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Exam Information

Exam timetables will be produced by the college and distributed via your Progress Mentor. Exam timetables will be available on your Student Portal in advance of exam periods. It is your responsibility to check these timetables are correct. If you ever have any queries about your exams, you should speak to your Progress Mentor or visit our Exams Team, in Mardale. Full attendance to lessons is vital for success: your course may have external and internal examinations and assessments throughout. If you fail to sit examinations, the college reserves the right to withdraw you from the qualification and charge you for the papers missed. You must abide by all exam regulations; you will find these on your Student Portal. You will also receive any exam results through the Student Portal. x Plagiarism and Cheating x Plagiarism can be unacknowledged copying from published sources or incomplete referencing. Taking and deliberately using another person’s ideas or writing and claiming it as your own is also plagiarism. It is unacceptable to copy work written by another student and submit it as your own or allow another student to copy your work and submit it as their own. Plagiarism and copying applies to: coursework, assessments, personal directed study and UCAS personal statements. It is unacceptable to work closely with another student to copy each other’s answers and present it as your own but this should not be confused with group-work or collaborative learning where students work together to share ideas in order to generate knowledge and understanding to then independently complete work set. Please speak to your teacher or Progress Mentor if you have questions in relation to this. We have a zero-tolerance approach to cheating in assessment and any college work. We expect all students to abide by

formal exam practice rules and regulations throughout their time at college. Any student found to be involved in plagiarism will be referred for formal disciplinary action. x AI and Assessments x What is AI? AI stands for artificial intelligence and using it is like having a computer that thinks. AI tools like ChatGPT or Snapchat My AI can write text, make art and create music by learning from data from the internet, but watch out – they can also make things up and be biased. How can AI be misused in assessments? AI misuse is when you take something made using AI and say it’s your own work. How do I make sure I don’t misuse AI? Know the rules - You’re not allowed to use AI tools when you’re in an exam. Your teachers will tell you if you’re allowed to use AI tools when doing your coursework – the rules will depend on your qualification. Even if you’re allowed to use AI tools, you can’t get marks for content just produced by AI – your marks come from showing your own understanding and producing your own work. Reference reference reference - If you’re allowed to use AI tools, you must reference them clearly. Name the AI tool you used o Add the date you generated the content o Explain how you used it. Save a screenshot of the questions you asked and the answers you got. Declare it’s all your own work When you hand in your assessment, you must sign a declaration. Anything without a reference must be all your own work. If you’ve used an AI tool, don’t sign the declaration until you’re sure you’ve added all the references. What happens if I misuse AI? If you’ve misused AI, you could lose your marks for the assessment – you could even be disqualified from the subject.

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