Academic advice

If you need advice on issues relating to your studies there are people in the Union you can turn to, including the Student Adviser or the Deputy President (Education).

Academic Appeals

The Advice Centre can help you if you wish to launch an academic appeal with regard to either the results you have received or after being asked to withdraw from college.

There are only certain reasons that you can use to appeal and these are defined in the College's rules and regulations. Click on 'Student Withdrawals and Appeals' under 'General Academic Issues' on this page. Ultimately the grounds for appeal come down to two reasons:

· Mitigating circumstances which the department was not aware of at the time of examination
· Procedural irregularity

For both these reasons you will have to have full evidence of the reason you are appealing on ie. doctor's certificate or proof in paper of irregularity. We can then help you to put together an appeal with regard to these reasons.

It should be noted that you cannot appeal on the grounds of academic judgement ie. if you just disagree with the mark you have been given.

Appeals Procedure

The procedure for appeals against a decision to ask you to withdraw from the college is as follows:

1. All appeals against withdrawal from the college must be made in writing and sent to the Academic registrar (hand in to the Student Hub), stating the grounds on which the appeal is being made and including supporting evidence. This will then be passed on to your head of department for consideration and the outcome will then be communicated to you as soon as possible.

2. If your department is not willing to alter its decision requiring you to withdraw from college then an appeals committee will be convened to consider your case.

The Advice Centre will be able to help you to put together a case and will also be able to advise you on the amount of evidence you will need to substantiate your claims. We can also be present with you at an appeal hearing if you wish.

In some cases we may need to tell you don’t have a case if we feel submitting an appeal would be unsuccessful due to lack of evidence. It should be remembered that the committee will go over your appeal in detail, so it is important that you can put together as much evidence as you can with regard to your claim.

Nigel Cooke
(020) 7594 8067
IC Extension 48067