UCD Academic Integrity Policy

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Creator(s) (alphabetical)

Carla Perrotta, Connor Buggy, James Mathew, Karen Ryan, Pratiksha Nagar, Ricardo Segurado, Vicky Downey

Organisation(s)

SPHSS, University College Dublin

Discipline(s)

Teaching & Learning

Topic(s)

Teaching and Learning Practice

License

CC0

Media Format

Webpage, Website

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An interactive learning tool that explains academic integrity at University College Dublin. The unit features short videos, quizzes, and scenarios designed to help students reflect on ethical learning.

Benefit of this resource and how to make the best use of it

This resource can be embedded into any platform, making it versatile for use by UCD students or adaptable by colleagues from other universities to suit their specific contexts, whether by modifying the examples or the format. It was developed in response to feedback from students who found academic integrity policies tedious and challenging to understand. The goal is to enhance students’ comprehension of the rationale behind the policy, as well as the meanings of key concepts and definitions it includes like collusion, plagiarism, self-plagiarism.

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Perrotta, C., Buggy, C., Mathew, J., Ryan, K., Nagar, P., Segurado, R., & Downey, V. (2025). Ucd academic integrity policy. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/ucd-academic-integrity-policy/ License: Creative Commons Zero (CC0).

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