Examination Appeals

You have the right to appeal, in appropriate circumstances, against a decision of a Board of Examiners or a Faculty Board or a Campus Progress and Award Board.

An appeal must be based either:

• on evidence of extenuating circumstances relevant to your progress which in your view was not in the possession of the Board of Examiners when it made its decision (SA1 Appeal Form)
• on a procedural or other irregularity associated with the decision (SA2 Appeal Form)

Those students coded at a Board of Examiners meeting with an Academic Standing code of DW (Deferred Withdrawal) will be referred to an At Risk of Withdrawal (AROW) Board for a final decision. An appeal submitted following an AROW Board decision must be new evidence not already presented to the AROW Board, along with an explanation as to why this evidence was not submitted to the AROW Board. Where an appeal is made without any evidence being submitted to the AROW Board, the student is expected to explain why no submission was made to the AROW Board.

Completed Appeal Form to be returned by email to your campus Examinations Office (addresses below) not later than:

Only in very exceptional circumstances will appeals submitted after the deadlines be accepted for consideration. If your appeal is late, your campus Examinations Office will email you a Reason for Lateness Form to complete and return.

London, Birmingham and Manchester Students

Appeals must be submitted within seven working days of the publication of the Board of Examiners’ decisions on the portal.

Procedures

• Guidance Notes for Students

Contacts

• Belfast, London, Birmingham and Manchester students to StudentOperationsBT@ulster.ac.uk
• Coleraine students to StudentOperationsCE@ulster.ac.uk
• Derry~Londonderry students to StudentOperationsDLD@ulster.ac.uk