Students have the right to appeal against certain academic decisions and these pages provide information about how the process and the procedures work.

Purpose of the Academic Appeals Procedure

The appeals procedure is intended to provide a formal means for reviewing a decision made on student progression, assessment and awards, and resolving the student's concerns in a fair and consistent manner. This is different from the Student Complaints Procedure, which provides a means for resolving other problems that may arise during the academic year, relating to teaching provision or university services, for example. If you need advice about whether the matter you wish to raise is a complaint or an appeal, please consult one of the people listed in Do you need any help?

Principles

Students lodging an appeal will not be disadvantaged by doing so. Privacy and confidentiality will be respected, and disclosure of information provided by a student in the course of an appeal will be restricted to those individual officers directly involved in their consideration, and that may include Chairs of Mitigating Evidence Committees and Examination Boards. The appeal will be considered in accordance with the University's Equality and Diversity Policy.

Deadline for appeal

An academic appeal must be lodged within 21 calendar days of the publication of the examiners' decision.

An appeal against a decision of the School Progress Committee that a student is required to withdraw from the University must be lodged within 7 working days of the date of the notification letter.

Please note that the latest annual edition of the Ordinances and Regulations takes precedence over any information contained on these webpages.