Self-plagiarism is the presentation of your own previously published work as original. Like plagiarism, self-plagiarism is unethical. Self-plagiarism deceives readers by making it appear that more information is available on a topic than really exists.
Some institutions may consider it self-plagiarism if a student submits a paper written for one class to complete an assignment for another class without permission from the current instructor. Using the same paper in multiple classes may violate the academic integrity policy, honor code, or ethics code of the university.
However, incorporating previous classwork into one’s thesis or dissertation and building on one’s own existing writing may be permissible; students who wish to do this should discuss their ideas with their instructor or advisor and follow their university’s honor code, ethics code, or academic policies when reusing their previous work.
Source: Plagiarism (apa.org)
How to refer to your own work
If you are allowed to refer to your own work, you can do so as follows:
| Student, A. (year). Title of report [Description of the report]. Breda University of Applied Sciences. |
Description can be: Placement report, Betoog, Essay, etc.