Appeals

View guidance on processing appeals for student thesis using the EUCLID 'PGR thesis workflow' software.

Please Note: This is not an Appeals workflow, but only a mechanism to record an Active appeal is open or finalised for a student.

Appeals can be recorded against a thesis submission with EUCLID.

You can add an appeal by clicking on the 'Edit' button within the Thesis workflow:

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Image of the outcome complete screen

Click the ‘Add Appeal’ button at the bottom of the screen: 

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Image of the award approved date

 When selecting ‘Add Appeal’ you will be presented with a confirmation popup window.

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Image of record appeal screen

 If you click on the 'Record appeal' button, you will need to key the appeal date and any notes until the appeal outcome is known.

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Image of edit thesis submission appeal screen

 On saving the Appeal, you will see an ‘Appeal Active’ flag against a thesis submission attempt in the workflow.

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Image of the appeal active flag

You can click into the ‘Appeal Active’ button in order to key the result. 

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Image of thesis submission attempt appeal screen

 If you select ‘Upheld’ you will be able to generate a new 'Thesis Submission' attempt immediately.

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Image of the appeal outcome marked at upheld

On saving ‘Upheld appeal’ you will immediately be asked to save a new thesis submission attempt.

WARNING: Do not cancel out of this screen to create a new submission. Doing so will disable the ability to add a new workflow for a new thesis submission attempt.

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Image of the add new thesis submission screen

You can see the outcome of the appeal against the thesis submission.

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Image of the appeal upheld flag