Submitting an Appeal

You can submit an appeal application, via the Student Records System (SRS) using your normal IT sign in details. You can also access this from the ‘More’ tab in the MyExeter app. More details of how to submit an appeal can be found in the student guide here: Students' Guide (Appeals)

For the duration of the investigation into your Appeal, the original decision of the Examination Board or Postgraduate Research Committee or relevant body will remain in place while the appeals process is ongoing.

If you wish to submit an appeal, you must complete and submit your application within 10 working days of your final results being notified to you (see Timeframes section below).

The University is unable to accept appeals submitted by third parties (including any health professions, parent, or tutor of the student concerned). Nor are we able to discuss details of an appeal with any third parties without the written consent of the student. This is due to data protection regulations and is intended to safeguard your personal information. All appeals must be received from students directly, ideally from their University of Exeter email address.

You can submit an academic appeal application, via the Student Records System (SRS) using your normal IT sign in details. You can also access this from the ‘More’ tab in the MyExeter app. More details of how to submit an appeal can be found in the student guide here: Students' Guide (Appeals)

For other types of appeal (for example Unsatisfactory Progress Outcomes) the appropriate forms can be found within the relevant section of the procedures.

Students are encouraged to submit evidence to support their case. The Regulations do not restrict this to any particular type of evidence, but the staff considering your Appeal will be able to rely on some types of evidence more than others. It is your responsibility to provide all the information and evidence you wish to be considered in support of your application. 

If your evidence was not originally produced in English, then a certified translation must also be provided with your application, the cost of which should be borne by the student. 

A detailed guide (Evidence Guidance) for students has been produced which explains the types of evidence you may provide to support your appeal. We recommend that you read this carefully, and if you have any questions, you may find it helpful to speak with the Students’ Guild or Student’s Union for advice.   

If you do not have all your evidence, it is possible for you to submit an appeal application and indicate that you will provide additional supportive evidence at a later date. You will still need to submit your appeal application within 10 working days following release of
your progression or awarding decision.

You can submit an appeal application, via the Student Records System (SRS) using your normal IT sign in details. You can also access this from the ‘More’ tab in the MyExeter app. More details of how to submit an appeal can be found in the student guide  here: Students' Guide (Appeals).  

When you reach screen 3 of the application form you should indicate using the dropdown that ‘I haven’t got all of my evidence so will attach (more) later’.

You should carry on and complete the remainder of the form and submit your application. We will then provide you will a deadline by which to provide your additional evidence and this will be sent to your via email to your Exeter email address.

Where a student declares the pending evidence in their appeal form, we are typically able to allow up to two further weeks for students to provide additional evidence.  If you do not supply your evidence within that new timescale, it will very likely be necessary to consider your appeal without the remaining evidence, so you should ensure to contact the team if you think there may be further delays.

The 30-day response window would start at the point we received all the additional evidence, or from the evidence deadline, whichever is sooner. This does mean that additional evidence can cause a delay to the outcome for the appeal; therefore, the sooner you are able to provide this evidence the sooner we are able to proceed with your case. 

Please ensure that when you have provided all of your evidence that you indicate this on screen 3 of the form on the system by selecting on the dropdown that says 'I have attached all of my evidence.'

You can also submit a group appeal if the information in Section 5.2 of Appeals procedure applies to you. The procedure requires the group to nominate a spokesperson and this individual should submit the application via the Student Records System (SRS). The nominated spokesperson should upload as part of their evidence a list of names of those other students who have consented to be part of the group appeal. Once the application has been received, we will correspond with the nominated spokesperson only and they will be responsible for updating the other members of their group. 

If no member of the group is willing to act as the group spokesperson, they may appoint a member of the Students’ Guild or Student Union to represent them through the appeal process.