Collusion
kuh-LOO-zhun /kəˈluːʒn/
Formal Neutral
What it really means
Working together on work that was set as individual — for example sharing your essay text with a friend. Discussing ideas is usually fine; producing similar answers together is not. If unsure, ask the module convenor.
Chinese explanation
违规合作：在要求独立完成的作业上合作，比如把自己的论文发给同学参考。讨论思路通常没问题，一起写出相似答案就不行。拿不准就问课程负责人。
Example conversation
A: Can I send you my draft so you can see the structure?
B: Better not — if our essays look alike we could both be done for collusion.
A：我把初稿发你看看结构行吗？
B：还是别了——万一我们的论文太像，两个人都会被判违规合作。
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