Integrity Policy

Version 2.0. Effective 31 July 2026. Next review 31 July 2027.

1. Purpose and scope

This policy sets out what academic and professional integrity means at Auren Institute, and what happens when it is breached. It applies to every learner on every course, and to everyone who teaches or assesses for us.

Auren Institute is registered in Malta at 92, No. 1, St Edward Street, Qormi QRM 2136, Malta, registration P1421, VAT MT20967027. We operate in Malta and the United Kingdom, so this policy addresses the law of both.

2. What we expect

• Work submitted for assessment is the learner’s own.
• Sources are acknowledged. Where a learner quotes, paraphrases or draws on someone else’s work, they say so.
• Assessments are completed by the named learner. Nobody sits an assessment for anybody else.
• Where artificial intelligence tools are used in preparing work, that use is declared. We do not prohibit them. We expect honesty about them.
• Certificates are not shared, altered or misrepresented.

3. What counts as a breach

• Plagiarism, meaning presenting another person’s work or ideas as your own.
• Collusion, meaning working with others on an assessment intended to be individual.
• Impersonation, meaning having someone else complete an assessment.
• Fabrication of data, sources or references.
• Undeclared substantial use of an artificial intelligence tool to produce assessed work.
• Falsifying or altering a certificate or a completion record.

4. How a suspected breach is handled

• The assessor refers the matter to the Managing Director with the evidence.
• The learner is told what is alleged and is given the evidence.
• The learner has ten working days to respond in writing.
• A decision is made and given in writing with reasons, normally within twenty working days of the response.

5. Outcomes

6. Appeals

A learner may appeal a decision under this policy by writing to info@aureninstitute.com within twenty working days of the decision, marked for the attention of the Managing Director.

An appeal must state the grounds, which are limited to procedural irregularity, new evidence not previously available, or a decision unreasonable on the evidence. Dissatisfaction with the outcome alone is not a ground.

Appeals are decided within twenty working days and the decision is given in writing with reasons. Where the course is accredited and the learner remains dissatisfied, they may escalate to the accrediting body.

7. Records

Records of any breach, decision and appeal are kept for six years and are auditable by the relevant accrediting body.

Ownership and review

This policy is owned by the Managing Director of Auren Institute and applies to all directors, employees, contractors, associate trainers and anyone acting for Auren Institute.

It is reviewed annually, and sooner if the law changes, if an incident occurs, or if our operations change materially. The version and effective date are shown at the top of this page.

Questions about this policy, and any report made under it, go to info@aureninstitute.com, marked for the attention of the Managing Director.