The School of English takes the use of unfair means very seriously. Use of unfair means includes plagiarism, double submission (self-plagiarism), submitting bought or commissioned work, fabrication and facilitating the use of unfair means by another student. Students should consult the University of Sheffield's guidance for students on the use of unfair means in assessment available here: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ssid/unfair-means. These pages also provide information regarding penalties that may be applied as a result of unfair means.

Penalties applied may include the reduction of marks by a fixed amount, the requirement that work be redone (in some cases redone in its entirety) in order to be given a mark for a module, which in some cases may be capped at 40 for undergraduate and 50 for postgraduate, and referral to Student Services for action under the University's discipline regulations.

It is not uncommon for students to receive penalties for use of unfair means which could have easily been avoided through improved study skills such as appropriate referencing, quotation and paraphrasing. The University library provides excellent resources to help with this via the following webpages :

Referencing | Library | The University of Sheffield

Departmental referencing styles | Library | The University of Sheffield

Referencing - English Literature - Library Guides at University of Sheffield (libguides.com)

Course tutors and personal tutors are available to advise on these issues too.