[Academic] University Policies ..... and in particular revision of the Student Discipline Procedure and Guidance on Academic Dishonesty

[Robert Martin]

Dear All,

There are a number of key University Policies that I would like to 
highlight as a source of practical guidance in certain situations some 
of you may face. They are listed on the University website under various 
headings. Notable ones include:
Under finance - 
http://www.strath.ac.uk/finance/generalinformation/regulationsandpolicies/ 
- expenses policy, financial regs., policy for receipt of gifts, etc.
Under HR - http://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/policies/hr/ - guidelines for 
home working, sickness absence, public interest disclosure, etc
Under Information Security - 
http://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/policies/informationsecurity/ - data 
protection policy, encryption policy, etc.
Under General - http://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/policies/general/ - 
conflict of interest, fraud prevention

........and then to the email below which discussed revisions of the 
Student Discipline Procedure and Guidance on Academic Dishonesty. This 
process is ongoing (drafts attached) - if you have comments they need to 
be back to me before Weds 29th for passing on to Senate on 12 June.

Regards,

Rob

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Dear All,

Thank you for your comments and feedback on the revised Student 
Discipline Procedure. I have incorporated most of the feedback in the 
latest draft discipline procedure attached. The most significant change 
from the previous version is that the procedure for appealing against a 
decision in relation to a minor offence has changed. These appeals will 
be heard by the SDC (as is currently the case) but this will be the 
final route of internal appeal (in the current Regulations students 
found guilty of minor offences can appeal to the SDC and then to the 
SDAB). Because of this change, the structure of Section 8 has changed 
slightly and the procedure described there now applies to both the SDC 
and SDAB.

In addition the following revisions have been made in response to feedback:

·Removed mention of ‘Student Code of Conduct’. This is now covered 
through changes to Para. 1.2 (see below)

·Para 1.2: Removed second sentence and added reference to the general 
manner in which students are expected to behave

·Guidance Note on page 6  dealing with timescales for interview of the 
student moved to para. 4.5

·Para 4.12 expanded to include DO’s responsibility to determine 
reasonable cause and to state that no further action to be taken where 
reasonable cause is not established

·Provision added to include damage to property which is on loan to the 
University as a disciplinary offence

·Removed the Librarian from the list of Disciplinary Officers but noted 
that the Director of IS Services may delegate responsibility to the 
Librarian for administering discipline in cases originating within the 
Library

Most other changes which have been in response to feedback are largely 
cosmetic in nature or intended to clarify points of detail.

The Guidance on Academic Dishonesty largely remains the same, although 
there were several useful suggestions on how this could be developed. 
Work to develop this further and consolidate other existing academic 
dishonesty documents may be taken forward by other colleagues in the future.

If there are any further minor points that need to be addressed then 
please let me know as soon as possible and no later than next Wednesday 
29 May. After that, aside from such minor modifications, the versions 
attached are what will be presented to Senate on 12 June for approval.

Kind regards,

Darren




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