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Academic Offence Advice
There are many types of academic offences that you could be accused of, for example cheating in an exam, making up practice hours or data or the most common, plagiarism.
If you get accused of plagiarism that could mean a number of things, you may have directly copied someone’s work and not referenced it at all, you may have worked with someone else when you were not supposed to, you may have downloaded work from the internet, or you may have incorrectly referenced your work.
Whether those your mistake was deliberate or not is irrelevant. In the eyes of the University, you have potentially cheated and thus there is a procedure to ensure that you recognise what you’ve done, and also try and prevent you from making the same mistake again.
The following attachments contain two flow charts, one to show the standard procedure invoked by the University to deal with such cases. The other to show the classifications of plagiarism and the penalties linked to them.
There is also a link to a site to show you how to reference correctly if you are not sure.
The key thing to remember is that if you are accused of plagiarism or any academic offence and you need support in attending a meeting or in any other way, the Students’ Union Advice Centre is here to help you. Please come and see us in Vicarage Street H012 or email or ring us.
Louise.tadiar@beds.ac.uk 01582 743264
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