Exceptional Circumstances
Exceptional circumstances, for the purposes of assessment decisions, are defined as unforeseeable or unpreventable events or circumstances beyond a student’s control, which have a negative impact on his or her performance. The exceptional circumstances procedure is designed to help students who suffer an “acute episode” of difficulty. Chronic conditions for which students have received or could have requested support and reasonable adjustments do not constitute exceptional circumstances, though an unexpected worsening of a condition may do so.
Evidence of exceptional circumstances must be submitted to the School Office, together with the appropriate form which can be made available through the School Office, normally within three working days of returning to study or, in the case of emergencies which arose during examinations, by the published deadline. Boards of Examiners are not obliged to consider any medical certificate or evidence of exceptional circumstances presented after the published deadline.
A more detailed University guide to exceptional circumstances is available here.
Evidence of exceptional circumstances must be submitted to the School Office, together with the appropriate form which can be made available through the School Office, normally within three working days of returning to study or, in the case of emergencies which arose during examinations, by the published deadline. Boards of Examiners are not obliged to consider any medical certificate or evidence of exceptional circumstances presented after the published deadline.
A more detailed University guide to exceptional circumstances is available here.
