ANTI-PLAGIARISM POLICY

Academic integrity and ethical conduct a paramount in the pursuit of excellence to ensure proper conduct in the pursuit of academic objectives. As a university the plagiarism policy is directed towards ensuring that students, academics and other key stakeholders act in the most ethical manner in regards to academic material. The policy provides a guideline on how to identify, manage and deter acts of plagiarism from taking place. The university community and the academic fraternity must act in a manner that fosters research, innovation, outreach and sharing of key findings. This can be best achieved when they are policies in place to ensure quality and proper conduct of those pursuing excellence.

This policy is step in the direction of securing quality research and acts a guideline todirect participants in research to act in the most ethical manner. This policy works in accordance with existing policies and adds on critical matters to be addressed in terms of plagiarism.

The university management and the Directorate of Graduate Studies and Innovation have presented this policy to ensure that are efforts towards research are unified whilst creating an regulatory environment that stimulates innovation with clear regulations present.

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