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► Academic Misconduct
What is academic misconduct?
Academic misconduct is:
“Any action that produces an improper advantage for the student in relation to his/her assessment or deliberately and unnecessarily disadvantage other students. It can be committed intentionally or accidentally”
Senate regulation 19.13 (a) University Assessment Regulations June 2010
Below is a list of definitions of types of Academic Misconduct this list is not exhaustive
Plagiarism
• Passing off the ideas or words of someone else as you own. This includes work of other students as well as published sources
• Submitting (as your own) an assignment that has been completed by another person
• Downloading information, text, artwork, graphics or other material from the internet and presenting as your own with no acknowledgment of the source of the work
• Quoting or paraphrasing material from a source with no acknowledgement of that source
• Copying from other members while working in a group
• Contributing less. Little or nothing to a group assignment and then claiming an equal share of the marks
Cheating in an exam
• By either copying from other students or using unauthorised notes or other aids
Collusion
• Working together with others to create and submit a similar or identical assignment or assessment, without authority from the School or Personal tutor
Impersonation
• Assuming the identity of another with the intention of gaining an unfair advantage for that person
Falsification or fabrication
• Inventing or altering data or references
Duplication or Self-plagiarism
• Handing in a piece of work/research (correctly cited and referenced) that you have individually done, in part or in whole that has already been submitted for another subject or marks without correctly acknowledging the first piece of work/research.
Ghosting
• Submitting a piece of work as your own that has been done in whole or in part by someone else on your behalf. This also includes:
- Deliberately making or seeking to make available material to another student for their use
- Investigating the possibility of using another person’s work
Disruption
• Preventing an assessment from being conducted in an orderly and appropriate manner.
Assessment and feedback policy appendix 1 June 2010
