Course Handbook FdA Leadership and Management 2013-14
Course Handbook FdA Leadership and Management 2013-14 Course Handbook FdA Leadership and Management 2013-14
Academic Negligence: This is regarded as the least serious offence andcovers first time minor offences. It includes plagiarism that is small in scale,not related to the work of other students, and which is considered to haveresulted from ignorance or carelessness.Academic Malpractice: This covers extensive paraphrasing of material withno acknowledgement of the source, systematic failure to reference,submitting work which has already been submitted for another assignment,and subsequent cases of Academic Negligence.Academic Cheating: This is regarded as the most serious offence and coversplagiarism in dissertations/final year projects/taught doctorate modules,collusion with other students, theft, commissioning/purchasing work,falsification of results/data, and all examination irregularities.If suspected of academic misconduct, you will be required to attend eitheran informal or formal meeting and if subsequently found guilty, you willreceive a penalty, the most serious of which can be exclusion from theUniversity. The processes and penalties are described in Appendix 2 of theRegulations. If you are found guilty of academic misconduct after the end ofyour course, any award that you have received may be withdrawn. This canbe done after you have graduated.The University has an Exceptional Cases Procedure which can be used whenit is suspected that a piece of work submitted by a student is not their ownwork. You could be interviewed to determine the authorship of work. Youare therefore strongly advised to retain materials used in developing work.The following tips may help you to avoid academic misconduct:DO:• familiarise yourself with the Regulations and penalties that can beincurred. For professional programmes, a single case of academicmisconduct may result in you being discontinued from your course• make sure that you know how to correctly acknowledge other people’swork or opinions and get feedback from your tutor on whether or notyou are doing this correctly• take care when making notes from books or articles. Always keep arecord of whether your notes are a paraphrase of the source or adirect quotation, so that you don’t inadvertently include quoteswithout proper acknowledgement. (This is a frequently cited reasonstudents give when accused of academic misconduct)• seek support from your module or personal tutor if you areexperiencing difficulties in completing your work on timePage 28 of 56
DON’T:• cut and paste (or reproduce) chunks of material from electronicsources or books/articles. (Even if you acknowledge the source,material not stated as being a direct quotation will make youvulnerable to an accusation of academic misconduct)• loan your work to other students. (if it is then copied, you may beaccused of academic misconduct)• borrow work from current or previous students• submit the same work for different assessments• get someone else to do your work. (Essay writing websites don’talways keep their promises and have been known to informuniversities of students who have purchased work)6.3 Are there any regulations relating to use of social media?Social media provides wonderful opportunities for life and for learning. Theterm social media describes the online tools, websites and services thatpeople use to share content, profiles, opinions, insights, experiences,perspectives and media itself. These tools include social networks, blogs,message boards, podcasts, microblogs, lifestreams, social bookmarking,wikis and blogs. The feature that all these tools, websites and services havein common is that they allow conversations and online interactions betweengroups of people. These guidelines are not intended to deter individualsfrom using these communication tools but are necessary to help protect staffand students and to prevent them damaging the college either inadvertentlyor intentionally.All students should be aware that failure to follow these guidelines couldlead to disciplinary action, and in more serious cases could be consideredgross misconduct and may lead to exclusion.Leeds City College is committed to the responsible use of social media. TheCollege may routinely monitor social media and it reserves the right toinstruct relevant parties to remove unauthorised sites. Any informationposted on social media sites must comply with the Data Protection Act.For further information and full details please refer to the Student IT andSocial Networking Policy which can be found on the Student Intranet.6.4 Are there any regulations relating to research?All work related and research projects will have to be agreed by your tutorto make sure that your plans conform to the College’s Research EthicsGuidelines. These can be found on Moodle.Page 29 of 56
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- Page 38 and 39: Appendix 1COLLEGE HE CALENDAR 2013
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Academic Negligence: This is regarded as the least serious offence <strong>and</strong>covers first time minor offences. It includes plagiarism that is small in scale,not related to the work of other students, <strong>and</strong> which is considered to haveresulted from ignorance or carelessness.Academic Malpractice: This covers extensive paraphrasing of material withno acknowledgement of the source, systematic failure to reference,submitting work which has already been submitted for another assignment,<strong>and</strong> subsequent cases of Academic Negligence.Academic Cheating: This is regarded as the most serious offence <strong>and</strong> coversplagiarism in dissertations/final year projects/taught doctorate modules,collusion with other students, theft, commissioning/purchasing work,falsification of results/data, <strong>and</strong> all examination irregularities.If suspected of academic misconduct, you will be required to attend eitheran informal or formal meeting <strong>and</strong> if subsequently found guilty, you willreceive a penalty, the most serious of which can be exclusion from theUniversity. The processes <strong>and</strong> penalties are described in Appendix 2 of theRegulations. If you are found guilty of academic misconduct after the end ofyour course, any award that you have received may be withdrawn. This canbe done after you have graduated.The University has an Exceptional Cases Procedure which can be used whenit is suspected that a piece of work submitted by a student is not their ownwork. You could be interviewed to determine the authorship of work. Youare therefore strongly advised to retain materials used in developing work.The following tips may help you to avoid academic misconduct:DO:• familiarise yourself with the Regulations <strong>and</strong> penalties that can beincurred. For professional programmes, a single case of academicmisconduct may result in you being discontinued from your course• make sure that you know how to correctly acknowledge other people’swork or opinions <strong>and</strong> get feedback from your tutor on whether or notyou are doing this correctly• take care when making notes from books or articles. Always keep arecord of whether your notes are a paraphrase of the source or adirect quotation, so that you don’t inadvertently include quoteswithout proper acknowledgement. (This is a frequently cited reasonstudents give when accused of academic misconduct)• seek support from your module or personal tutor if you areexperiencing difficulties in completing your work on timePage 28 of 56
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