1) Policy Statement

1.1. GlobalU seeks to provide a student experience that changes the lives of all our students, fosters a culture of positive wellbeing and values their voices. The Student Code of Conduct is a set of principles, expectations, and rules given to students to communicate the expectations GlobalU has for their behaviour. It outlines the obligations students are expected to uphold. (Please refer to Annex 1- Examples of Behaviour Breaching the Student Code of Conduct).

1.2. The Student Code of Conduct are intended to preserve academic integrity and forms part of a range of measures GlobalU has in place to safeguard and promote a safe culture across our GlobalU community and to enable our students to realise their full potential in a healthy and inclusive environment. (Please refer to Annex 2- Global Banking Schools Values).

1.3. By accepting a place at GBS, all students agree to comply with GBS’s regulations, policies and procedures which include the Student Code of Conduct. Students should familiarise themselves fully with the Code of Conduct.

2) Purpose

2.1. The purpose of this policy is to provide students with information concerning their behavior and conduct whilst enrolled as a student on a programme offered by GlobalU.1 All students are required to conduct themselves in an appropriate manner in their day-to-day activities, including in their dealings with other students, staff, and external organisations.

3) Scope

3.1. This Code of Conduct applies to all forum posts and private messages posted on The Student Code of Conduct applies to all forums, Private messages and course work on GlobalU platform. 

3.2. Any activity not covered above, which is considered to affect adversely the safety, interests, or reputation of GlobalU, its students, employees, or authorised representatives, as outlined in this code.

4) Code of Honor

4.1. You must comply with GlobalU's Student Code of Conduct and uphold GlobalU's standards of academic integrity.

1. Please register only one account. Your account is linked to your email address. If you use more than one email address to register on our website, you are registering for more than one account. 
2. Your answers to homework, tests, and exams must be your own (except for assignments that specifically allow collaboration). 
3. You may not share your coursework, test, or exam answers with others unless your instructor explicitly allows it. This includes anything written by you as well as the official solutions provided by your instructors.
4. Do not engage in any other activity that dishonestly improves your own results (use of ChatGPT is not allowed).

5) User Responsibilities

5.1. Your responsibilities as a GlobalU user are as follows:

1. Contribute to maintaining a safe, supportive, and friendly online learning environment that encourages learning and helps show respect and dignity for others and property. 
2. Familiarize yourself with and comply with all GlobalU policies, rules and regulations relating to student code of conduct. 
3. Be respectful and proactive in responding to instructions from instructors, administrators, and other GlobalU employees.
4. Maintain behavior free of all forms of bullying, harassment and discrimination.
5. Be respectful of others and do not act or share content that is harmful or offensive.
6. If you don't understand something, please ask GlobalU support for help. 
7. Seek out help to resolve any issues that could lead to disciplinary action.
8. Communicate in English – as it is the communal language on the GlobalU site and helps foster a united community where no one is left out. 
9. We expect all activity on the GlobalU Platform to follow our Student Code of Conduct. Failure to follow the Code of Conduct may result in removal of your postings or you from the GlobalU platform.
10. If you delete your GlobalU account, your community posts and private messages will be anonymized.
11. Do not share personal contact detail on the GlobalU platform or ask other users to do so. We ask this for privacy and security reasons. We consider email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers or direct means of communication such as Skype or Snapchat to be personal contact details.

6) Expectation of Behaviour

6.1. GlobalU users must:

1. Communicate respectfully with all members of GlobalU community refraining from offensive, discriminatory or aggressive behaviour or language in person, by phone, in messages, in writing and online including social platforms.
2. Conduct their studies with honesty and integrity, and not engage in fraudulent behaviour, plagiarism, contract cheating or collusion.
3. Respect the privacy of other students and staff and not access, copy, or share private information or confidential information.
4. Treat all GlobalU members of staff and students with respect and not engage in bullying, threatening, or harassing behaviour either in-person or online OR coerce or incite another person to engage in those behaviours.
5. Uphold principles of equity, respecting the diversity of GlobalU and not behave in a discriminatory way against any person or group based on disability, gender, race, or cultural background, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, or physical appearance. Discriminatory behaviour can include behaviour in-person, comments made in class and written in academic papers, in email, message or online platforms including social media.
6. Not engage in sexual harm. Sexual harm includes sexual harassment and sexual assault and can include threatening, controlling, stalking behaviour or image-based abuse (sharing of intimate images without consent).
7. Use technology and access the internet responsibly, avoid risks to safety and security and never access unauthorised or illegal material or any material which might cause distress to others.

7) Assessment

7.1. It is the student's responsibility to be familiar with regulations regarding assessment applicable to their programme.

7.2. Specific programme regulations can be found in the relevant student handbook for the programme.

7.3. Students who dispute a decision of an Assessment Board may, under certain circumstances, appeal against that decision. For all relevant information, please see partners’s Specific Academic Appeals Policy and procedure (available on GlobalU’s website).

7.4. GlobalU regards any use of unfair means to enhance performance at an assessment task as an act of academic misconduct. Specific Partners’s Good Academic Practice and Academic Misconduct Policy and procedure describes how suspected cases of plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct will be investigated and the penalties that will apply.

8) Certification

8.1. The issue of certificates of the award shall be withheld until personal details are up-to-date and any debts for tuition fees or other monies owing to GlobalU are paid in full. The position of all such cases shall be kept under regular review.

9) Exclusion/Suspension

9.1. GlobalU reserves the right to exclude, suspend or expel any student who contravenes GlobalU’ regulations, Partners Student Charter and GlobalU Student Code of Conduct as detailed in this document.

9.2. Under such exclusion, suspension, or expulsion, all GlobalU activities, facilities and premises shall be prohibited to the student.

9.3. Acting in breach of such exclusion, suspension or expulsion shall constitute a disciplinary, or further disciplinary, offence and shall be referred by the Dean of Students for consideration by an Investigating Panel.

9.4. Exclusion shall apply where the contravention of regulations does not involve a disciplinary component. Exclusion may follow where a student:

1. fails to comply with prescribed assessment regulations or those laid down by the awarding body.
2. fails to comply with prevailing fees policy.
3. fails to comply with the regulations on attendance; or
4. is considered by GBS to be unfit to continue his or her studies and/or fails to produce a satisfactory medical certificate of fitness when asked to do so by the Dean or nominee. The Dean or nominee shall determine whether the certificate is satisfactory.

9.5. Students excluded under (a), (b) and (d) may be re-admitted to GBS subject to their subsequent compliance with the relevant regulation(s) and to the permission of the Dean or nominee, which may be delegated. Students excluded under (c) shall have the right of appeal through GBS Student Complaints Policy and Procedure.

9.6. Suspension shall apply in cases of alleged breaches of the disciplinary regulation where the incident is under investigation according to prescribed procedures or where the Dean or nominee, in the exercise of their summary powers or a Disciplinary Panel, at the conclusion of its hearing determines this to be the appropriate action.

9.7. Suspended students shall be re-admitted to GBS subject to satisfactory completion of their period of suspension, or to the case against them not being found proven.

9.8. Expulsion shall apply where a breach of disciplinary regulations has been found by a Disciplinary Panel or other recognised authority (normally the Dean or nominee) at GBS, which deems this to be the appropriate penalty. Expelled students shall not be readmitted to GBS except by special dispensation of the CEO or nominee.

10) Freedom of Expression

10.1. GlobalU values freedom of speech and self-expression. However, freedom comes with responsibility and free speech that is designed to manipulate or that leads to violence and harm of others, goes against the moral principles in which freedom of speech is valued. Free speech is not an unqualified privilege; it is subject to laws and policies governing equality, human rights, community safety and community cohesion.

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Annex 1 Examples of Behaviour Breaching the Student Code of Conduct

The following are examples of behaviour that we may consider to be unacceptable. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, and these examples can happen both on and off campus and can involve members of the public:

• Academic Misconduct.
• Disruption of, or improper interference with, the academic, administrative, social, or other activities of GBS.
• Breach of the regulations which students accept as a condition of enrolment.
• Behaviour which, in the reasonable opinion of GlobalU, brings GlobalU into disrepute.
• Breach of professional conduct.
• Conduct which may be regarded as a breach of the criminal law.
• Misuse of alcohol, drugs, and legal highs.
• Bullying, harassment, or discrimination, including the use of discriminatory language (we use the definitions of discrimination formally adopted by the UK government, and other associated legal advice).
• Physical, written, or verbal abuse or intimidation, including in communications via social media.
• Sexual harassment.
• Sexual violence.
• Sexual misconduct.
• Fraud, deceit, deception, or dishonesty.
• Action likely to cause injury, impair safety or raise false alarm on GBS premises.
• Damage to property, including the placing of posters and signs, caused intentionally or recklessly, and theft or misappropriation of such property.
• Vexatious, reckless, or malicious allegations against other GBS students, staff, or members of the public.
• Failure to give your name and student ID card to a member of staff when asked.
• Failure to comply with a previously imposed penalty or instruction under any GBS regulation, policy, or procedure.
• Unacceptable behaviour or actions as set out in other policies, procedures, and regulations of GBS.