Expelled from University by being bullied into cheating by others

I was in my final year of my Degree with a good track record. I opted to take a language exam as an option. I had a student 'friend' who also wanted to take it but was denied. He was extremely jealous of me that he could not take it and I could. He kept on bothering me about how 'unfair' it was that I could and he couldn't.

He was determined to try to take it and repeatedly bothered me and staff about it. I got so fed up I told him to speak to the Uni. He came back to me and said he wanted to sit my exam for me.(because he was denied to take it himself!!??!) I refused - I said I actually want to learn this stuff. He was persistent saying he could get 100% for me. I still refused.

This became so persistent that I went to my personal tutor to try to dob him in. Before I could finish my sentence about it she shouted at me and told me to go away. I went to my course advisor and before I could explain he just shouted at me and said it is too late for him to take it and to not mention anything about it again.

I also tried to reach out to student counselling service who were not interested in what I had to say.

I was estranged from my late parents at the time and really had no-one else I trusted to turn to. I did not want to let him take my exam.

I then started to get barely veiled threats of violence against me by a lot of individuals who identified with him pushing for me to let him take my exam for me. I ignored them for the most part except when they simply asked me if I was afraid of ending up dead. I said 'no, because I'd be dead.'

The unbelievable level of persistence by many individuals both inside and outside the University started to weigh down on me a lot. However, they were getting nowhere with me because I did not want to let him take my exam for me - I'd rather fail the option.

Then the veiled threats got even more intense. They, a very large number of individuals, started to threaten to bomb the University and the situation turned it on me. At that point I capitulated and set him up to take the exam for me. Putting other people's lives under threat was not an option for me.

I figured it was better than the threat of people dying and I set him up in a way I knew he would get caught and explain when it happened then. I felt it was my only way out of the situation. I had no other way of dealing with it at the time.

Of course, he got caught red handed and there was a hearing. I answered all their questions honestly and truthfully. When I was asked if I had anything to add I started to speak and started to ask the panel some questions which they refused to answer. I then tried to explain my side of the story and the adjudicator at the hearing just continued to shout over me until I shut up.

They expelled me from the university for cheating.

Of course the question remains as to what was in it for this individual and why he got so much support. Simple, nationalistic pride. He was ethnically from this country and there were a large number on individuals, the majority, staying in my independent halls at the time.

Of course, if you speak out against a certain nationality doing a certain thing , true or not, in the UK you get branded a 'racist' and any nefarious actions tend to be ignored until it affects someone else. So I really felt trapped.

There is more to it but in the interest of keeping it short, that's it in a nutshell.

Like to hear what peoples thoughts and opinions on it are.

So a couple of things.

1) Of course you were going to get caught and get expelled. You should have never allowed him to sit the exam. I think you have lost all leverage/negotiating with the university as this is as serious an academic offence as you get.

2) You should have told him to **** off, its not your fault they didnt let him take the module. He needs to grow up and learn to deal with it. After this didnt work you should have warned him to stop or lose you as a friend, if they continue then block him etc. then if he still contacted by other means you could have gone to the university/police with a harassment claim.

Im not really sure what you can do as allowing him to sit the exam you have demonstrated flagrant disregard for academic regulations.

These people are all idiots, honest to god morons, and you followed this by a stupid decision of not cutting them loose & going along with their beyond ridiculous idea.

You should have told them you were getting threats instead of asking them if they can take the exam! The way you handled this is extremely dumb

so you posted under your TSR name and now are replying under anon

your point?

@bodetode

No offence but this is one of the most ridiculous things that I have read in 2021. It is simply silly to allow someone to want to write your examination for you. Frankly, you played yourself.

I hope you can get support elsewhere. All the best.

As I already said I tried to speak to people about it and was blatantly denied the opportunity , multiple times - quite aggressively in fact. If I spoke to the wrong person about it the end result could have been catastrophic.

Underestimating the gravity of certain outcomes, as you have demonstrated in your reply, is a sure way to end up in an even worse situation.

Non taken - thank you for your reply.

Exactly the point, it's ridiculous - I hear you. To US it is ridiculous because we have no perception of this in our culture so it sound 'ridiculous'. And exactly that's just the point - not many would believe me if I told them ...ending up with the same result of me getting expelled or far worse = no escape from the situation anyway.

That is the perception of the situation and would have been at the time. It is because you don't get it => 'ridiculous'.

You believed they would kill you and bomb the school. Rlly.

This is the dumbest thread I have ever seen in my life, don't blame your - doubt its real - dumb decisions on a political stance lmao. By the way we don't even live in a multiculturalism system, we live under an individual integration model and if you mean a multicultural society yeah we live in a somewhat diverse country but I don't know what that has to with you being stupid enough to allow someone to sit your exam, someone you term a a "friend" who would apparently otherwise "beat you up". Yeah right.