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Undergraduate Appeals

 

• APPEALING A DECISION OF A COURT OF FIRST APPEAL
• APPEALS FORM (FAHSS and Joint Honours and Sophister Single Honours with a New Minor Subject)
• APPEALS FORM (All other programmes)
• COURTS OF FIRST APPEAL SUMMARY SHEET
• COMPOSITION OF COURTS OF FIRST APPEAL
• EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF AD MISERICORDIAM APPEAL
• FURTHER PROCEDURES
• GUIDELINES ON EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES SUPPORTING AN AD MISERICORDIAM APPEAL
• MEMBERSHIP OF A COURT OF FIRST APPEAL
• OFF BOOKS WITH ASSESSMENT
• PROCEDURES FOR BRINGING AN APPEAL TO A COURT
• RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COURT OF FIRST APPEAL
• SCHEDULING OF COURTS OF FIRST APPEAL
• SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS APPROVED BY COUNCIL (13/1/2016)

 

MEMBERSHIP OF A COURT OF FIRST APPEAL

• The membership of a Court of First Appeal will vary according to whether the Court of First Appeal is Course-based, School-based or Faculty-based. The composition of the Courts of First Appeal is outlined below
• Composition of a Course-based Court of First Appeal.
  • Pro-Dean (Chair)
  • Course Office Administrative Officer (Secretary)
  • Director of Undergraduate Teaching and Learning for Schools making contributions to the course
  • Postgraduate Student representative
  • Representation from schools/disciplines, as deemed necessary by the Course Management Committee
  • Appellants (students) and their tutors are entitled to attend to present their case.
• Composition of a School-based Court of First Appeal.
  • Pro-Dean (Chair)
  • School Administrative Officer (Secretary)
  • Director of Undergraduate Teaching and Learning
  • Postgraduate Student representative
  • School representation, including representation from at least two other schools
  • Appellants (students) and their tutors are entitled to attend to present their case.
• Composition of a Faculty-based Court of First Appeal.
  • Pro-Dean (Chair)
  • Faculty Administrative Officer (Secretary)
  • Directors of Undergraduate Teaching and Learning in each School
  • Postgraduate Student representative
  • For B.Mus.Ed. only: representation from TUD and RIAM (separate session)
  • School/discipline/course representation, in attendance, as appropriate
  • Appellants (students) and their tutors are entitled to attend to present their case.
• Where an appellant is a relative of a member of a Court of First Appeal, that member should not be involved in hearing that student's appeal. The definition of a relative is the definition previously agreed by Council (click here).
• A member of a Court of First Appeal should not also represent a student in appeal to that Court of First Appeal.

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SCHEDULING OF COURTS OF FIRST APPEAL

• Courts of Appeal are normally convened to hear appeals following annual and supplemental examinations.
• Courts of Appeal shall be scheduled to take place before the relevant meetings of the Academic Appeals Committee.
• The dates of the Courts of First Appeal should be set well in advance and notified to all relevant Directors of Teaching and Learning/Course Co-Ordinators, all College Tutors, the Senior Tutor and the Senior Lecturer and posted on School/Department/Course notice boards.
• Deadlines should be set for the submission of appeals for consideration at the Court of First Appeal and notified to the above parties.
• Courts of First Appeal will consider appeals concerning events occurring more than eighteen months previously only in the most exceptional circumstances.

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PROCEDURES FOR BRINGING AN APPEAL TO A COURT OF FIRST APPEAL

• All appeals arising from the decisions of Courts of Examiners should be made directly to the Court of First Appeal.
• The student has responsibility for advising his/her tutor in good time of his/her intention to make an appeal.
• A student may make an appeal through his/her tutor, or if the tutor is unable or unwilling to act, through the Senior Tutor, to the Court of First Appeal.
• An appeal should be made using the Appeals Form, also available through the Senior Tutor's Office. Appropriate background documentation should be included.
• The student's tutor, or the Senior Tutor, will attend the Court of First Appeal to represent the student, and the student may also attend if he/she so wishes.
• Students may request a representative of the Students' Union to represent them as an alternative to their tutor or the Senior Tutor.

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RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COURT OF FIRST APPEAL

• A record should be made of the deliberations of Courts of First Appeal, giving grounds for each decision.
• The recommendations of the Court of First Appeal should be forwarded to the Senior Lecturer for approval. All recommendations should be returned on the prescribed form.
• Recommendations of a Court of First Appeal shall not be seen as binding until they have been approved by the Senior Lecturer.
• Once the Senior Lecturer's approval is obtained, the relevant Course / School Office should instruct the student's tutor or representative to inform the student of the outcome of the appeal.

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APPEALING A DECISION OF A COURT OF FIRST APPEAL

• Decisions of a Court of First Appeal may be appealed to the Academic Appeals Committee.
• The regulations regarding the Academic Appeals Committee are set out in the General Regulations and Information section of the Calendar (PDF),§54.

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FURTHER PROCEDURES

• Further information relating to individual Courts of First Appeal is available from School and Course Offices.

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