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Hybrid:arts GUIDELINES FOR CHEATING AND PLAGIARISM
Hybrid:arts assesses students to measure whether learning outcomes
have been achieved. In line with the awarding body’s own assessment & internal
verification policy, it is imperative that such assessment is fair
and students have equal opportunity for achievement. Any attempt
by a student to gain unfair advantage over another student in an
assessment exercise, or to assist another student to gain an unfair
advantage is unacceptable.
Some examples of unacceptable behaviour in relation to assessment
are:
- Plagiarism: the presentation of the work of another as
if it was one’s own independent work
- Collusion: improper collaboration in the production of
a piece of work
- Cheating: - copying or trying to copy the work of another
- letting another student copy
- taking unauthorised material into an examination room.
For ease, all of the above will be referred to as ‘cheating’ for
the rest of this document.
When it is suspected that student has cheated, the training provider
will investigate and penalise the student if sufficient evidence
is found to uphold the allegation.
Normally, it is the assessor who identifies or suspects that cheating
has taken place. If it is the internal verifier (IV), then the first
action point may be skipped.
- If the assessor identifies or suspects that cheating has taken
place, s/he should notify the IV in writing.
- The assessor and IV should discuss the incident. If cheating
appears to have taken place, the work should be referred and the
student notified using standard feedback forms.The incident should
be recorded using standard IV paperwork.
- If necessary, the incident is referred to the lead IV to investigate.
This, for example, may be where cheating is suspected but, is difficult
to prove, or where a student’s work has been copied but,
it is not clear if s/he willingly shared their work. The
investigation may require viewing other samples of work and/or
meeting the student(s). In some cases, the student(s) may
be required to undertake further assessment, e.g. provide a verbal
summary of the written work.
- If the allegation of cheating is upheld, the work will be referred
and the student given a verbal/written warning by the tutor concerned.
- The referral will normally be the requirement to complete a
different but similar assessment task. The warning will
indicate the severity of cheating and the requirement for all of
the student’s future work to be IVd, additional to the usual
IV sample, for the rest of their course. Formal disciplinary procedures
may be invoked at this time.
- If a student disputes the finding that they have cheated they
may appeal according to the training providers Assessment Appeals
Policy.
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