HDR: Higher degrees by research MRGS: Monash Research Graduate School RGSC: Research Graduate School Committee Candidate: Includes a former candidate where the alleged research misconduct occurred while he/she was pursing the degree. Research misconduct: Research misconduct means conduct in, or in connection with research that a) is dishonest, reckless or negligent; and b) seriously deviates from accepted standards within the scientific and scholarly community for proposing, conducting or reporting research. Deviations from accepted research standards: includes: plagiarism; breach of copyright; misleading ascription of authorship; use of information in breach of any duty of confidentiality associated with the review of any manuscript or grant application; omission of reference to relevant published work of others for the purposes of inferring personal discovery of new information; Deviations from accepted research standards (cont.): without authorisation taking, sequestering or materially damaging any research-related property of another; failing to obtain requisite ethics clearance before the research, or a step in the research, is performed; stating or presenting a falsehood including an omission of fact, so that what is stated or presented represents a material or significant falsehood. | 
