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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
Academic misconduct
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.
Academic scholarship
Including an in-text citation (also known as an in-text reference) to show which source the original information came from. You should a
Acknowledge
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,
Collaboration
Agreement between people to act together secretly or illegally in order to deceive or cheat someone else (Cambridge Dictionary).
Collusion
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.
Contract cheating
Give three examples of contract cheating
Essay mill, swapping work with another student, having work edited, proofread or written by another person.
A company that you can pay to write assignments for you, also known as ‘essay mill’ or writing service.
Contract cheating company
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.
Impersonation
You are honest and firm in your moral principles. You follow the universities rules
Academic integrity
The person who supervises the people taking an examination or assessment and who ensures that there is no cheating.
invigilator
What are mitigating circumstances? Can you give an example?
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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to acknowledge clearly and explicitly the ideas, words, or work of another person whether these are published or unpublished.
Plagiarism
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.
Poor scholarship
Anything such as technology that you are not allowed to have during an examination, class-test, or equivalent.
Prohibited materials
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.
Referencing conventions
