Student Academic Appeals
How to make an academic appeal
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How to make an academic appeal
Student Academic Appeals
The Appeals against Assessment/Progression Board Decisions procedure is intended to provide a formal means for reviewing a decision made on student progression, assessment and award in order to resolve the student's concerns in a fair and consistent manner.
Grounds on which you may appeal
Appeals against the decision of an assessment board are only permitted on the following grounds:
- There is evidence that the extenuating circumstances were so severe as to have prevented the student from making an informed decision at the time as to whether to attempt an assessment or to apply for extenuation.
- There is clear evidence of a significant administrative error on the part of the University or in the conduct of the assessment/examination and that this accounted for your performance.
- The assessments had not been conducted in accordance with the approved regulations for the course of study.
- If some other material irregularity had occurred in the procedures of the Extenuating Circumstances Officer, the Assessment Board and/or the Board of Examiners.
If a student wishes to appeal against a decision or recommendation of an Assessment Board, they should complete and submit the online academic appeals form.
The form should be completed within ten working days of the publication of relevant assessment results via UEL Direct. Once completed the form will be sent to the Complaints & Appeals team.
What is not covered by the procedure?
The appeals procedure does not cover the following categories of appeal for which separate procedures exist:
- Grievances relating to personal harassment or discrimination on sexual, religious, racial or other grounds. Please seek advice from a member of staff within the School
- Academic complaints
- Appeals against decisions taken under disciplinary proceedings
- Extenuating circumstances claims
- Appeals against decisions of Assessment Misconduct Investigating Panels
Disagreement with the academic judgement of a Board of Examiners' decision cannot, in itself constitute a reason to appeal. Academic judgement is a judgement that is made about a matter where only the opinion of an academic expert will suffice. For example, a judgement about assessment or degree classification or a judgement about a decision where a student is required to repeat or take further assessment will usually be academic judgement, and a student cannot appeal simply because they believe they ought to have received a higher grade or mark.
Submitting an appeal
Students wishing to submit an appeal should carefully read the following Part 7 Appeals against an Assessment Board Procedure first.
If you are a student studying at a partner institution or studying your programme by distance learning and have a query regarding the Appeals Procedure, please contact the appeals team - appeals@uel.ac.uk who will be able to advise.
To appeal, please complete the form below.
Feedback
If you would like to provide the Appeals team with any feedback on our performance and its current procedure, please submit the online form below.
If you require this form in an alternative format such as Braille, paper or large print please email appeals@uel.ac.uk and we will respond to your request in two working days.