Procedures regarding Appeals and Plagiarism

Appeals

Learners are entitled to appeal their results to FETAC. The appeal must be put in writing to the Training Unit and must take place within two weeks of the issue of the statement of results. Upon receipt of a request from a student to appeal, the Training Unit Manager will contact the Learner and the tutor concerned to discuss the grounds for the appeal and to explain the Learners Results. If the Learner is still dissatisfied with outcome, he/she may request that the result is appealed directly to FETAC. In this case, the Appeals Application Form will be completed and submitted immediately. An appeal is subject to the payment of a fee to FETAC for each Module appealed. In the event of the result being favourably adjusted, the fee will be reimbursed.

The following procedures are applied in all appeal cases:-

·         The external Authenticators report is checked for any comments on the specific case

·         The Training Unit will be required to forward the relevant assessed evidence i.e. the complete Learners portfolio of evidence

·         The evidence is re-assessed independently by another External Authenticator

·         The final result is returned to FETAC and to The Training Unit

·         The Learner is then notified

 

Only evidence that has been previously presented by the learner in their portfolio can be part of an appeal. No new evidence can be considered or submitted as portfolios are judged on the evidence of the work submitted.

 

It is the responsibility of each Tutor to ensure that all appropriate assessment evidence as required by the module descriptor is available for the appeal. Any evidence not available will be assumed not to have been completed.

Plagiarism 

Plagiarism happens when a Learner presents other people’s writing, words or ideas as their own. This is a form of cheating as basically you are copying, stealing or borrowing someone else’s work and claiming it to be your own. To avoid plagiarism, learners should reference the source of their work. Learners and tutors should keep in mind the following points:-

·         Any source of work, published or unpublished, should not be copied without a proper acknowledgement

·         Copying a written source with only minor changes should be acknowledged

·         Learners cannot submit other people’s work as their own. This includes extracts from books, articles, research papers, whether these have been published or not

·         Any information taken from a website must be acknowledged 

When submitting work, Learners must sign to say that the work being handed in is their own.

Procedure for Dealing with Plagiarism

If a Tutor suspects that plagiarism has occurred they will inform the Learner of their concern. The Training Unit must also be informed. The work will be returned to the Learner. At this point the Learner will be given an opportunity to re-submit their work with appropriate changes and references as required.

Alternatively, the Learner can have their work reviewed by a member of the Training Unit staff who will conduct an interview with the Learner to ascertain whether or not the Tutors concerns are legitimate. The decision taken will be final.

Plagiarism is regarded as a serious breach of regulations and students could be asked to leave the course without certification.

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