Copyright protects all original works: essays, novels, poems, photographs, music, and many more. It protects the author's right to decide how their work is used, and places restrictions on re-use of any original work, or part of. 

You are permitted to quote, or make photocopies or scans of, material for your own research/private study, providing that you makeone copy for yourself only, that does not exceed the following:

• 5% or one chapter of a book, whichever is the greater.
• 5% or one whole article from a journal, whichever is the greater.
• 5% or one whole paper from a set of conference proceedings or published report of judicial proceedings, whichever is the greater.
• 5% of an anthology of short stories or poems; or one short story or one poem of no more than 10 pages, whichever is the greater.

Broadcasting/using sections of recorded material (video, audio, or both) is permitted for educational purposes - including examination ie. using clips in a film submitted for your dissertation. However, always cite your quotations, as you would with written material.

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Learning to reference correctly is a vital skill for anyone in academia. Cite them right online will help students to reference almost any source, and to understand why this is important.
 

iPROGRESS is a collection of learning resources aimed at helping you use information effectively and ethically in your academic work. There are five modules within iPROGRESS:

• Locating Information for an Academic Project;
• Bibliographic Citation;
• Avoiding Plagiarism;
• Finding Quality Information on the Internet;
• Effective Use of Social Media

Completion of iPROGRESS can help enhance your employability skills. If you complete all the modules, you will be awarded with a Moodle badge which you can use to obtain Employability Passport points.

Find iPROGRESS on the My Learning tab in the Student Portal.