INTRODUCTION

DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY

1.this assignment is submitted in accordance with the University’s Academic Regulations and the Academic Honesty Policy. I also understand the serious nature of academic dishonesty (such as plagiarism) and the penalties attached to being found guilty of committing such offences.
2.no part of any assessment item has been copied from any other source without acknowledgement of the source.
3.no part of this assignment has been written by any other person, except to the extent of collaboration and/or group work as defined in the unit outline.
4.this assignment has not been recycled, using work substantially the same as work I have completed previously and which has been counted towards satisfactory completion of another unit of study credited towards another qualification, unless the Lecturer-in-Charge has granted prior written consent to do so.
5.a copy of the original assignment is retained by me and that I may be required to submit the original assignment to the Lecturer-in-Charge upon request.
6.(a) the Lecturer-in-Charge may, for the purpose of assessing this assignment:
i.reproduce this assignment;
ii.authorise the reproduction of this assignment;
iii.provide a copy of this assignment to another member of faculty; and/or
iv.communicate, or authorise communication of, a copy of this assignment to a plagiarism checking service such as the “Turnitin” service operated by iParadigms LLC (or such other service utilised by the University at its absolute discretion). I acknowledge that a plagiarism service provider may then retain a copy of this assignment on its database for the purpose of future plagiarism checking.
use of the “Turnitin” service is subject to the Usage Policy and Privacy Pledge (as amended from time to time) as posted on the “Turnitin” website (turnitin.com).