Academic Appeals Procedure
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.
Principles
Your classification will not be lowered as a consequence of your submitting an appeal, and nor will an individual mark be reduced. 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 Directors of Student Experience and Chairs of 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. Please note however it is not possible to appeal against an individual mark until this has been ratified by a meeting of the Examination Board. For the sake of clarification, the 21 day deadline from the date of publication of the mark/s in question also means that you are not able to appeal in relation to circumstances that relate to a previous academic year.
The 21-day period excludes Bank Holidays and any other days upon which the University is closed.
An appeal against a decision of a School Student 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 edition of the University Regulations takes precedence over any information contained on these pages.