Student Cases

The Student Cases team in the Secretariat administers the various University procedures relating to the following matters:

Student complaints
Hate crime, sexual assault and online harassment
Academic appeals (taught students and postgraduate researchers)
Fitness to study
Special cases of student progress that fall outside normal School processes
Requests from Schools to curtail the opportunities for a student to progress
Allegations of academic misconduct
Student disciplinary cases, both academic and non-academic
Student health and conduct applicable to registrable awards
Aegrotat awards
Posthumous awards
Exceptional extensions to periods of study and temporary leave

We are responsible for the University committees whose work it is to investigate and decide some of the matters set out above. We offer advice and guidance to Schools and individual members of staff on the student case process. We also give procedural advice to individual students whose case is under consideration.

We provide interpretation of and advice on regulations for taught programmes of study, particularly in the context of complex cases or where special provisions are being requested.

Our overall objective is the fair resolution of cases within the framework of the University regulations and case procedures of the University.

Procedures

Further information on the processes and procedures listed above is accessible by clicking on the links below:

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If you require any of the documents or forms listed below in an alternative, more accessible, format, please contact the Student Cases team - see contact details below. )

1. Student complaints

2. Hate crime, sexual assault and online harassment

3. Academic appeals against the results of University examinations and assessments (for both taught students and postgraduate researchers)

4. Fitness to study

5. Academic misconduct

6. Disciplinary

7. Progression