Cheating and Plagiarism

What is cheating? Cheating is defined as any illegitimate behaviour which may deceive those setting, administering and marking the assessment. Cheating in a assessment is a very serious academic offence, which will lead to de-registration and black-listing with SAQA. Cheating can take one of a number of forms, including: The use of unauthorised books, notes, electronic aids or other materials in an examination. Obtaining an examination paper ahead of its authorised release. Collusion, i.e. the representation of another’s work or ideas as one’s own without appropriate acknowledgement or referencing, where…

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