Academic Misconduct
Academic misconduct includes the following:
- Cheating or acting dishonestly in any academic assessment (for example in an exam or an assignment)
- Assisting or inciting another student to cheat or act dishonestly
- Plagiarism
Allegations of academic misconduct are regarded very seriously and where proven will be penalised accordingly. See Student Misconduct and Appeals for further information.
Plagiarism and cheating
Plagiarism is the attempt to pass off somebody else's work as your own. It is cheating and it is a serious breach of academic conduct and where proven will be penalised accordingly. Penalties for plagiarism are severe and may include expulsion from the University.
You are committing plagiarism if you:
- Copy, paraphrase or summarise all or part of any document or piece of work (including written, audio, visual, computer-based material, programming data or code, or a work of art);
- Use somebody else's ideas, results or conclusions; or
- Present another student's work as your own without acknowledging those sources.
Whenever you use or refer to other's work in your assignment, make sure you acknowledge the original author(s) of the ideas, facts, code, results, artistic piece, etc.
If you have any doubt please refer to
- Guide to Written Communication [2008 Edition] (PDF)
- www.bell.uts.edu.au/referencing
- Or you should seek advice from the lecturer responsible for your subject before submitting your work.