Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.1(f) of Code – plagiarism and concoction – passages from essay taken verbatim from internet sources and references concocted – prior plagiarism offences – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding of guilt – Joint Submission on Penalty – Student repeatedly committed plagiarism despite warnings – Panel stressed the seriousness of plagiarism offences – Student cooperated and indicated acceptance of responsibility – Joint Submission consistent with the range of sanctions imposed in similar cases – grade assignment of zero for course; five-year suspension; seven-year notation on transcript; report to Provost
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.1(f) of Code – plagiarism – passages from essay taken verbatim from secondary sources – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding of guilt – Joint Submission on Penalty – grade assignment of zero for course; three-year suspension; four-year notation on transcript or until graduation, whichever is later; report to Provost
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of Code – plagiarism – passages from essay taken verbatim from internet sources – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding of guilt – Joint Submission on Penalty – Undertaking to complete writing workshops – prior academic offences of similar nature – Panel acknowledged that a joint submission should not be rejected unless its acceptance would bring the administration of justice into disrepute – Panel accepted Joint Submission with reluctance – timing of Undertaking – suspicious unsettled facts – better to address academic deficiencies before and not after repeated academic offences – serious nature of the offence and harm to the university – grade assignment of zero for course; three-year suspension; report to Provost – Panel rejected the Student’s motion for a ban on publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of Code – plagiarism – allegations that Student submitted a purchased essay – Student claimed that the essay was her original work and submitted electronic files and notes to corroborate her claim – involvement of a person named “Bryan” – metadata analysis revealed Bryan as author of the document – Panel accepted the expert testimony that the only way to explain was if the document was created on Bryan’s computer – Panel found Student’s notes were her own and corroborated her claim to an extent – Panel concluded that Student gave her notes to Bryan who put them into an essay form – finding of guilt – Panel was not convinced Student purchased the essay – not appropriate to backdate commencement of the suspension unless in close proximity to the date of the hearing – Panel backdated the suspension to commence on a date that would allow Student to resume her studies in the summer term – two-year suspension appropriate for first time plagiarism offenders – Panel would have imposed a far more severe penalty had it found the Student purchased the essay – penalty should meet the need for general deterrence without unduly punishing Student – grade assignment of zero for course; two-year suspension; three-year notation on transcript or until graduation, whichever is earlier; report to Provost
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of Code – plagiarism – coursework purchased from a commercial provider of essays – Student first denied; he admitted when confronted with metadata – Agreed Statement of Facts and Agreed Statement of Facts on Penalty – guilty plea – finding of guilt – prior plagiarism offence – Student only acknowledged fault when confronted with overwhelming evidence – Student cooperated with the University, attended and testified at the hearing, and exhibited general remorse – likelihood of repetition – purchasing academic work is at the most serious end of spectrum of plagiarism – University vulnerable to this type of offence as it is very difficult to detect – grade assignment of zero for course; five-year suspension; recommendation that the Student be expelled; permanent notation on transcript; report to Provost
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b), s. B.i.1.(e) and s. B.i.3(b) of the Code – unauthorized aid, credit already obtained, and academic dishonesty - three counts in three different classes – medical accommodation – current accommodation unsuccessfully challenged – self plagiarism – altering evidence in an attempt to mislead – possession of an unauthorized aid during an exam – finding of guilt – knew or ought to have known – sanction – prior academic offence – mitigating factor of impairing medical conditions – aggravating factor of previous offences and knowledge of student discipline system – grade assignment of zero in the courses affected by her offences; 2½-year suspension; 2½-year notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of Code – plagiarism – coursework plagiarized from another student and internet sources – agreed statement of facts – guilty plea – finding of guilt based on Agreed Statement of Facts –Student acknowledged need to address her limited writing ability – Undertaking to complete writing workshops – Joint Submission on Penalty – concern that undertaking may be viewed as an excuse for misbehaviour – Student’s willingness to work with University toward rehabilitation and remediation is a mitigating factor – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – grade assignment of zero for each of the two courses; three-year suspension; four-year notation on transcript or until graduation; and report to Provost
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b), s. B.i.1(d), s. B.i.1(f) and s. B.i.3(b) of the Code – unauthorized aid, plagiarism, concocted sources and academic dishonesty – submitted essay containing another student’s work – submitted essay containing plagiarized passages and references to concocted sources – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea accepted – reasonable to infer guilt in the absence of evidence of the content of the cited journal source where passages bear a close correspondence to the text of uncited websites – revised essay to conceal plagiarism – contested hearing on sanction – two prior offences – Student admitted guilt – Student was absent from University for almost two years before hearing – grade assignment of zero in two courses; four-year suspension; six-year notation on transcript; report to Provost for publication.
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d), s. B.i.1(b) and s. B.i.3(b) of the Code – plagiarism – three counts in two different classes – requested postponement granted – Student not present at hearing – substantially similar papers – identical bibliographies – identical spelling errors – finding of guilt – knew or ought to have known - – sanction – no prior offence – grade of zero in each course; three year suspension; notation on transcript until earlier of graduation or four years; report to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d), s. B.i.1(b) and s. B.i.3(b) of the Code – plagiarism – three counts in two different classes – requested postponement granted – Student not present at hearing – substantially similar papers – identical bibliographies – identical spelling errors – finding of guilt – knew or ought to have known - – sanction – no prior offence – grade of zero in each course; three year suspension; notation on transcript until earlier of graduation or four years; report to Provost for publication