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What is an academic offence?

An academic offence is an attempt to gain an unfair advantage in any formal assessment, such as coursework and exams.

Our expectations

We expect you to:

behave with honesty and integrity in relation to coursework, examinations and other assessed work
follow our conventions for academic writing (including appropriate referencing of sources) and ethical considerations

If you don’t follow these rules you may be charged with having committed an academic offence.

Plagiarism (copying or using other people’s work without proper referencing)
Cheating in exams
Purchasing a pre-written essay for assessment
Misuse of artificial intelligence, machine learning or other automated technology to write material which is submitted as your own work for assessment
Falsifying data or evidence
Carrying out research without any necessary ethical approval

You can find more examples in the Academic Offences Procedures (.pdf)

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