Academic Appeals

An Academic Appeal is an appeal made against the decision of a Board of Examiners or a subsequent request to review the outcome of a previous appeal. The Academic Appeals Procedure applies to students on all taught programmes and on all postgraduate research programmes and should be consulted prior to submitting an appeal.

You are unable to question the academic judgement of a lecturer or an examiner. This means that you cannot question a mark given for coursework only on the basis that you believe that your mark was too low, however you can appeal the mark if you believe that there has been an error in calculating the grade, a defect or irregularity in how you have been assessed or in any written instructions or advice relating to the assessments. If your issue has affected more than just you, you can submit your Appeal collectively as a group with the group's consent.

You can make an academic appeal if you have special circumstances that could have had a negative effect on your academic performance. However if the special circumstances were not reported to the Board of Examiners before its meeting, you will need to explain fully why the circumstances were not made known at the time to enable a decision as to whether they will be accepted late.

Academic Appeals must be submitted in writing using the forms below along with any evidence to support your appeal.

You should also ensure that these forms are submitted within 20 working days of receiving the decision of a Board of Examiners and you should send your appeal to聽appeals@bangor.ac.uk听/听apeliadau@bangor.ac.uk

For us to consider your appeal, please follow this guidance:

We need information

You can submit an appeal once you have received the initial decision of the Board of Examiners.

Please read the Appeal section of the聽Academic Appeal Procedure聽before completing this form.

Ensure that you complete at least one of the sections whilst following the guidance within the form and if possible provide any supporting evidence for your appeal.

Appeals must be submitted within 20 working days of the date on which the student receives the decision of a Board of Examiners.

To submit an appeal you will need to complete the聽Appeal Form (A).

You will receive a response to your Appeal from the School using Form B. If you are not satisfied with the response, you can request a Review by a Pro Vice-Chancellor.

To request a Review

You can only submit a review request once the appeal stage has been completed.

Please read the Review section of the聽Academic Appeal Procedure聽before completing this form.

Ensure that you complete at least one of the sections whilst following the guidance within the form and if possible provide any supporting evidence for your request.

Review requests must be submitted within 10 working days of the date on which the student receives the outcome of an appeal.

You will need to complete the聽Review Form (C).

Communicating an outcome

You will receive a response once your request has been considered.

Reporting

Please submit your appeal or request for a review by email to聽appeals@bangor.ac.uk听/听apeliadau@bangor.ac.uk

If you prefer, you can report your complaint by post to: 吾爱吃瓜,聽Senior Student Safeguarding, Conduct and Complaints Officer, Governance and Compliance Office, Reichel, Ffriddoedd Site, Bangor, LL57 2TW

Follow up

Any queries, actions or appeals arising from the appeals process are to be referred to the聽Senior Student Safeguarding, Conduct and Complaints Officer.

FAQs

Please see our聽FAQs聽for an evolving list of frequently asked questions and answers.