(Archive) Results withheld/ deferred

@Usman – you have GOT to see the Turnitin report (unless the ACO is referring to the Presentation or Spreadsheets?) Write and say you have not heard of this student but you need to see what it is that he is asking about. Can he highlight the particular passages he is concerned about?

There are obviously some extracts that are the same and you have to consider yourself how this could have happened. If it was an internet source you need to find it and send the link or find a copy of it, to show that the other student used the same exemplar. Otherwise if there is a large amount the same the ACO is left asking How is this possible? Either one passed his work to the other/ they worked on it together/ the mentor or some acquaintance assisted with providing the material or something like that. He is looking at how it happened as matches should be low and obviously they are higher than can be expected by mere chance. He is not interested in why would you copy but how and who else was involved ? – as far as he is concerned there is too much that is similar to be just coincidental so wants to establish what has go on.

(The ACO apparently have access to all submitted RAPs so can examine the other student’s whole submission and know when he submitted and who his mentor was so: if you had the same mentor he may be looking for you to say the mentor gave you the exemplars)

@trephena, I just got a letter from ACO, stating Zero grade and he is not going to refer it to misconduct committee but he mentioned that ”the breach is of such a serious nature that I will be advising ACCA of this matter” and i have right to appeal. Please tell me what are the consequences….since the word “serious” seems to be very disturbing.

Hi one of my friend received this email from ACO and wants to know what would happen specifically that would ACCA deregister him from the register .
any comments would be highly appretiated?

from ACO “I have now considered the evidence in your case and have made a recommendation to the Academic Conduct Office that your offence be treated as Serious Misconduct. I set out my evidence in the accompanying letter and the reasons for this.

You are entitled to appeal against this decision (please see the Student Conduct Regulations) and appeals are normally considered by the University Misconduct Committee. Your case, if the ACO accept my recommendation, will be heard by the UMC who can impose a lesser penalty if they think that my decision is wrong or inappropriate.”

Dear Hammad Ahmad Qureshi,

I have received the following results from the conduct officer:

Disciplinary Outcome: Research and Analysis Project period 31

(Dear Hosa,

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.
Your project was passed through Turnitin and an overall match of 99% over 7 sources was identified in the RAP.)

Please provide us the following:
1. Plans and early drafts of your RAP and SLS which demonstrate how your ideas developed, ideally with drafts annotated by your mentor.
2. Copies of emails between you and your mentor.
3. Notes you have made from books and articles used in the RAP and SLS. )

What maximum penalty can i get if i dont comply with the investigation since my tutor has disappeared and is not responding to my emails?

(@hosa With a 99% Turnitin score there is no possibility that you are going to be able to explain this one away! If you don’t respond at all you are looking at a university misconduct committee hearing (UMC) . Effectively that means you will be expelled from the OBU programme and the details passed to ACCA for their further action (disciplinary proceedings).

Your best hope is to grass up your mentor IF they were involved. You might then escape with Misconduct and be subject to a penalty resubmission fee if you choose to resubmit. Normally ACCA is also informed in Misconduct cases but as it will just have stopped short of the UMC hearing it normally goes on your student / member record and that is it. ( I think ACCA only instigate disciplinaries if it has actually gone through the UMC).

So depending on what has gone on you have a choice – fess up fully and hope you will escape with Misconduct from the ACO or do nothing and you will get Serious Misconduct from the UMC + ACCA action. If there was no mentor involvement in the copying then obviously you cannot implicate the mentor (the mentor may be keeping a low profile because they don’t want to be further connected with you)

If found that misconduct Will it affect my ACCA exam, result can i still continue professional level.?

Hey Friends.

I am new here. I submitted my RAP for period 32 and got the result withheld.

I am too confused. I am sure there is no plagiarism because i checked my SLS and RAP at turnitin software before submitting them.

What else could be the reason for withholding my result?

I am worried as sick about the issue.

Basically if you know you did your work yourself (and didn’t take lots if passages from the internet or from another student) you have nothing to fear. Sorry I am holiday at the moment but will address your issues when I return at the end of the week.

Hi @trephena,

I have received the introductory email stating that she has been assigned the case and she will contacting me.

I would like to know If and how shall I be replying to this email.

Thanks for your help.

Exactly! I thought there was a warning in the Information Pack advising against using Turnitin and suggesting writecheck instead? (The way Turnitin works is that every time a document is put through it, it retains that document on the database and then matches it to anything that is subsequently submitted. You will now have a very high matching score as your submitted work will have been matched to your earlier Turnitin version).

You do not normally need to respond until the ACO sends you the details of the allegations, however in your case as you presumably have a name and contact details I would email back and say what happened and await their response. This may shorten the process as there may be a a specific procedure for dealing with work checked on Turnitin before submitting.

Main Turintin is not for students, because it uploads the project to the main database, so whenever the marker passes the project in the system there will be similarities.

For students it is Writecheck, Turnitin sister website which doesn’t upload the project to the main system.

If it is due to the Turnitin, then I guess you shouldn’t worry at all. Markers will find out that the similarities are indeed from your own project lol.

Regards,
Ehsan

Hello trephena, please can you assist here. I am a OBU period 32 student . I have done the RAP and the SLS entirely by myself but had my results referred to the ACO. Last week I received a letter from the ACO saying the following:

“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.
Your project was passed through Turnitin and an overall match of 37% over 54 different sources was identified in the RAP.
1. There is an 8% match to work submitted by Abdul Rafay Khan, 2. There are matches to other submissions and to UKEssays.
To assist me in investigating these concerns, I must ask you to send me a response to the evidence detailed above. Also, please send evidence to indicate that this project was solely your own work, by way of:
1. Plans and early drafts of your RAP and SLS which demonstrate how your ideas developed, ideally with drafts annotated by your mentor. 2. Copies of emails between you and your mentor. 3. Notes you have made from books and articles used in the RAP and SLS.
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 send electronic material or post this evidence so that I receive it by 27 October 2016”.

I have the following questions:
1.what is being meant by “match”. what is its difference with plagiarism?
2. Can I send screenshot of viber communications with my mentor to the ACO.
3. I have also included website links(showing shortcut of the webpage used) to the sources of information used in my RAP as part of my evidences. Is that sufficient or OK?
I really need your assistance in these areas. keenly waiting for your reply.

Thank you so much

Thank you very much Trephena. Well appreciated. Will keep you posted on any development.