Assessment meetings can be carried out by anyone who acts as an Authorised University Officer (AUO). AUOs are described in section 7 of the Regulation. This may be an academic malpractice officer, a Teaching and Learning Manager, a Faculty officer or caseworker, or other member or academic of PS staff.

Assessment meetings are a precursor to more formal disciplinary action and so shouldn't be conducted unless any reporting party or parties consents to the case being pursued formally.

An assessment meeting or investigation will not usually be necessary for allegations of academic malpractice - though, this may be useful in complex cases (e.g. large collusion cases) prior to a referral to a disciplinary panel being made.

Assessment meetings are more commonly used for cases of non-academic misconduct. Where there is compelling prima facie evidence concerning a particular student or students, this can be presented to the respondent(s) in an assessment meeting and their thoughts on the matter/their version of events explored in order to determine whether referral for formal disciplinary action is appropriate.

Where there are complex matters of fact to be established, a full investigation is likely to be more appropriate.

You may find the following templates useful:

• Assessment meeting invite template
• Assessment meeting script template
• Assessment meeting outcome template