Student Conduct - Statistics
The following table sets out the number of students penalised† under the Code of Student Conduct following investigation by the Senate Assessors for Conduct over the past four sessions.
| Allegation | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 |
| Cheating | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Cheating in Examination | 6 | 8 | 11 | 4 |
| Disruptive/Inappropriate Conduct | 6 | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| Fraudulent Activity | - | - | - | 4 |
| Misuse of IT Facilities†† | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| No Ethical Approval | - | - | 1 | - |
| Plagiarism against another Student | - | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Plagiarism from Web-based Source | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Plagiarism of Published Work | 15 | 5 | 12 | 7 |
| Plagiarism in Examination | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 50 | 32 | 42 | 34 |
| No. of Appealed Decisions | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
† The numbers in this table include only those who have been issued with a penalty or a verbal warning. Those who have been referred to the Senate Conduct Committee are also noted in the table below.
†† includes downloading pornography.
The following table sets out the number of students that were subsequently investigated by the Senate Student Conduct Committee either because the penalties available to the Senate Assessors for Student Conduct were inadequate in relation to the offence or because the student denied responsibility for the allegation.
| Allegation | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 |
| Cheating in Examination | 1 | - | - | - |
| Fraudulent Activity | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Inappropriate/Disruptive Conduct (inc Harassment) | - | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Misuse of IT Facilities† | - | - | - | 1 |
| Using Unfair Advantage in Assessment | - | - | - | 1 |
| Plagiarism from Web-based Source | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Plagiarism of Published Work | - | - | 1 | - |
| Plagiarism against another Student | - | 1 | - | - |
| Total | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| No. of Appealed Decisions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
† includes downloading pornography