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Stage 1 Formal Appeal - Notes on completing attached form

1. Guidance Notes

Before completing this form, please read GEAR Section H: Academic Appeals:

https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/reg/acs/docs/GEAR2015-2016-sectionHAcademicappeals.pdf

Please ensure you understand the applicable grounds of appeal before completing the form.

2. Advice and Guidance

You are strongly advised to seek independent advice on the completion of your appeal form before submitting it. Advice and guidance can be obtained from the University of Brighton Students’ Union, or telephone 01273 642876.

3. Requirement to provide supporting evidence

Whilst you must complete the form giving a clear explanation of the circumstances that relate to your ground of appeal, this needs to be supported by relevant independent evidence. In the case of “mitigating circumstances” this means a medical certificate or letter from a medical practitioner or doctor, death certificate, letter from a counsellor, religious leader or other third party confirmation such as a police report (see GEAR B 6.3.6). Please note that evidence from friends and family is not considered to be independent and may not be sufficient to support your appeal. You should normally submit all applicable evidence at the same time as your appeal is submitted. In exceptional circumstances, where medical evidence is still awaited, your Stage 1 Appeal form should be submitted together with details of the medical professional concerned and an estimated timescale for the receipt of medical evidence. (If sending evidence electronically it must either be in Word or pdf format). You should keep a copy of the evidence as you will be required to re-submit it, to the Secretary to the Academic Board, if you take your appeal to stage 2.)

4. Admissible Grounds of Appeal

These are set out at GEAR section H, 1.1. In brief they are “procedural irregularity”, “mitigating circumstances” that you were unable to raise before the examination met to consider your case and “arithmetical error” in your marks. Appeals citing other grounds will normally be rejected. Please note that the University does not accept appeals against academic judgment or request to re-mark work since academic marking processes are robust and overseen by external examiners.

5. Prescribed form

Your appeal must be submitted on the prescribed form.

6. Timescale for submission

Your appeal must be submitted not later than 21 calendar days from the date of notification of your results. Please see GEAR section H for further details. Note that you cannot submit your email until the Examination Board has notified you of its decision.

7. Methods of submission

By email Your appeal should be submitted from your university email account to

If you choose to submit from a different account then a scanned copy of the signed form must be included.

By post If you are submitting your appeal by post to:

Appeals and Complaints Office, Room 209c, University of Brighton, Mithras House, Lewes Road, Brighton BN2 4AT

(Please retain a copy for your records and obtain proof of postage).

By hand As above. (Please make sure you retain a copy).

STAGE 1 FORMAL APPEAL FORM

This form should be completed under the University’s General Examination and Assessment Regulations for Taught Courses (‘GEAR’), section H, or the BM BS Programme, Examination and Assessment Regulations (‘PEAR’) for the Brighton and Sussex Medical School, section H.

(You must complete all sections of this form)

NAME
STUDENT NUMBER
COURSE
YEAR OF STUDY / 1/2/3/4/Final (delete as appropriate)
SCHOOL (this is the School in which the course is based)
Undergraduate/postgraduate/other
(delete as appropriate) / Full-time/part-time
(delete as appropriate)
Postal address for correspondence
(including post code)
E-mail address
Date of results notification / (Please attach a copy of your results letter)
Results you wish to appeal. Please include details of all modules or assessments which you wish to appeal.
Module Number / Module Title
Please continue on a separate sheet of paper if necessary
Grounds for appeal (see ‘GEAR’ or ‘PEAR’, section H, sub-section 1.1). Your appeal will not be considered if you do not indicate any of the three grounds of appeal.
Please enter X in the applicable box(es) below.
That a procedural irregularity in the assessment process led to a decision detrimental you.
That you had mitigating circumstances which the Examination Board could not be made aware of because you had been unable for valid reasons to divulge them before the Examination Board reached its decision.
That there was an arithmetical error in your marks.

Continued overleaf

Please give details of the appeal in the applicable boxes below (you may attach continuation sheets if necessary).
1) That a procedural irregularity in the assessment process led to a decision detrimental to you.
1.1. Please state the irregularity in the assessment process you believe to have occurred:
1.2 Please state why you believe the irregularities specified above had an adverse effect on your academic performance.
2) That you had mitigating circumstances which the Examination Board could not be made aware of because you had been unable for valid reasons to divulge them before the Examination Board reached its decision.
2.1 Please give details of your mitigating circumstances, explaining how they affected your performance and attach the evidence presented in support.
2.2 Please explain why were you unable to divulge these circumstances before the Examination Board met.
3) That there was an arithmetical error in your marks.
3.1 Please explain why you believe there to be an arithmetical error in your published results.

Signature ...... Date ......

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