Serious Plagiarism (Word - 90KB)

Plagiarism/AI template Investigating Officer Reports for work submitted during academic year 2020-21

• CMC Submission Cover Sheet (Word-28KB)

• Investigating Officer's Report - Serious Plagiarism (Word- 76KB)

• Investigating Officer's Report - Moderate Penalty Leads to Failure of the Programme (Word-75KB)

• Investigating Officer's Report - Student Request for Case to be Heard Afresh (Word-76KB)

Plagiarism/AI template Investigating Officer Reports for work submitted during academic year 2021-22

• CMC Submission cover sheet (Word - 26KB)

• Investigating Officer's Report -Serious Plagiarism - 2021-22 (Word - 77KB)

• Investigating Officer's Report - Moderate Penalty Leads to Failure of Programme (Word - 75KB)

• Investigating Officer's Report - Plagiarism - Student Request for Case to be Heard Afresh (Word - 76KB)

• Supplemental Report - Plagiarism Template (Word - 14KB)