16.2 Definition of misconduct

16.2.1 Student misconduct includes both academic misconduct and non-academic misconduct.

16.2.2 Academic misconduct includes but is not limited to:

(1) (a) cheating or acting dishonestly in any way; or

(b) assisting any other student to cheat or act dishonestly in any way; or

(c) seeking assistance from others in order to cheat or act dishonestly; or

(d) attempting to do (a) or (b) or (c) in an examination under the supervision of the Registrar or an examination, test, assignment, essay, thesis or any other assessment task under the supervision of a Faculty that a student undertakes as part of the educational requirements of the course in which the student is enrolled;

(2) using, or attempting to use, any material or equipment that is not specified on an examination paper for use in the examination;

(3) plagiarising, i.e. taking and using someone else's ideas or manner of expressing them and passing them off as his or her own by failing to give appropriate acknowledgement of the source;

(4) contravening any provision of the Act, the By-law or a Rule dealing with student academic conduct;

(5) acting in contravention of any official statement that defines acceptable academic practice as approved by Council, Academic Board or a Faculty Board from time to time;

(6) engaging in any other improper academic conduct.

16.2.3 Non-academic misconduct includes but is not limited to:

(1) contravening any provision of the University Act, the By-law or a Rule;

(2) acting in contravention of any official statement that defines acceptable standards of conduct and behaviour as approved by Council, Academic Board or a Faculty Board from time to time;

(3) prejudicing the good name or academic standing of the University;

(4) prejudicing the good order and government of the University;

(5) a breach of confidentiality or privacy requirements or obligations in respect of the University or its staff, students or other relevant parties;

(6) interfering with the freedom of other persons to pursue their studies, carry out their functions or participate in the life of the University;

(7) harassing or engaging in any other form of improper or discriminatory behaviour towards another student, an officer of the University, a visitor to the University, or any other person whilst pursuing any activity related to his or her University purposes; such misconduct may relate, but is not limited, to race, ethnic or national origin, gender, marital status, sexual preference, disability, age, political conviction or religious belief;

(8) intimidating or assaulting another student, officer of the University, a visitor to the University or any other person whilst pursuing any activity related to his or her University purposes;

(9) failing to comply with any order or direction lawfully made or given under the Act, the By-law or a Rule;

(10) refusing to identify himself or herself when asked lawfully to do so by an officer of the University;

(11) failing to comply with any conditions set by the Vice-Chancellor under Rule 2.1.9 or under Rule 16.3.3;

(12) breaching the terms or conditions of a penalty imposed for student misconduct;

(13) obstructing any officer of the University in the performance of the officer's duties including preventing or attempting to prevent an officer of the University from occupying or using his or her assigned work area and/or refusing to leave such an area when instructed to do so;

(14) behaving disgracefully, improperly or inappropriately:

(a) in a class, meeting or other activity in or under the control or supervision of the University, or

(b) on University premises, or

(c) on any other premises to which the student has access for his or her University purposes;

(15) failing to comply with the prescribed provisions relating to the student's placement at another institution, place of learning or place of business;

(16) acting dishonestly in relation to an application for admission to the University;

(17) knowingly making any false or misleading representation about things that concern the student as a student of the University or breaching Rule 2.1.8;

(18) altering or attempting to alter any document or record of the University, or causing or attempting to cause any unauthorised alteration of such a document or record;

(19) accessing or using another student's academic work by theft or other unauthorised means;

(20) misusing any facility in a manner which is illegal or which is or will be detrimental to the rights or property of others;

(21) without limiting, in any way, (20) above or the definition of 'facility', misusing any computing or communications equipment or capacity to which the student has access at or away from University premises for his or her University purposes in a manner which is illegal or which is or will be detrimental to the rights or property of others;

(22) stealing, destroying, damaging or causing loss or cost in respect of a facility or property of the University or for which the University is responsible.

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