Document Security
This webpage is aimed at UCD's students, graduates, staff and key outside bodies (e.g. other universities, employers, other awarding bodies, etc) who use and place value in UCD's examination results/award official documents. The move to more secure paper occured on Monday, 14 February 2011.
This is the publication of some key UCD documents issued to our students and graduates on secure paper, namely Academic Transcripts, Statements of Results and Academic Statements. This paper has a number of security features designed to deter attempts to fraudulently alter or forge UCD exam results/award documents.
We are making this move to a more secure paper in recognition of the value of these documents to our students and graduates, and to the third parties who receive these documents. This development is also in line with international best practice and addresses the areas of potential threat – false production and document tampering. While we acknowledge that any such threat is extremely rare, UCD is determined to protect at all times the integrity of its examination results/awards documents.
UCD Registry will be producing Academic Transcripts, Academic Statements and Statements of Results on secure paper from Monday, 14 February 2011.
Yes, absolutely. Our traditional approach to producing these documents was, in common with many universities, to use headed notepaper, stamped with the University seal on each page, and closed with the use of the Registrar's signature. All such documents produced by UCD before Monday, 14 February are still valid statements of the student's studies. There is no need for students or graduates to request new copies of such documents.
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Hologram: This customised hologram, which mirrors the UCD logo, is unique to UCD and is extremely difficult to re-produce. |
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Numismatic Printing: The UCD logo is incorporated into the background of the document in fine, numismatic print. This guilloche pattern of wavy lines deters fraudulent amendment of the text printed over it. |
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Toner Secure Treatment: This treatment increases the absorbency of the paper significantly increasing the difficulty of doctoring text printed on to the document without damaging the paper. |
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Watermark: All documents now include a watermark, further increasing their security. |
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Ultra-Violet Anti-Tamper Technology: Incorporated into each sheet is a background pattern that can only be viewed under UV light. This is virtually impossible to re-instate if fraudulently altered. |
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Unique Numbering: Each sheet of secure paper is individually numbered using a unique six-digit code.
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To view the security features please click here.
