Academic Integrity & Misconduct
The university learning environment at is very different from high school or other education institutions. One of the key differences is that you need to adhere to new guidelines for assignments and courses, particularly when choosing tools and citing resources you have used in your work.
UBC has specific Expectations of Academic Integrity for all students that provide guidance. Past advice and practice from your previous studies may not reflect what is expected of you at UBC.
It is your responsibility to follow instructions given for each assignment and each course. The integrity of the work in group assignments is the responsibility of every group member as well. You should ask your instructor questions about assignment requirements, to clarify any details you do not understand.
UBC’s Student Declaration and Responsibility is a part of the agreement between the university and all students, describing your responsibilities in greater detail.
If your instructor has questions about the integrity of your work, they may ask you to attend an appointment to discuss it with them. This is also your chance to ask about expectations for the assignment or the course. It is your instructor’s responsibility to report issues that cannot be explained to the Academic Director for further consideration.
If your instructor submits a report about your work, the office of the Academic Director will invite you to a meeting with them and the Manager of Advising, so that you can respond to the issues. The outcomes for these meetings are very different for individual cases and depend on many different details.
It is important that you keep working hard in your courses so that you do not fall behind in your studies, even if there has been a report about your work.
Vantage College follows the UBC-wide policy on Discipline for Academic Misconduct but does not employ the diversionary process for misconduct cases. For further information, please download
To learn more about the Academic Misconduct process at Vantage, please download: Vantage College Misconduct Process for Students.