Academic misconduct - CS022307
Case summary February 2023 | Not Justified
A final-year undergraduate student was suspected of plagiarism in an essay and asked to attend a disciplinary panel hearing.
Academic misconduct - CS022309
Case summary February 2023 | Not Justified
A student was suspected of contract cheating in their coursework submission by presenting material that they had bought online as their own work.
Academic misconduct - CS022302
Case summary February 2023 | Partly Justified
A postgraduate student was suspected of plagiarism and poor academic practice in two essays submitted in the previous academic year.
Academic misconduct - CS022308
Case summary February 2023 | Not Justified
An international student was invited to a disciplinary panel after a large proportion of their essay was found to be identical in content and structure to a previous student’s submission in the same module.
Academic misconduct - CS022311
Case summary February 2023 | Partly Justified
A student was on a taught postgraduate programme and had to take an 24-hour open-book exam for one module. Following the exam, the provider told the student that it was investigating them for contract cheating.
Pregnancy, parenthood and childcare - CS072201
Case summary July 2022 | Justified
A student on a nursing course made an academic appeal against a fail grade for one module. The appeal was rejected.
Disability - CS052208
Case summary May 2022 | Not Justified
A student experiencing complex mental health difficulties interrupted their studies during their first year. The provider backdated the student’s interruption so that they weren’t charged tuition fees.
Coronavirus - CS052201
Case summary May 2022 | Settled
A group of students was on a two-year healthcare-related postgraduate research course. The students complained to the provider about a number of issues including problems with laboratory work and feedback, frequent timetable changes, and the move from lab-based projects to desk-based projects during a nationwide lockdown in the Covid-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus: Group complaints - CS052205
Case summary May 2022 | Justified
A group of students were on a one-year MA in a practical arts-based subject. The course was new for the provider, and the group was in the first cohort, starting in 2018/2019.
Service issues: Group complaint - CS052206
Case summary May 2022 | Partly Justified
A few months into a new five-year MBBS programme to study medicine at an overseas campus, some students complained about their experience so far. They said the course had fallen short of what the provider had promised in advertising material.