Including made-up content in assessments

Your work, including reports of laboratory or practical work, or dissertation research results, must not contain material that is untrue and/or made up.

Using made-up information in your work

Making-up results, or other content, is dishonest and is a breach of academic integrity.

For more information on what happens if you are found to be in breach of these rules, see the Academic Misconduct procedure available on the Student cases page.

How to avoid using made-up information in your work

• Plan your work carefully to ensure that you are using appropriate methods of research and data collection.
• Build time into your plans to address any initial problems with research and data collection.
• Ask advice from your supervisor, tutor or module leader if you think that your efforts are not going to generate the information you need.