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Section 6

Procedures Governing Student Academic Integrity

HKBU adopts a zero tolerance policy for academic dishonesty. Any student who commits an act of academic dishonesty would have violated academic integrity and would therefore be subject to academic disciplinary actions.

 

Examples of Academic dishonesty can be found in Section 1 of the Guidelines for Students on Academic Integrity.

 

Click here for the procedures in handling alleged academic misconduct.

 

If academic dishonesty is suspected in respect of course-based assessment:

  1. the faculty member concerned should report to the Head of Department/Programme Director.
  2. the Department/Programme will investigate the case with the student concerned.
  3. if the charge is established, an ‘F’ grade could be assigned to the course.

    Note: Any student found to have conducted academic dishonesty can be excluded from participating in the end-of-semester Course Feedback Questionnaire (CFQ) for the course concerned.  The Department/Programme should inform the Academic Registry/Graduate School/School of Continuing Education, in writing, of this request at least one week before the commencement of the CFQ exercise.
  4. the Department/Programme will report the case, in writing, to the Academic Registrar (for undergraduate programmes)/Dean of Graduate School (for taught postgraduate programmes and research postgraduate students taking coursework) via the Dean of Faculty/School.

    Note: For sub-degree programmes, the Programme Director will report the case, in writing, to the Dean of School of Continuing Education directly, with copy sent to the Head of Registry of the School for necessary action. For Higher Diploma In Creative Film Production, cases should be reported to the Dean of School of Continuing Education via the Dean of School of Creative Arts.
  5. the Academic Registrar/Dean of Graduate School/Dean of School of Continuing Education will inform the Quality Assurance Committee (QAC).

    Note: The number of academic dishonesty cases and the sanctions imposed arising from sub-degree programmes bearing HKBU awards (i.e. associate degrees and higher diplomas) are required to be reported to the QAC via the Quality Assurance Sub-Committee on Sub-Degree Programmes (QASC) (QF Level 4) at the end of each semester.
  6. the QAC will report the number of cases and the sanctions imposed for each semester to the Senate.

 

For more serious or repeated cases:

 

  1. the Department/Programme should follow the procedures 1 - 4 above.
  2. the Department/Programme should refer the case to the Panel on Student Disciplinary Cases as appointed by the Student Affairs Committee (SAC) for deliberation and more stringent disciplinary action would be taken.
  3. the Director of Student Affairs will notify the Academic Registrar/Dean of Graduate School/Dean of Continuing Education, in writing, of the action meted out.
  4. the Academic Registrar/Dean of Graduate School/Dean of Continuing Education will inform the QAC. 

    Note: The number of academic dishonesty cases and the sanctions imposed arising from sub-degree programmes bearing HKBU awards (i.e. associate degrees and higher diplomas) are required to be reported to the QAC via the Quality Assurance Sub-Committee on Sub-Degree Programmes (QASC) (QF Level 4) at the end of each semester.    
  5. the QAC will report the number of cases and the sanctions imposed for each semester to the Senate.

 

Appeal

Appeal against the decision on academic dishonesty made by Department/Programme
 

The student may submit an appeal to the Department/Programme and the procedures for Appeals Regarding Academic Matters (please refer to the University Student Handbook for the relevant procedures) will be followed.  Further appeal actions should be directed to the Academic Registrar/Dean of Graduate School.  If the Academic Registrar/Dean of Graduate School considers that there are grounds for the appeal, an Appeal Panel will be convened to review the case.  The decision of the appeal panel shall be final.
 

Note: Sub-degree students should follow the appeal regulations and procedures governing Sub-degree programmes.

 

Appeal against the sanctions imposed by the Panel on Student Disciplinary Cases
 

The student should follow the Student Disciplinary Procedures  and submit an appeal in writing to the Chairperson of the SAC.  If the SAC considers that there are grounds for the appeal, the case may be remanded to the Panel for review.

If academic dishonest is found in the process of qualifying examination, candidature examination, or in the submission of a research prospectus/thesis/dissertation:

  1. the Board of Examiners could fail the student concerned and allow for re-submission of work or terminate the candidacy of the student concerned.
  2. the Chair of the Board of Examiners will report the case, in writing, to the Research Postgraduate Studies Committee (RPSC) via the Dean of Faculty/School.
  3. the RPSC will inform the QAC via the Research Committee (RC).
  4. the QAC will report the number of cases and the sanctions imposed for each semester to the Senate.

 

Appeal

The appeal should be directed to the Dean of Graduate School.  If the Dean of Graduate School considers that there are grounds for the appeal, an appeal panel will be convened to review the case.  The decision of the appeal panel shall be final.

 

 

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