The Academic Marker will provide an indication to the Academic Misconduct Lead of the Academic Misconduct Panel on the type of offence they believe has occurred. In some cases an Academic Marker may identify more than one of the following categories.
Examples of Academic Misconduct:
Reproducing in any work submitted for assessment or review (for example, examination answers, essays, project reports, presentations, dissertations or theses) or any material derived from work authored by another without clearly acknowledging the source.
Reproducing without acknowledgement in any submitted work any material used by that student in other work for assessment, either at this University or elsewhere.
Unauthorised use of artificial intelligence: Use of generative AI beyond the scope permitted for the specific assessment, or failure to appropriately acknowledge its use where allowed. If no specific guidance is provided for a specific assessment, generative AI use must be in-line with the University's Gen AI principles and guidance.
Conspiring with others to reproduce the work of others, including knowingly permitting work to be copied by another student. Collusion is distinct from contract cheating as it does not depend on a payment or payment in kind being made for the work.
Where a student (or a number of students collectively) commissions a third party for services that result in the submission of work for assessment that is, either wholly or in part, not the student’s own work. The payment may be financial or involve payments in kind. Where no payment is made the alleged offence should be treated as the offences of plagiarism, collusion or impersonation, as appropriate and as set out above.
The falsification of data, evidence, quotations, citations or other information in any assessed work.
Allowing an individual or individuals to impersonate the student in an examination or other assessment event/activity.
Such as carrying out research without appropriate permission.
Including possession of unauthorised material or technology during an exam, and attempting to access unseen assessment materials in advance of an exam.
Seeking to gain an advantage regarding work submitted for assessment by offering an examiner or teacher any inducement to treat that work more favourably than the work itself merits.
Taking a copy of another student’s work without their permission
Falsifying data, evidence or experimental results
Sharing University-owned materials, including assessments, briefs, study notes and other course and module materials, to unauthorised websites to obtain academic feedback.