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Student academic integrity statement

Birkbeck, University of London (the College) places great trust in students undertaking assessments and considers we have a joint responsibility to support academic standards and to ensure your qualification retains its value over time.

When you registered as a student, you agreed to abide by the College’s regulations and policies, which are accessible online via your Programme Handbook and the College website. These documents contain references to, and penalties for, unfair practices such as collusion, plagiarism, fabrication or falsification. The College’s Academic Integrity and Misconduct Policy sets out the consequences if your work is suspected of academic misconduct and the outcomes that might be applied.

By submitting your assessment as instructed, you confirm that:

  1. You have not impersonated or allowed yourself to be impersonated by any person for the purposes of this assessment.
  2. This assessment is your original work and no part of it has been copied from any other source, except where due acknowledgement is made.
  3. You have not previously submitted this work for any other module/programme.
  4. You give permission for your assessment response to be reproduced, communicated, compared and archived for plagiarism detection, benchmarking or educational purposes.
  5. You understand that plagiarism is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person or organisation, as though it is your own. It is a form of cheating and is a form of academic misconduct that may lead to disciplinary action.
  6. You understand that this assessment is undertaken without invigilation and that you have not communicated with and will not communicate with anyone concerning this assessment before the deadline for submission, unless it is expressly permitted by the assessment instructions.
  7. No part of this assessment has been produced for, or communicated to you by any other person, unless it is expressly permitted by the assessment instructions.
  8. You understand that you are studying towards a University of London or Birkbeck, University of London qualification and that this award may ultimately be revoked (this means you will lose it), if in the future, an investigation uncovers deliberate academic misconduct.

Policy review

  • Created: December 2021
  • Latest update: July 2023
  • Date of next review: 2025-26 academic year
  • Owner: Student Complaints, Conduct and Appeals Manager
  • SLT owner: DVC Education and Student Experience
  • Committee oversight: Education and Student Experience Committee for Academic Board