Information for candidates - Exams officers - How to be academically honest

Oct 23, 2026

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Guidance for candidates and exam officers on maintaining exam security and upholding academic integrity. Covers how to conduct coursework using published and multimedia sources without plagiarism, how to reference correctly, and what actions constitute dishonest practices. Includes rules on Full Centre Supervision, such as attending required sessions, restrictions on communication devices, and supervision procedures for leaving the room. Sets clear pre-, during-, and post-examination conduct requirements.

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What can I do to be academically honest?

What you must not do

Full Centre Supervision

Full Centre Supervision rules

Notice to Candidates

Know the rules before you take your examinations

Information for candidates Exams officers To help maintain the security of our exams you must share this information with your candidates . Coursework Coursework provides you with an opportunity to do independent research into a topic that interests you. You will probably look for information in published sources, images, and via multimedia, including the internet. Using information from all these sources is a good way to show your knowledge and understanding. Take care how you use this information – do not copy it and claim itas your own work. What can I do to be academically honest? • Make sure that you understand all instructions given to you. Ask your teacher if you are not sure. • Learn how to correctly reference your work. Include references for all sources you have used, not just books but also internet sites, images etc. • If you work within a group, make sure that your contribution is your work, using your ideas. • Acknowledge the work of others. • Allow enough time to finish your work so you are not tempted to rush and leave out references. What you must not do • Do not allow others to have access to your work. You will be held responsible if it is copied. • Do not copy another person’s work and pretend it is your own. This includes the work of other students, books, images and web pages. This is known as plagiarism. • Do not make up or invent data or findings. This is called fabrication. • Do not accept help and input from another person, or work collaboratively when this is not permitted; for example, working with a classmate on an assignment and then submitting it as entirely your own work. This is called collusion. Full Centre Supervision Your exam board, Cambridge International, has candidates in over 160 countries. It is really important that question papers are kept secure so that the exam is fair and that all candidates get the marks they deserve. To help keep the question papers secure the exam board asks your centre to supervise you at particular times around your exam. We call this ‘ Full Centre Supervision’. You must follow the rules for Full Centre Supervision. If you do not, you may not be allowed to take the exam, your paper may not be marked or your results may be cancelled. Full Centre Supervision rules • Full Centre Supervision sessions can take place before or after your exams. You must attend all sessions and arrive in good time. • Your centre will tell you the dates, times and venues of your Full Centre Supervision sessions. • If you arrive late, report directly to the person in charge of the session. • You are not allowed to have mobile phones or use any communication device, including the internet, during Full Centre Supervision. • You can have books and revision notes with you during Full Centre Supervision, but you must not take them into the exam) • You can talk to each other during Full Centre Supervision, but you must not during the exam. • Do not leave the room until you are given permission to do so. • If you need to leave the room you must be supervised by a member of staff. • If you feel unwell during Full Centre Supervision tell the person in charge of the session. Notice to Candidates Know the rules before you take your examinations 1. You must be on time for all your examinations and any required periods of supervision. 2. You must bring the equipment you need to the examination e.g. pens, pencils and rulers. 3. You may use a calculator unless you are told not to do so, but you must not use the calculator function of another device. 4. You must not become involved in any unfair or dishonest practice before, during or after the examination. 5. You must not: • Sit an examination in the name of another candidate. • Have unauthorised material, including electronic devices and mobile phones in the examination. • Have any equipment in the examination which might give you an unfair advantage. 6. Having unauthoris

FAQs

How should candidates use information for coursework to stay academically honest?

Candidates should use information from published sources, images, and multimedia, including the internet, in a way that demonstrates knowledge and understanding. They must not copy others’ work and claim it as their own.

What is plagiarism and what related dishonest practices are forbidden?

Plagiarism includes copying another person’s work and presenting it as your own, including work from other students, books, images, and web pages. Fabrication (inventing data) and collusion (unauthorised collaboration) are also forbidden.

What rules apply during Full Centre Supervision?

Candidates must attend all sessions and arrive on time. Mobile phones and communication devices, including the internet, are not allowed, and leaving the room requires permission and staff supervision.

Oct 23, 2026

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