Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences

Academic dishonesty constitutes misconduct and is dealt with under the University's Statute 17. It includes:

• Cheating in tests or examinations, e.g. copying from another student, or taking unauthorised materials into the test or examination room.
• Plagiarism, i.e. presenting another's work as though it were one's own, for instance quoting or paraphrasing someone else's opinions, arguments or research findings, whether published or unpublished, without clear acknowledgement of the source. (No source need be given for commonly accepted matters of fact.)
• Falsifying results of experiments or research studies.
• Collusion e.g. writing an assignment jointly and submitting it as the work of one individual unless it is clearly designated a group project.
• Helping someone else to commit any dishonest act such as those listed above.

The consequences for misconduct can be severe, including exclusion from the university.