Academic integrity
Having a good understanding of academic integrity is vital to your success at university.
Understanding academic integrity means that you can build on the ideas, research and inspiration of others while developing and expressing your own ideas.
Academic integrity involves showing respect to other people's ideas, words, images, code and more by ensuring you acknowledge who and what has influenced your thinking or the work you have produced.
This means always doing your own work unless you are instructed that a piece of work is collaborative or group work, and recognising when other people or organisations have influenced your thinking or the work you have produced through citation and referencing.
Maintaining academic integrity protects your reputation and the University’s reputation, as well as the value of your qualification. As part of the academic community, we all have a responsibility for ensuring that academic integrity is valued and maintained at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty that the University takes seriously. Find out about plagiarism and learn how you can avoid it in your work.
Resolving academic issues
Find out how to deal with any academic issues you may have while you are studying at the University.
Maintaining integrity
Learn about academic integrity, the difference between collaboration and collusion, why you need to reference, and what to know before each exam.
Understanding academic misconduct
Academic misconduct can have serious consequences. Understand what academic misconduct is and how you can avoid this.
Academic misconduct procedures
Understand what happens if a marker has reason to believe that there is an issue with the academic integrity of a piece of work.
Understanding Turnitin
Turnitin is text matching software that is used to help understand the originality of work submitted for assessment.
Student use of artificial intelligence
Find out about the University’s policy on students using artificial intelligence tools to help write their assessments.
Help with academic integrity
If you are feeling stressed by your studies or unsure what to do, reach out to our student services for help, advice, or a confidential discussion. There are lots of resources and support available to you.
Learn the skills you need to improve your work and gain confidence in your writing.
For help with academic reading, writing, referencing, or other skills, contact Te Taiako—Student Learning or attend one of the many workshops they have available.
For the high-level principles relating to academic integrity and academic misconduct for students at the University, read our Academic Integrity Policy for Students.
Writing courses
If you need to improve your writing ability, you can take one of our writing courses: