Student Academic Misconduct Policy - Information Resources

The following resources may be of assistance to Students and/or Staff of the University in dealing with allegations of student academic misconduct. 

Please select the links below for further information.

Plagiarism

• Plagiarism: Rights and Responsibilities (opens in a new window)
• Avoiding Plagiarism (opens in a new window)
• Citation Styles (opens in a new window)
• Turnitin (opens in a new window)

Process Flow Charts and Guides

• Student Academic Misconduct: Guide to Seriousness and Penalties (opens in a new window) (PDF, 95Kb)
• Overview of School-Level processes and possible outcomes - other than exam misconduct (opens in a new window) (PDF, 25Kb)
• Overview of School-Level processes and possible outcomes - for exam misconduct (opens in a new window) (PDF, 20Kb)
• Process Flowcharts (opens in a new window) (PDF, 783Kb)
• Process for Student Appeals (opens in a new window) (PDF, 21Kb)

Procedural Fairness 

• Guidelines on Procedural Fairness and Avoidance of Bias (opens in a new window) (PDF, 27Kb)
• Role of the Representative of the Academic Registrar (opens in a new window) (PDF, 44Kb)

Communication and Recording Tools

• Unit Coordinator and Dean Worksheets (opens in a new window) (MS Excel, 128Kb)
• Mail Merge Instructions (opens in a new window) (PDF, 620Kb) for producing Summary Record
• Standard letters for communication with students
  • School (opens in a new window) (Word, 84Kb)
  • Secretariat (opens in a new window) (Word, 75Kb)
• Summary Record template(opens in a new window) (MS Word, 89Kb)
• TRIM Guidelines
  • What to TRIM - Guidelines for Recording Academic Misconduct in TRIM (opens in a new window) (PDF, 174Kb)
  • How to TRIM - Student Records: Student Academic Misconduct File (opens in a new window) (PDF, 1MB)
    

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