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This is what they have replied –

” Your period 44 submission has been referred to me for investigation as some doubts have been expressed as to its originality and your academic conduct.

Once I have received your submission and the marking reports, I will contact you again.

At this time, please do not communicate with our admin team or me as that will only delay progress”

I’m confused as to what they are implying.

Hey Trephena,
I hope you are well

I got an email from OBU , however they did not attach a turnutin report, they did state the below –

” The coursework you have submitted for assessment for the Research and Analysis Project has been referred to me for investigation because of concerns about its originality.

1. The turnitin report indicated a 97% match in your research report to other submissions including a substantial match to one student.
2. The turnitin report indicated a 99% match in your SLS to other submissions, most of which was to one particular previous student.

Can you explain this extensive matches please?

To assist me in investigating these concerns, I must ask you to explain how such similarities could have occurred. You may send me any evidence you would like to support a contention that this was, indeed, solely your own work, but please consider that my main area of concern at the moment is that which is set out above.

I appreciate that mail may take some time so I am e-mailing a copy of this letter so that you can begin gathering together your evidence. I am also aware that, like me, you wish this matter to be settled as speedily as possible so must ask that you email or post this evidence so that I receive it by 21st October 2022 ”

Now regarding the RAP, I really think it’s because of using a template of the RAP from scribd, and faulty referencing, but I have evidence of back and forths with my Mentor on email and whatsapp with review points and clarifications.

On SLS, yes I took a sample from the student room, and edited it, like in 3 days and sent it to my mentor. I really did not think that the SLS was also looked at for this issue.
The SLS is quite straightforward, and now I’m sure of it that someone in the past did the same thing.

Of the evidences they are asking, I have emails of my drafts, including my final review, I have whatsapp conversations with our May’22 group.
I always knew that I messed up, I did not even run a plagiarism check in the last few submissions.
My mentor told me not to submit it, such stupidity.

Should I tell them the complete like the above honest story, especially regarding my SLS? I am just freaking out with anxiety.

Please guide me

Hey Admin,
I got an email response from OBU on my investigation, I posted it under another forum but got no reply, so I am posting it here

I wanted to ask was about the this paragraph and what it entails, because they still have not replied to me –

” You have the right to request that your case be re-heard by an Academic Misconduct Committee. If you wish to do so, you must set out in writing which of my findings and/or penalties that you believe are inappropriate and the reasons why. Your letter, together with any additional information you wish to submit, must be received by the University Student Conduct Officer (email studentdisputes@brookes.ac.uk) within 15 working days of the date of this letter. You should note that an Academic Misconduct Committee can increase penalties as well as reduce them. Although in this instance, I will not be referring the matter to the Undergraduate Misconduct Committee for a more serious penalty, the breach is of such a serious nature that I will be advising ACCA of this matter”

I got a failed grade and I am allowed to resubmit

Maybe I can answer as I have worked as an Academic Conduct Officer?

In every single ACO case you have the right of appeal – this is in effect a hearing before the Academic Misconduct Committe as per the details above. The thing to note is that the AMC cannot normally overturn the grade, they can make decisions ONLY about the PENALTY. This is because the work is normally graded by the marking team before it is even referred to an academic conduct officer. So if failed by the team that fail cannot be reversed.

Possibly the only exception is where a report or SLS may have been passed [or parts of it passed] by the original marking team but the ACO investigation subsequently turns up evidence that the work was substantially copied, or possibly in the case of primary data that the data has been fabricated. The officer may then decide on the basis of this to award what is known as zero grade – which means that everything is failed and no elements that may have been passed previously by the markers will stand. The AMC cannot change this unless it can be proved that the Officer did not act within the prescribed rules. However any penalty that the Officer imposed e.g. the order that if resubmitting the student must do a completely new report or a different topic is attempted can be considered by them.

However as it says above, they can impose a higher penalty e.g. forbid any resubmission at all.

So your choice is either to accept your current penalty or challenge the fairness of it – but you would need to produce some evidence to support a claim that it was unfair in the circumstances.

Dear Tephana or Gillain
I really need your guidance

My ACO firstly gave the decision based on the 4.4.1 breach and resubmission based on new topic and company. I was relieved, thankful and learned from this mistake.

However, as weird as it is, he came back today and is asking for additional information
I told him that in honesty I copied a lot of the phraseology from my friend and I admitted to it, gave the evidence of it ( emails and whatsapp convos)

Now he asking to give me the ACCA name and number of the person I took this RAP from, I gave him the name, but I cannot get his number as he has bluntly said no and has blocked me from all social media platforms.
Further he is saying that he will complain if OBU comes to him for this issue.

Now my ACO officer is saying that if I do not get his number, he will refer me to the UCC and ACCA, what can I do, I cannot force this acquaintance to give up his ACCA number, it’s not his fault I copied from him.
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