Question

Question #ad2f8

Answer 1

The subject of the sentence is the noun phrase "Avoiding academic offences".
The verb is "won't be".

Explanation:

A noun phrase is a group of words based on a noun (offences) that functions as a unit in a sentence.
The word "avoiding" is functioning as a gerund, the present participle of a verb (to avoid) that functions as a noun in a sentence.

In your example sentence, the noun phrase is functioning as the subject of the sentence. Examples of the noun phrase functioning in other parts of a sentence:

He began avoiding academic offenses by learning the rules.
-- direct object of the verb "began".

There are clear rules for avoiding academic offenses.
-- object of the preposition "for".