Study skills

How to reference and avoid plagiarism

Key Information:

Date and time: Mon 16 June 2025
13:00 - 14:00
Location: Online: Microsoft Teams
Contact: UWE Bristol Library Contact the library
Cost: Free
Attendance: Booking required

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Description

This workshop explores key concepts around academic integrity and offers practice in paraphrasing, citing and referencing.

This workshop will take place online in Microsoft Teams – guidance on using Microsoft Teams is available. The workshop will have interactive elements and we recommend that if possible you use a laptop or PC. You may wish to use an additional mobile device or another tab in your browser for the interactive elements.

There is also a How to reference and avoid plagiarism online workbook with similar activities and content to the live workshop.

Before you attend this workshop, why not also use our online resource to discover how and why to avoid the pitfalls of plagiarism.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this session, you will feel more confident about:

defining core referencing concepts
identifying effective paraphrasing
practising the skills of citing and referencing.

How to attend

If you are interested in attending this online event, please register via InfoHub.

The room will be open from 10 minutes before the session start time.

The session materials are on the Study Skills site. Please click on the workshop title in the list.

Cost: Free
Attendance: Booking required

Accessibility

Most of our online events take place on Microsoft Teams. Follow this handy guide on accessibility tools within Microsoft Teams.

For further details on accessibility at UWE Bristol Library, check out our Library accessibility guide or contact us for specific queries.

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