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Dispute Over a University Project

Ahmed Magdy recounts a dispute during a University of London computer science course project. He says his four-person group agreed to divide the work, but one teammate accused him of using AI-generated writing and removed his editing access to the shared document. According to Magdy, she then said she would complete his section herself.

He says he reported the incident to the university, providing screenshots and other evidence. He described the teammate’s actions as academic sabotage and discrimination. Magdy later said he identified her as Israeli, although she had introduced herself as Ukrainian. Her identity and his account of her motives are his claims.

University Response and Grade Changes

Magdy criticizes the university’s handling of the case as slow and disorganized. After he was moved to an individual final project, he says the submission system would not accept his work, so staff instructed him to send it directly. He was later given a zero for the midterm, despite being told he would receive the group’s grade, and received a low mark on the final. He suspected that the first final assessment was automated or that a human grader had not been told the project was individual.

After further correspondence, the university acknowledged an error, corrected his midterm grade, and arranged for the final to be regraded. Magdy says his result changed from a failing grade to an A.

Ongoing Complaint

Magdy describes the months-long process as highly stressful. He says he is seeking compensation and information about any disciplinary action, but the university declined to disclose such information on privacy grounds. He says he may escalate the dispute to the UK’s Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA).

The account is presented from Magdy’s perspective; the video does not include the university’s or the teammate’s account. He concludes that institutions’ claims of fairness can fail in practice when complaints are handled poorly.