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Case Study - March 2024

Final year Biomedical

Science Student -

Academic Misconduct

Appeal Upheld

Case Study : Final year Biomedical Science student (‘our client’) excluded after three offences of Academic Misconduct. RT Coopers drafted Appeal which was Upheld by the Appeal Committee.

In year 2, our client was found guilty of academic misconduct (first offence). In the final year, our client was accused of plagiarism and collusion (second offences) and denied any wrongdoing during the investigation meeting. Our client admitted to the second offences during the hearing of the Examinations Misconduct Committee. The Committee recommended exclusion for academic misconduct treating plagiarism and collusion as two separate offences. Therefore, our client was on record as committing three offences of academic misconduct by the time RT Coopers were instructed to draft the Appeal against the exclusion. The Appeal was upheld by the Appeal Committee.

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Case Study : MSc in Mental Health Nursing – Withdrawn from programme having failed placement - Academic Appeal Partially upheld - February 2024.

MSc student studying Mental Health Nursing (‘our client’) failed the Retrieval Management Placement and was withdrawn from the nursing programme. Our client lodged a preliminary stage appeal with the university which was rejected. RT Coopers were instructed to advise on the second stage appeal. In this regard, an initial consultation was held, and our client was advised on how to particularise the grounds of appeal in order to have a chance of winning the case and worked on the draft appeal with our client.

Background

Our Client started a repeat placement during COVID having failed the previous placement as the placement providers claimed that our client had not met the professional values regarding the leadership and self-reflection domains. Our client was unable to take on the role of nurse in charge having missed the handover in the previous placement and this occurred in the Retrieval Management Placement during COVID. Following the initial interview in the Retrieval Management Placement, a detailed plan of what had to be achieved was placed on the Practice Assessment Document (‘PAD’) by the Practice Education Facilitator to ensure our client got the correct support...

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