Plagiarism is strictly prohibited in the IGDS programme. A student is required to make appropriate referencing for his/her post-module assignments as well as the MSc dissertation. Please refer to student handbook Section 3.13 Referencing Material and http://go.warwick.ac.uk/plato for details of referencing and avoiding plagiarism.

Turnitin (www.turnitin.com) is one of the web-based software for checking potential plagiarism. Students may upload their works to its website for originality checking before submission of their PMAs or MSc dissertations. The IGDS Office will enrol the students in Turnitin after their first IGDS module is commenced. Students will receive an email from Turnitin directly which will provide them an username (usually their email address) and a password.

For further enquiries, please contact Mr. Harvey Ip by email sc.ip@polyu.edu.hk.