Academic appeals must be submitted within 3 months from the date your results have been published. You can only appeal if: 

• You are prevented from continuing with your studies part way through a level, or 

• you fail to qualify to proceed to the next stage of your studies, or 

• you wish to appeal against a final result or the award of an exit qualification, or 

• where the effects of a progression decision have a significant impact on your overall result. 

You cannot appeal: 

• Because you think you worked hard, and the mark awarded doesn’t reflect this; 

• Because you were unhappy with the teaching on the course or supervision (This should have been a complaint not an appeal); 

• Because your performance was affected, and you didn't submit extenuating circumstances at the time (unless you have evidence that you were not in the right frame of mind at the time of the assessment) 

If you would like further advice on the appeals process, please contact us in the Advice Centre. 

Please find the Academic Appeal Form here to start filling in 

For a first allegation the penalties range from a written warning, 0% for the piece of work that has had the allegation against it, and 0% for the module the piece of work is part of.  

For further allegations some of the same penalties can be considered with a  further two penalties also being possible. 0% for the year of study and being withdrawn from the University.  

If you have multiple penalties, they will usually become more severe each time, it is important to provide evidence of any relevant mitigation (health or personal issues) to possibly lower the penalty you will be given.  

Regardless of how many allegations you have had if it relates to commissioning, withdrawal from the University would be considered and you would be invited to a meeting. 

You will have to go back to your Faculty and speak with someone about the possibility of doing resits and finding out when they would be. If you have not got the ability to complete another attempt, you can put an appeal through for a further attempt to be considered. 

Academic Appeal Form

It is always worthwhile speaking to your academic mentor and faculty about this and go into the issue you are having. If you are having issues on the course they may be able to look at helping to sort these out or give you options of deferring the year or even discuss fully withdrawing from the Course and University if required 

If you are unable to complete or submit an assignment due to extenuating circumstances, you should talk to your personal Tutor or the administrative team in your College as soon as possible. They can then advise you on what you need to do in or for these circumstances to be taken into account. They will provide you with the relevant forms and information. 

Here is the link to the complaint procedure page on the Universities website for you to look through, If you are thinking of putting a complaint in you can come and speak to us in the Advice Centre about the issues you are having.