Faculty of Science and Engineering

Appeals Process

Any student wishing to discuss the academic appeals process should contact the PABS School Office via e-mail: PabsSchoolOffice@brighton.ac.uk or on 01273 642199.  If you want to lodge a formal appeal you must submit it in writing to the School Office, together with independent supporting documentary evidence no later than:

  • 31st July 2009 - Final year students
  • 6th August 2009 – All other students

A summary of reasonable grounds for appeal is given below, but you can also download the full text from GEAR, Section H .
An appeal is a request for a review of a decision of an Examination Board. A student may only request a review of the decision of an Examination Board on the following grounds:

  • that a student had submitted evidence of mitigating circumstances which were not considered by the Examination Board

  • that the Examination Board was not aware of mitigating circumstances affecting the student's performance because the student had been unable, or for valid reasons unwilling, to divulge them before the Examination Board reached its decision. It is only in exceptional circumstances that an appeal will be heard on the basis of evidence submitted after the meeting of an Examination Board, and the attention of students is drawn to the importance of notifying their Head of School or Course Leader, in writing, of any circumstances extraneous to the course which might be prejudicial to their performance, as soon as possible, preferably before the examination and in any event before the examiners meet

  • that the examination procedures were not followed in accordance with the regulations, resulting in an error in the student's assessment

  • that some other material irregularity led to a breach of the procedures or regulations resulting in a decision detrimental to the students.

There is no right of appeal against decisions of an Examination Board which are
matters of academic judgement.