Academic misconduct is any inappropriate activity or behaviour by a student which may give that student, or another student, an unpermitted academic advantage in a summative assessment and is unacceptable within the university’s scholarly community.
To understand how the university investigates and responds to academic misconduct, read our Academic Misconduct Code of Practice.
If an allegation of academic misconduct is being considered against an assessment submitted/sat prior to 10 September 2026, please refer to the Academic Misconduct Policy and Academic Misconduct Procedure. Different procedures applied at the and the .