Plagiarism
Where there is unattributed use of other people’s work or ideas, in work submitted for assessment.
Academic Integrity
The University expects that all students (undergraduate, postgraduate taught and research postgraduate students) will undertake their studies with integrity and will submit assessments that have been prepared by themselves. To do otherwise, to act dishonestly and cheat in an assessment, is classed as academic misconduct and will incur penalties.
These web pages and the associated resource, ‘Academic Integrity: A Guide for Students’ have been developed to explain the meaning of academic misconduct, how you can avoid it and what the penalties are should you act dishonestly.
Common examples of academic dishonesty, include but are not limited to...
Collusion
Where there is unauthorised collaboration between students in the writing of an individual assignment.
Contract Cheating
Where the student submits work for assessment that has been produced by someone other than the student, whether this has been paid for (for example, through using ‘essay mills’) or not.
All students are strongly encouraged to familiarise themselves with the guidance on academic integrity provided by the University and how to avoid academic misconduct issues in their coursework and assessments.