What is poor academic practice?

Poor academic practice is defined in the Regulations for Academic Integrity as involving collaboration or poor citation practice where there is evidence that you did not appreciate the rules of academic writing for their discipline, for example, where the extent of copied material can be considered so slight that it does not justify a penalty. This usually applies to cases where the misconduct does not have the potential to give an unfair advantage in assessments.  
 
Examples include, but are not limited to, the following: 

• Poor use of referencing  
• A very low volume of unattributed quotations  
• A very low volume of incorrect citations that has not materially given you an unfair advantage
• A very low volume copying with correct citations  
• Misconduct which can be shown to be entirely the result of technical issues