Harcourts Real Estate Training Centre

Definitions of Plagiarism / Literary theft

The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorisation and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author

To rephrase - plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward.

Harcourts Academy take plagiarism seriously. It is an unacceptable practice and may mean immediate unenrolment for offenders without refund.

Students who have been proven to have submitted work that is not their own or cheating make it difficult for us to determine their knowledge. As a result any student considered to be cheating will be marked Not Yet Competent and required to re-submit their own work with supplementary questions.

Students should note that an act of plagiarism will likely increase the time it takes to complete training.