Welcome to

Coventry University
Referencing & Academic
Writing Workshop
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About Coventry University

Coventry University is a forward-looking, modern university with a

proud tradition as a provider of high-quality education and a focus
on applied research. Founded in 1843 as the Coventry College of
Coventry University currently
Design, the institution later became known as Lanchester Polytechnic offers 18 undergraduate and
in 1970, and eventually Coventry University in 1987. postgraduate courses with PSB
Coventry University began its partnership with PSB Academy in Academy!
Singapore in 2014, making quality education accessible to students
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from all over the world.
Our Academic Team (STEM)

Dr. Lim Chong Lye Dr. Matthew Teow

ChongLye.Lim@psb-academy.edu.sg Matthew.Teow@psb-academy.edu.sg
Assistant Director, Academic Office (STEM) Course Director for:
Course Director for: • BSc (Hons) Computing Science
• BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering • BSc (Hons) Cyber Security
• BEng (Hons) Electro-Mechanical Engineering • MSc (Hons) Cyber Security
• BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
• BSc (Hons) Construction Management
• BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management

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 Our Academic Team (Business)

Dr. Melissa Liow
melissa.liow@psb-academy.edu.sg
PG & UG Assistant Director
Academic Office (Business)
Dr. John Heng
john.heng@psb-academy.edu.sg
PG Course Director for Global Business, Global Financial
Services, Engineering Business Management,
Engineering Management
Dr. Tamilchelvi Chokkalingam Ms. Salitha Nair
chelvi.chokkalingam@psb-academy.edu.sg salitha.nair@psb-academy.edu.sg
UG Course Director for Accounting UG Course Director for Business and
and Finance and Business and Finance Marketing and Digital Marketing

Mr. Alex Soon Dr. Florence Ng Ms. Alison Ng

alex.soon@psb-academy.edu.sg florence.ng@psb-academy.edu.sg alison_huiyan.ng@psb-academy.edu.sg
UG Course Director for Global Logistics (Top-up) and Accounting UG Course Director for Media and Comms UG Course Director for 4
and Finance for Int. Business (Top-up) and Global Business (Top-up) Int. Hosp and Tourism Management
Workshop Learning Outcomes

1.What is Referencing?
2.Use APA referencing correctly
3.What is Plagiarism?
4.Critical Thinking and Writing
5.Key Academic Tips

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1.What is Referencing?
• Part of Academic Writing
• Process used for acknowledging the source for information or ideas you have used in your
own work
• Within Coventry University, most courses and subject areas use:
• APA 7th edition style of referencing
• Refer to:
• e-resources: https://libguides.coventry.ac.uk/partners
• Referencing in APA Style: https://libguides.coventry.ac.uk/apa/howto
• Introduction to APA Referencing (7th ed.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
k4F2Xn97-4
• Academic Integrity: https://libguides.coventry.ac.uk/c.php?g=671188&p=5016147
• Referencing in APA Style FAQs: https://libguides.coventry.ac.uk/apa/faq

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2.Use APA referencing correctly

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2.Use APA referencing correctly

• Citation ≥ 2 works, separated by a semi-colon.

• Research shows that listening to music is
effective in stress management (Jane, 2020;
Lee, 2018).
• 2 sources by the same author in the same year,
use lower-case letters (a, b, c).
• According to Anne (1988a), music can bring a
soothing effect and help to release stress. The
finding also further supported by the parallel
study which reveal the correlation between
music and stress management (Anne, 1988b).
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2.Use APA referencing correctly

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2.Use APA referencing correctly

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Tables and Figures in APA 7th One source
1. Figure number in bold 1. Table number in bold
2. On the next line, a descriptive title of the figure in italics 2. On the next line, a descriptive title of the table in italics

3. From' if you have directly copied the table or figure, OR 'Adapted from' if you have
changed the original in some way
•A normal in-text citation, consisting of:
• Author's family name
• The year the source was published in brackets
• If there is a page number, p. and the page number in the same brackets
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Read more: https://libguides.coventry.ac.uk/apa/images
Tables and Figures in APA 7th Multiple sources
A table or figure that you have put together from multiple sources

1. Table or figure number in bold

2. On the next line, a descriptive title of the table or figure
in italics

3. From' if you have directly copied the table or figure, OR 'Adapted from' if you have
changed the original in some way
•A normal in-text citation, consisting of:
• Author's family name
• The year the source was published in brackets
• If there is a page number, p. and the page number in the same brackets
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Read more: https://libguides.coventry.ac.uk/apa/images
2. Use APA referencing correctly

ascending chronological
List of References:
References in A-to-Z order

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2. Use APA referencing correctly

Activity 1:https://shorturl.at/dfN06
Paraphrasing, Direct Quote &
In-Text Citation

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2. Use APA referencing correctly

Activity 2: Name ways how to use

APA referencing correctly?

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3.What is Plagiarism?

• “Plagiarism is intentionally or unintentionally reproducing (copying, rewording, paraphrasing, adapting,

etc) work that was produced by another person(s) without proper acknowledgment in an attempt to gain
academic benefit. Intentionally or negligently allowing such reproduction to happen may also constitute
plagiarism.”

• Referencing is a key academic practice for university students, whereby you acknowledge your sources
as citation.

• This gives authors credit for their contribution to your understanding, whilst also giving those who read
your work the opportunity to reproduce your research by studying the same texts you have used.

• You can lose marks for incorrect citation, and you may be accused of plagiarism or academic
misconduct or dishonesty.
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3.What is Plagiarism?
• Examples of academic dishonesty include collusion, falsification, deceit,
plagiarism, self plagiarism/re- presentation and cheating.
• The minimum penalty for a proven case of academic dishonesty is usually a
mark of 0% in that module. A maximum penalty can be exclusion from the
University.
• If a case is proven after graduation, you could have an award rescinded.

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3. What is Plagiarism?
• IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ THIS WARNING REGARDING
PLAGIARISM
• Assessments must be all your own work and must not have been

copied in part or in whole from any other source, such as books or

the internet, or from other students’ work.
• If you wish to use another author’s exact words, clearly marked these
short quotations using inverted commas with the exact source with
Student’s submission Using a Translator and
Output is a form of Plagiarism and can
translate into High AI% despite low SI%
recorded.

page number(s), so readers can see which words have been copied.

• Additionally, the use of AI or automated tools (e.g., Copying from

Google Translate, referencing tools etc.) to generate or complete your

assignment are strictly prohibited. Plagiarism and the use of AI will Table of Contents capture SI% recorded – this
would not account as long is the CW
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requirements.
3.What is Plagiarism?

Plagiarism Guideline
The following table is to be used as suggested guide for the penalties to be imposed for
coursework.
Level of Study Master Level
Level of Breach Action to be taken on a case-by-case basis can include the Similarity %, after filtering
followings (depending on the severity):
Unintentional/Minor 1) Warning (verbal/written) Ranges from 1% to 15%
2) Counselling on Plagiarism
3) No Penalty
4) Marks Capped at Pass (on the high side)
Moderate 1) Zero Mark for Assignment Ranges from 16 to 20%
2) If Repeated Moderate Breach, Zero Mark for Module
Considerable/Major 1) Zero Mark for Module More than 20%
2) Expulsion from course of study
Note: should the university’s penalties differ then PSB Academy will defer to the relevant
university procedure

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3. What is Plagiarism?

Activity 3: What are forms of plagiarism?

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4. Critical Thinking & Writing

• Common databases that CU students can tap on other than those found in the university library
include:
• Google Scholar
• Open-access journal articles/resources via ScienceDirect Open Access Journals, MDPI Open
Access Journals, ResearchGate, etc.

• Critical writing depends on critical thinking. Your writing will involve reflection on written texts:
that is, critical reading.

• It is critical for UG and PG students must demonstrate critical writing and analysis so as to gain
the CU qualifications that is at par for Level 5 & 6 (UG) as well as Level 7 (PG).

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4. Critical Thinking & Writing

Describe - give the background to your research, explain your methods,

summarise an event, etc.
Evaluate - what are the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments and
evidence from other writers?
Analyse - why should the conclusions of other writers may be accepted
or treated with caution?
Conclude - what are the conclusions, based on the evidence?

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4. Critical Thinking & Writing

Describe
Descriptive writing simply describes what something is like
and is still necessary in your writing, for example to give the
background of your research, to state the theory, to
explain the methods of your experiment, to give the
biography of an important person, or to outline the history
of an event.

You should, however, keep the amount of description to a

minimum.

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4. Critical Thinking & Writing

CW
• Another mistake beginning writers make is to use several
sources but to string quotes together (e.g., A says this, B
says that… C says something else), without really
analysing what these writers say.
• In critical writing, you need to evaluate and analyse the
information from sources, rather than just accepting it as
being true.

Critical writing evaluates and analyses the information

from different sources

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4. Critical Thinking & Writing

• A mistake many beginning writers make is to use only

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one source to support their ideas (or, worse, no sources,
making unsubstantiated statements).
• The main problem with using only one source is: what if
your source says one thing, but most other writers say
something completely different?
• In critical writing you therefore need to consider more
than one viewpoint. This leads to the first part of the
simple definition of critical writing, which is:
• Critical writing uses more than one source in developing
an argument

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4.Critical Thinking & Academic Writing

Activity 4: Other than CU library

resources, we can use ALL except…

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5.Key Academic Tips
Turnitin Text
Comment Box: Look
for positive and
negative comments
on top of descriptions
from the rubrics.

Annotations in form of Lecturer’s Feedback (top left-

reports; bottom left – slides), Blackboard rubric (top right)

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5. Key Academic Tips

Marks & Moderation

1.Marks received before the Assessment Board are provisional.
2. Subject to moderation and ratification by the Assessment Board.
3.Provisional coursework marks will be made available via BlackBoard and
detailed feedback will be given when work is returned.
4.If you attempt and fail a module, you will be given TWO (2) further re-sits for
the failed components.
5.Each component must meet the threshold marks of 40 and overall module
mark is 40 marks to PASS the module.
6.The overall module mark for a reassessed module will be capped at 40%.
7.Student can request to review or make an appeal against the Assessment
Board decision within TEN (10) days of receiving official notification of your
results.
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 5. Key Academic Tips
Late Submission: Coursework and Exam Components Turnitin Report:
Similarity Reports
Work for assessment
will regenerate
submitted after the notified If you are absent If you are absent If you fail at your first within an hour of
deadline shall be awarded a with valid reason without valid reason attempt the due date and
mark of 0% or a fail grade as time
appropriate. A change in the
Mark is recorded as Mark is recorded as Mark is recorded as
Students who fail to submit similarity index (SI)
“DF” (deferred) “AB” (absent) “F” (fail)
work for assessment or percentage may
attend examinations shall result from the
regeneration of
be deemed to have failed You are entitled to take You may resit. You may resit.
Turnitin reports.
the assessments concerned assessment at the next If you fail your resit If you fail, you would
and shall be recorded as opportunity. Your mark the exam board will have one more resit
will not be capped. decide, you would attempt (last as 3
absent.
have one more resit attempts only). Your
attempt (last as 3 pass mark will be
attempts only). Your capped at 40.
pass mark will be
capped at 40.
Read more:
https://help.turnitin.com/feedback-studio/turnitin-website/instructor/assignment-management/advanced-similarity-
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Progression
1. Reassessment by Resit for Applied-Core Components: A student who fails
at the second attempt shall be permitted a third attempt as long as the
student has achieved a minimum module mark of 20% in the second
attempt. Applies for MBA and MSc only.
2.Students who fail to attain sufficient modules to progress may, at the
discretion of the Assessment Board, be transferred onto a new course, be
required to repeat the year, or be recommended to withdraw.
3.If you do not fully engage with your course (e.g., repeated non-
attendance at teaching sessions and/or not taking part in assessments) you
may be required to withdraw from your course.

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5. Key Academic Tips
Classification Undergraduate Postgraduate
Boundaries
> 69.5% 1st Class (1) Distinction (DIS)*
60 – 69.5% Upper Second Class (2:1) Merit (M)**
50 – 60% Lower Second Class (2:2) Pass
40 – 50% Third Class (3) Pass

*Masters Taught Programmes: ≥ 70% in the 150 credits worth of Level 7 with
highest marks taken in a Masters programme, student eligible for Masters degree
with Distinction.
**Average of ≥ 60% but ≤ 70% under the above calculation, student shall be eligible
for an award with Merit.

Note: A student who does not meet the requirements of the named award, but who
meets the credit criteria for:
UG: Cert of Higher Education, Diploma of Higher Education, UnClassified Degree
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PG: Postgraduate Certificate or PG Diploma
 5. Key Academic Tips

Detecting the use of AI in student work

• A lot of repetition, reframing, particularly of paraphrases.
• A lack of opinion or personal responses to something
• Something that lacks depth- on the surface it looks
convincing but has less substance.
• Generic answers with little that is creative, innovative, or
strange.
• Writing that reinforces dominant narratives, ideas, or systems,
straying into bias on occasions.
• As they predict next word common words (It, is etc) are
repeated.
• Lack of any typos which you would expect to see in human
generated text.
• Use of American spellings

https://libguides.coventry.ac.uk/c.php?g=671188&p=5016147 AI & Academic Misconduct – The Teaching Knowledge Base

(coventry.domains)
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5. Key Academic Tips

Activity 5: What are Academic Tips

which you find Useful?

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Workshop Evaluation

Thank You
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