(Archive) Results withheld/ deferred

Got the email and have passed Alhamdulillah. Feel happy n Blessed Good luck to all those who r still waiting. May u all pass

Congrats guys :) .. i m happy for u.... atleast we ve not heard a fail :)

Got the same email today, as the one mentioned above

@Kumar hope for the best

Congrts who already passed... I hope we all get the same email.......

@Sarah Congrts......

For those still waiting, I have received my result so if you are sure you did not copy & paste other ppl work then you will sure passed. Good Luck !

@Sandy congratulations. Others please keep updated the forum. Thanks

Hello, Is there anybody who has submitted the RAP in period 27 and currently their project is deferred to the ACO? Did anybody receive an e-mail from OBU to proof on their project? Please help

I have received an email. They have mentioned that my RAP had similarities to other RAPs. This is insane considering my RAP was my writing all through. Yes a few articles can match someone else's because they are all over the net! Also they want me to show them a draft as in how i went about the whole project which i am pretty sure i can do.Also they want me to show them the articles that i have used in the rap. I don't get it what the harvard referencing i did ,was all about!Was it no good?! If there's any help anyone can do, any other detail i might mention,ill highly appreciate.

@ USHNA, if and only if its your own work, there is no need to be stressed out, just send them the working you made in order to reach your analysis i.e. MS excel / spreadsheet data sheets. However i am not sure why they would call for articles used as all needed details should be available in the reference list. I have not heard of a precedent. I think you should tell OBU the same. Good luck!!!

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My result is also deferred. Please help who face the problem in past...

@afsana744 - please see my article on the ACO on our home page.

"Dear student, You will have been advised by your Academic Conduct Officer investigating your work that your project from Period 27 will be referred to the University Misconduct Committee. The process of doing so is complex and requires us to complete extra checking to ensure that all actions taken so far are correct and within University procedures. Your case will be hear by a UMC meeting early in 2015, and you will have the right to attend in person, by telephone or by Skype. We will contact you in the next few weeks to invite you to attend." I need serious help from you guys. Please help me in preparing for the hearing. Give your suggestion how to participate in the hearing. I am really worried about the matter could not be able to sleep from may nights! I want to sort out the matter i do not want to loose my acca status and bsc eligibility status :( Waiting for reply from you guys!!!

@Adeel - the University Misconduct Committee is the next stage after the ACO. What this means is that the ACO head officer is satisfied that there were irregularities in a submission and/or there is evidence of a student attempting to gain the degree by deceit I.e. the student has a case to answer. The hearing mentioned will be formal tribunal style proceedings like a court I believe. Senior experienced academics and lawyers listen to the evidence and like a jury will come to a decision purely based on the evidence. I have never had personal experience of the OBU UMC but once appeared as an expert witness at a similar hearing when I was an exam marker for a professional body and I and other markers had uncovered evidence of collusion at an exam centre. I was required to produce a witness statement with technical legal assistance by the body's lawyers and was cross-examined at the hearing. The students on this occasion declined to attend but were represented by a lawyer. I was never informed of the outcome as I was just a witness. You may need legal help as you will need to produce your evidence and a witness statement as well as you can to balance the evidence the ACO will be putting forward. You should I believe under normal legal rules have access to the evidence they will be relying on but this is normally exchanged simultaneously with yours a week or two before the actual hearing.

Thanks for your reply... What should i do now. a) do not attend the hearing b)attend the hearing via skype as i cannot fly to uk and defend my case personally. I just want this mater to be sort out.

@adeel - you should defend yourself or use a friend or lawyer to do so as if you do nothing the UCM will only have the ACO evidence and are therefore likely to find against you. You will need to set out your evidence explaining exactly how you did your work. As you will have had some indication of the ACO claims you need to address those points by answering them and attempt to show they are unfounded. As I mentioned previously you would normally be provided with copies of documents and any witness statements that the ACO will be presenting as evidence a week or so before the actual hearing. Pay particular attention to all the details they give you about the hearing and if you cannot attend in person then make yourself and / or any legal representative you are using available by Skype.

My result has been withheld and sent for further ACO investigation!! So kindly can someone help me on this!! im really worried!!

I too need help mine has been withheld

I have Seen Many students with withheld result In this session!!

bilal you may check this link out it https://opentuition.com/obu/academic-conduct-office-aco/

@bilal123123 what might b wrong

I have a question to ask. All students are using internet to get articles to help them write their project work. In a case where you omit to reference one or two ideas that you have picked on internet can you be granted a fail? I did my project alone but I am not sure if all the ideas I have a taken from the internet were referenced. Thank you for your help

@joanel - I understand from OBU that they are keen to distinguish between Type 1 and Type 2 plagiarism - see the FAQs on our homepage https://opentuition.com/obu The general rules that a marker has explained to me is that if the marker/moderator thinks that there should have been more referencing but there was no intent to deceive by passing off work that is someone else's as your own then what usually happens is a fail for Referencing. If the marker thinks the amount of unreferenced material used was excessive so that the lack of referencing went beyond a reasonable amount and they are not sure whether there was an intention to plagiarise then it is referred to the ACO. The ACO will investigate further if necessary. Once satisfied the ACO will then release the result. If the ACO thinks they need more information then they will contact all parties implicated to try to establish facts and they will only release the result when they are satisfied. In the most extreme cases where the evidence indicates that the student has a serious case to answer as deception and/or fraud (submitting work that was predominantly written by someone else constitutes fraud under UK Law) is highly implicated, then the case is referred onwards to the University's Misconduct Committee. In terms of the ACO if you are asked, then co-operate - it is in your interest to do so.

Thank you for your help Trephena I hope the outcome is positif for me...

My result was referred to the ACO and I have not heard anything from OBU since 25 March. Is there anyone who has received any emails regarding the matter? Kindly share your experiences in this regard as they could be very useful.

@trephena Hi, my result was referred to the ACO and it’s been almost a month since then that I haven’t been contacted. Just wondering is it something to be worried about or is it a normal duration for such a case? your help would be highly appreciated.

Hi Trephena, I am a returning student from period 29 and my RAP went to ACO and i was awarded a zero grade atlast and was told to take another topic and another case study. so Can i be awarded a higher grade than grade c?

@chickcynthia - although you were given a zero grade I think you will find that this amounts to a failed first attempt and therefore you can never get a higher grade than a C. It will probably also mean that you now have only 2 more attempts left. It may seem unfair but my understanding of this is that infringement of the University rules and misconduct have to be dealt with and discouraged and this is the reason behind the ACO handing down zero grades. The most serious or repeat cases go to the University's Misconduct Committee and the penalties can be more severe.