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You struggled with your mental health during assessments but did not submit a mitigating-circumstances request on time. After receiving disappointing results, you tell the university

A placement supervisor has raised concerns and your university has sent a fitness-to-practise letter. You may disagree with the account, accept that something went wrong

A suspension letter arrives days before your examinations. You may be focused on defending the allegation, but there is an immediate practical problem: what can

You paid somebody to check your dissertation. The university now alleges that somebody else wrote it. The label on the invoice says proofreading, but the

You sent a friend your assignment because they were struggling. Now both submissions have been flagged and the university says you may have colluded. Your

Your phone was in your pocket during an exam. You say it was switched off and you never looked at it. The university has now

A similarity report shows extensive highlighted text and the university says your work may be plagiarised. You thought you had referenced everything. Before writing a

A university asks you to attend a viva because it doubts whether an assignment is your own work. You may feel that the meeting is

An email alleging that you used ChatGPT can make an ordinary assignment feel like a threat to your entire degree. You may have written the