What is an Academic Appeal?
You can submit an appeal if you want the University to review a decision they’ve made about your studies. You have 15 working days (i.e. not weekends or bank holidays) from the date on the official notification letter to appeal. You can appeal against:
- A decision made by the Board of Examiners
- For undergraduate and postgraduate students this includes:
- Progression decisions
- Degree award / classification
- Extenuating Circumstances outcomes
- Termination of registration on academic grounds
- For postgraduate research students:
- Decisions made by an upgrade panel
- Decision of an MPhil/PhD/DPS/DClinPsy/ Masters by Research viva panel
- A penalty given for exam and assessment offences
- Termination of registration
- A decision made by the Fitness to Practice Panel
- A decision made regarding access arrangements for assessments
The University won’t investigate an appeal against an academic judgement or a request for work to be remarked. If you need more time to obtain evidence, submit your appeal by the deadline and indicate when further evidence will follow, and why you cannot yet provide it. The appeals team does not normally allow extensions for the submission of appeals.
Late appeals past the 15-day deadline are unlikely to be considered.