Academic Integrity and Misconduct

Whether studying, teaching or researching, the University requires all its members to meet the standards of academic integrity. Academic integrity means “intellectual honesty”, i.e. honesty in the use of information and in formulating arguments, and giving credit where we have used others’ ideas.

Academic misconduct, which includes plagiarism and other forms of cheating, is taken seriously by the department and the University.

The two most common reasons students give for plagiarising or cheating are:

  • Time management - not having sufficient time to complete an essay or exam revision
  • Not understanding what constitutes plagiarism

You can avoid these factors by knowing your requirements and deadlines.

Academic Integrity & Misconduct

Familiarise yourself with the information on academic integrity, poor academic practice and academic misconduct in our Academic Integrity Guidelines and discuss specific issues as and when they arise with your module tutors and/or personal tutor.

Legal Skills

There is lots of information on our legal skills pages on academic/writing skills, plus help with referencing and research skills that you may find useful.

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