Submitting an appeal

If you decide to submit an appeal you must complete the Student Appeal Form below and send it to Academic Appeals via: academic.appeals@ed.ac.uk. Submissions without appeal forms will not be considered.

You must also read the Student Appeal Regulations. This document contains a detailed breakdown of the University’s Appeals Procedure.

Academic Appeals will acknowledge receipt of any completed appeal submission within five working days of it being received.

Please note that we are currently dealing with a large volume of appeal submissions and delays in our processes are likely as a result. Your patience is appreciated at this time.

Appeal consideration

Please note, during the time your appeal is being considered, your student status, decision you are appealing, award classification etc; would not change and any original decision of the Board of Examiners/relevant committee still stands.  Appeals can continue to be considered even if students graduate.

During the Appeal Consideration process

Upon submission of your appeal, it will be screened and once logged the student will receive an acknowledgement email detailing the timescales in place and any other relevant information. There are very few stages of the appeal process so updates cannot be given as cases will be acknowledged, assigned to a caseworker, considered by the appeal committee and then an outcome provided.

As each case is considered on a case-by-case basis, no individual timescale or indication of outcome can be given.

Final decision

The decision of the Student Appeal Committee is final and there is no further opportunity for appeal against the decision within the University. Further information or evidence cannot be considered after the appeal submission.

Although you may be dissatisfied or disappointed by the outcome of your appeal, it is not appropriate to send threatening or abusive communications to members of staff involved in the Appeals process.

When an appeal is upheld, this means the outcome report will be sent to the original decision maker ,for example Board of Examiners Convener, who will be asked to reconsider the decision in light of the upheld appeal information. Please note, that if some aspects of the appeal are upheld and some aspects are not upheld, the decision maker is only required to consider the upheld elements.

Whilst an appeal may be upheld, there is no guarantee that this will result in a change of mark/decision. Instead, the decision is returned to the original decision maker to consider the appeal information and they will inform the appellant of the outcome of their reconsideration. When an appeal is upheld, the relevant decision maker will be cc’d into your outcome. Once the appeal outcome is sent, this typically ends the appeal team involvement in the matter.