DECLARATION OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH NMU

POLICY 305.04

Prospective Student Name: ……………………………………………………………….

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I.D. number: ……………………………………………………………………………….
Postgraduate qualification applied for:
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Date: ………………………………………………………………………………

I hereby declare that:

 I understand what plagiarism is and I know that it constitutes unacceptable

academic behaviour.

 I declare that the proposal submitted with my application is my own work. In

so far as I have made use of other people’s work, it has been duly
acknowledged and properly referenced in accordance with departmental
guidelines and prescriptions.

 I declare that I was not assisted by a research supervisor/academic from

another university in writing my proposal.

 I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the
intention of passing it off as their own work.
 I understand that should plagiarism be detected in my proposal that it may
negatively impact on the outcome of my application.

SIGNATURE: ……………………………………………………………………….