Referencing: Plagiarism

Plagiarism is passing off someone else’s work as your own, be it words, sentences, ideas, images, video, statistics, or any other form of artistic creation without acknowledging the original author or creator of the work.

It is stealing and a form of fraud.

People have been expelled from their studies or lost jobs for plagiarising.

Plagiarism is easy to avoid.

You can avoid plagiarism by referencing.

Referencing is acknowledging the sources you have used to support your arguments and information presented in the piece of work you produce.

Reference when using direct quotes, paraphrasing and summarising and when you write information in your own words.

Click the above Referencing Guide tab for more information.

If you have any questions or concerns about plagiarism, please speak to your teacher or a member of the Library team.

If you would like to know if you can use content produced by a generative AI tool such as ChatGPT as part of your research, please check with your teacher or Lead Educator.

Please note that there are potential risks associated with using information from generative AI sources. You may find that the information given is out of date or otherwise incorrect and should not be treated as an academic source.

If you would like information on how to create references from generative AI sources, please see the LaTrobe University academic referencing tool page. 

Bendigo TAFE and Kangan Institute takes plagiarism very seriously.

If you plagiarise, you will risk failing the assignment or the entire unit.

Bendigo TAFE and Kangan Institute cites plagiarism as an act of student misconduct under the Unacceptable Conduct 5.0 clause of the Student Code of Conduct policy.

An incident of plagiarism may be followed up with the Program Lead of the department and the student may be put on a contract to ensure the misconduct is not repeated.