(1) This Policy is effective from 30 July 2021. (2) This Policy is pursuant to the Academic Board Regulations. (3) This Policy outlines the principles and responsibilities for promoting, supporting and upholding student academic integrity standards. (4) This Policy applies to students of the University as defined in Section 6 – Definitions of this Policy. Where students conduct research, they must also comply with the Research Conduct policy and the Research Integrity Breaches procedure. This Policy applies to staff in terms of their role in maintaining high standards of student academic integrity. (5) Academic Board is responsible for establishing and regulating academic integrity standards for the University, including for staff and students, to support a culture and environment that promotes and fosters ethical academic and research conduct. (6) The University is committed to honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility in academic settings and the promotion of a culture of academic integrity. (7) The University will uphold academic integrity and apply an educative approach that supports students to use, generate and communicate information in an ethical, honest and responsible manner. (8) The University will ensure that: (9) Allegations that students have breached academic integrity will be responded to in a fair, consistent, transparent and timely manner. Students will be given the opportunity to formally present their case and no person will suffer victimisation as a result of raising an allegation in good faith. (10) University Staff who are responsible for investigating and determining an alleged breach of academic integrity will respect the privacy and confidentiality of all parties and reach conclusions based on a fair hearing. Decision-makers will be guided by the Decision-making Principles set out in Part 8 of the Academic Board Regulations. (11) The Academic Board is responsible for establishing and regulating academic integrity standards for the University, including for staff and students, to support a culture and environment that promotes and fosters ethical academic and research conduct. (12) A breach of academic integrity standards includes but is not limited to: (13) Staff will: (14) Students will: (15) Executive Deans and Institute Directors (for Institutes established outside a Faculty) are responsible for ensuring that they have a strategy in place to: (16) Each Faculty Board establish (or equivalent for Institutes established outside a Faculty) will establish an Academic Integrity Committee to: (17) Records of investigations and outcomes of allegations that students have breached academic integrity will be kept centrally. Records must be collected, maintained and distributed in accordance with Part 8 - Decision-making Principles of the Academic Board Regulations and applicable privacy legislation. (18) Academic Integrity Committees will monitor, review and report annually to the relevant Faculty Board (or equivalent in an Institute outside a Faculty), Dean of Students and Academic Board on allegations of breaches of academic integrity standards. (19) The University will ensure that its standards for academic integrity are maintained in contractual arrangements with any third party involved in the delivery of courses in partnership with the University. Student placements will be managed in accordance with the Student Placement procedure. (20) The Student Academic Integrity procedure documents how to comply with this Policy. (21) For the purpose of this Policy:Student Academic Integrity policy
Section 1 - Preamble
Section 2 - Purpose
Section 3 - Scope
Section 4 - Policy
Academic Integrity Principles
Academic Integrity Standards
Responsibilities
Record keeping
Reporting
Third parties
Section 5 - Procedure
Section 6 - Definitions
Breach
Definition
a.
Plagiarism
A student using other people’s words, ideas, media, research findings or other information as their own without appropriate referencing.
b.
Contract cheating
A student requesting someone else to produce all or part of an assessment task that is submitted as their own work, including arrangements through a third party.
c.
Collusion
A student working with another person to submit some or all of the other person’s work as their own or vice versa.
d.
Non-compliance with assessment or examination instructions or requirements
A student having or providing unauthorised materials relating to the assessment or examination, copying other students’ work, or obtaining or providing information without appropriate permission.
e.
Impersonation
A student pretending to be someone else, or allowing someone else to pretend to be them, for an assessment task or course requirement.
f.
Fraud
A student seeking unfair academic advantage through dishonest behaviour, including (but not limited to) providing false or altered information such as medical certificates, academic transcripts and assessment submission receipts.
g.
Reuse of previous work
A student submitting work previously submitted for assessment in any unit or course, without the permission of the Unit Chair.
h.
Promoting ways to breach academic integrity
A student sharing information with other students about ways to breach academic integrity or facilitating a breach of academic integrity.
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