Turnitin and Plagiarism

Turnitin does not "find" plagiarism. It is necessary for someone to look at the report and make a judgement about the information provided by Turnitin. It can be an important check to ensure students are not submitting work previously submitted by another student.

The Student Progress Service publishes information on Academic Misconduct. Visit the plagiarism page for more general information on plagiarism. 

Turnitin and AI

Turnitin have recently released an AI writing detection tool that claims to show how much of a submitted document has been AI generated. However, like many other institutions in the sector, Newcastle University have switched this off by default. There are numerous concerns surrounding the tool's efficacy, impact on academic integrity standards, and the lack of testing time prior to release.