This means acting with the values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility in learning, teaching and research. It is important for students, teachers, researchers and all staff to act in an honest way, be responsible for their actions, and show fairness in every part of their work. Staff should be role models to students. Academic integrity is important for an individual’s and a school’s reputation1.

1. Taken from Exemplary Academic Integrity Project (EAIP): Embedding and extending exemplary academic integrity policy and support frameworks across the higher education sector (2013), Plain English definition of Academic Integrity, Office for Learning and Teaching Strategic Commissioned Project 2012-2013, http://www.unisa.edu.au/EAIP.

This team is responsible for the management of the response to the Critical Incident and will consist of the Chair of the Governing Board, the Executive Principal and the General Manager.

Critical Incident means the term used to refer to a particular incident, episode or crisis that may result in a ‘high’ level of risk, directly or indirectly to the core operations of the College that is outside the protocols of the College's disaster recovery plan. For consistency, the term Critical Incident is preferred to crisis, emergency or other similar expressions. Critical Incidents are the highest level of incident which may affect the operations of the College.

Critical Incidents are distinguished from Significant or Routine incidents in that Critical Incidents require special purpose management.

Critical Incidents can be further distinguished from Significant and Routine incidents in that a Critical Incident:

• may bring the College into disrepute
• is likely to bring negative media coverage to the College
• may incur a significant cost to rectify the situation promptly; and/or
• may result in critical injuries or death to staff, students or members of the public.

Critical Incidents may include:

• Serious injury or death
• Suicide or attempted suicide
• Assault, physical and sexual or allegations of assault.
• Exposure to gruesome situation
• Floods, fire and earthquakes
• Hostage or kidnap situation or attempted kidnapping
• Stressful media exposure (including cultural incidents)
• attempted robbery, or armed hold-up
• Intimidation of staff or students
• Bomb threat
• Armed intruder or illegal building occupation.
• Pandemic outbreak where students or staff are located
• Missing students

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade or its successor(s) who maintain information on travel safety through the smart traveller website (https://smartraveller.gov.au)

Language Other Than English - used in reference to the language of delivery of a course as a whole or units in a course.

A unit which is delivered in a language other than English. Assessment may be submitted in the language of delivery or English.

Action by the College to temporarily deny permission for a student to study at the College, with the intent that the student is permitted to return to study at a later time.