First year BCOM students are enraged by what has happened today as they were informed that all students taking the EMA1008 study unit will be failing due to a partial amount of students that were caught cheating. Innocent students are angry because all of their hard work resulted into nothing and they are getting the same consequences as those who chose to cheat. The Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy (FEMA) informed their students via email stating that they had screenshots from Messenger chats as proof.
Many student organisations are coming in to support the innocent students including KSU, SDM and ASCS:
KSUโs Statement:
KSU believes that the action taken in the case of first-year Bachelor of Commerce students at the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy (FEMA) is unjust. Whilst we strongly condemn cheating in any form and believe that collusion should be addressed by the University, it is unreasonable that students are penalised en masse without a fair hearing before the Facultyโs disciplinary board as part of a comprehensive investigation. We reiterate that students deserve a due process and investigation as per the University of Malta Assessment Regulations.
It is unjust that students who worked hard and sat for their exam independently of their peers whilst following all regulations receive a failing mark due to the actions of other students. Therefore, KSU calls for the reconsideration of this decision, following a thorough process that considers students individually rather than en masse.
SDMโs Statement:
After today’s news in relation to the decision taken regarding the BCOM study-unit EMA1008, we have made the decision to look into this issue further. We believe it is our duty as a student organisation to make sure that the student’s voice is heard in such instances.
Firstly, SDM strongly condemns cheating in all its forms and ways. Online examinations, take-home exams and other alternative methods have been put in place to ensure the health of all students. Therefore, it should be every studentโs duty to abide by all regulations which the University puts up especially with regards to online tests and exams.
As a student organisation, we are sympathetic towards the students who did not cheat and whose average will be affected negatively because of this abrupt decision taken by the faculty in question.
In the coming days, we will be discussing the aforementioned issue with the relevant entities including student Representatives on the Faculty Board, ASCS and KSU. In the meantime, we encourage all FEMA students to continue to abide by the University regulations regarding online tests and exams.
ASCS’s Statement:
Today, 1st Year BCOM students received an email regarding collusion in the EMA1008 Test 1, amounting to 34% of the final grade of this unit. A decision was taken to give 0% to all students across the board in that specific test, allowing for students to resit the test but limiting their future mark to 45%.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ง ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ.
ASCS strongly condemns cheating in every form and are aware that the faculty in charge of handling this situation was required to take action. Students should abide by the regulations at all times, especially now that examination formats have changed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, we strive for the fair treatment of all and find it unjust to take a blanket decision of failing every student in their first University test, including individuals who were completely unaware of the situation at hand.
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