The rules and penalties at Nottingham
The University of Nottingham's academic offences policy and procedure defines an academic offence by saying "It is an academic offence to attempt to gain for oneself or another person an unpermitted advantage in an assessment". Plagiarism, cheating and fabrication are listed as academic offences. Note that in section 3.3.6 (a) the rules state: "A student who states that they have not understood that their act constituted plagiarism can be deemed by the School to have committed plagiarism intentionally (and the School can therefore apply or recommend a penalty) if:" - and then goes on to state the circumstances under which this might happen.