Sam Scott, Head of Advice
Receiving a letter from the University saying there has been a suspected breach of academic responsibility and conduct can be very stressful. The letter can be long and complex and in that heightened state of stress it can be very difficult to read let alone make sense of. This may be particularly true if you are one of our international or neurodivergent students.
You are not alone in this. You may think you are the only one or that you have let yourself down, but this really isn’t the case. We support hundreds of students every year with academic responsibility and conduct reviews. In fact, we probably support more students in this area than we do any other. Almost always the suspected breach has occurred unintentionally. That is, there is usually a reason for the breach having taken place. It may not be immediately clear what has happened, but after some gentle probing, we can help you understand how or why the suspected breach has occurred and importantly, where you can receive support to ensure it doesn’t happen again and in doing so giving you back confidence in your writing skills.
Support is available, you don’t need to try and figure this out alone.
You can bring or send your letter to The Advice Centre, and we will help you to interpret and understand it and offer support in any meetings you may have. Make an appointment to meet an advisor by emailing us, advice@susu.org or drop in to Building 40, we’re open Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 17:00.