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Where Can I Find Singapore University Academic Integrity Rules?

Start with your university’s official student conduct code, plagiarism policy and the instructions for the assessment you are completing. At NUS, the Office of Student Conduct policy page provides a starting point. Use your own institution’s current rules.

Then check your course or assignment brief for permitted collaboration, external help, citation requirements and any rules about AI tools. If the permitted use is unclear, ask the instructor before using the resource. A tool being available does not establish that it is authorised for that assessment.

Did you know acknowledging a source and having permission to use assistance are separate checks? NUS’s plagiarism guidance explains the importance of making your own work and others’ contributions clear. Keep source notes and the assignment instructions together, and resolve uncertainty before submission.

Find your next step: Official sources · Practical checks · Your next step

Official sources at a glance

TaskOfficial sourceWhat to check
University policyNUS student conduct policiesCurrent code and plagiarism policy
Understanding attributionNUS CELC guidanceIdeas, text and other contributions
Student resourcesNUS registrar resourcesRelevant academic guidance
Use your institution’s current policy and the assessment instructions.

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Practical checks before you act

Read the task’s instructions first

Save the assignment brief and any subsequent clarification from the instructor. Mark what it says about individual work, group work, sources and tools. If two instructions seem inconsistent, ask the instructor to clarify which applies to this particular submission.

Keep sources attached to notes

As a practical habit, record the author, title, page or location and link when collecting material. Mark direct quotations clearly in your working notes. When drafting, distinguish your own explanation from a source’s claim and use the referencing format required by the course.

Ask what collaboration permits

Before sharing solutions or accepting substantial assistance, ask what discussion is allowed for the task. A group project and an individual assessment can have different instructions. Keep the instructor’s answer so everyone involved can work from the same boundaries.

Confirm AI rules for the exact assessment

Ask whether the task permits AI use, which activities are allowed, and whether disclosure is required. If permitted, check generated claims and references against real sources. Treat this as a submission check rather than assuming that a polished answer is accurate or that citation alone settles permission.

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Your next step

Open the university policy and the assessment brief together. Ask the instructor one precise question about any unclear assistance, collaboration or attribution rule before submitting.

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Official sources reviewed: 10 October 2026. Recheck the latest instructions before acting.

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Explore the connected learning guides

Choose the question that brought you here. Open one useful guide, try a small task, and stop when you have what you need.

Take one question further

The same learning habit can travel across subjects, while each subject keeps its own methods. These routes help you notice a difficulty, understand one part of it, and return to something you can do.

A word is familiar, but using it is difficult.

Move from recognising a word to retrieving it in a new context. Understand vocabulary plateaus.

Try it without the guide: Choose one word you already know. Close the guide and use it in a new sentence. Explain why it fits; try another context tomorrow.

A piece of writing has ideas, but the reader loses the thread.

Make the order of events and the links between sentences clear. Explore composition writing.

Try it without the guide: Choose one short paragraph. Read the relevant explanation, close it, and revise the paragraph. Ask someone to tell you what happened and why.

The Mathematics seems familiar, but marks still disappear.

Find the first point where the working stops being reliable. Find Secondary 4 A-Math mark leakage.

Try it without the guide: For a Secondary 4 A-Math question you have attempted, locate the first uncertain line. Repair that step, then try a comparable question without the worked answer.

A Science fact is remembered, but the explanation is incomplete.

Connect the evidence to a scientific idea and the resulting change. Follow the Primary Science learning route.

Try it without the guide: Choose a familiar Primary Science example. Explain the evidence, the idea and the result without notes. Then change one condition and explain your prediction.

Two accounts of the world seem to disagree.

Check the question, source, date and evidence before combining claims. Explore the World Knowledge research library.

Try it without the guide: Take one claim. Find the source best placed to support it, note its date, and state what remains uncertain. Return to your original question.

There is plenty of help, but independence is hard to see.

Check what the learner can understand and do after support is removed. Understand how education works.

Try it without the guide: Choose one small task the child has practised. Agree on a calm, brief attempt without prompts. Use what happens to choose one next step, then stop.

For the structure behind these connections, read the eduKateSingapore runtime manifest and the eduKate ecosystem boot contract. The reader map describes public navigation; those manifests preserve the wider ownership and return rules.

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