05.4.8 Appeals

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Mar 31, 2023
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1. Candidates wishing to query a Research Unit result should first consult their Supervisor. Only then may the candidate apply in writing with reasons to the Registrar for a re-mark. The mark awarded by the examiner conducting the re-mark will stand, whether it is higher or lower than the original mark. A mark only and no report will be provided.

2. If the degree is not awarded then the candidate may appeal to the Registrar in writing within one month of receiving the letter of notification. In order to consider the appeal, the Director of Research will convene an appeals panel consisting of the Director of Research, one academic member of the Governing Board of the College, an academic external to the College, the Academic Dean, and another member of the Board. The panel must within one month bring a recommendation to the Academic Board.

The recommendation may be one of the following:

  • that insufficient or unfounded reasons have been supplied by the student to support the appeal and that no change be made in the decision of the Academic Board; or

  • that the candidate be invited to revise part or all of the thesis and re-submit it for examination; or

  • that the thesis be reassessed by the appointment of another examiner external to the College, who will prepare a report in terms of the categories set out in 5.4.6.27 above.

3. The decision of the Academic Board, taking into account the recommendations of the appeals panel, shall be final. No one who has acted as the candidate’s Supervisor may be part of the appeals panel. If the Academic Dean or the Director of Research has acted as the candidate’s Supervisor, then another member of the Academic Board will be appointed in their place.