Academic scholarship wordlist

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

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

What are mitigating circumstances? Can you give an example?

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.

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

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to acknowledge clearly and explicitly the ideas, words, or work of another person whether these are published or unpublished.

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

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.

Give three examples of contract cheating

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

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,

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

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.

Agreement between people to act together secretly or illegally in order to deceive or cheat someone else (Cambridge Dictionary).

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.

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

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.