UTS: Education would like you to be aware of the procedures in the Coursework Assessment Policy and Procedures Manual which will be followed in preparing for results.

Subject Outlines

Your subject outline includes the dates when work is due and the assessment requirements and stated criteria which reflect the objectives of the subject. For information on procedures for submitting and collecting assessment please consult your lecturer.

Assignment Cover

Download an Assignment Cover Sheet and attach it to your assignment when you submit it for marking. You can select the appropriate cover sheet for your campus.

Education Academic Liaison Officers (ALO's)

City campus:  Dr Liam Morgan
Kuring-gai campus: Dr Lesley Ljungdahl

Role of Academic Liaison Officers (ALO's)
Your Academic Liaison Officer
In UTS: Education, Student and Academic Liaison Officers have a broader role supporting students through the special considerations as well as facilitating the application of UTS Equity and Diversity policies.

Centrally Conducted Exams

For subjects for which centrally conducted examinations are held, a provisional examination timetable is available at least five weeks before the commencement of the centrally conducted examination period. Please submit an 'Advice of Scheduling Difficulties' form if necessary. The final examination timetable is available on the UTS website two weeks before the beginning of the centrally conducted examination period.

If illness or another circumstance forces you to miss an examination or affects your exam performance, the Coursework Assessment Policy and Procedures Manual provides advice on appropriate action. Depending on the circumstance, you must submit a Request for Special Examination or an Application for Special Consideration after it has been completed by a doctor, counsellor or relevant professional authority.

Special Consideration

Special consideration refers to the process of taking into account the illness or misadventure claimed by a student to have affected performance in an assessment task. End of semester assessment deadline dates are set to allow your results to be processed and published by the University deadline. Under extenuating circumstances there is an opportunity for extension of the deadline provided you apply for special consideration before the assignment due date. The Application for Special Consideration form can be downloaded from the forms page and sent to the Registrar. If you are considering applying for special consideration, you are advised to discuss this with the subject coordinator.

Accessing your results

Your end of semester results will be available to you on an information line Tel:1300 656 887 or can be accessed at http://www.uts.edu.au/onestop/studentadmin.

Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct

Plagiarism is one type of Academic Misconduct. Students should consult the University Legislation, Rules and Procedures in relation to academic misconduct at http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/rules/16-2.html

Section 16.2.2  describes academic misconduct as follows:

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.

Plagiarism can be avoided through accurate referencing. Guidelines on referencing, The Online Referencing Guide, can be found on website:
http://www.bell.uts.edu.au/referencing

All scholarly work depends on acknowledging the work of others. In all forms of written and spoken scholarly work, including assessments, every thought, theory, finding, suggestion or opinion that comes from a source other than the author must be accompanied by a clear indication of its source. Failing to indicate the source is called plagiarising.

Plagiarism is a form of academic misconduct. It is a broad term referring to the practice of presenting someone else’s ideas or work as one’s own, without acknowledging the source.  Plagiarism applies to commercially produced materials and to the work of other students or colleagues. Plagiarism affects the learning and scholarship of all students and negatively impacts on the perceived integrity of the degree or award. For this reason it is in the interest of all staff and students to minimise the incidence of plagiarism.

Plagiarism includes
Copying out part(s) of any document, audio-visual material, computer-based material or artistic piece without acknowledging the source. This includes copying directly from the original, or from a secondary source (e.g. photocopy, fax. email), or by other means, including memorising.

Using or extracting another person's concepts, results, processes or conclusions and passing them off as one's own.

Summarising and paraphrasing another's work without acknowledging the source.

Preparing an assignment collaboratively and then submitting work that is substantially the same as another student's assessment, in cases where the assessment task is intended to be individual work – not group work. This does not include legitimate forms of cooperation such as students discussing their work with others, exchanging ideas, or seeking help from lecturers.

Asking another person to write an assessment item.

Not acknowledging sources (plagiarising) is a form of academic misconduct for which students will be penalised according to the UTS Rules relating to Student Misconduct and Appeals for Students (Rules section 16). Students in breach of these rules will be subject to severe disciplinary action. Students encouraging, assisting or colluding with another person to commit plagiarism may also be penalised (refer sections 4.3–4.5).

Students may not present an assignment, which has been submitted for academic credit in another subject or course. However, with the written permission of the subject lecturer, it may be possible to submit a modified version of a previously submitted assignment, provided that it meets the assessment criteria, covers the required readings and fulfils the required workload for the subject.

Assignment Presentation
Written work is to be submitted with a Cover Page. All written work submitted for assessment must be neat, clear, legible and paginated and must demonstrate a satisfactory standard of literacy (i.e. standard spelling and correct grammar). Correct referencing conventions must be used. The accepted referencing styles are APA style - American Psychological Association (on the Kuring-gai Campus) and Harvard style (on the City Campus).

The UTS Library website has links to several sites that clearly explain and give examples of referencing styles.