Research Integrity 

Research integrity is a fundamental concept in academic research that encompasses a set of ethical principles and practices to ensure the trustworthiness, reliability, and credibility of research endeavors. While performing academic research, it is crucial to maintain the highest standards of scholarly conduct by understanding and adhering to research integrity. In essence, research integrity encapsulates the reliability of one's work within the academic sphere. It dictates that research be ethically and truthfully presented, demanding the validation of all employed methods and the integrity of the resulting findings.

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Plagiarism 

Plagiarism is the act of using someone else's words, ideas, or work without giving them proper credit or acknowledgment. It involves presenting the intellectual property of others as if it were one's own. Plagiarism can occur in various forms, including copying and pasting text from a source without proper citation, paraphrasing without attribution, submitting someone else's work as one's own, and not providing proper references for quotes or borrowed ideas.

Plagiarism poses significant problems in academic settings and has far-reaching consequences for both you and the broader educational community both. At its core, plagiarism undermines the principles of research integrity, honesty, and originality, hindering an opportunity to learn important academic and research skills that will help in the long run. As a result, many academic institutions and other organizations have strict policies and consequences in place to deter and address plagiarism (see University College Tilburg on Plagiarism for more on UCT’s policies).