The University of Queensland

The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, is one of the world’s premier teaching and research institutions. Striving for excellence through the creation, preservation, transfer and application of knowledge UQ ranks in the top 50 Universities as measured by the QS World University Rankings. UQ is one of only three Australian members of the global Universitas 21 and a founding member of the Group of Eight (Go8) universities. UQ is recognised for its world standard specialised research and teaching excellence; having won more Australian Awards for University Teaching than any other in the country.

Founded in 1909 UQ is Queensland's oldest university and has produced more than 230,000 graduates. In 2015, the University had over 50,000 students including 12,666 international students from 141 nations. It has one of Australia's largest PhD enrolments, with more than 13,800 postgraduate students. UQ employs 6,700 staff spanning six faculties and nine research institutes.

This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with Edx.

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• Complete all tests and assignments on my own, unless collaboration on an assignment is explicitly permitted.

• Maintain only one user account and not let anyone else use my username and/or password.

• Not engage in any activity that would dishonestly improve my results, or improve or hurt the results of others.

• Not post answers to problems that are being used to assess student performance.

• Abide by any and all requirements of the eLearnAfrica Participants as may regard the expectations of civil or academic behavior or of community standards.

VIOLATIONS

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• Receiving a zero or no credit for an assignment;

• Having any certificate earned in the course withheld or revoked;

• Being unenrolled from a course, learning program or degree program; or

• Termination of your use of the App and/or Site.

• Additional actions may be taken at the sole discretion of eLearnAfrica and eLearnAfrica course providers. 

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CHANGING THE HONOR CODE

Please note that we review and may make changes to this Honor Code from time to time. Any changes to this Honor Code will be effective immediately upon posting on this page, with an updated effective date. By accessing the App and/or Site after any changes have been made, you signify your agreement on a prospective basis to the modified Honor Code and any changes contained therein. Be sure to return to this page periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version of this Honor Code.

Effective Date: September 22, 2016