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Academic Integrity and Plagiarism Policy
PP-ACD-DB-10.4 V3 25 July 2012 Immediately Chair, Deans’ Committee

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Purpose of Policy
The purpose of this policy is to set out the University’s commitment to Academic Integrity, with particular reference to:  the importance of acknowledgement practice;  responding to plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct in a consistent and equitable manner; and  the roles and responsibilities of staff and students in upholding the values of Academic Integrity.

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Definitions
Word Academic Integrity Definition (with examples if required) Demonstrating the values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility in all academic endeavours, including preparing and presenting work for assessment as part of coursework or research. The practice of acknowledging the ideas, designs, words or works of other people in one’s own work. An academic task which a student is required to complete to provide a basis for an official record of achievement or certification of competence in a subject, as stipulated in the Subject Outline. Using another person’s ideas, designs, words or works without appropriate acknowledgement. A person enrolled in any program (including non-award) of study offered by the University. An electronic text matching system that compares text in a student assignment against electronic text found in the publicly accessible Internet, published works, commercial databases, and student assignments.

Acknowledgement Practice

Assessment

Plagiarism