UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
Guidelines Governing Appeals Relating to Decisions of First-Year and IntermediateYear Undergraduate Boards of Examiners for the Faculties of Arts, Science and Social
Sciences
Purpose of this Form
This form is intended to help non-finalist students, who are considering making an appeal,
to set out the grounds of their appeal clearly and according to the terms of the University’s
Regulations on Appeal. You must first read the University’s Regulations for First Degrees
which specifies procedures for each type of award such as BA, BSc, MEng etc. (University
Regulation 8, available at http://warwick.ac.uk/regulations/) and the guidance below.
You may only appeal if the Board of Examiners has determined that you be required
to withdraw from your course of study and if you possess evidence relevant to your
examination performance which was not available to the Board of Examiners when its
decision was reached and you can provide good reason for not having made the
Board of Examiners aware of this evidence previously.
You may only appeal on the grounds set out above. You may not use the appeal procedure
simply to dispute the academic judgement of examiners and you may not appeal against
marks awarded for individual modules or individual pieces of work (although you may raise
any queries about marks with your department in the first instance if you wish).
If you decide to appeal against the decision of a Board of Examiners, you should complete
this form and submit it by the relevant deadline. You must also attach any relevant
supporting evidence. If there is any other information that you wish to include, you may
attach a brief letter.
Guidance for non-finalist students wishing to appeal
You are strongly encouraged to discuss any matters leading you to consider appealing with
your Personal Tutor (or another appropriate member of staff in your department) or the
University Senior Tutor, before submitting a formal appeal, which should not normally be
your first course of action. Depending on the circumstances, your Personal Tutor may be
able to facilitate a resolution of your concerns directly in consultation with the Chair and/or
Secretary of the Board of Examiners for your degree without the need for you to make a
formal appeal under Regulation 8.
If you decide to appeal, you may wish to seek advice on completing this form from either the
Senior Tutor, the Students’ Union Education Officer or Advice and Welfare in the Students’
Union. If you have any questions about the procedure for appeal, please contact the relevant
Faculty Board Secretariat:
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Social
Sciences
Martin Mik, Teaching Quality,
Academic Registrar’s Office
Jen Bowskill, Teaching
Quality, Academic Registrar’s
Office
Martin Mik, Teaching Quality,
Academic Registrar’s Office
Form last updated September 2015
artsfacultyboard@warwick.ac.uk
sciencefacultyboard@warwick.ac.uk
ufss@warwick.ac.uk
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Timescale for appeals
You must submit any appeal in writing within ten days of the date of the letter and/or email
from your Faculty Board Secretariat (if you are a first-year student) or the Academic Office (if
you are an intermediate-year student), informing you of the Board of Examiners’ decision
that you be required to withdraw.
The University aims to deal with appeals as quickly as possible. However, you should be
aware that it may take some time before your appeal is resolved. You may be asked to
provide further information before your appeal can be considered. It is important that you
give us an email address on your appeal form at which you can be contacted. If the Board of
Examiners has determined that you be required to withdraw, please note that your University
IT account will be terminated so please ensure you have an alternative email address on
which you can be contacted.
Procedure for consideration of non-finalist student appeals
You should read the relevant regulation (Regulation 8) for full details of the procedure. Your
appeal should be sent to the relevant Faculty Board Secretariat (see contact details above).
Your appeal will then be forwarded initially to the Chair of the Board of Examiners and the
Chair of the Undergraduate Appeals Panel.
An appeal will not be considered where the Chair of the Board of Examiners and the Chair of
the Undergraduate Appeals Panel consider that the evidence provided does not constitute
grounds for an appeal under the University’s Regulations. It is therefore important that you
read the possible grounds for appeal carefully and make sure that your appeal is based on
the permitted grounds.
Support
There are different sources of advice and support available from the University. If you need
advice on how to manage the impact of this decision on you personally, then you wish to
contact one of the support services. Details are available through the Student Support
Services Portal at http://warwick.ac.uk/supportservices.
The websites for each service will also be able to signpost you to resources and relevant
organisations that might be helpful to you at this time.
To discuss other options for the future, the University would also encourage you to contact
the Careers Centre (see http://warwick.ac.uk/careers/) on 024 7652 4748 (office hours) to
arrange to discuss your situation with a member of staff.
Form last updated September 2015
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NAME:
UNIVERSITY CARD NUMBER:
COURSE OF STUDY:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
POSTAL ADDRESS:
Appeals will only be considered on the following grounds:
A candidate is in possession of evidence relevant to his/her examination performance which
was not available to the Board of Examiners when its decision was reached and can
provide good reasons for not having made the Board of Examiners aware of this evidence
previously.
Please give full details of the circumstances relevant to the ground(s) of the appeal. Please
make sure you give dates, and full details of all assessments affected. If you have any
medical or any other supporting evidence, this should be attached.
If the ground of the appeal is a claim about circumstances which were not known at the time
the Board of Examiners met, please explain why you had not informed your department
before the Board met.
Check list of relevant documentation
Please tick
Medical evidence enclosed
yes 
no 
Supporting evidence enclosed
yes 
no 
Any other relevant documentation enclosed
yes 
no 
If ‘yes’, please specify (you may use an additional sheet if required):
Signature............................................................
Form last updated September 2015
Date......................................................
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