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Signed: Date:  Coursework Infringements – which can be dealt with at Stage 1 CW1 Academic Negligence Penalty 1, 2 or 3   CW2 Making available work to another student either intentionally or as a result of significant negligence which can be presented as another student’s work Penalty 3  CW3 Isolated use of quotes without the use of quotation marks and/or referencing  FHEQ   levels3 and 4  Penalty 3  All other levels   Penalty 4A   CW4 Submission for assessment of work submitted previously by the student (Either at University of Sunderland or another institution) or work submitted for assessment that has previously been published elsewhere  FHEQ levels 3 and 4   Penalty 4A   All other levels   Penalty 4B   CW5 Extensive use of quotes or close paraphrasing without the use of quotation marks and/or referencing, where the student has cited the plagiarised material in the bibliography. FHEQ levels 3 and 4   Penalty 4A  All other levels   Penalty 4B   CW6 Lack of ethics approval  FHEQ levels 3 and 4  Penalty 4A   All other levels   Penalty 4B  Penalties for Academic Misconduct at Stage 1 Offences should be mapped to the table below to determine the appropriate penalty   These penalties apply to substantiated first offences of academic misconduct;  A penalty for a second or subsequent substantiated incident of academic misconduct will normally be one penalty higher than that recommended  A single incident of academic misconduct may include more than 1 item, if committed within the same assessment period. Students who are studying for a Medical degree should refer to the relevant section within their Programme Handbook for information about academic misconduct penalties and how allegations will be dealt with  Penalty 1 Attendance at University Study Skills or Academic Misconduct Awareness course Penalty 2 A formally recorded warning kept on the student’s SITS record. The work should be marked but the mark may be reduced to reflect a student’s failure to address the assessment criteria in areas or sources and their citation. The student may be required to redo the work on pedagogic grounds Penalty 3 A marking adjustment Penalty 4a Failure in the item of assessment, with reassessment right where permissible The assessment component mark will be capped at the pass mark for the module Penalty 4b The entire module result will be capped at the pass mark for the module SECTION B – TO BE COMPLETED BY THE INDEPENDENT REVIEWER  Name of Independent Reviewer:  Date of meeting: via Teams / telephone / in person  Off Campus Reviewer’s comments on allegation:  Student’s comments on allegation including any mitigating factors:  Independent Reviewer’s recommendation to panel:  I consider this misconduct to be serious, or I consider this misconduct to be less than serious but the student has not agreed that it be dealt with by means of a minor penalty, therefore the case has now been considered by me as Independent Reviewer within the Faculty. I have advised the student that the matter is now being submitted to the Academic Misconduct Panel and they will be invited to a formal hearing. Student signature:  Or email acknowledgement (append email)  Interviewer signature:  Date:  Date:

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