Academic Integrity and Assessment Misconduct

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity means being honest and responsible in the work completed as part of the course of study. Academic integrity is important to help build the skills needed for study and professional life.

Academic Misconduct

Misconduct in academic integrity means inappropriate actions that break any rules in different kinds of assessments (for example, exams, essays or coursework) or any work done as part of the course or training. Examples of misconduct include:

  • Plagiarism
  • Exam or assignment cheating
  • Using essay mills
  • Helping or receiving help from others to complete assessment or pass exams
  • Contract cheating: paying someone to do course work
  • Collusion: doing and handing in work with another learner that should be your own
  • Letting someone write your work or attend assessment instead of you (impersonation)
  • Falsifying any documents, assessments, records or information

Learners need to be aware of what academic misconduct is and how to avoid it when preparing assessments. The Learner’s Guide to Academic Integrity  introduces academic integrity principles to the learner. It outlines what academic integrity is, why academic integrity matters to learners and gives examples of good and poor academic conduct.

QA Documentation

The Plagiarism Code of Practice is available to all FET learners, teachers, tutors and trainers and outlines the sanctions when plagiarism is detected.

Further work is needed to revise the QA procedures for managing academic misconduct. This work is scheduled for 2025.

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