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

Give three examples of contract cheating

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

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

Submitting for assessment the same work that you have previously submitted at Loughborough, or which has contributed to an award at any other institution, unless specific provision for this is made in the assessment brief.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.