SRA character and suitability - plagiarism with AI

I am about to finish university and am on a vacation scheme. I have found out I need to resit one of my papers which was flagged for a high AI content. My resit mark will be capped at 40.

A board convened to consider my case and I submitted evidence. They found in favour of likely AI misapplication and therefore gave me the punishment above.

I have done some reading into the SRA character and suitability guidelines and it does not seem clear how strongly they rule on plagiarism, even though it is noted as a factor. I read an FOI in 2022 which said that they had not refused to admit a candidate due to academic misconduct for several years.

One option I am considering is going an early assessment to get the result. However, I am worried that no time will have elapsed for me to show improved character.

Any advice or help on this would be appreciated.
 

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