1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

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of two years. Such students are entitled to make application
in writing to the Progress Review Committee, within five
working days from the date of the letter. They will not be
permitted to re-enrol until the outcome of their application
is known.
Students who do not submit a letter of application by the
due date will be automatically excluded for a period of two
years.
No student will be excluded from the Division of Science,
Engineering and Design without first having been granted an
interview with the relevant Progress Review Committee
Process of appeal
Upon receipt of a written application from a student, the
Chair and Secretary of the relevant Progress Review
Committee, on behalf of the Committee, will review the
contents of the letter and decide whether it will be necessary
to interview the student.
Additional information from appropriate academic staff
9 about the student's academic work may be sought by the
Progress Review Committee before a decision is made.
Students will be advised in writing whether their application
has been accepted without interview, or whether an
interview with the relevant Progress Review Committee is
required.
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After considering any application, the Progress Review
Committee will take one of these courses of action:
5' accept the student's application and allow the student to
re-enrol without conditions;
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accept the student's application but place conditions
upon the student's enrolment in the following semester;
require the student to take leave of absence for a
specified period; or
exclude the student from the Division of Science,
Engineering and Design for a period of two academic
years.
Enrolment conditions
The academic record of students who have had conditions
imposed will be reviewed by the relevant Progress Review
Committee at the end of the following semester and a
decision made to either:
permit the student to continue studying without further
condition/s: or
impose further condition/s on the student for an
additional semester; or
require the student to present to the Committee the
reasons why the student should not be excluded from
the course for a period of two academic years. If these
reasons are not accepted, then the student will be
excluded for a period of two academic years.
Appeals against decisions of Progress
Review Committees
The regulations for such appeals are contained in the
University Student Assessment and Appeals Regulations
(Refer to the chapter Procedures and Regulations in the
Handbook).
Period of exclusion
Students who are excluded from any course in the Division
of Science, Engineering and Design will not be permitted to
re-enrol for a period of two academic years. After that
period students may re-apply for admission to their course.
Progress Review Committee
composition
Applied Science
Chair to be elected from Heads of Schools
Heads from the Schools of:
Biophysical Sciences and Electrical Engineering or
nominee
Chemical Sciences or nominee
Computer Science and Software Engineering or
nominee
Mathematical Sciences or nominee
Manager, Administration or nominee
Student Union representative
Engineering
Chair to be elected from Heads of Schools
Heads from the Schools of:
Biophysical Sciences and Electrical Engineering or
nominee
Civil Engineering and Building or nominee
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering or nominee
Manager, Administration or nominee
Student Union representative
Design
Chair, Head of Swinburne School of Design or nominee
Head, Graphic Design or nominee
Head, Industrial Design or nominee
Manager, Administration or nominee
Student Union representative
2. Assessment irregularity
Cheating or plagiarism, that is the action or practice of
taking and using as one's own, the thoughts, writings or
other work of someone else with the intent to deceive,
constitutes an irregularity as described under Examination
Description of the Swinburne Assessment Regulations.
Such an action is a major infringement of the University's
academic values. It is essential that students understand that
. plagiarism
or cheating shall be considered to have occurred
a computer program substantially written by someone
else (either another student, a previous student or the
author of a publication) is presented as the student's
own work:
a paragraph, and even sentences, in essays which are
written by someone else are not enclosed in quotation
marks and accompanied by full reference to source;
work of someone else is paraphrased and is not
appropriately attributed and referenced;