Academic integrity

Academic integrity represents a set of values and behaviours which members of the academic community abide by. To be a trusted member of this academic community you must understand and demonstrate academic integrity in your studies and the work you produce. Such values include honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility.

Online Academic Integrity Tutorial

You are required to successfully complete the University Online Academic Integrity Tutorial within your first year, preferably within the first few weeks. 

The tutorial is on the Learn VLE (Blackboard) and will take you through key principles around integrity and how to avoid things like plagiarism and collusion. It also covers guidance on using artificial intelligence (AI). If you do not uphold the values and conventions of academic integrity, you may be subject to the University’s academic misconduct procedures.

Referencing

Referencing is a key aspect of academic writing and is used to clearly identify information and ideas that come from source materials. It is essential to acknowledge other people's ideas in this way so that you can avoid committing plagiarism. Incorrect or non-existent referencing can constitute misconduct.

The Harvard referencing style is used by this Department.

Turnitin

Turnitin is a text-matching software used primarily by staff to check academic work for appropriate acknowledgement of sources. Students have access to Turnitin (via a tutorial on the VLE) to learn how to integrate material into assignments appropriately.

The Department of Health Sciences submits all summatively assessed work through Turnitin. It is utilised as a tool alongside academic judgement to identify instances of plagiarism, poor academic referencing and other poor academic practices.

All summative written coursework must be submitted electronically through Turnitin Feedback Studio. For each summative piece of coursework, a submission point will be set up within the module site on the VLE. 

It is the student’s responsibility to submit their work to the correct submission point. Clear instructions will be given by the module team in advance of the submission deadline to enable you to locate these. There are a number of instruction videos available on the homepage of the VLE to support you with the use of Turnitin.

Your raw mark (subject to the ratification process) and associated feedback will be made available to you on the deadline release date. Please be aware that this raw mark will not reflect any associated late submission penalties. Your final mark (subject to ratification) with any associated deductions or penalties will be the mark visible through your eVision ‘view my results’ section. The eVision result is the mark that will contribute to your progression and award calculation.

Any summative work submitted through Turnitin may be used anonymously as an exemplar for future cohort teaching sessions. For further information you may contact dohs-assessments@york.ac.uk.

Academic misconduct 

Academic misconduct means breaking the rules of academic integrity and this is why we regard any form of academic misconduct as a very serious offence. See the University policy for what we consider to be academic misconduct. 

Our advice on Artificial Intelligence (AI) use in assessment is that we expect you not to use AI to generate assessment answers unless you have been explicitly told that you may or must do so.

Students facing academic misconduct issues can contact YUSU’s Advice and Support Centre for help.

Breach of confidentiality

Sometimes assignments that you write will require you to draw on the experiences you have gained within work settings. In drawing on these experiences, however, all students have a duty to maintain confidentiality. It is important that details are not disclosed that could lead to the identification of particular individuals, families/significant others, organisations or places as this would constitute a breach of confidentiality.