Academic Misconduct Guide - University of Wolverhampton

CollusionWhat iscollusion?16Tutors will suspect collusion if two or more verysimilar pieces of work have been submitted.The University’s Regulations and Procedurefor the Investigation of Academic Conductstates that collusion occurs when...“…two or more people combine toproduce a piece of work for assessmentthat is passed off as the work of onestudent alone. The work may be so alikein content, wording and structure that thesimilarity goes beyond what might havebeen coincidence. For example - whereone student has copied the work of another,or where a joint effort has taken place inproducing what should have beenan individual effort” (p1).