Academic Integrity

At La Trobe, academic integrity is taken very seriously. The University is responsible for awarding credit for honestly conducted work. You also have responsibilities and understanding these will help you to succeed in your studies.

Statement of Student Responsibility

By submitting any piece of work you agree that:

1. The work is your own or was produced as part of a group assessment task to which you contributed original work
2. You have not previously submitted all or part of this work for assessment in any subject, unless the subject coordinator for the current subject (or your research supervisor, if applicable) has given you written permission to reuse specific material and you have correctly referenced the material taken from your own earlier work.
3. You have read and agreed to be bound by the Statutes, Regulations and Policies of the University relating to Academic Integrity available at https://www.latrobe.edu.au/students/admin/academic-integrity/academic-integrity-module ; and
4. You may be subject to student discipline processes in the event of an act of academic misconduct by you including an act of plagiarism or cheating.

Students further agree that all submitted written work may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com. All submitted written work will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. Use of the Turnitin.com service is subject to the Usage Policy posted on the Turnitin.com site.
In case your submission contains personally identifiable information you should be aware that your submission will be stored in the United States.