Contrary to some student rumours, getting caught and being punished for committing plagiarism is not an extremely unusual student offence. The Business School typically uncovers and reports for disciplinary action 25 to 30 students each year for plagiarism

Examination Boards may punish offending students in any manner that they deem fit. Typical punishments Boards may choose range from reducing grades, making students re-sit modules, through to failing students on a module or an entire award. The University regards this form of cheating as a serious offence. Full details of the range of likely punishments can be found on the University’s web-site under the heading ’Procedures for dealing with suspected cases of academic dishonesty.

 Please consider yourself warned!