These are systems used to accurately acknowledge (provide reference to) the sources that you have used in your assignment. Common referencing styles are APA, Harvard and Vancouver.

Evidence helps to validate (support) your main ideas in your assignments and assessments.

Someone other than the student sits their assessment for them either in person or remotely. This may be on the basis of a commercial contract, or may be a non-financial arrangement.

The person who supervises the people taking an examination or assessment and who ensures that there is no cheating.

This means exchange of ideas outside timetabled classes, for example discussing your area of study with other students. It is encouraged at Loughborough University, but you should be careful not to engage in collusion. For example,

What are mitigating circumstances? Can you give an example?

Following the rules of the university when studying and completing your assignments. This means completing all your assignments ‘by yourself’. You must not engage in academic misconduct or plagiarism of any kind.

Engaging a third party to complete assessed work for you which you submit as your own work. This can be where a student uses an online ‘essay mill’ or writing service to purchase work, but it is not necessary for money.

This is when you make unintentional mistakes when referencing, citing, quoting, paraphrasing or summarising. These mistakes, perhaps due to lack of academic skills, can lead to minor plagiarism.

A company that you can pay to write assignments for you, also known as ‘essay mill’ or writing service.

The information (text, opinion, data, etc.) written by someone else that you use in your assignment. Also called ‘evidence’.

Anything such as technology that you are not allowed to have during an examination, class-test, or equivalent.

You are honest and firm in your moral principles. You follow the universities rules