ICE

Academic Offence Policy

Overview

Academic misconduct, which is by definition dishonest and goes against the ideals of a learning community, is taken seriously at Imperial College of Excellence (ICE). If academic misbehavior is not confronted, it eventually diminishes the value of academic norms and students’ sincere efforts. Academic misconduct affects both students and faculty:

–It is our duty to offer thorough direction, assistance for academic study techniques, awareness, and efficient teaching, evaluation, and feedback strategies in all areas.

–All students are expected to exhibit both a degree of independent thought and the ability to properly cite all of the sources they have used.

–It is our duty to offer staff and students institutional support as well as a clear policy for a uniform strategy for avoiding, identifying, and handling academic misconduct.

Defining Academic Misconduct

Cheating

The definition of cheating is any attempt to obtain an unfair advantage in an assessment through dishonest means. This includes, but is not limited to, breaking examination room rules, pretending to be another student, fabricating data, and obtaining an exam paper before its authorized release.

–Having “crib notes” on hand when being examined

–Communication was prohibited during an examination.

–Taking inspiration from another student’s work

–Plagiarism and cooperation, as discussed below

Collusion

When two or more persons collaborate to create an assessment piece that is falsely claimed to be the work of a single student, this is known as collusion. It’s possible that the work is so similar in terms of content, phrasing, and organization that it goes beyond mere coincidence. For instance, when a student plagiarizes another’s work or when a group effort is used to create something that should have been done by a single person. Collusion should not be confused with the typical scenario where students share ideas, collaborate in groups to do tasks, and learn from one another (when this is officially authorized).

Plagiarism

The act of using someone else’s work and passing it off as your own is known as plagiarism. This entails using either significant paraphrasing from another person’s work or an unattributed straight quotation. According to the referring guidelines followed by each academic institution, it is crucial to properly reference and cite all sources from which work has been derived.

 

Plagiarism most frequently takes the following forms:

–Website content that has been cut, duplicated, and pasted

–copying someone else’s work, whether it be past or contemporary, including essays from “essay banks” or other sources.

–Copying content from a journal or textbook

Without realizing that this is completely appropriate with correct citing, students may go to considerable measures to conceal the source reference they have been using when completing an assignment.

Malpractice

Candidates, administrators, or teachers who violate the rules governing the administration of external exams. It may result in a candidate being rejected from one or more exams or in the deregistration of a center. It must be reported to an awarding body.

Support for Learners

Particularly during the first year of undergraduate study, ICE’s academic staff will be understanding and helpful in combating plagiarism and other types of academic misconduct.

 

It is the duty of academic personnel and the organization to offer unambiguous assistance and comprehensive direction for preventing misinterpreted academic misconduct by:

–The availability of counseling and academic support.

–Guidance on academic misconduct principles and forms should be given during induction and reinforced throughout the academic year.

–The improvement of students’ reference abilities over the course of their academic careers.

–At induction, we give students written instructions on subject-specific conventions and appropriate work referencing.

–The accessibility of published guidelines about “Academic Misconduct Avoidance.”

–The availability of online resources and study support personnel for independent study skills assistance.

–Teaching staff must strive harder to emphasize the distinctions between cooperation and collusion when “group work” is a required assessment component.

–Identifying vulnerable populations, such as international students, for extra care and direction.

All students must make sure they are aware of the rules and guidelines for appropriate academic referencing, and they should seek guidance from academic or academic support professionals if they are worried about the possibility of academic misconduct. Given this, any effort to improve performance using unethical means will be met with academic sanctions.

An active approach to teaching and learning

As a hub for superior teaching and learning methods, our college will support and implement policies and programs that will lessen the incidence of academic dishonesty and promote its identification and reporting. This comprises:

–Including students in conversations and exercises to enhance knowledge of academic misconduct.

–Engaging teaching methods that successfully acknowledge the “transition” to aspirations for further education, particularly during the induction phase.

–Information prior to enrollment and direction along the above-mentioned learner life cycle.

–Gaining knowledge among employees

–Maintaining a culture of “no blind eyes” and promoting action

–The way modules are designed and delivered

–Developing students’ research abilities

–Utilizing several methods for designing assessments

What the Consequences of Plagiarism are

According to academy rules, the instructor has the authority to give a paper a failing grade if it contains plagiarism. Teachers can use one of two methods to show that a work contains plagiarism:

–By locating the origin, or

–By highlighting the stylistic differences between the piece in question and earlier works.

Examples of Center Staff Malpractice

This list is not all-inclusive, and this college may, at its discretion, take into account further cases of malpractice:

–Inadequate support for candidates;

–Creating or altering grades for work that is internally evaluated (coursework or portfolio evidence) where there is not enough proof of the candidates’ accomplishments to support the grades assigned or the evaluation choices made;

–Failure to maintain the security of candidate coursework and evidence portfolios;

–Fraudulent certification claims;

–Inappropriate certificate retention;

–Helping students produce work for assessment, especially when the help has the potential to affect the assessment’s results, such as when center employees create the work for the student;

–Presenting fabricated witness statements, for instance, as proof that the student has not produced;

–Allowing a learner’s assignment, task, portfolio, or coursework to contain evidence that the staff member knows is not the learner’s own;

–Enabling and permitting impersonating;

–Misuse of the provisions for unique needs of learners, such as when students are allowed assistance, like an amanuensis, as long as the assistance has the ability to affect the assessment’s results;

–Falsifying documents or certifications, such as through fraud, replacement, or change;

–Fraudulent certificate claims, which involve requesting a certificate before the student has fulfilled all assessment requirements;

–Failure to manage and transfer accurate learner data in accordance with awarding body regulations.

Maladministration

Maladministration is defined as any inadvertent action, carelessness, default, or other behavior that causes the ICE or learner to fail to meet the requirements stated in the applicable codes of practice for the delivery of the qualifications.

Actions and Responsibilities

It is anticipated that the Managing Director will:

–Create the culture and guiding principles, putting scholarly concerns at the forefront of all conversations and modifications;

–Designate a specific individual to oversee the institution’s successful handling of student plagiarism;

–Verify that policies and processes are suitable for the circumstances at hand;

–Maintain mechanisms for documenting all occurrences and the steps performed in response to them;

–Determine who or who is in charge of keeping an eye on and analyzing data;

–Decide where and how the information that results will be discussed.

–Increase detection rates by taking action, such as granting access to electronic detection equipment;

–Establish communication channels that facilitate information sharing, consultation, and discussion.

Our Philosophy

Imperial College of Excellence provides innovative courses that push students to develop both professionally and personally.

Our Principle

Our attention is on the students, giving them all the tools and support they need to be successful.

Key Of Success

Due to their careers in professional education, our guidance officers, tutors, and assessors all have a wealth of teaching and training experience.

We provide best opportunity

Awarding organizations in the UK have duly authorized each of our courses. More than anything else, we think that accessible education can change lives and dismantle obstacles.

 

With our wide range of affordable courses, we offer educational possibilities to those with varying backgrounds and educational levels.