University of New South Wales - School of Mathematics

New Plagiarism Policy

UNSW has adopted a new policy on plagiarism that applies from Session 2, 2005.

All students are expected to be aware of this policy and how it applies to their particular courses.

The policy and help with deciding what is and isn't plagiarism can be found here.

Other Misconduct Policy

The University has developed rules for proper conduct of students in relation to:

These rules are followed by the School of Mathematics and in addition the School has its own rules for use of computers.

In recent times various students in Mathematics found guilty of Academic Misconduct have had the following penalties imposed. These could be viewed as typical penalties.

cheating on a test - zero for test
copying another student's assignment with their permission - zero for both students for the assignment
falsifying a mark on a marked test - zero for the test
major essay plagiarised from web - zero for whole course
forging a marked test - zero for whole course
substituting at an exam for another student - both students excluded from the University