You'll receive notification of an Academic Offence if the university thinks you have done one of the following things:

• Plagiarism
• Collusion
• False authorship
• Ethical issues

Academic Offences are serious, and can lead to:

• Dismissal
• Formal warning
• Resubmission
• Zero mark for the assignment
• Zero mark for the module
• Withdrawal from university

Far more students are asked to attend these meetings on Academic Offences than you may realise, and often they provide an opportunity to learn and improve.

Click on the link below to learn more about academic offences:

https://www.essexstudent.com/advice/academic/offences/