Academic Misconduct

Any act of plagiarism and/ or collusion will be dealt with accordance with Kingston University’s regulation for Academic Misconduct – Taught Courses 2019/20 (AR6) that can be found using the link URL: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/aboutkingstonuniversity/howtheuniversityworks/policiesandregulations/#ar The University defines academic misconduct (cheating) in assessment as any attempt by a student to gain an unfair advantage in assessments or to aid another to gain such an advantage. Examples of the types of academic misconduct covered by these procedures are provided below, but this should not be regarded as a definitive list. The University reserves the right to include other types of academic misconduct under this procedure (s.8)
Plagiarism (including copying)  The University defines plagiarism as the act of presenting the work of another person (or people) as one’s own without proper acknowledgement. This includes copying the work of another student or other students.  The University expects students to take responsibility for the security of their work (i.e., with written work, to ensure that other students do not get access to electronic or hard copy of the work). Failure to keep work secure may allow others to cheat, and could result in an allegation of academic misconduct for students whose work have been copied, particularly if the origin of the work is in doubt
Self-Plagiarism  The University defines self-plagiarism as the act of presenting part or all of a student’s work that has been previously submitted to meet the requirements of a different assessment, except where the nature of the assessment makes this permissible.
Collusion  The University defines collusion as the act, by two or more students, of presenting a piece of work jointly without acknowledging the collaboration. This could include a student who permits or assists another to present work that has been copied or paraphrased from the student’s own work.
Purchasing or Commissioning  The University defines the act of purchasing or commissioning as either attempting to purchase or purchasing work for an assessment including, for example from the internet, or attempting to commission, or commissioning someone else to complete an assessment.
	Marking Criteria
	Section/element	Allocated Marks
	Knowledge and understanding	25%
	Application of concepts and principles to the task	25%
	Critical analysis	25%
	Effectiveness of communication	25%