Academic misconduct

Plagiarism is the incorporation of someone else's work into your own work without proper acknowledgement of that source  in your work.

Academic work must be well-researched and evidence based. This evidence should be from academic / expert sources.

This includes not only text from articles and books or web-pages, but also lecture notes, images, programming codes, diagrams, tables etc. 

It is the 'idea' that counts and which you need to acknowledge or credit.

If you paraphrase from a source (that is put someones' ideas into your own words) you still need to acknowledge that source.

It is also important when paraphrasing that you do not change the meaning of the original.

Self-plagiarism is duplicating and submitting work which is the same (or partly) identical to work you have submitted in the past.

Tips for avoiding plagiarism

• Make sure you know how to reference properly for your subject area. 
• Avoid copying and pasting text especially from electronic sources. It is not good practice to copy and paste sections of information, even if it is correctly referenced. This could result in you not having enough word count left in your assignment for your own analysis and commentary.
• Keep a record of where you have taken notes or quotations from.
• Get advice from your tutor or academic librarian to make sure you are referencing correctly.
• Don't submit the same work for different assessments.

Artificial Intelligence study tools should be seen as a companion to learning but be careful how you use them.

Tips:

• Make sure you are aware of what use you can and cannot make of AI tools in your module. Each module should be given a Red, Amber or Green traffic light rating on whether it is acceptable to use AI or not (see below). If you are not sure please check with your tutors.
• Be aware of the Misrepresentation guidance (see below) - This is where you have deliberately engaged with AI or some software that generates content for the purposes of gaining an intentional unfair academic advantage.
• Check guidance on referencing AI.

This is engaging in actions with the intention of gaining an unfair advantage over others taking the same examination, or knowingly assisting others to do this. 

Presenting false data that you have claimed to have carried out, or to deliberately mislead others. This includes manipulating and omission of genuine data or tampering with or adding to data.

This is falsely submitting a case for an extension, deferred submission of for extenuating circumstances in order to gain an unfair advantage.

Interfering with recorded marks to gain an unfair advantage.

This is where a student is not the author of the work being submitted for assessment. It is the deliberate engagement with some third-party tool which could be Artificial Intelligence or software that generates content to gain an intentional unfair academic advantage.

This is the submission of work, originally by another person but which has been deliberately modified to make it look like your own piece of work.

Assuming the identity of another person with the intention to deceive or gain an unfair advantage. This can exist where a person assumes the identity with the intention of gaining an advantage for that student or that student is knowingly and willingly impersonated by another.

This is purchasing or commissioning a piece of work from another party which you then pass off as your own work. This includes work purchased from commercial internet assignment writing sites, other organisations or individuals. Please note that offering this service is now considered an illegal practice. (https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2022/04/28/essay-mills-are-now-illegal-skills-minister-calls-on-internet-service-providers-to-crack-down-on-advertising/) 

Also please note that completing work for someone else who then submits this as their own work (even if it is at a different institution) is also considered an offence.

Sabotage is the act of deliberately destroying, damaging or obstructing the work of others.

This also includes deliberately stalling the progress of another's work to gain a personal advantage.

This is the stealing of another student's work.

This is the possession of confidential staff material relating to an assessment which has been obtained without their consent and would give you an unfair advantage.

This involves conduct which deviates from acceptable behaviour.

The  full-list is available in Appendix 1 of the Academic Misconduct Regulations.