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Cheating and plagiarism
Cheating is defined in Monash Statute 4.1 – Discipline
and within the terms of the statute, intentional plagiarism amounts to cheating.
Cheating: Seeking to obtain an unfair advantage in an examination or in other written or practical work required to
be submitted or completed for assessment. Cheating may take the form of intentional plagiarism and collusion.
Plagiarism: Plagiarism means to take and use another person’s ideas and/or manner of expressing themselves and to pass these off as one’s own,
failing to give appropriate acknowledgement. This includes material from any source, including staff,
students or the internet and both published and unpublished works.
Collusion: Collusion is unauthorised collaboration with another person or persons.
Penalties: If there are reasonable grounds for believing that intentional plagiarism or collusion has occurred,
this will be reported to the Chief Examiner, who may disallow the work concerned by prohibiting assessment or refer the matter
to the Faculty Manager who will convene a Faculty Discipline Committee. A plagiarism register will be maintained, which will
record warnings and the outcomes (if any) of an accusation of plagiarism. A student’s involvement in alleged plagiarism will be
retained on the plagiarism register while still enrolled or intermitted in any course and academic staff will have access to this
information when considering any subsequent allegations of plagiarism.
Only intentional plagiarism is classified as cheating. If the Chief Examiner of the unit is satisfied that the plagiarism was
unintentional the following outcomes are available at the discretion of the Chief Examiner:
- warn the student and mark the paper without penalty (deduction of marks); or
- warn the student and mark the paper with penalty; or
- warn the student, request resubmission, and mark the paper with penalty.
Assistance for students: Students should be aware that the faculty and the university provide assistance to students
who may be unsure about what amounts to plagiarism and how to avoid it. Faculty of Engineering students can seek assistance
from the Learning Skills Unit located at the Hargrave-Andrew Library. Staff at the unit will be able to assist students on the
correct presentation and referencing for laboratory reports, project reports, presentations and written assignments.
For further information see the university’s
Plagiarism policy and
Plagiarism procedures.
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