Appeals

Important information you should read before you make an application.

Procedure to be allowed after Semester Examination Boards.

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Procedure to be Followed after Publication of Final Degree Classification.

Procedure to be Followed after Semester Examination Boards

Students should note that they are entitled to appeal against the decision of the Faculty Examining Board of the University.  Any appeal against a decision must be sent in writing to the Registrar so as to reach him not later than fourteen days after the publication of the results.  The University is only prepared to consider appeals which are based on exceptional personal circumstances not known at the time of the examination by the Department or Faculty Examining Board concerned and which can be shown to have adversely affected a candidate's examination performance.

Appeals will only be considered by the University if a student can provide good reasons why the grounds for appeal were not made known to the relevant Department or Faculty Examining Board before it made its decision.

Students are entitled to seek verification of the fact that relevant circumstances which might have adversely affected their examination performance and which had been previously notified to departments were taken into account by the Examination Boards concerned.

Full details can be found in the Academic Regulation on Academic Progress, and an Application form is available here Appeal Against the Decision of an Examining Board or from the Academic Office.

Procedure to be Followed after Publication of Final Degree Classification

Verification

1. A candidate is entitled to ask for verification of one or more of the following in respect of an initial degree or a taught postgraduate qualification:

   1.1

   that the assessment published by the University is free of arithmetical or other errors of fact;

   1.2

   that the examiners were aware of exceptional personal circumstances reported by the student prior to the keeting of the Examining Board(s) concerned and which might in the student's opinion have had an adverse effect on his/her academic performance;

   1.3

   that the examiners were aware of defects or irregularities in the conduct of the examinations or in written instructions or in advice relating thereto, when such defects or irregularities or advice might, in the student's opinion, have had an adverse effect on his/her performance.

   In addition, a candidate for a Master's degree by Examination and Dissertation may, in accordance with the grounds detailed under 1.1 to 1.3 above, seek verification of the decision of the Examining Board not to award the mark of Distinction in respect of either of the parts of the scheme of study (i.e. examination or dissertation).
2. A candidate who wishes to have such verification shall make written application to the Registrar, normally within fourteen days of the date of the meeting of the relevant Examining Board.  Applications for verification submitted outside this timescale with good reason may be accepted at the discretion of the Registrar.  Requests for verification must include details of any alleged defects or irregularities in the conduct of the examinations or in any written instructions or in any advice relating thereto, or of any exceptional personal circumstances.

*In the context of this Procedure a University examination or assessed piece of work which counts towards a candidate's overall result and which is, therefore, conducted by a University Examining Board comprising both internal and external examiners.

A copy of the Verification and Appeals Procedure, and an Application for Verification can be obtained from the Academic Office.