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, if at all, was my performance compromised by the actions of others? How might my actions have compromised the performance of others? Any other comments regarding personal feelings and learning. d) Group dynamics and learning from the experience  How did the group respond to the process? Identification of any problems with the group as a whole. How did the group dynamic evolve? How did the group respond to you and your input? What new group insights evolved? How would the other members of the group have regarded you? What more might the group, or individuals within the group have done in solving the problem(s)? What value was gained from the supervisor consultations? e) Lessons for future projects  Identify up to 5 key lessons to improve your performance in future group activities and projects. f) Conclusion  General conclusions from the process. You might also consider the following:  Don’t rely on your memory: compile regular detailed progress logs  Be prepared to discuss issues and feelings with other members of the group  Prepare for some discomfort and ‘hostile information’  Through foresight and hindsight you can gain insight.” (Hunt, N (2005)Dissertation Handbook) More detailed information is given in Appendix 2 9. Plagiarism and Chunking Work presented by a student in an assessment is expected to be the student's own, and while quotations from published sources are usually acceptable, such cases must be clearly identified and the source fully acknowledged. As a guideline, verbatim quotations should not exceed 5% of your 12000 words in the main report and 3000 words in the reflective report. Plagiarism is • Copying chunks of unascribed text from elsewhere, including downloading material from the internet • Incomplete or inaccurate referencing • Copying other student’s work • Allowing others to have access to your work which they may copy Plagiarism is a serious offence that will be punished. The University has set of regulations to govern how plagiarism is treated and you should make yourself familiar with these (They are available on the website). As a minimum penalty, student who commits plagiarism will normally receive a fail grade, and this means that the project must be taken again and the student has to pay to do so. The offence is also recorded and may be mentioned is references are requested. The reason we penalise plagiarism because it is often a form of theft and the intention in all cases is to deceive. It constitutes unethical behaviour. Chunking is the use of substantial amounts of other people’s work which is correctly referenced. Students whose work consists of a series of quotations from other people’s work, which is correctly referenced, are not guilty of deception . Nevertheless they are likely to fail the module because they have not demonstrated that they are capable of the Master’s level skills of analysis, evaluation and synthesis of ideas. Recognising the relevance of other people’s ideas is only a first year undergraduate skill. As you will discover in the session on plagiarism we have access to software which compares work submitted by students with a database which is added to by every piece of work that is checked. As more universities join the scheme the database becomes more comprehensive.. We now have a policy to check every project so you are asked to h