Academic integrity
What is it?
Academic integrity refers to honesty and trust in all aspects of academic work. It includes the way students and staff write assignments and papers, conduct themselves during examinations, and behave as researchers.
Why is it important?
Whether your future career lies in academic institutions, in an independent professional role or in industry, government or community-based organisations, the people you interact with will respect the honesty and trustworthiness demonstrated in your professional life.
In universities, academic integrity is important because, without honesty and trust, true academic discourse becomes impossible, learning is distorted and the evaluation of student progress and academic quality is seriously compromised.
How does Griffith manage and support academic integrity?
Griffith University is committed to:
- Assuring Griffith’s academic credibility and reputation
- Protecting the standards of the awards that Griffith students earn
- Ensuring that our students receive due credit for the work they submit for assessment
- Protecting the interests of those students who do not cheat
- Advising our students of the need for academic integrity, and guiding them towards best practice in studying and learning
- Educating our students about what intellectual property is, why it matters, how to protect their own, and how to legitimately access other people's work.
Griffith University discharges this commitment by focussing on preventing academic misconduct by students. Prevention of misconduct takes many forms including the education of students, the professional development of staff, the reduction of opportunities, and an ongoing development of procedures to detect academic misconduct/fraud and to deal appropriately and fairly with those found guilty of it.
Awareness and management
Griffith staff and students will find information about academic integrity in the Griffith portal.
Message from the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), Professor John Dewar