Academic Appeal submission guide

We will ask you to provide the following information about you as a student:

• Your surname*
• Your preferred name (first name)* - enter your first name that you prefer to be used.
• Your Kent Student ID* - it is an 8-digit number that you can find on the back of your KentOne card. If you don't have a KentOne card, enter 99999999.
• Your University/Institutional email* - @kent.ac.uk, @student-csbschool.co.uk, @gsk.com, @lamda.ac.uk, @lcds.ac.uk, @nscd.ac.uk, @pearsoncollegelondon.ac.uk, @nationalcircus.org.uk or @rambertschool.org.uk.

If you are unable to do so, please contact appeals@kent.ac.uk for a hard copy form.

We will ask you to provide the following information about you as a student (continued):

• Your personal email - we strongly advise that you provide your personal email address so that we can contact you if your University/Institution account is due to be closed (if you are a final year student or if you have been withdrawn from your studies). Please be mindful who has access to your personal email address as we will also send a copy of the appeal outcome if you provide one.
  
• Whether you are sponsored under the Tier 4/Student Route*
• What is your School/Institution* - you will have to pick your School/Institution from the dropdown list.
• What course you are studying*
• Stage [applicable only to students on taught courses] - which stage you are currently studying.

You will be asked the following questions about early resolution:

• Have you submitted an early resolution request to your Division?*
• if you answer YES - What was the Division’s response to your early resolution request?
• if you answer NO - Provide reasons why you did not submit an early resolution request to your Division?

See more information about Early Resolution.

You will be asked the following questions:

• Have you submitted a complaint about this matter via the Complaints Procedure for Students?*
• If you answer YES -  Please provide the date when you submitted your complaint and details of the outcome if available. 
• If you answer NO - you won't be asked any more details.

Please remember that we sometimes may have to pause the investigation of an appeal while your complaint is dealt with. We will inform you if we do this.    

See more information about student complaints.

You will be asked the following questions:  

• Please provide the date when your results/formal decision were made available*.
• If you are submitting your formal appeal  beyond the deadline, please provide the reasons why. 

Note: If you are submitting your formal appeal within the deadline, you don’t have to answer the question above.

See information about appeal deadlines.

See information about publication of formal results for undergraduate and postgraduate taught students.

You will be asked the following question: 

• Describe the error you believe has occurred*.

You will be asked the following questions:

• Describe the evidence of illness or other extenuating circumstances that is now available and that you couldn't submit to the Division by the deadlines for mitigation*.
• Please explain the reason why you were not able to present this evidence to the Division before* - This question is very important as students are normally expected to apply for mitigation at the time of the illness or extenuating circumstance.
• Please explain the impact your extenuating circumstances had on your ability to perform in your assessments*.

OR, for appeals against the decision of the Academic Misconduct Committee:

• Please explain how you believe your extenuating circumstances relate to your academic misconduct case*.

 You will be asked the following question:  

For appeals against the decision of the Board of Examiners:

• Describe the evidence of bias in the assessment of your work*.

OR, for appeals against the decision of the Academic Misconduct Committee:

• Describe the evidence of bias in the decision taken by the Chair or Academic Misconduct Committee*

OR, for appeals against the decision to withdraw you from your studies based on the Attendance and Engagement Policy:

• Describe the evidence of bias in the way the decision was reached.

This question applies only to appeals against the decision of an Academic Misconduct Committee.

• Please explain why you believe that your penalty or outcome was unreasonable taking into account the evidence that was available to the Academic Misconduct Committee or its Chair*.

Please consider carefully the evidence that was available to the Academic Misconduct Committee when a decision was made. If you have new evidence now, the Academic Misconduct Committee would not have been able to consider it at the time of making a decision.  

The question applies only to appeals against the decision to terminate a student’s registration as a result of the Attendance and Engagement Policy.

• Describe why you believe the decision to terminate your registration was unreasonable or not justified, given the evidence which was available at the time the decision to terminate your studies was made*.  

Please make sure that you carefully consider which evidence was available to the Division when the decision was made. Any new evidence you can only now provide would not have been possible to include in the decision-making. Please consider whether such new evidence might suggest, for example, illness or other extenuating circumstances as a ground for appeal.

You will be asked the following question about the outcome you want to achieve in your appeal.

• What is the outcome you are seeking for this appeal?*  

If you are appealing against the Decision of the Board of Examiners, you can read about available outcomes.

• At the end of the appeal form you will be asked whether you have any evidence to support your appeal. 
• If you answer 'YES', the Quality Assurance and Compliance Team will be in touch with you within 2-3 working days with instructions on how to submit your evidence.
• Please note that we will normally email to your University/Institutional account only, so be sure to check your emails regularly, as you will be given the deadline by which you need to submit your evidence.

Read more about appeal evidence.

This question only applies to appeals  against a decision related to a research student based on the Academic Regulations for Research Courses of Study.

You will have to indicate against which decision or recommendation you are appealing. These can be

• decisions by the Progression Review Panel*

or

• decisions by the Examination Panel.*

Please carefully consider which decision you are appealing against.