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Academic misconduct

The Policy is the responsibility of the Standing Committee on Assessment, and will be reviewed periodically.

If there are any questions about the policy or its implementation, they should be directed to the Assistant Registrar: Student Progress at academic-misconduct@york.ac.uk.

Students being investigated for academic misconduct are advised to contact York SU Advice and Support.

Current policies and guidance

Previous policies

Information for Departments

For general queries about Academic Misconduct please email academic-misconduct@york.ac.uk 

To report suspected academic misconduct, a member of staff from the department must first refer the case to the departmental administration team or appropriate member of staff, who will pass the Report, the assessment and any other evidence supporting the allegation to one of the StAMP members in the school/department for their initial determination of whether there is a case to answer (that is, only an individual StAMP member is required to determine if there is a case to answer). If this individual decides there is a case to answer, departmental administrators should then:

  1. Click on the Google template link below - this will generate a copy of the template; complete section 1 of the template.
  2. Change the title of the document to include the name of department and student's Examination Number or Student number;
  3. Update sections 2 and 3 to identify the StAMP member who decided whether there was an initial case to answer as ‘Chair’.
  4. Share the document with academic-misconduct-group@york.ac.uk (make them editors of the document) but uncheck the notify people box - this provides the team with access to the document;
  5. Email academic-misconduct@york.ac.uk including the link to the Google Document and any supporting evidence (it is important to send the email rather than just sharing the document as emails create a better paper trail, and you can see that it has been sent). Please state who the departmental chair should be/who has reviewed the case.
  6. For cases where there is more than one student involved (eg collusion), then two case documents will need to be submitted.

Google Template for opening a case

Student reporting of academic misconduct: If you are a student who wishes to report academic misconduct, you should do so by reporting it to the department.

Information for StAMP Panels

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