Get HOW ARE ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT PENALTIES ASSIGNED

You will receive a grade penalty. Your instructor will assign a grade penalty appropriate for your misconduct. Consequences vary and can range from failing an assignment to losing course credit.

Being expelled from your institution or course. The destruction or elimination of your work under the auspices of preventing the spread of false data. Significant 'soft' penalties such as blackballing or being unable to seek a reference.

expulsion from the University. suspension from the University for a specified period of time. suspension, cancellation, or forfeiture of any scholarships, bursaries or prizes. a failing grade or mark of zero on the assignment or in the course in which the academic misconduct occurred.

If you're referred to the University Discipline Panel, they can: Apply any sanction open to the Academic Misconduct Panel. Remove your right to take resits (i.e. you will fail your course) Expel you from the University.

Legal consequences If students cheat, plagiarize, falsify or fabricate data in such projects, sponsors can take formal actions against the university. These actions could include fines, loss of future projects to the university or lawsuits.

A sanction is the penalty that can be imposed by your Chair, Dean, or the University Tribunal. Determining the appropriate sanction for an academic offence depends on many factors, including but not limited to: The context and seriousness of the offence. The number of times you have committed an academic offence.

Professors may identify academic dishonesty by comparing your work to the assignment instructions, the internet, and the work of other students in class, or by seeing something during exam proctoring. If there is sufficient evidence, professors may reduce your grade on an assignment or in the class.

If after reviewing the allegations and discussing the incident with the assigned Dean, you accept responsibility for the alleged violation(s), the assigned Dean will determine which University sanction(s) and action(s) apply.