Regulations
An exam/test is an investigation of knowledge, skills and insight of a student. A student has to deliver only his own and original work. If not, it will be considered as draud of plagiarism. Also free-riding behaviour, that is benefiting from other people's efforts in groups (assignments) while not putting in the same effort as the other group members, can be considered as academic misconduct.
When an examiner detects academic misconduct in or during a test or assignment the examiner has to report this to the examination board. The board will investigate the case and determine if and what sanction will be applied.
Here you can consult:
- a decision tree for preventing academic misconduct and (in case of doubt of academic misconduct) reporting academic misconduct cases
- The academic misconduct prevention guidelines
Procedure
If an examiner or invigilator notices motivated suspicion of academic misconduct before, during or after an exam, the examiner/invigilator makes a note of this on the student’s exam (test). The examiner/invigilator also notes the circumstances surrounding the irregularity and fills out the Notification of misconduct/ irregularities during an exam. This notification is submitted to (the registry) of the Examination Board BMS.
If an examiner notices a motivated suspicion of plagiarism the examiner will fill out the Notification of Plagiarism and submits this notification to the Registry of the examination board BMS. The examiner should inform the board on which parts are plagiarised and should inform the student(s) on the plagisrism detected (specify) and that a notification was sent to the examination board.
- The examiner/invigilator has the right to confiscate devices and other resources whose use is not permitted during an exam;
- The student has the right to finish the exam;
- The examiner/invigilator reports the suspicion of academic misconduct in written to the student and to the examination board (per Notification of academic misconduct/ irregularities during exam). This rule also applies in case of a suspicion of fraud in a (part of a) unit of study, such as an assignment, presentation or essay;
- The written report should at least contain the following information (e-mail to examination board BMS)
a) Name student involved including student number;
b) Study unit name and study unit code. If necessary mention the specific part of the module or study unit in which the fraud was detected;
c) Written information on the suspected fraud detected and/or what conduct or misconduct occurred during the exam;
d) Additional information (evidence from plagiarism - AI software);
e) The examiner should notify the student involved of the suspected fraud;
f) The assessment of the assignment/exam needs to be put on hold.