Academic Misconduct Guide - University of Wolverhampton

CollusionGive mesome examplesof collusion.20The following scenarios are adapted fromChris Rook’s (2007, p1) guide for Computingstudents at the University of Northumbria.Example 1Student A has trouble with a part of anassignment and asks student B for help.Student B shows his assignment to studentA to demonstrate how he’s tackled theassignment. Student A takes notes andadds them to his own assignment. Bothstudents are finalists with no previous record.This is collusion and student A will be failthe module and have to come back thefollowing year to retake it. The retake will becapped at D5 and student A will have topay tuition fees for this module. Student Bwill receive a warning. But BOTH studentscould be penalised if there is evidencethat student B knew student A was goingto copy his work.Example 2Student C and student D sit side-by-side onUniversity computers and knowingly use eachother’s work as they go along. They submitvery similar pieces of work. Both students arestudying at Level 2 and have committedacademic misconduct twice before.This is collusion and both students willbe excluded from the University.Example 3Student E has trouble with a conceptand asks student F for help. Student Fverbally explains some of the theoreticalprinciples that student E is having troublewith and gives advice on general sources.Both students go away and writeseparate assignments.This is acceptable and a useful processfor both students.