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Disciplinary Code for Students: A summary

The disciplinary code for students aims to protect students from the minority of students who, for example, behave anti-socially or cause damage to property. Your time at University should be fun, creative and productive and the Code can help to ensure that it is, by defining a range of unacceptable behaviours, and a procedure for dealing with it.

If students are believed to have behaved in any of the ways listed, then the University will always first try to establish the facts through an investigation, and quickly come to an informal resolution, through mediation, if the behaviour is found to be unacceptable. This might include payment for damage caused (not a fine), or apologising to those affected by the behaviour and an agreement to those affected by the behaviour and an agreement to behave to a certain standard in the future. If an informal resolution is not possible, the procedure would move towards a formal disciplinary hearing.

If you are concerned about a possible breach of the Code, please contact either the Dean of your School or College, or the Dean of Students, Rob Imeson.

Unacceptable types of behaviour

Against people

Students must never intimidate, harass, or assault any other students, staff or visitors, sexually or racially, or otherwise breach the University's Equal Opportunities Policy.

Plagiarism

Students must not use someone else's work, cheat, plagiarise or try to have unfair advantage as part of an exam or assessment, as part of work in progress or as finished work.

Criminal Offences

Students must not commit any criminal offences (including relating to copyright infringement) on University premises or behave in any way that would amount to criminal behaviour in any public space.

Miscellaneous

The above list is not definitive and students must not break any other Rule, Code or Regulation as authorised by the University or the British law.

Against Property

Students must never damage, steal or misuse any University accomodation. Also, they must not misuse alcohol or use, buy or sell illegal drugs in studios, lecture halls, classrooms or University accomodation.

Use of files and documents

Students must not access or try to access or in any way, alter, or try to alter, any private or confidential files or materials owned by the University or the Students' Union.

Gross Miscondcut

It is regarded as 'gross misconduct' if, once an investigation has taken place, it is verified that the student has committed the following:

Acts of physical violence
Malicious verbal abuse
Threatening language or behaviour, theft, fraud, negligence, or;
Fundamental breach of trust endangering staff, students or visitors

The Disciplinary Process:

Suspension and investigation

After an alleged breach of the Code, staff in the following posts have the University Rector's authority to suspend students for up to three complete working days: Head of College, Deans, Senior University Managers, Duty managers.

If gross misconduct is suspected, the student would be suspended immediately, pending a disciplinary hearing and possible explusion.

If there is an alleged criminal offence, which is also potentially gross misconduct, the person marking the allegation is advised to contact the police. If the police become involved, then the University will take advice from them before proceeding further.

Where a student is suspended and there is no police involvement, the University conducts an investigation to establish the facts. During the investigation the student and any witnesses to the incident may be interviewed.

Informal resolution

After the investigation the University will try to come to an informal resolution with the Student. If an informal resolution is not possible, the procedure would move towards a formal disciplinary hearing.

Disciplinary hearing

If an informal resolution cannot be reached students are asked to attend a disciplinary hearing. All evidence and documents to be used in the hearing are disclosed to the student in advance. The student can challenge the evidence, question the panel and argue their case.

To reach a conclusion the panel needs to be satisfied that the student has done what has been alleged. If the allegation is proven, one or more sanctions may be applied, for example:

Full or part payment for any damage caused

Withdrawal of registration for up to 12 months

Recommendation of expulsion of the student to the Rector. The student will remain suspended until the Rector has come to a decision (within 15 days of receiving the recommendation).

Appeals

Once notified of the panel's decision, the student has five days to lodge an appeal. This can only be done once, and the decision of the appeal is final.

Mental Illness

If any time during the process there is reason to believe that the student is suffering from mental illness/instability, a medical report may be asked for. If there is medical evidence of mental health problems the case may be suspended or ended, possibly on condition that the student seeks medical help.