Policy and guidance
Policy
Details of the University's misconduct policies and regulations for student discipline are contained in the Student Discipline website.
Student guides
- Student Guide: Academic Integrity Matters
- Student Guide: Avoiding Plagiarism
- Student Guide: Guidance on how to avoid Academic Misconduct
- Student Guide: - How to avoid academic misconduct in Final Online Assessment (FOA)
- Student Guide: - Understanding and Avoiding Collusion
- Contract cheating risk and avoidance: A student guide
- Using Turnitin with Canvas
Staff guides and support
- Heriot-Watt University staff access SharePoint for further guides and resources
- Using Turnitin with Canvas
- Recording of lectures by students with specific learning needs. Guidance for staff and students
- Understanding academic integrity: considering the extent of student academic misconducts in Higher Education (Watt Works Quick Guide | 33)
- Understanding academic integrity: exploring explanatory factors in Higher Education (Watt Works Quick Guide | 34)
- Understanding academic integrity: strategies and interventions in Higher Education (Watt Works Quick Guide | 35)
- Addressing cheating by balancing academic integrity and assessment security (Watt Works Quick Guide)
Research ethics and integrity
- University Research Ethics Policy
- University Research Ethics Procedures
- Research Integrity - Research Misconduct Policy
- Postgraduate Research Degree Candidate Code of Practice
Canvas resources for course leaders
- Staff can access a copy of the academic integrity module in Canvas Commons if they need to add it to their course site. For support with this contact IS.