Malpractice

Malpractice is defined as any attempt by a student to gain an unfair advantage in assessment.

The University regards any form of academic malpractice as a serious matter. Where the incident has implications for fitness to practice an academic malpractice incident may lead to the Adjudication or Progress Review Procedure being initiated.

Five main types of malpractice are defined within the University’s regulations, these are:

Cheating in examinations
Plagiarism
Collusion in coursework
Fabrication and falsification
Impersonation.

All of these types of malpractice can be considered to be either minor or major malpractice with the exception of impersonation which is always considered under Major Malpractice Procedures.