Are there reasons to revoke my degree if I shared old notes with a current student who was caught plagiarizing my work? I graduated university (UK University) a couple of years ago with a first. My friend is currently enrolled at the same university and was struggling with an assignment I had completed and still had a copy of. I let him have a look at it to help him but he ended up copying some of it and it was flagged by turnitin. The head of governance at the uni has emailed him and heavily implied that he knew that I gave him a copy of my assignment.
I spend the whole morning googling potential repercussions for a graduated student &quot;colluding&quot; and am now terrified that my degree might get revoked or my file will be tagged for misconduct.
Does anyone know what the repercussions could be??
I highly doubt that you will face any consequence more serious than being blacklisted from that university for future enrollment. You've already graduated; I'm sure they dislike you sharing answers with current students, but that hardly seems like justification to revoke a degree that you previously earned. If they do contact you about revoking a degree, lawyer up. Sharing answers to old homework problems does not seem like reasonable grounds for claiming that a degree was granted incorrectly.
On the other hand, your friend will probably face the standard consequences for plagiarism.