Academic Integrity Policy

The requirement for academic integrity applies to all work you submit for both formative and summative assessment, and to the behaviours you exhibit and the processes you engage in when producing that work. It includes, but is not limited to: 

• Essays

• Dissertations

• Reports

• Prints

• Designs

• Images

• Performances

• Presentations

• Artefacts

• Projects

• Computer programs

• Research methodology and ethics

• Claims for extenuating circumstances 

1. Correctly referenced :

   1. All sources, ideas, quotations, paraphrasing, and summaries must be properly cited.

   2. This includes written, visual, electronic, and oral sources.

   3. Failure to acknowledge sources is plagiarism.

2. Produced by you, and only you
   1. You must only take credit for work you produced yourself.
   2. In group projects, your submission must clearly show your individual contribution.
   3. Contributions from others must be acknowledged.
   4. Breaches may constitute collusion or commissioning.
      
3. Original and unique
   1. You cannot submit the same work twice unless specifically permitted.
   2. Reusing previous work is considered duplication (self-plagiarism).

4. Honest and trustworthy

   1.  All work you produce should be reliable and honest.
   2. Any research represented in reports or projects must have been carried out by you; data must be factual and true, and obtained by fair and ethical means. 
   3. Fabricating or altering information is known as misrepresentation.