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D2. Late submission: Essays submitted late without permission will not be marked. Permission to submit<br />
late will only be given <strong>in</strong> the most exceptional circumstances. Application for an extension must be<br />
made through your tutor, who should direct his or her letter to the Secretary <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Faculty</strong> Board. If<br />
the reasons given <strong>in</strong> the application are deemed sufficient and if the Secretary <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Faculty</strong> Board<br />
concurs with such an extension, the <strong>Faculty</strong> Board may grant a brief extension, to a specified date by<br />
which the work must be submitted. An essay submitted later than the date specified by the Board or <strong>in</strong><br />
the relevant regulation, if no extension has been granted by the Board, will not be accepted.<br />
D3. You must provide two hard copies <strong>of</strong> your Long Essay and one electronic copy on CD or disk (not<br />
memory stick). It is important that no identify<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>formation appears on any <strong>of</strong> these copies<br />
except for your candidate number. Regrettably, failure to submit all three copies may result <strong>in</strong> your<br />
essay not be<strong>in</strong>g marked.<br />
The electronic version should be <strong>in</strong> either Micros<strong>of</strong>t Word format (.doc or .docx) or rich text format<br />
(.rtf). If you are not us<strong>in</strong>g Micros<strong>of</strong>t Word to write your essay you can still usually save it as a Word<br />
document, or <strong>in</strong> rich txt format. Do not worry if the layout is affected - the exam<strong>in</strong>ers will be read<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
pr<strong>in</strong>ted document and the electronic copy is only used to verify the word count and, possibly, to be<br />
checked with Turnit<strong>in</strong> anti-plagiarism s<strong>of</strong>tware. The file names should be <strong>in</strong> the follow<strong>in</strong>g formats (.doc<br />
may be replaced by .docx or .rtf depend<strong>in</strong>g on the file format you are us<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
HistPt1XXX.doc where XXX represents your candidate number (this may be 1, 2, or 3 digits long).<br />
Use your candidate number only - not your name.<br />
You are responsible for provid<strong>in</strong>g your own CD. You can copy files to CD on the PWF computers <strong>in</strong> the<br />
Seeley Library. Please ensure that you allow yourself time to do this.<br />
D4. Sign the Declaration Sheet concern<strong>in</strong>g plagiarism and hand it <strong>in</strong> separately (unbound) when you<br />
submit the essay.<br />
Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use <strong>of</strong> the work <strong>of</strong> others as if it were orig<strong>in</strong>al work. In the context <strong>of</strong><br />
an exam<strong>in</strong>ation, this will mean pass<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong>f the work <strong>of</strong> others as a candidate’s own to ga<strong>in</strong> unfair<br />
advantage. This will not be tolerated by the <strong>Faculty</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>History</strong> and, when detected, will lead to serious<br />
penalties, which may (<strong>in</strong> severe <strong>in</strong>stances) extend to failure to obta<strong>in</strong> a degree. <strong>To</strong> avoid such penalties,<br />
candidates must leave exam<strong>in</strong>ers <strong>in</strong> no doubt as to which parts <strong>of</strong> any submission are orig<strong>in</strong>al, which<br />
derivative. Work submitted for assessment <strong>in</strong> the <strong>Faculty</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>History</strong> will be subjected to random<br />
screen<strong>in</strong>g us<strong>in</strong>g Turnit<strong>in</strong> UK, and will also be subjected to screen<strong>in</strong>g if the Exam<strong>in</strong>ers judge that there is<br />
reason for <strong>in</strong>vestigation <strong>of</strong> a specific piece <strong>of</strong> work. The <strong>Faculty</strong> will select up to five percent <strong>of</strong> each<br />
submission by use <strong>of</strong> random number generation for submission to the s<strong>of</strong>tware. The result<strong>in</strong>g<br />
orig<strong>in</strong>ality reports will only be referred to the Exam<strong>in</strong>ers responsible for the academic assessment <strong>of</strong> the<br />
work if there is prima facie evidence <strong>of</strong> plagiarism or poor academic practice. You will be asked to<br />
affirm your consent to this process at the po<strong>in</strong>t <strong>of</strong> submission <strong>of</strong> your long essay. For further<br />
<strong>in</strong>formation, please refer to the <strong>Faculty</strong>’s Statement on Plagiarism at:<br />
http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/plagiarism-student-declaration.pdf.<br />
D5. Complete both Cover Sheets and staple or securely attach one to the front <strong>of</strong> each hard copy,<br />
ensur<strong>in</strong>g that all <strong>in</strong>formation is clearly legible.<br />
D6. Please note that the essay will not be returned after the completion <strong>of</strong> the class list, but will be reta<strong>in</strong>ed<br />
by the Board <strong>of</strong> Exam<strong>in</strong>ers like an exam<strong>in</strong>ation script. If you wish to keep a copy for your own<br />
purposes, you should bear this <strong>in</strong> m<strong>in</strong>d before submitt<strong>in</strong>g the essay.