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Cheating, Plagiarism and Unfair Practice
Franchise Delivery
Quality Assurance Services
Session outline
• Academic Integrity• University procedures • Distinct stages of the process• Roles and responsibilities • Penalties• Further guidance
Introduction Academic Integrity = good academic practiceSupport for students:
Student induction Course Handbook Academic skills
sessionsQuote Unquote
Little Book of Plagiarism Ongoing
support..........
• Is the substantial, unacknowledged, incorporation in a student’s work of material derived from the work (published or unpublished) of another.
• “Work” includes internet sources. • (C9.1.8 Leeds Beckett University
Academic Principles and Regulations)
Plagiarism
• The inclusion in a student’s work of extracts from another person’s work without the use of quotation marks and/or acknowledgement of the source(s)
• The summarising of another person’s work without acknowledgement
• The substantial and unauthorised use of the ideas of another person without acknowledgement
Examples of plagiarism include:
Self-plagiarism
• Occurs when a student submits work for credit which has been submitted elsewhere for credit.
• This may be part of a piece of work or the entire piece of work.
• It may have been submitted to this University or another institution.
• (C9.1.9 Leeds Beckett University Academic Principles and Regulations)
Collusion
• Occurs when a student collaborates with another student in the completion of work which is then submitted as unaided work by either student (C9.1.10 Leeds Beckett University Academic Principles and Regulations)
Cheating
• Cheating is unfair behaviour relating to an examination
• More details are available (Leeds Beckett University Academic Principles and Regulations C9.1.7) http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/about/academic-regulations.htm
Other Forms of Unfair Practice Include:
• Offering a bribe or inducement,• Falsifying data in any piece of work,• Submitting copies of another person’s
work stored on an electronic device,• Ghostwriting, i.e. paying someone else
to do some or all of a piece of work
University procedures • Stage 1: Investigatory Interview• Stage 2: Assessment Enquiry Panel • Stage 3: Assessment Appeal Panel
Stage 1 and 2 will take place at the Partner with Stage 3 taking place via virtual means with a senior member of University staff chairing the meeting.
N.B In the formative years of a partnership, the University may also support Stage 1 and 2.
Key roles
• Academic Integrity Lead (partner-based Franchise Coordinator) – chair Stage 2 Assessment Enquiry Panel– oversight of staff development – Compliance with C9 of Academic Principles and
Regulations and procedures • Academic Integrity Coordinators
– Trained academic staff who can chair Stage 1 meetings
– Department/ School based
Stage 1A suspected case of unfair practice will provoke Stage 1: an Initial Investigatory Interview:
Panel
Chair: Academic Integrity Coordinator
Partner based internal examiner / invigilator (if found during moderation stage, it is still the responsibility of the local tutor to present the case)
In attendance
Student
Student’s friend / representative (optional) (observer)
*A University member of staff may attend to support or even Chair in the early stages of the partnership. This provides a developmental opportunity for partner-based staff
Stage 2A lack of resolution through Stage 1, prompts Stage 2: an Assessment Inquiry Panel
Panel
Chair: Academic Integrity Lead
Partner- based academic from the same subject area but who has not taught the student in the module (s) being investigated
Partner -based academic independent to the subject area
In attendance
Internal Examiner – The member of staff making the allegation
Student
Student’s friend (optional) (observer)
Partner based Secretary
Formal minutes will be taken of a Stage 2 Inquiry Panel – training req.
Stage 3A student’s desire to appeal the decision of the Assessment Inquiry Panel provokes Stage 3 an: Assessment Appeal Panel
Panel
Chair: University- based Dean of the Faculty of nominee (not the student’s HoS or Chair of the EC/BoE)
Experienced member of University-based academic staff from a different faculty
Experienced member of partner-based academic staff from the student’s faculty, who has not taught the student
In attendance
Student
Student’s friend (optional) (observer)
University based secretary
Formal minutes will be taken of a Stage 3 Appeal Panel
Unfair Practice Board• Established in April 2009
• To consider admitted or found cases of cheating, plagiarism and other forms of unfair practice
• To ensure transparent, fair and consistent procedures for penalising proven cases of unfair practices
Membership of the Board
• An Academic representative from each Faculty and a substitute member (both appointed by the Dean of Faculty)
• A Representative from Quality Assurance Services
• A Chair, as determined by Quality Assurance Services
• A Secretary from Quality Assurance Services
Purpose
• To refer-back to the Partner any outcomes which showed procedural or other deficiencies which rendered the admission or finding unsound;
• To determine penalties for proven cases of unfair practice;
• To receive any extenuating circumstances submitted in relation to unfair practice and consider these prior to the determination of penalty;
Penalties
Take account of level, previous offences, gravity and circumstances• A – the student may be awarded the full range of marks
for the resubmitted work (Letter of Advice)• B – the mark for the reassessed work will be a maximum
of 40% (Letter of Warning)• C – the mark for the reassessed work will be a maximum
of 30% (Letter of Final Warning)• D - the student has failed the level and is required to
withdraw from the programme of study (Letter of Withdrawal)
Tariff
DocumentationThe Partner is responsible for ensuring the following:
Stage 1 forms require some completion by hand, signed by all stakeholders
Invitation letter is sent to the student re: Stage 1
Outcome letter is sent to the student re: Stage 1
Outcome letter is sent to the student re: Stage 2
Outcome letter is sent to the student re: Stage 3
Reporting all outcomes to the University on the Franchise UPB submission template
Forwarding on the outcomes of the Unfair Practice Board to the student
The University (Faculty) is responsible for:
reporting all cases to the Unfair Practice Board via the relevant Faculty
sending the outcome of the Unfair Practice Board to the Partner and the Franchise Coordinator / Link Tutor
All templates are available in the Operational Guidance for Franchise Delivery
Further guidance
• Section C9• Guidance on Cheating, Plagiarism and other
forms of unfair practice• Developing Excellent Academic Practice
module available to Associate Staff• Conduct of the Invigilation of Written
Examinations handbook• Skills for Learning • Operational Guidance for Franchise Delivery
Further guidance• Quote, Unquote / Little Book of Plagiarism