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To ensure that we built our anti-plagiarism strategy on strong foundations we began by asking our users about the way in which they use our site.

The results were very positive and underlined that the vast majority of our users are using the site ethically and want us to take greater steps to prevent the minority of users using it unethically.

When asked “How supportive are you of us working closely with the academic community to find ways of preventing plagiarism?” 75% of our users were supportive, and only 7% were unsupportive.

When asked how they viewed the site, 81% of our users felt the site was an ethical academic resource, and only 5% thought it was unethical.

When asked whether they understood what plagiarism meant, 82% said yes they did understand what it means. However when asked how clear they were on what counts as plagiarism, and what legitimate use of the site was only 37% were very clear, with a further 33% being fairly clear. (For more information on the results of this questionnaire, please contact us.)

Here are some supporting comments we received from our users on this subject:

"Used as a research tool any information on this site is as ethical as any reference book in its application. Copying out reams of information from a book is just the same as plagiarising from this site"

"I am 60 years old people have always researched and plagiarism is not new and has gone on all my life time, I would challenge any academic to deny it. Leave the kids alone they are still learning what ever method they use."

"I can see why people, have the view that this site, encourages cheating. But I think that the website is a useful tool and can help a lot of struggling students understand many concepts."

" Yours is a very supportive informative site which covers a wide variety of subjects for students and parents and teachers. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK "

"This is a very good website because things are laid out well and people are warned about plagiarism and how hideous it is. keep up the good work."

• Support for Coursework.Info from teachers, tutors and lecturers
• What does submitting our members’ coursework to TurnitinUK mean?
• Our Anti-Plagiarism Strategy
• Actions taken since implementing our Anti-Plagiarism Strategy
• Proposed Code of Conduct for educational Coursework Libraries
• Press Releases
• Further Reading on Avoiding Plagiarism