Student Conduct

The following is the text of the Agreement that all students accept during the registration process:

EUSA students are expected to follow their home university rules and regulations and student conduct policies. Students must also abide by all laws of the country in which their program takes place. Students must also follow the rules and regulations of their accommodation providers. If, at any point, EUSA has adequate reason to believe that you have violated these laws and regulations, you will be subject to dismissal from the program.

EUSA Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures

All students enter a conduct agreement as part of their commitment to the program. While on the program, EUSA will serve as disciplinarian as needed.

General Student Conduct. Issues of conduct may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Incidents that involve a student compromising their own safety or that of another student or staff
• Bodily harm or the threat of bodily harm
• Racially or sexually motivated verbal/physical harassment
• Academic dishonesty
• Failure to abide by the terms of your visa
• Damage to property
• Drinking to excess or other substance abuse
• Fighting
• Excess noise during quiet hours
• Repeated absence from class or internship placement
• Infringement of law of host country

Students staying in EUSA-provided housing will also sign a housing agreement as part of the pre- departure process. EUSA, along with its designated housing providers, will use a disciplinary system similar to the one outlined below for housing-related problems. Fines for the housing are established by each housing provider and may apply for lockouts, lost keys, damages, tampering with fire equipment and the like.

Social networking and other online activity. Students are expected to adhere to standards of good conduct outlined above with respect to anything they post on social networking sites (e.g. Facebook), blogs, or other online activities. Please keep the following guidelines in mind as you participate on social networking sites:

• Before participating in any online community, understand that anything posted online is available to anyone in the world. Any text or photo placed online is completely out of your control the moment it is placed online – even if you limit access to your site.
• You should not post information, photos, or other items online that could reflect badly on you, your internship sponsor, your home university, or EUSA.
• Potential employers, internship supervisors, and graduate program personnel now search these sites to screen candidates and applications.

The malicious use of online social networks, including derogatory language about any fellow students, internship sponsors, EUSA program staff; demeaning statements about or threats to any third party; incriminating photos or statements depicting harassment, illegal drug use, violation of local laws, or any other breach of general student conduct, will be subject to disciplinary action.

Academic Misconduct. Students should understand and subscribe to the principles of academic integrity, and must be willing to bear individual responsibility for their work while participating on a EUSA program.

Any academic work (written or otherwise) submitted to fulfill an academic requirement must represent a student’s original work. Any act of academic misconduct, such as cheating, fabrication, forgery, plagiarism, or facilitating academic dishonesty, will subject a student to disciplinary action.

Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

1. Cheating
2. Plagiarism
3. False information and representation, fabrication or alteration of information
4. Theft or damage of intellectual property
5. Alteration of EUSA or University documents
6. Distribution of lecture notes for commercial purposes

Disciplinary Procedures. Issues of conduct will be addressed on a case-by-case basis and EUSA retains the right to dismiss a student at any time, but will generally follow these guidelines:

• Verbal warning by Program Manager and/or meeting with Program Director/Manager and notification of resulting fine
• Written warning and notification sent back to home campus, unless home institution requests prior notification (i.e., at the verbal warning stage)
• Second written warning and notification that a repeat offence will result in expulsion from the program.
• Expulsion from program; return to home country.

Attendance

You are required to attend all orientations, internship placement meetings, seminar meetings, mid-term reviews, and other meetings called by EUSA. You must be present at your placement every day of your agreed workweek for the duration of the course (with the exception of the public holidays noted on the calendar or days which your placement is not open, in which case you must notify EUSA). If you are absent due to illness, you must submit a doctor’s note to EUSA. If you are ill, or won’t be arriving at your internship on time, you will call the internship site and EUSA to notify of your absence or tardiness.

Unexcused absence can be a violation of your student visa and is grounds for dismissal from the program and immediate return to your home country.

EUSA Resources

EUSA staff want to address and deal with any concerns or problems you may have. We are only a phone call away. If you have concerns about your placement, course, housing, or other matters which are affecting you, please call or make an appointment to see a EUSA staff member.

If there is a serious risk to your life or health (physical or mental), if you have committed or been the victim of a crime, or if you need our assistance due to a similar family emergency, EUSA should be contacted. In cases of serious emergency you should ring the EUSA on-call number after you have alerted the appropriate emergency services (e.g. police, fire, ambulance). If your problem is less urgent (for example, you have lost your keys) please wait until normal office hours to contact EUSA staff.

Travel Information

EUSA requests that students inform them of travel plans for trips overnight and abroad as part of the student agreement. It is the student’s responsibility to communicate this information directly to their parents if they so wish.

If you plan to leave your program’s city for weekend travel, please update your travel plans on the online Student Gateway. Remember that you are responsible for attending your placement and academic commitments. You must make reasonable plans taking potential delays (due to weather, labor disputes, or unforeseen circumstances) into account. If you leave your host city, EUSA may not be able to provide personal assistance if you encounter difficulties, but we may be able to advise you by telephone and arrange for help in an emergency.

End of Program

All program participants must leave the country within the dates specified on their visa.

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