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Dear students,

In recent times, plagiarism, cheating and collusion have become rampant among assessments & submissions at CTI. Such academic misconduct is a serious offence.

This announcement is to highlight changes made in the academic misconduct policy as stated below including a resit fee of $150 per assessment if found Cheating, Plagiarising and Colluding. Please refer to the attached student handbook ( pages 74 & 75) outlining the policy & procedure for Academic Misconduct. This change comes into effect on Monday 9^th AUGUST 2021.

Academic misconduct includes but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, collusion, and falsifying documentation or results. The following actions are considered to be examples of academic misconduct:

• Giving or receiving assistance during an examination or assessment that has not been agreed to by the teacher.
• Obtaining information about an examination before it is held, except for information provided to all the class by the teacher.
• Copying from another person's examination paper or assessment.
• Stealing, buying or obtaining in any other way, all, or part, of an examination or assessment before it is administered.
• Using any sources of information during an examination or assessment that has not been agreed to by the teacher.
• Substituting for another person to take an examination or assessment.
• Allowing another person to substitute for you in taking an examination or assessment.
• Giving your password to another person to enable that person to log on and undertake any academic activity, including assessment, on your behalf.
• Using another person's password in order to log on as that person and engage in any academic undertaking, including an assessment, on their behalf.
• Working with other students to produce work in groups that have not been agreed to by the teacher. This is called collusion.
• Making up or falsifying data in experiments or other research.
• Altering the record of any grade or result.
• Giving untrue information in order to obtain exemptions from program requirements.
• Bribery in any form. This includes offering or giving institute staff member money or any other benefit as a means of influencing them or their decisions.
• Handing in someone else's work as your own. This includes anything that you may have obtained from the internet or from books.
• Copying published or unpublished material without proper acknowledgement
• Publishing material and assessments on third party websites and other mediums
• Using or developing another person's ideas without acknowledging them
• Using the work of other students (with or without their permission) and claiming it as your own.
• You should not engage in any activities that can be considered to be academic misconduct or do anything that is intended to assist any other person in an act of academic misconduct. It should be noted that:

o    if a trainer or examination supervisor believes that a student is involved in academic misconduct, the student will be instantly informed of such but will be allowed to finish the examination/assessment item

o    the matter will be referred to the Principal Executive Officer for appropriate action. 

I expect all of our students to adhere to the highest standards of personal honesty and integrity in their work. Your submissions & assessments must be original, or respect the intellectual contributions of others through correct referencing. If you are unsure, you could do the following:

• check with your trainer that you understand your task.
• Understand and use referencing techniques as instructed by your trainer.
• When quoting, put the words in quotation marks “like this”, and acknowledge the original author.
• Use a large variety of sources, this will strengthen your writing and make you less likely to plagiarise.
• Give yourself enough time to research, take notes, think and write your drafts and final piece.

AND FINALLY

• Do not copy someone else’s work and hand it in as your own.
• Do not allow someone else to copy your work and hand it in as their own.

There are several consequences for the above mentioned acts as stated in our academic misconduct policy.

Regards