Copying code and plagiarism
Can copying code from GitHub, Stack Overflow or open-source software amount to plagiarism?
Education
False evidence in academic appeal
Can false or altered evidence in a mitigating-circumstances claim or academic appeal lead to misconduct proceedings?
Academic misconduct allegation over missing records
What can I do if the university accuses me of fabricating data because I cannot produce raw files or research records?
University course overcrowding and resources
Can I complain if my University course is overcrowded or lacks enough staff, rooms or resources for the number of students?
Recognition of prior learning on transfer
How should my credits and prior learning be recognised when I transfer course or university?
University assessment resit refusal appeal
Can I appeal being refused another resit or withdrawn after my final assessment attempt at University?
Substandard university course materials
What can I do if university course materials contain serious factual errors or are repeatedly out of date?
Prior academic misconduct in new case
When can my previous academic-misconduct record be used against me in a new case?
University course misrepresentation of teaching
Can I complain if the specialist University lecturers or academic expertise advertised for my course are not provided?
Dissertation supervisor providing inadequate support
What can I do if my undergraduate or taught Master’s dissertation supervisor provides little or no support?
Mitigating circumstances affecting group assessment
What can I do if my mitigating circumstances at University affect a group assessment?
University exam scheduling error
What can I do if the university gives me the wrong exam date, time or venue?
Extended study due to university errors
Can the university make me study for an extra term or year because of its own course changes or administrative errors?
University course misrepresentation
What can I do if my university course is materially different from the prospectus or marketing?
University assessment appeal over unclear instructions
Can I appeal if University assessment instructions, deadlines or marking requirements were unclear or contradictory?
Undeclared AI use as academic misconduct
Can failing to declare or acknowledge permitted AI use be academic misconduct?
Digital evidence in exam cheating allegations
Can online-exam login times, IP addresses or completion speed be used to prove cheating?
Wrong file uploaded for assessment
What can I do if I upload the wrong, blank or corrupted file for a university assessment?
Bias in academic appeal decision
Can someone involved in the original assessment or decision at University decide my academic appeal?
Impersonation in university assessment
What happens if someone else takes a university exam or completes an assessment for me?