I will be on annual leave from Thursday 24 May to Monday 25 June
(inclusive). 

During my absence Richard Birell will be Acting University Secretary and
Director, Governance Support Unit.  Richard can be contacted by email at
[email address] or by telephone on 02 9514 1249.

 

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Regards, Deborah

Deborah Naray
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Governance Support Unit
T. +61 (02) 9514 1245
PO Box 123. Broadway NSW 2007 Australia​
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From: anonymous <[FOI #4622 email]>
Sent: Sunday, June 3, 2018 8:14 PM
To: GIPA requests at UTS <[UTS request email]>
Subject: HPRM: Government Information (Public Access) request - Academic integrity and misconduct policy

Dear University of Technology Sydney,

Could you please send the relevant policies, procedures and documents regarding contract cheating since the MyMaster case? Such as the definition, penalties, procedural fairness, training and support for staff.

And the polices to promote academic integrity and the measures to minimise academic misconduct, including the education, cultural awareness cultivation, assessment design and English support for international students.

If possible, please treat this as an administrative/ informal request. Otherwise please proceed with my request as a formal information request under the Act.

Yours faithfully,

anonymous

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Dear Anonymous

 

Thank you for your recent requests sent via the righttoknow.org.au website
to UTS for information relating to the university’s misconduct policies
and processes.

 

We have categorised your request into 4 categories. The information you
have requested is provide below:

 

1.       Annual report - student misconduct and appeals from 2014 to 2018.

The university does not produce a public annual report on student
misconduct. Annual reporting is confidential and will require a formal
application (see further below).

 

2.       Relevant policies, procedures and documents regarding contract
cheating since the MyMaster case, such as the definition, penalties, and
procedural fairness.

The university has a range of rules and policies. Some of information
sought are located in the Student Rules, the relevant links are:

·         Section 10 Academic Progression

[1]http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/rules/student/...

·         Student obligations in examinations Section 9 are located at

[2]http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/rules/student/...

Student misconduct matters are outlined in the Student Rules and
Guidelines:

·         Section 16 – Student Misconduct

[3]http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/rules/student/...

·         Schedule 3 – Guidelines Relating to Student Misconduct and
Appeals

[4]http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/rules/student/...

·         Schedule 4 – Guidelines on Determining an Appropriate Penalty
for Instances of Student Misconduct

[5]http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/rules/student/...

·         Schedule 5 – Guidelines for Handling Student Misconduct
Involving Plagiarism

[6]http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/rules/student/...

Other policies relevant to misconduct are referred to below.

 

3.       Polices to promote academic integrity and the measures to
minimise academic misconduct, including the education, cultural awareness
cultivation, assessment design and English support for international
students.

The university has a range of policies and offers a number of services.
They include:

Policies

There are a number of Learning and Teaching policies, including English
Language, Coursework Assessments and procedures, Subject Descriptions and
Outlines Policy, and the Academic Standards Framework. Generally, subject
outlines contain a statements about academic integrity and student
misconduct including plagiarism.

There are also a number of policies in relation to Conduct and Ethics.

The above policies are located at:

[7]https://www.uts.edu.au/about/uts-governa...

Institute for Interactive Media and Learning (IML)

IML is the academic development unit and offers a range of services to
academics in performing teaching and learning roles. Those services are
outlined at:

[8]https://www.uts.edu.au/research-and-teac...

Academic Integrity Education

The university offers a range of training and information sessions however
those documents are confidential and will require a formal application
(see further below).

In addition, the university has developed an academic integrity video that
has been played to 1st year students and approximately 3,000 additional
students.  The university has also developed a card game type resource
which is being embedded in some first year subjects to assist students in
understanding academic integrity.

Below is the link to the Academic Integrity Video

[9]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpRxRScF...

See also information provided by our Higher Education Language and
Presentation Support (HELPS) services:

[10]https://www.uts.edu.au/current-students/...

English Language Support

The university offers a service called Higher Education Language and
Presentation Support (HELPS) that provides non-credited English language
and academic literacy support to UTS undergraduate and postgraduate
coursework students. This is a free service and information on this
service is located at:

[11]https://www.uts.edu.au/current-students/...

Student Charter

This policy outlines the rights of the students and the expectation of the
university.

[12]http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/policies/stude...

 

4.       Training for academic integrity decision-makers.

The university offers a range of training and information sessions however
those documents are confidential and will require a formal application
(see further below).

 

If you are requesting access to any additional information, you may lodge
an Access Application by using our form that can be accessed at
[13]https://www.uts.edu.au/sites/default/fil...
(PDF 93kB).

 

Regards, Deborah

 

 

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Manager Corporate Information
Governance Support Unit
​University of Technology Sydney
T. +61 (02) 9514 1245
PO Box 123 Broadway NSW 2007 Australia
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