Poor Academic Practice
Where staff have found from the evidence gathered that poor academic practice has been identified, the student will be invited to attend an informal meeting as an opportunity to resolve the matter as soon as possible within a mutually convenient timeframe.
The student may be accompanied to the informal meeting by one member of City’s community on the understanding that the purpose of the meeting is to support the student to understand the allegation and the importance of good academic practice.
If the matter is the student’s first instance of poor academic practice:
the work can be marked accordingly in line with the assessment criteria (as outlined in the Assessment and Feedback Policy and Guidance)
support will be provided to promote the student’s understanding and development of good academic practice
the student will receive a written warning that further breaches would be referred to an Academic Misconduct Panel and/or a more serious penalty applied
For subsequent instances of poor academic practice, i.e. where the student has committed more than one instance of the same offence and has received a warning or guidance following the initial offence, the matter will be referred to an Academic Misconduct Panel.
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