Once Student Conduct and Complaints (SCC) has investigated an allegation of academic misconduct, they’ll refer the report to your faculty’s responsible officer who will decide to either:

• dismiss the report and take no further action
• refer the report to another area of the University
• deal with the report informally
• determine that you’ve engaged in academic misconduct and impose a penalty, or
• refer the report to a Student Misconduct Panel.

Penalties after formal decision

If the responsible officer determines that you’ve engaged in academic misconduct, they’ll consider the seriousness of the offence, and/or whether you’ve been previously counselled for academic misconduct, when imposing a penalty. Penalties that could be imposed on you include, but are not limited to, those listed below.

Referral to Student Misconduct Panel

The responsible officer may refer your case to a Student Misconduct Panel if you’re already on the Academic Integrity Register for previous academic misconduct. You may also be referred to a Student Misconduct Panel if one of the following applies:

• you’ve been reported for academic misconduct more than once during the same teaching period
• you’ve allegedly helped others to engage in academic misconduct
• your alleged academic misconduct involves alleged serious general misconduct (e.g. threats to staff or harassment)
• strong evidence that you’ve engaged in serious academic misconduct (e.g. fraud, contract cheating or unauthorised distribution of course materials).

In this event, the Student Misconduct Panel is responsible for making a decision about the report, and imposing a penalty or penalties if it finds any of the above.

Notification of decision

Within seven University working days of the responsible officer reaching a decision, SCC will send the outcome to your Monash email address. And a copy will go to:

• your unit’s chief examiner or their nominee
• your faculty’s academic integrity officer
• the faculty team who will carry out an action prompted by the responsible officer’s decision.

To protect your privacy, we won’t send a copy to your parent, guardian or sponsor.

A finding of academic misconduct will be kept on file and in the Academic Integrity Register for seven years, unless you’re enrolled in a course qualifying for law practice, in which case it will be kept permanently. But this finding won’t appear on your academic record (transcript).