Dear Colleagues
We are currently completing our annual review of our Procedures relating to student academic misconduct and we have been pondering our collusion definition. Currently it reads:
"Where the student/s knowlingly or negligently allows their work to be incorporated in, or represented as, the work of another student; or, the collaboration without official approval between two or more students in the presentation of work, which is submitted as the work of a single student."
This year we have seen a case where the collusion took place with a student on Level 5 but the "copied" work was from a Level 6 student who had already passed the unit and then lent their copy to the Level 5 student. Currently we would give them the same penalty and the Level 6 student would have to resit the work and lose the previously gained credits.
We are considering changing this to either not include the higher level student, as they would not be gaining extra credit, or making the penalty more leniant and wondered how our other colleagues deal with this in their institutions.
Once I have received replies I will collate the answers and re-post them.
Many thanks
Claire Hughes, Student Conduct, Complaints and Appeals Team, Academic Services, Southampton Solent University.
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