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Academic Misconduct

Misconduct in the preparation and submission of written work and/or examinations for assessment will have serious consequences for a student. Consequences include failure of the course, receive a mark penalty or in some circumstances face disciplinary proceedings and exclusion.

The University's Discipline Rules apply to all students, undergraduate and graduate, and define misconduct in relation to an examination as including but not limited to:

• cheating;
• plagiarism (including copying, paraphrasing or summarising, without appropriate acknowledgement, the words, ideas, scholarship or intellectual property of another person whether or not it is with the knowledge or consent of that other person)
  Note: Plagiarism may also take place when direct use of others’ words is not indicated, for example by inverted commas or indentation, in addition to appropriate citation of the source
• except with the approval of the Delegated Authority, submitting for an examination any work previously submitted for examination;
• failing to comply with the University’s instructions to students at, or in relation to, an examination
• acting, or assisting another person to act, dishonestly in or in connection with an examination;
• taking a prohibited document into an examination venue.

For information on plagiarism and how to avoid it, see the article on plagiarism as provided by the Academic Skills and Learning Centre.

 

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