Status and Details

This page contains information about the status, approval and a summary of the changes from the previous version of the document. Please note that the Unit Head listed on this page is the current owner of this policy and may not reflect the University position/staff member who owned this policy at the time of publication.

Misconduct - Student Academic Misconduct Policy

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Status	Historic	Indicates if this version of the document is in effect (Current), yet to come into effect (Future), or expired (Historic).
Effective Date	9th January 2007	This is the date on which this version of the document came into effect.
Review Date	1st September 2007	The next review of this document is scheduled to commence on this date.
Approval Authority	Academic Senate	The noted authority approved this is version of the document.
Approval Date	4th January 2007	This is the date on which this version of the document was approved by the authorised authority.
Expiry Date	30th November 2009	This is the date on which this version expires. It may still apply, conditionally, after this date.
Unit Head	Sophie Buck Director, Governance Services 45701415	This is the officer generally responsible for day to day administrative matters.
Author	Martin Derby	This is the author of record for this version of the document.
Enquiries Contact	Sophie Buck Director, Governance Services 45701415	General enquiries should be directed to the officer/area listed.

Summary of Changes from Previous Version

The policy now stipulates that the Head of Program / Unit Coordinator stage of managing allegations of student academic misconduct must be dealt with more formally. The invitation to the student to attend the meeting with the Head of Program and Unit Coordinator must be sent by email, in accordance with a prescribed timeline - clause (30) refers. At the meeting, the policy now provides for the the student to have the right to be assisted by a fellow enrolled student, a member of staff or a member of a student association - clause (31) refers. The outcome of the meeting must be recorded, and communicated to the student. To cover the management of suspected academic misconduct involving students on UWS courses offered off-shore, where procedures will need to be varied, the policy now includes at clauses (18) to (23) requirements that these procedures be approved by the Academic Senate as part of the process of approving courses offered off-shore. For currently offered off-shore courses, these procedures must be defined now, and approved by the Academic Senate, by July 2007.