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The Board of Examinations and the General Board have had under consideration possible measures to guard against plagiarism in University examinations, in connection with essays, dissertations, and project work. (In general terms, plagiarism can be defined as presenting the ideas or the work of others without acknowledgement and passing them off as your own.) A warning has been included in the Proctorial Notice reminding candidates that those who submit essays, dissertations, or project work for examination must give full and proper acknowledgement to the work of others, and that the University will treat cases of plagiarism with the utmost severity. The General Board have asked Faculty Boards and other authorities to review the regulations for the examinations for which they are responsible, with a view to ensuring that in all Tripos and Diploma examinations candidates who submit work done outside the examination room are required to sign a declaration that the work presented is their own.
In response to proposals put forward by the Faculty Boards and other bodies concerned, the General Board have now approved amendments of the regulations for certain examinations as set out below. These amendments cover all those regulations which do not already include the necessary provisions.
The regulations for the Architecture Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 242) have been amended as follows:
Regulation 19.
By adding at the end of the regulation the following sentence:
Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the thesis is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
The New Regulations for the Chemical Engineering Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 248) have been amended as follows:
By renumbering Regulation 18 as 19, and by inserting the following as Regulation 18:
18. Every candidate submitting a report under Regulation 16 or Regulation 17 will be required to sign a declaration that the report and the work described in it are his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that the report does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose; if two or more candidates have undertaken work in collaboration, they will each be required to indicate the extent of their contribution.
The regulations for the Computer Science Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 257) have been amended as follows:
Regulation 17.
By inserting before the final sentence the following sentence:
Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the dissertation is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose; if two or more candidates have undertaken a dissertation in collaboration, they will each be required to indicate the extent of their contribution.
The regulations for the Engineering Tripos and the Electrical and Information Sciences Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 284) have been amended as follows:
Regulation 26.
By adding at the end of the regulation the following sentence:
Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the project and the report on it are his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that the report does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose; if two or more candidates have undertaken a project in collaboration, they will each be required to indicate the extent of their contribution.
The regulations for the Geographical Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 297) have been amended as follows:
Regulation 17.
By adding at the end of sub-paragraph (b) the words ', together with a declaration as specified in Regulation 25'.
Regulation 19.
By adding at the end of sub-paragraph (b) the words ', together with a declaration as specified in Regulation 25'.
Regulation 24.
By amending the first sentence so as to read:
A dissertation shall be of not less than 8,000 words and not more than 10,000 words in length, shall be in typewritten form, unless previous permission has been obtained from the Chairman of Examiners through a candidate's Tutor to present the dissertation in manuscript, and shall be accompanied by a declaration as specified in Regulation 25.
By adding the following as Regulation 25:
25. When submitting records of practical exercises for Part IA (Regulation 17(b)), or essays and records of practical exercises for Part IB (Regulation 19(b), or a dissertation for Part II (Regulation 24), a candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the work submitted is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration (full and proper acknowledgement being given of the work of others), and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose; if two or more candidates have undertaken practical exercises in collaboration, they will each be required to indicate the extent of their contribution.
The Old Regulations for the History of Art Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 307) have been amended as follows:
Regulation 9.
By adding at the end of the regulation the following sentence:
Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the thesis is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
The New Regulations for the History of Art Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 308) have been amended as follows:
Regulation 15.
By adding at the end of sub-paragraph (e) the following sentence:
Each candidate submitting an essay or a dissertation will be required to sign a declaration that the work submitted is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
The supplementary regulations for the Land Economy Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 313) have been amended as follows:
By adding, at the end of the paragraph relating to project reports, the following sentence:
Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the project and the report on it are his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that the report does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose; if two or more candidates have undertaken a project in collaboration, they will each be required to indicate the extent of their contribution.
The regulations for the Linguistics Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 319) have been amended as follows:
Regulation 14.
By adding at the end of sub-paragraph (d) the following sentence:
Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the dissertation is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
The regulations for the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 328) have been amended as follows:
Regulation 29.
By inserting before the final sentence the following sentence:
Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the dissertation or project report is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose; if two or more candidates have undertaken a dissertation or a project in collaboration, they will each be required to indicate the extent of their contribution.
The New Regulations for the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 346) have been amended as follows:
Regulation 26.
By adding at the end of sub-paragraph (f) the following sentence:
Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the dissertation is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
The regulations for the Music Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 358) have been amended as follows:
Regulation 16.
By adding at the end of the regulation the following sentence:
Candidates will be required to declare that the compositions are their own work and that they do not contain material already used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
Regulations 19-21.
By renumbering the regulations as 20-22, and by inserting the following as Regulation 19:
19. Each candidate submitting a dissertation under Regulation 17, or an essay in fulfilment of the requirements for Paper 5 or for any additional paper, will be required to sign a declaration that the dissertation or the essay is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
The regulations for the Natural Sciences Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 362) have been amended as follows:
By adding the following as Regulation 37:
37. Every candidate submitting an additional exercise under Regulation 26(e), or a dissertation, essay, thesis, project report, or similar exercise under Regulation 32 or Regulation 35, will be required to sign a declaration that the exercise submitted is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose; if two or more candidates have undertaken work in collaboration, they will each be required to indicate the extent of their contribution.
The regulations for the Oriental Studies Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 380) have been amended as follows:
Regulation 17.
By inserting before the penultimate sentence the following sentence:
Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the dissertation is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
The regulations for the Philosophy Tripos (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 392) have been amended as follows:
Regulation 8.
By amending the penultimate sentence so as to read:
Every candidate submitting a dissertation or a pair of essays will be required to sign a declaration that the work submitted is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
The regulations for the Diploma in Architecture (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 510) have been amended as follows:
Regulation 7.
By inserting after the penultimate sentence the following sentence:
Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the dissertation or other exercise is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
The regulations for the Diploma in Computer Science (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 512) have been amended as follows:
Regulation 6.
By inserting after the penultimate sentence the following sentence:
Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the dissertation is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose; if two or more candidates have undertaken a dissertation in collaboration, they will each be required to indicate the extent of their contribution.
The regulations for the Diploma in Legal Studies and the Diploma in International Law (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 515) have been amended as follows:
Regulation 6.
By adding at the end of the regulation the following sentence:
Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the thesis is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
The regulations for the Diploma in Public Health (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 519) have been amended as follows:
Regulation 7.
By adding at the end of the regulation the following sentence:
Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the project and the report on it are his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that the report does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
The regulations for the Diploma in Theology (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 521) have been amended as follows:
Regulation 3.
By replacing the second sentence of the paragraph relating to Part B by the following sentences:
Candidates shall submit their dissertations to the Secretary of the Degree Committee not later than 31 August in the year of candidature. Each candidate will be required to sign a declaration that the dissertation is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, and that it does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose.
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Cambridge University Reporter, 28 October 1998
Copyright © 1998 The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.