Penalties

  • Emphasis on educational corrective action
  • Academic Counselling
  • No further action
  • Reprimand and/or
  • Resubmit work
  • Warning
  • Reduce mark for work
  • Zero mark for work
  • Zero mark for the subject
  • Zero for the examination (This would need to be referenced to the specific circumstances of the case being reviewed)

For Research Higher Degrees only – appropriate penalties as above plus possible period of suspension.

Processes for dealing with charges of academic misconduct

The University has clear procedures for how cases of plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct are handled.

For more information see Overview of the stages of a case of academic misconduct [PDF 183KB].