These agreed principles will be reviewed and, if necessary, revised on an annual basis by the ITT Board Exceptional Mitigating Circumstances The Faculty follows the University guideline on Exceptional Mitigating Circumstances. The guidelines can be found on the Academic Registry wiki If you have questions about the content please discuss with the Programme Leader who will advise you on the best course of action. What Constitutes Malpractice Academic malpractice, such as cheating, plagiarism and collusion, are taken very seriously by the Faculty and the institutional and procedures are in place to deal with such occurrences. Malpractice is defined as an attempt to gain an advantage over other students by the use of unfair and unacceptable methods. Cheating: is an infringement of the rules governing conduct in examinations or other assessment. Plagiarism: is where a student attempts to pass off work as their own, which is not their own. Collusion: is where a student knowingly collaborates with another student to submit a piece of work. A case of academic malpractice or other dishonest practice, such as forging signatures, will be dealt with severely according to the regulations, which may include: university’s Reducing the mark of a specific element of assessment; Deeming you to have failed the assessment; Deeming you to have failed the programme; Deeming you to have failed the programme and bar you from further study at the institution. Further information and the academic regulations relating to academic malpractice, can be found on Academic Registry online student information area: Poor Practice (as identified in student work) Please be aware that assignments or examination answers which contain evidence of unsafe, harmful or discriminatory practice may be awarded a fail mark.
These agreed principles will be reviewed and, if necessary, revised on an annual basis by the ITT Board Exceptional Mitigating Circumstances The Faculty follows the University guideline on Exceptional Mitigating Circumstances. The guidelines can be found on the Academic Registry wiki If you have questions about the content please discuss with the Programme Leader who will advise you on the best course of action. What Constitutes Malpractice Academic malpractice, such as cheating, plagiarism and collusion, are taken very seriously by the Faculty and the institutional and procedures are in place to deal with such occurrences. Malpractice is defined as an attempt to gain an advantage over other students by the use of unfair and unacceptable methods. Cheating: is an infringement of the rules governing conduct in examinations or other assessment. Plagiarism: is where a student attempts to pass off work as their own, which is not their own. Collusion: is where a student knowingly collaborates with another student to submit a piece of work. A case of academic malpractice or other dishonest practice, such as forging signatures, will be dealt with severely according to the university’s regulations, which may include: Reducing the mark of a specific element of assessment; Deeming you to have failed the assessment; Deeming you to have failed the programme; Deeming you to have failed the programme and bar you from further study at the institution. Further information and the academic regulations relating to academic malpractice, can be found on Academic Registry online student information area: Poor Practice (as identified in student work) Please be aware that assignments or examination answers which contain evidence of unsafe, harmful or discriminatory practice may be awarded a fail mark.