The Discipline Committee met on 27 February 2008 to consider 2 cases of alleged misconduct.

                          

STUDENT 1 (Division of Australian Centre for Educational Studies) 

The student was

1. Found guilty of plagiarising in 3 units.
2. Excluded from enrolment for 2008.
3. Awarded grades of Fail(0) for 2 of the units concerned.
4. Required to seek academic counselling from the Dean of Division or nominee prior to re-enrolment.
5. Advised that if they appeared before this Committee again on this type of allegation they would be excluded permanently.

STUDENT 2 (Division of Economic and Financial Studies) 

The student was

1. Found guilty of submitting a forged letter of degree completion and forged academic transcript to another university.
2. Excluded from enrolment permanently.

The Discipline Committee met on 7 February 2008 to consider 3 cases of alleged misconduct.

STUDENT 1 (Division of Society, Culture, Media & Philosophy)          

                        

The student was

1. Found guilty of plagiarism in  3 units.
2. Excluded for two(2) years.
3. Given grades of Fail (0) for all 3 units.

STUDENT 2 (Division of Economic and Financial Studies)                                                        

The student was

1. Found guilty of taking unauthorised notes into an examination.
2. Excluded from enrolment for a half year
3. Given a grade of Fail(0) for the unit concerned.
4. Placed on probation for the remainder of their enrolment.
5. Required to seek academic counselling  from the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Division and to undertake an English program, prior to re-admission.

 

STUDENT 3  (Division of Economic and Financial Studies)                                                       

The student was

1. Found guilty of taking unauthorised notes into an examination.
2. Excluded from enrolment permanently.
3. Given a grade of Fail(0) for the unit concerned

This was the student’s second offence.

The Discipline Committee met on 18 December 2007 to consider 4 cases of alleged misconduct.

STUDENTS 1 and 2  (Division of Law)

The students were

1. Found guilty of plagiarism and collusion.
2. Excluded from enrolment for one year.
3. Placed on probation for the remainder of their enrolment.
4. Awarded a grade of Fail(0) for the unit.
5. Required to meet with Head of Department prior to re-enrolment.

 

STUDENT 3 (Division of Economic and Financial Studies)

The student was

1. Found guilty of taking unauthorised notes into an exam.
2. Awarded a grade of Fail (0) for the unit.
3. Severely reprimanded.
4. Placed on probation for the remainder of enrolment.

 

STUDENT 4 (Division of Economic and Financial Studies)

The student was

1. Found guilty of taking unauthorised notes into an exam.
2. Awarded a grade of Fail (0) for the unit.
3. Severely reprimanded.
4. Placed on probation for the remainder of enrolment.
5. Required to seek academic counselling.

The Discipline Committee met on 3 December 2007 to consider 5 cases of alleged misconduct.

STUDENTS 1 and 2  (Division of Law)

1. The students were alleged to have submitted plagiarised essays.
2. The matter was deferred to allow the Committee to obtain further information.

STUDENT 3 (Division of Economic and Financial Studies)

The student was

1. Found guilty of forging a medical certificate.
2. Given Fail(0) for the unit.
3. Excluded from enrolment for 12 months.
4. A repeat offender.

STUDENT 4 (Division of Law)

The student was

1. Found guilty of submitting a plagiarised assignment.
2. Excluded from enrolment for a half a year.
3. On probation for remainder of enrolment.
4. Required to undertake academic counselling when re-enrolling.
5. Awarded a grade of Fail(0) for the unit.

 

STUDENT 5 (Division of Economic and Financial Studies)

The student was

1. Found guilty of altering a Professional Authority Form in connection with an application for special consideration.
2. Excluded from enrolment for half a year.
3. Awarded a grade of Fail(0) for the unit.
4. Required to undertake academic counselling when re-enrolling.

   

The Discipline Committee met on 11 and 16 October 2007 to consider 3 cases of alleged misconduct.

STUDENT 1 (Division of Linguistics and Psychology)

The student was

1. Guilty of forging signature of an academic on a waiver form.
2. Excluded from enrolment for second half year 2007.
3. Probation for remainder of enrolment.
4. Eligible to re-enrol in 2008 provided he undertook counselling on his return.

STUDENT 2 (Division of Environmental and Life Sciences)

The student was

1. Guilty of inappropriate behaviour (harassing staff).
2. Excluded from enrolment and the campus permanently.

STUDENT 3 (Division of Information and Communication Sciences)

The student was

1. Guilty of taking unauthorised notes into an exam.
2. Excluded for first half-year 2008.
3. Required to receive academic advice.
4. Probation for remainder of enrolment.

 

The Discipline Committee met on 24 August 2007 to consider 1 case of alleged misconduct.

STUDENT 1 (Division of Law)

The student was

1. Guilty of plagiarism.
2. Previously found guilty of submitting forged medical certificates.
3. Excluded from enrolment permanently.

The Discipline Committee met on 2 August 2007 to consider 5 cases of alleged misconduct.

STUDENT 1 (Division of Economic and Financial Studies)

The student was

1. Guilty of taking unauthorised notes into an exam.
2. Severely reprimanded.
3. Already given Fail (0) for unit.
4. To undertake 50 hours of community service.

STUDENT 2 (Division of Economic and Financial Studies)

The student was

1. Guilty of taking unauthorised notes into an exam.
2. Excluded for second half year 2007.
3. Probation for remainder of enrolment.
4. To provide evidence of counselling prior to re-enrolment.

STUDENT 3 (Division of Economic and Financial Studies)

The student was

1. Guilty of taking unauthorised notes into an exam.
2. Excluded for second half year 2007.
3. On probation for remainder of enrolment.
4. Encouraged to undertake counselling.

 

STUDENT 4 (Division of Australian Centre for Educational Studies)

The student was

1. Guilty of plagiarism and unethical conduct in the preparation of her assignment.
2. Excluded permanently from enrolment.

 

STUDENT 5 (Division of Economic and Financial Studies)

The student was

1. Guilty of cheating in exams.
2. To undertake 50 hours of community service.
3. On probation for remainder of enrolment.

The Discipline Committee met on 14 February 2007 and 4 May 2007 to consider 2 cases of alleged misconduct.

STUDENT 1 (Division of Law)

The student was

1. Guilty of collusion in take-home exam.
2. Severely reprimanded.
3. Given zero marks for take-home exam.

STUDENT 2 (Division of Law)

The student was

1. Guilty of plagiarism.
2. Given Fail(0) for the unit.
3. Excluded from enrolment for First Half year 2007.

The Discipline Committee met on 10 January 2007 to consider 1 case of alleged misconduct.

STUDENT 1 (Division of Law)

The student was

1. Found guilty of plagiarism and given Fail(0) for the unit.
2. Placed on probation for the remainder of their enrolment.

The Discipline Committee met on 20 December 2006 to consider 2 cases of alleged misconduct.

STUDENT 1 (Division of Law)

The student was

1. Found guilty of plagiarism.
2. Excluded for First Half Year 2007.
3. Directed to seek counselling.
4. Student had previously been excluded for half a year for plagiarism.

STUDENT 2 (Division of Env. & Life Sciences)

The student was

1. Found guilty of submitting a plagiarised essay written by a friend.
2. Excluded for one year.

STUDENT 3 (Division of Economic & Financial Studies)

The student was

1. Found guilty of plagiarism.
2. Given zero marks for the assignment and Fail for the unit.

The Discipline Committee met on 3 August  2006 to consider 3  cases  of alleged misconduct.

STUDENT 1 (ACES)

The student was

1. Found guilty of plagiarising the work of another student.
2. Excluded for second half year 2006.
3. Placed on probation for the remainder of their enrolment.

STUDENT 2 (Division of Economic & Financial Studies)

1. It was alleged that the student had interferred with the delivery of voting papers in the student election .
2. There was no finding of misconduct as the eyewitness reports could not be substantiated.

 

STUDENT 3 (Division of Humanities )

The student was

1. Found guilty of forging the signature of a staff member  on a loan application.
2. Given a suspended exclusion of 6 months.

 

The Discipline Committee met on 30 June 2006 to consider 1 case of alleged misconduct.

STUDENT 1 (Division of Law)

1. The student was found guilty of altering dates on a medical certificate.
2. The student was severely reprimanded and placed on probation until the end of 2007.
3. The grade for the unit to be determined by the Division.

The Discipline Committee met on 4 May 2006 to consider 1 case of alleged misconduct.

STUDENT 1 (Division of Economics & Financial Studies)

The student was

1. Found guilty of taking unauthorised material into an examination.
2. Reprimanded.
3. Given Fail (0) for the unit stands.

The Discipline Committee met on 16 March 2006 to consider 1 case of alleged misconduct.

STUDENT 1 (Division of Economic & Financial Studies)

The student was

1. Found guilty of copying from unauthorised notes in an examination.
2. Excluded for one semester.
3. Placed on probation for the remainder of their enrolment.
4. Given Fail (0) for the unit concerned.

The Discipline Committee met on 2 March 2006 to consider 6 cases of alleged misconduct by students.

STUDENT 1 (PhD candidate – Information and Communication Sciences)

The student was

1. Found guilty of unacceptable behaviour involving drunkenness and threatening behaviour towards staff.
2. Required to send a written apology to all staff affected.
3. Placed on probation.
4. Given limited access to the campus and requested to be accompanied by a nominated staff member in any dealings with the Department concerned.
5. Required to undertake counselling and provide regular reports from the counsellor.

STUDENT 2 (Division of Economic & Financial Studies) 

The student was

1. Found guilty of a number of charges of misconduct including forging Professional Authority Forms, unauthorised material in examinations, plagiarism and attempting to emotionally blackmail staff.
2. Excluded from the University permanently.

STUDENT 3 (Graduate School of Management)

The student was

1. Found guilty of plagiarising in a group assignment.
2. Excluded for two terms.

 

STUDENT 4 (Divisions of Linguistics & Psychology and Law)

The student was

1. Found guilty of submitting an essay that contained plagiarised material.
2. Excluded for one semester.
3. Given a grade of Fail (0) for the unit concerned.

STUDENT 5 (Division of Economic & Financial Studies)

The student was

1. Found guilty of harassing staff in the Department by his contact with them by phone, email and in person.
2. Excluded for one semester.
3. Encouraged to seek counselling.
4. To provide a written letter of apology to staff affected.

STUDENT 6 (Division of Information and Communication Sciences)

The student was

1. Found guilty of submitting an assignment that contained substantial portions of program code from a public website without appropriate acknowledgement.
2. Excluded for one semester.
3. Given a grade of Fail (0) for the unit concerned.
4. Placed on probation for the remainder of their enrolment.

The Discipline Committee met on 28 September, 24 November & 1 December 2005 to consider 5 cases of alleged misconduct by students.

STUDENT 1 (Divisions of SCMP and Law)

1. The student was found guilty of submitting two forged medical certificates. The student had been found guilty at the previous meeting of submitting a forged medical certificate.
2. The original decision of exclusion for one semester was confirmed.
3. The student's grade for the unit concerned was amended from Fail (29) to Fail (0).
4. The student was placed on probation for the remainder of their enrolment.

STUDENT 2 (Division of Law)

1. The student was found guilty of plagiarising in a take-home exam essay.
2. The student was given a severe reprimand.
3. The student’s grade for the unit concerned was amended to Fail (0).

STUDENT 3 (Division of Economic & Financial Studies)

The student was

1. Found guilty of submitting two Variation to Exemption forms with forged signatures.
2. Excluded for one semester.
3. Placed on probation for the remainder of their enrolment.
4. Advised to undertake counselling.

STUDENTS 4 & 5 (Division of Economic & Financial Studies)

Both students were

1. Found guilty of plagiarising in an assignment.
2. Given a grade of Fail (0) for the unit concerned.
3. Placed on probation.

The Discipline Committee met on 1 August 2005 to consider 5 cases of alleged misconduct by students.

STUDENT 1 (Divisions of SCMP and Law)

The student was

1. Found guilty of submitting a forged medical certificate.
2. Excluded for one semester.
3. Given Fail (0) for the unit concerned.

STUDENT 2 (Division of Economic & Financial Studies)

The student was

1. Found guilty of taking unauthorised material into an examination. The student had notes pasted inside a translation dictionary, which he took into the examination.
2. Excluded for one semester.
3. Given Fail (0) for the unit concerned.
4. Placed on probation for the remainder of their enrolment.

STUDENT 3 (Division of Economic & Financial Studies)

The student was

1. Found guilty of having unauthorised notes in an examination and was observed reading them during the examination.
2. Excluded for one semester.
3. Given Fail (0) for the unit concerned.
4. Placed on probation for the remainder of their enrolment. 

STUDENT 4 (Postgraduate-Division of Humanities)

The student was

1. Found guilty of plagiarising the whole of their research project for a unit.
2. Excluded for one semester.
3. Placed on probation for the remainder of their enrolment.
4. Directed to seek counselling from the Dean of the Division.

STUDENT 5 (Division of Economic & Financial Studies)

The student was

1. Found guilty of taking unauthorised notes into an examination
2. Given a grade of Fail (0) for the unit.
3. Placed on probation for the remainder of their enrolment.

The Discipline Committee met on 31 March 2005 to consider 2 cases of alleged misconduct by students.

Student 1 (Division of SCMP)

1. The student was found guilty of plagiarising lecture notes in the final essay for CUL 100.
2. The grade of fail for CUL 100 was confirmed.
3. The plagiarism of the lecture notes was deemed not to be intentional and the fail grade for the unit was confirmed.
4. The student was encouraged to acknowledge all sources, including lecture notes in essays.
5. The student was directed to undertake counselling to assist with any difficulties with the unit.

STUDENT 2 (Cross-Institution, Division of Law)

The Discipline Committee met on 22 December 2004 to consider 4 cases of alleged misconduct by students.

The Committee resolved as follows:

Student 1 (Division of Humanities)

The student was

1. Found guilty of repeated charges of plagiarism and there was evidence of a forged doctor’s certificate.
2. Excluded for two (2) years.

Student 2 (Division of Law)

The student was

1. Found guilty of being in possession in an examination of a dictionary which had unauthorised notes pasted in it.
2. The student was excluded for first half year 2005.

Student 4 (Division of Economic & Financial Studies)

The Discipline Committee met on 17 November 2004 to consider 2 cases of alleged misconduct by students.

Student 1 (Division of Society, Culture, Media and Philosophy)

1. The student was found guilty of causing damage to property at Macquarie University Village by starting a fire.
2. The student received a strong reprimand.
3. The student’s home university to be notified of the incident.
4. The student to pay for all damages before their academic transcript will be released.

Students 2 & 3 (Division of Society, Culture, Media and Philosophy)

1. Students reprimanded.
2. Students required to pay for damages to their unit at Macquarie University Village and academic transcripts withheld until it is paid.

The Discipline Committee met on 21 October 2004 to consider 1 case of alleged misconduct by students.

1. The student was found guilty of having another person sit a mid- semester test in their place.
2. The student was given Fail (zero) for the unit concerned.
3. The student was excluded for the 2005 academic year.
4. The student needs to show cause for any re-admission application in 2006.
5. The student needs to undertake counselling on their return.
6. The student was enrolled in the Division of Economic & Financial Studies.

The Discipline Committee met on 31 August 2004 to consider 2 cases of alleged misconduct by students.

Student 1 (Division of Information and Communication Science)

The student was

1. Found guilty of having unauthorised notes in an exam.
2  Excluded from enrolment for second half year 2004 and given Fail (zero marks) for the unit concerned.
3. Encouraged to undertake counselling.

Student 2 (Division of Economic and Financial Studies)

The student was

1. Found guilty of having unauthorised notes in an exam.
2. Excluded from enrolment for second half year 2004 and given Fail (zero marks) for the unit concerned.
3. Encouraged to undertake counselling.

The Discipline Committee met on 15 July 2004 to consider 1 case of alleged misconduct by a student.

1. The student was found guilty of having prohibited materials in two (2) separate examinations.
2. The student was excluded for second half year 2004 and would be eligible to re-apply for first half year 2005.
3. If re-admitted the student will be on probation for two years.
4. The student was directed to undertake counselling.
5. The student was registered with the Division of Economic and Financial Studies.

The Discipline Committee met on 22 March 2004 to consider 1 case of alleged misconduct by a student.

The Committee resolved as follows:

The student was

1. Found guilty of forging the signatures of academic staff on three special approval forms to gain entry into units for which the student did not have the prerequisites.
2. Excluded from enrolment for first half year 2004.
3. Registered in the Division of Information and Communication Sciences.

The Discipline Committee met on 11 December 2003 to consider 3 cases of alleged misconduct by students.

The Committee resolved as follows:

Case 1:The student was found guilty of plagiarising the work of another student with respect to an assignment. The student had copied another student's draft without the other student's knowledge and used the draft to produce an essay that was substantially the same.

The Committee viewed this as an exceptionally serious matter and the student was excluded from enrolment for first half year 2004.

The student was asked to undertake counselling on his return to study.

Case 2:The student was found guilty of having another person sit an examination in his place. The student was excluded from enrolment for first half year 2004 and received a grade of fail (zero marks) for the unit in question. The student was directed to undertake counselling.

Case 3:The student was found guilty of having unauthorised notes in an examination. The student was excluded for first half year 2004 and received a grade of Fail (zero marks) for the unit in question.

 

The Discipline Committee met on 5 February 2004 to consider six cases of alleged misconduct by students.

The Committee resolved as follows:

Case 1: The student was alleged to have taken unauthorised notes into an examination. After consideration of evidence from the student and from academic staff in the Division, the Committee gave the student the benefit of the doubt. The allegation of cheating had not been proven.

The Committee advised the student to confer with the Division and also suggested to the student that in view of her poor academic record that she consider carefully her future study direction.

Case 2: The student was found guilty of taking unauthorised notes into an examination. The student had notes & formulae written on the back of her ruler. The student was given a grade of Fail (zero marks) for the unit and placed on probation for 2004.

Case 3: The student was found guilty of taking unauthorised notes into an examination. The student was discovered with notes written on her calculator and calculator cover. The student was given a grade of Fail (zero marks) for the unit and placed on probation for 2004.

Case 4: The student was found guilty of plagiarising material for an assignment for a postgraduate unit. This was the second case of plagiarism involving this student.

The student was given a grade of Fail (zero marks) for the unit and placed on probation for the remainder of her enrolment in the program.

The student was directed to undertake appropriate counselling.

Case 5: The student was found guilty of altering the Professional Authority Form that had been signed by a doctor. The Professional Authority form was submitted with the student's special consideration form.

The student was excluded from enrolment for first half year 2004.

The Discipline Committee met on 11 March 2003 to consider 3 cases of alleged misconduct by students.

The Committee resolved as follows:

Case 1: The student was found guilty of making a threatening comment against a lecturer.
The student was excluded for a period of eighteen months and if re-admitted after that time, he/she will be placed on probation.

Case 2: The student was found guilty of plagiarising from a published source.
The student received a grade of Fail (zero marks) for the unit involved. The student was also reprimanded and placed on probation for twelve months.

Case 3: The allegation of collusion between two students in regard to a take-home examination had not been proven.
The student was reprimanded and placed on probation until the end of 2003.

The Discipline Committee met on 24 July 2003 to consider 6 cases of alleged misconduct by students.

The Committee resolved as follows:

Case 1: The student was found guilty of having unauthorised notes in an examination. The Committee accepted the explanation of the circumstances including the support from the lecturer.
The student was issued with a severe warning and a record of the incident placed on their file.

Case 2: The student was found guilty of taking unauthorised material into an examination.
The student received a grade of Fail (zero marks) for the unit in question. The student was given a serious reprimand and placed on probation until the end of 2003.

Case 3: The student was found guilty of submitting a forged medical certificate.
The student was excluded from enrolment for second half year 2003 and the doctor whose name appeared on the forged medical certificate was advised of the decision for any possible legal action.

Case 4: The student was found guilty of submitting four forged medical certificates.
The student was given grades of Fail (zero marks) for the units involved. The student was also excluded from enrolment for second half year 2003 and placed on probation for 2004. The student was directed to undertake counselling.

Case 5: The student was found guilty of having unauthorised notes in an examination.
The student was given a grade of Fail (zero marks) for the unit. The student was also excluded from enrolment for second half year 2003 and placed on probation for 2004.

Case 6: The student was found guilty of having unauthorised notes in an examination.
The student was given a grade of Fail (zero marks) for the unit. The student was also excluded from enrolment for second half year 2003 and placed on probation for 2004

The Discipline Committee met on 3 September 2003 to consider 3 cases of alleged misconduct by students.

The Committee resolved as follows:

Case 1 The student pleaded guilty to the allegation of cheating in an examination.. The Committee considered the circumstances of this particular case and the student was placed on probation for the duration of their undergraduate degree. The student was directed to undertake counselling and to provide evidence when they had undertaken counselling. The student was also directed to meet with Dean of Division or nominee to discuss their progress.

Case 2 The student was found guilty of sending threatening and abusive emails to academic staff. The student was excluded permanently from enrolment at the University. The Committee also recommended to the Vice-Chancellor that the student be suspended from attendance within the University premises and grounds pending any appeal to the Council.

Case 3 The allegation of misconduct in an examination was not proven and the student given the benefit of the doubt.

Stephen Mu Sung
Secretary
Discipline Committee