What is academic misconduct?
According to the University's Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct website:
Academic misconduct, broadly speaking, is any action which gains, attempts to gain, or assists others in gaining or attempting to gain unfair academic advantage. It includes plagiarism, collusion, contract cheating, and fabrication of data as well as the posession of unauthorised materials during an examination. Every current and former student of the University is expected to understand and abide by rules of behaviour which specifically prohibit academic misconduct.
The range of penalties for academic misconduct in University examinations and coursework includes disqualification from the BA and MEng degrees. Ignorance of the seriousness of academic misconduct will not be an acceptable defense.
The University's Golden Rule is that: the examiners must be left in no doubt as to which parts of any submission are your own original work and which are not.
What do you need to do?
To ensure that you understand what constitutes academic misconduct and how to avoid it through good academic practice you are required to read and follow:
- the University's webpage on student responsibilities, which includes the University's definition of academic misconduct;
- the Department's guidance on distinguishing between cooperation & cheating.
We strongly suggest that you familiarise yourself with the rest of the University's Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct website as it contains a lot of useful information about how to avoid academic misconduct.
If you do not fully understand the information in these documents you must seek clarification at the earliest opportunity from your Director of Studies or supervisor.
All work submitted electronically may be subjected to checking for plagiarism using Turnitin text-matching software software. You are required to:
Last updated on 02/10/2019 16:41