Academic Integrity in Higher Education

This report discusses the importance of academic integrity in higher education and the implications of academic misconduct. It also reflects on the steps taken and difficulties encountered in producing a game for Project 2. The skills learned during the academic year are emphasized in the game production.

BSc (Hons) Business Management with Foundation
BMP3003
Further Academic Skills
Academic Integrity
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Contents
Introduction p
Section 1 p-p

An Introduction including a description of Academic Integrity
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A discussion of the importance of academic integrity in higher education
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Discuss the implications of academic misconduct p
Section 2 p-p
Reflect on the steps you have taken, and difficulties encountered in
producing the game for Project 2 p
Reflect on the skills you have learned this academic year and those
emphasized in producing your game p
Conclusion p
References p

Introduction
The academic skills are necessary skills which are required to write in a particular
in academics, showing the skills and references on which are underpinned more complex
Skills. The further academic skills are being important as it encourages students to be efficient
Learners. With the help of these skills the student are more confident about their speaking
When they get graduate. This report will evaluate the academic integrity and its importance in the
higher education. The discussion is also being made of implications of academic misconduct
Further the reflection is being made on the game and the difficulties which are produce in
game.
Section 1
An Introduction including a description of Academic Integrity
The Academic integrity is the practice that involves putting the values and being honest
towards the work at the university. To be good towards other and learn the things as a
responsibility as it help student to develop the new ideas and acknowledging the performance
of others. For an example when an individual in the university takes an responsibility to
present some information from reliable and relevant source then they should be truthfully do
its work.
A discussion of the importance of academic integrity in higher education
The academic integrity is the main element to learn, teach and researching for the students as
well as staff members. This integrity also provide the freedom to thinks and develop new
ideas and knowledgeable thought which helps in growth. This is highly useful and important
because it presents how the students are engaged and honestly preforming their work while
studying in the university. Integrity also show that the students who are fully responsible and
engaged in their own work by following all types of rules and regulation of learning. The

student show they engagement and motivation towards the learning by not doing any kind of
unwanted practices and cheating and if anyone performs such kind of activity then they are
not going to continue with the university, and they are no longer be as student of the
university. The student who are studying in the university are taking all the rules' ans
regulation very seriously to remain with the university and grow better in the future. As the
integrity in the academic provide a value to the degree for which students are studying in the
university. The main fundamental values which academic integrity undertakes are trust,
respect, responsibility, fairness and the truthfulness. Without this quality the university also
not continue with the student who are not respecting their teachers and disobeying them. This
five quality are essential to take admission in the university and there are some cases where
students are not following the rules of university, and they have tried to make unwanted
practices without doing their own work they are copying others. The university are making
efforts to identifying the students who are not doing handwork in their assignments and
spoiling the creative other students who have contributed their best.
Discuss the implications of academic misconduct
The Academic misconduct is basically taking of benefits which is unfair at that place
whether is can be attempted to gain or assist other people to do such things are the
misconduct of academic. This involves plagiarism, contract based cheating, collusion and any
fabrication of the data or information. There are respective penalties as well when the
misconduct is being held so every student have to ensure its working within the university.
Plagiarism: this is a practice in which individual uses to copy from another student and
present that data as well information it as his without having any detail of that copied data.
This happens when the individual student in the university are copying their work from the
other student, and they are presenting as their own contribution. Such as the plagiarism is
being one of the big misconduct in the universities because some student are their who are
using to copy the other student work in their degree which shows the student who have really
contributed is at higher risk. The misconduct are also involved those in which individual are
not providing the referencing so it becomes difficult to identify from which source the data
has been derived. When the student uses to do such activities earlier then universities uses to
terminate them and it becomes really difficulty for them to take admission in some other
university. According to the checking principles of universities there are four types of
plagiarism which are direct plagiarism in which student uses to copy the same words in its

degree project without putting any effort in the work. Self plagiarism is the second type of
plagiarism in which the students are submitting their previous work or trying to rewrite the
previous information in different manner. They are also hiding this practice from their
teachers and submitting their work to another professor. Mosaic plagiarism is the plagiarism
in which the individual issue the phrases from the particular source without any quotation
marking in this. This is also patch writing whether it is deliberately or by mistake at consider
as dishonesty and also under punishment rules. Accidental plagiarism it generally occurs
when the student are not including any citation while writing as source is considered
important.
Professional misconduct: This is kind of misconduct is simply says that it is not properly
conducted. This is the action of the student which is done with wrongful intention in the
university. The misconduct is violation of ethics in the respective profession. The
professional misconduct are happened when the students are being professionally while
studying their higher education, and they are engaged in any kind of fraud. With this practise
the students will going to obey the rules and regulation which are made to learn the degree in
the universities. It can also be difficulty to work according to this professional rules yet thus
help them to perform in particular manner.
Cheating: this is one of the most vital misconduct this happens when the student uses to look
into any other examination copy and try to read that data. As there are different types of
cheats which are happens in the universities as there are various students who are facing
problem to do their task or assignments which are moving towards this misconduct practice.
The universities are also helped such students who are having problem m to accomplish their
assignments.
Section 2
Reflect on the steps you have taken, and difficulties encountered in
producing the game for Project 2
While producing the game I have faced different difficulties and problem as the academic
integrity is a wide term, and I was not having knowledge regarding all the aspect of integrity
so my difficulty is that I was not able to get the right manner in which game can be presented

and the method to put all the rules and regulation of academic integrity are combine with the
rules of game.
To avoid the misconduct in the game I was also not able to develop such question for the
game which help me to put into the game to ask from the students and participants of the
game.
The modification in the game also made my contribution higher than earlier the team is
planning to make the game as monopolistic and afterward the changes are made in which
whole team has made their individual as well as group efforts to make the game effective.
Earlier than this game is had never involved in any kind of game activities, so I am more
confused that the team has made the game in right direction or not. As the changes of
misconduct are higher and the rules of regulation of academic integration must be involved in
this. The question of which are used in this game are also changed according to need of
academics so this process also took lots of time for doing this for me.
For me the most difficult task in the development of this game is to communicate and
coordinate with the leader of my team. As my coordinating skills are less and I need to
overcome and develop that skill in me by involving me into the game.
Further I also focus on the participants who are going to play this game and made their
individual question so that their will be equal chance for all the candidates. As all the students
are going to involve and not partiality should be done between them.
Moreover, I frame this game in a particular format by making use of different editing tools
and applications such as photo shop and putted all the rules and regulation regarding the
game are shown to all the participants. The color are also being used in the spain wheel which
we have used in the game so while deciding the number of colors and column are also being
difficult for all of us in the team. Finally, we have decided to pick four color which can be
identified easily by every one and the game get simple.
This game consists the questioning and answering, so I was also confused to provide the
timing to the participant who is going to give the answer yet the questions are in MCQ type
so 10 seconds are finalized by the team to allot to each participant of this game.
But when I will design such game then I am going to focus on the simplicity of the game as
easy game are more attracting to see and compete. I will develop such gave from which all
the students can participant in the game, and they can learn some useful knowledge for the
game.

Reflect on the skills you have learned this academic year and those
emphasized in producing your game
The skills which is had learned during this academic year includes the inner ability and
confidence to perform the task and contribute my best. The courage of doing the activities
which are assigned by my professor are help me to get better result and grade in my academic
degree. I as in the whole session is had been participated in such attractive activities which
help me to be creative and have more innovative thought than others which also helped me
while I was making the game as the game also need some unique and creative idea. For
making the game there is need of different ideas and I had used my creativity there
effectively.
The session also help to develop the skill of designing the things and developing their layout
in which they are going to perform so design skill is also improved in me during this session
of academics. I get more organized and concentrated on improving my ability to design the
layout of the tasks. This skill also help me in lay-outing different sides of the game and also
assist me to use my creativity in this game so that it become attractive.
In the second semester also learn who a game is being developed and how to engage other
towards the game and I also presented by creative thought when this game is being going to
construct. This skill help me to contribute a lot while organizing the task of this game. As in
academic my research skill is also get influenced because while writing about different topic,
I have studied different author articles and also work on them to get the most reliable source.
Academic help me to develop the skill of doing research in correct manner and form this help
me very much when I was making this game and finding the different consequence of each
aspect.
Further I also learn to work in the team and think critical with both the side positive and
negative. As without know the negative aspect we should not process with the decision so it
is most important to think critical. Moreover, my coordination is developed to work
collectively and working with a faith in each other who are in the team. Earlier from entering
the academic I was also being nervous will present my thought in front of senior and my
confidence is also very low but in this session I have learned to express the ideas and also
being more confident about myself.

Conclusion
This report concludes that the academic skills are vital to grow in the competitive world and
its integration are also important to remain with the university. The significance of academic
integrity of the students are explained in brief and different misconduct are also identified as
plagiarism is one of the main misconduct in this study. The different penalties are also
changed by the universities if student perform such activities. Moreover, the reflection is
made on the issues while developing the game and the skills are gained by studying in the
university.
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