City, University of London Senate Regulation 19 Assessment Regulations 2018/19

34.3Academic Misconduct Panels

If a case of academic misconduct has not been resolved during the preliminary investigation an Academic Misconduct Panel appointed by the Board of Studies for considering cases of academic misconduct will be established. The Academic Misconduct Panel membership is set out in Appendix 2. The Panel will be conducted as set out in the Academic Misconduct Policy and Guidance.

If the offence has been committed by a student in relation to a module which is shared with another Programme, the Academic Misconduct Panel should:

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  be undertaken in the School which owns the module
  
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  involve staff representation from the student’s School (the School where the student is registered) if this is different from the School that owns the Module
  
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  report the outcome of the investigation to the student’s School for note on the student’s record.
  

The Panel will be given access to records of any previous cases of academic misconduct (including poor academic practice) committed by the student prior to the hearing (including those in previous years or in Modules owned by another School).

The date of the hearing will be set for a mutually convenient date where possible. The student will be invited to attend the hearing and may choose to be accompanied by one other person. If the student chooses to be accompanied, they must provide information about the person’s relationship to them and the reason for the person’s attendance in advance of the hearing. The hearing is an opportunity for the student to discuss the suspected misconduct and, if accompanied, the student is normally expected to speak on their own behalf unless the Panel agrees that their companion may represent them. The student may present their case to the Panel in writing if they wish. The student may also respond to any evidence used by the Panel.
If a student does not subsequently attend the meeting, and has not given adequate reasons for this in advance, the Panel may continue in the student’s absence.
The Panel will investigate each case and decide whether or not academic misconduct has taken place.
The Panel will determine its findings in relation to the evidence they have seen and heard on the balance of probabilities, i.e. the Panel will be satisfied that an event occurred if they consider that, on the evidence available, the occurrence of the event was more likely than not.
If the Panel finds that academic misconduct has not taken place, no further action is taken and the student’s record is updated to remove reference to the allegation. The notes of the Panel are retained. The marking process is resumed in the normal way and the results are considered by the Assessment Board. If a student has committed poor academic practice this should be taken into account during the marking process as detailed in Section 5.72i).
If academic misconduct has taken place the Panel must decide on an appropriate sanction to recommend to the Assessment Board (see Section 5.7.4).
The Panel will report its decisions and recommendations, with reasons, to the Assessment Board for the appropriate Programme.