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Appeals
The grounds of appeal are governed by Reg 59 of the University Undergraduate Assessment Regulations.
Guidance may be found here: Appeals
Grounds
There are only limited grounds for appeal:
"(a) substantial information directly relevant to the quality of performance in the examination which for good reason was not available to the examiners when their decision was taken. Ignorance of the requirement to report timeously factors which may have adversely affected a student's performance, or failure to report such factors on the basis that the student did not anticipate an unsatisfactory result in the examination, can never by themselves constitute good reason; and/or
(b) alleged irregular procedure or improper conduct of an examination. For this purpose “conduct of an examination” includes conduct of a meeting of the Board of Examiners."
Note that for para(a) to apply there must be “good reason” for the special circumstances not having been submitted prior to the meeting of the Board of Examiners. Thus students are normally required to submit evidence of special circumstances such as illness to the Student Support Officer or their Director of Studies in advance of this meeting.
It is not possible simply to ask for an examination paper to be re-marked. One of the grounds of appeal must be established. The appeal proceedure may not be used to challenge academic judgment. The fact that a student believes that they deserve a better result cannot in itself constitute a ground for appeal.
Time limits
There are strict deadlines governing the submission of academic appeals.
These are as follows for undergraduate students:
Final year: within 6 weeks of the result being issued
All others: within 2 weeks of the result being issued
Academic appeals which are received outside of the normal deadline for receipt are regarded as late appeals and will only be accepted for consideration in exceptional circumstances. The decision as to whether or not exceptional circumstances exist will be taken by a sub-committee of the appeal committee. Appeals which are two or more years late will not be accepted under any circumstances.
Procedure
Students who wish to appeal should speak to their Director of Studies or the EUSA Student Advisers in the first instance.
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