Academic Appeals

You can use the Academic Appeals Procedure if there is a problem in the way you have been assessed. For example: if there has been administrative error, if proper process wasn’t followed in relation to an assessment, if you received incorrect advice about an assessment, or if your results weren’t considered in line with the Regulations for Taught Courses. 

Academic appeals must be submitted to Student Casework within 10 working days of the publication of the results you are appealing.

Within this section you will find further information, the regulations and relevant forms should you wish to submit an appeal.

Our Regulations and Procedures outline the process we use for dealing with an appeal. 

Regulations and Procedures 2026/27

Forms

You may also find the following guidance documents helpful:

Previous years’ regulations are available on request from the Student Casework Unit. Please email: [email protected].

Academic Appeals Regulations

  • At 1.1, signposting has been corrected which previously omitted the relevant regulations for research students.
  • At 2.1, it has been clarified that requests for third-party representation require authorisation by the Head of Student Casework (or Nominee).
  • At 2.25, a subsection on reasonable adjustments has been added.
  • At 2.5, guidance on submitting sensitive evidence has been added.
  • At 3.3, referencing has been corrected to ‘Head of Student Casework (or Nominee)’.

 

Academic Appeals Procedure (Taught & Research)

  • At 3.1 & 3.2, further information has been added in respect of not admitting appeals more than two months after the publication of results.
  • At 3.12, the timeframes for processing academic appeals have been clarified.

Where you have experienced disruption to an exam (e.g. a fire alarm), this cannot be raised as a ground for an academic appeal. Students may raise exam disruption through the Extenuating Circumstances Regulations and Procedure.

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