Academic integrity investigations must balance important and often competing factors including student wellbeing, efficiency, and fairness. Changes to procedure tend to skew the balance towards one and away from the other. Investigations can be time-consuming, resource intensive and stressful for students: is there another way? In 2024, the University of Adelaide introduced a new Early Offer procedure for first time breaches. The Early Offer allows students to accept that an academic integrity breach has occurred without a full investigation. It aims to incentivise honesty and accountability, to provide a range of options for engagement with Policy, and above all to centre the student’s learning experience in the academic integrity process. This poster shares the process of developing and implementing this procedure and a rich suite of supporting educative resources, the challenges involved in creating a ‘plea deal’, and a first look at data on student uptake and engagement.