Griffith University

This charter sets out the University’s commitments to its students and expectations of its students in working together to achieve the University’s Mission.

This document provides a University-wide framework for promoting the core values of student academic integrity (honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility) among students. The framework sets out definitions of student academic misconduct and outlines the University's strategy for promoting academic integrity and preventing academic misconduct. The framework also explains the roles and responsibilities of various officers and of students and provides a matrix to assist staff to assess the seriousness of an act of student academic misconduct.

This policy sets out the principles and procedures for dealing with academic misconduct in relation to students enrolled in non-award, undergraduate and coursework postgraduate programs. This policy recognises that the seriousness of academic misconduct varies, and sets out a two-tiered approach to dealing with academic misconduct depending on the seriousness of the conduct as specified in the Institutional Framework for Promoting Academic Integrity among Students, which should be considered in conjunction with this policy. The Staff Guidelines on Decision-Making also complement this policy.

This policy states the University’s expectations of how Higher Degree Research students should conduct themselves in their academic studies and identifies conduct that is contrary to these standards.

This policy sets out the procedures for dealing with allegations of student misconduct.

This document is provided to assist University staff to implement the Student Misconduct Policy.

These Guidelines have been developed to assist staff, who undertake the role of a decision-maker, in accordance with the University’s policies relating to reviews, appeals and academic misconduct.

Where an interview is conducted with a student a file note of the main points of discussion is to be prepared using this template.