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Regulations & Policies

Regulatory policies and procedures of Investment Academy

Academic Integrity Policy

Document No.:
IA-POL-01
Version:
2.0
Effective Date:
September 2026
Scope:
All training programs and services delivered by the Academy
Approved by:
Senior Management of Investment Academy
Review Cycle:
Annually, or upon changes to the applicable laws and instructions

1. Purpose and Scope

Academic integrity is the foundation on which knowledge and professional excellence are built, and Investment Academy is committed to upholding it across all its programs. This policy defines the standards of acceptable academic conduct, the forms of breach, and the disciplinary consequences. It applies to all trainees and instructors in both on-site and online programs.

2. Principles

  • Scholarly honesty in completing work, documenting sources and attributing ideas to their authors.
  • Equal opportunity and fairness in assessment for all trainees.
  • Respect for the intellectual property rights of the Academy, its instructors and third parties.
  • Compliance with academic regulations and policies throughout the period of enrolment.

3. Breaches of Academic Integrity

Breaches include, without limitation:

  • Cheating: using any unauthorized source, device or assistance in examinations, assessments or assignments, or enabling others to do so.
  • Plagiarism: presenting the work or ideas of others, in whole or in part, as the trainee’s own without attribution.
  • Impersonation: performing an academic activity on behalf of another trainee, allowing another person to perform any academic activity on one’s behalf, or sharing login credentials.
  • Fabrication and forgery: submitting false or forged data, documents or excuses, or tampering with attendance or grade records.
  • Unauthorized collusion: completing individual assignments collectively, or commissioning others to prepare them, with or without payment.
  • Misuse of artificial intelligence: generating answers or work with AI tools and submitting them as personal effort contrary to the instructions of the course or instructor.
  • Violation of examination controls: communicating with others during an examination, photographing or leaking its questions, or using tools beyond those permitted.

4. Trainee Responsibilities

  • Complete all academic requirements personally and refrain from any of the breaches above.
  • Keep platform login credentials confidential and never share them.
  • Follow the instructor’s directions during lectures, examinations and assessments, and the invigilation instructions during examinations.
  • Cite scholarly sources properly when quoting or referencing.
  • Report any breach that comes to the trainee’s knowledge through the official channels.

5. Responsibilities of Instructors and the Academy

  • Clarify the tools and sources permitted in each assessment activity, including the acceptable limits of AI tools.
  • Design assessments that reduce opportunities for cheating and apply the approved e-examination controls.
  • Verify trainee identity where necessary and monitor attendance and engagement through the platform.
  • Report and document detected breaches, and refrain from imposing any sanction outside the procedures approved in this policy.

6. Detection and Verification Procedures

  • Identity verification at registration, at electronic signature, and where necessary during examinations.
  • Electronic logging of platform access, attendance and engagement records.
  • Review of assignments with similarity and plagiarism detection tools, and oral verification of authorship where necessary.
  • E-examination controls: fixed schedules, randomized question banks, controlled duration and attempt logs.

7. Disciplinary Measures

Sanctions are determined according to the gravity and recurrence of the breach and may include:

  • A written warning recorded in the trainee’s file.
  • Annulment of the activity or examination concerned with a mark of zero, with or without a resit, by reasoned decision.
  • Failure in the course, or forfeiture of the certificate or of program benefits.
  • Suspension of the account or dismissal from the program, with fees settled in accordance with the terms signed in the registration form and the program bylaw.
  • Referral of forgery, impersonation or other legal violations to the competent authorities.
In diploma programs accredited by TVTC, the sanctions prescribed in the TVTC Training Instructions Manual apply, including failure in the course upon proven cheating and cancellation of all examinations of the training period upon recurrence.

8. Procedural Safeguards

  • The trainee is notified in writing of the alleged breach and the available evidence before any decision is taken.
  • The trainee is given no less than five business days to submit a defence and supporting documents.
  • Decisions are reasoned, issued in writing and communicated through the official channels.
  • The trainee may appeal under the Complaints and Grievances Mechanism (IA-POL-08) within ten business days of notification.
  • All facts and decisions are treated confidentially and disclosed only to those who need to know or to the regulators.

9. Records

The Academy maintains a register of breaches and the decisions issued, and provides regulators with what they require in accordance with the law.