A student found to have plagiarised in one faculty transfers to another and, a year later, is found to have used an unauthorized aid. How is the second finding treated?
A student found to have plagiarised in one faculty transfers to another and, a year later, is found to have used an unauthorized aid. How is the second finding treated?
Answer
As a repeat offence — the record follows the student to the new faculty
Options - A. As a repeat offence — the record follows the student to the new faculty - B. As a first offence in that course, since the earlier finding was elsewhere - C. As outside Policy 71, because the two findings are in different programs - D. As a matter for the new instructor to settle without the associate dean Why - A. Correct — the home-faculty associate dean holds the record and forwards it on a transfer; the second finding escalates under the Guidelines. - B. The count is university-wide. A new course or faculty is not a clean slate, which is the mistake in the worked example. - C. Policy 71 applies to every student of the university. Programs and faculties do not partition it. - D. Instructors report; they do not settle. The associate dean investigates and sets the penalty.
Policy 71 §4 and Appendix D; Guidelines for the Assessment of Penalties (2010) — both read 2026-09-17; Smith 3.5.1 as a college analogue; concept map B09