Public interest case September 2014 | Justified
The University of Manchester
We reviewed a complaint from an MA student at The University of Manchester. The student was found guilty of plagiarism in her written dissertation and, under the regulations, was allowed to resubmit with a mark to be capped at 50%.
Public interest case September 2014 | Partly Justified
Queen Mary University of London
We will not normally look at whether plagiarism has been committed because an assessment of whether a student has plagiarised will normally involve a University's academic judgment. However it can consider whether the University has followed its own procedures correctly and whether there was any unfairness in the way it reached its decision.
Public interest case September 2014 | Not Justified
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
A student at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David complained after her studies were terminated following plagiarism in a number of modules.
Public interest case September 2014 | Not Justified
University of Leeds
We see a number of complaints relating to work that it is suspected was "ghosted" or taken from the internet. It is increasingly common for universities to use viva examinations and analysis where plagiarism is suspected and we don't consider this unreasonable.
Public interest case September 2014 | Not Justified
The University of Salford
We reviewed a complaint from a student at the University of Salford about the way the University had dealt with allegations of academic misconduct and his subsequent appeal. The student was accused of collusion. Part of his complaint was that members of the Academic Misconduct Panel had been made aware of a previous occasion on which he had plagiarised work. This made no difference to the current case as the student admitted the collusion offence.
