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.

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

Give three examples of contract cheating

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

Presenting for assessment someone else’s work or ideas as your own. This includes failure to acknowledge clearly and explicitly the ideas, words, or work of another person whether these are published or unpublished.

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

Any action, attempted action or omission that may result in you gaining an unfair advantage over other students in an assessment, where there is evidence to demonstrate that your actions or behaviour arose from an intention to deceive th

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.

Including an in-text citation (also known as an in-text reference) to show which source the original information came from. You should a

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

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.

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

What are mitigating circumstances? Can you give an example?