Academic Appeals
Appeals for undergraduate students take place in June and September, after the Summer and Supplemental examination sessions. There are two levels of appeals: Faculty or course (Courts of First Appeal) and College (Academic Appeals Committee).
Cases must go to the relevant Court of First Appeal before they can be heard by the Academic Appeals Committee. If the Court of First Appeal does not grant the appeal you then have the option to take the appeal to the College Academic Appeals.
There are three grounds for appeal:
- Case not adequately covered by College regulations
- Regulations not properly applied
- Ad misericordiam
You need to complete the appeal form and send it to the appropriate office. The same appeal form is used in both Courts of First Appeal and Academic Appeals cases. At the faculty/course level, the appeal will be heard by a committee chaired by the Dean or an acting Dean with a group staff from the relevant faculty. The tutor and the student will normally be interviewed by the committee. For details on the Courts of First appeal, please see http://www.tcd.ie/undergraduate-studies/academic-progress/appeals.php
The College Academic Appeals committee is chaired by the Registrar and includes the previous Senior Tutor, a representative from the Law School, the President of the Graduate Students’ Union and three other members – see the Calendar for their names. The Senior Lecturer and the Senior Tutor are in attendance. Again the student and the tutor are interviewed and the Dean of the relevant Faculty represents the faculty.
For information on the procedures followed by the Academic Appeals Committee, please click here.
An important point to note is that the neither of the committees can change the mark given to a specific piece of work but they may alter the consequences of the marks. For options concerning mark changes, please consult the Re-mark/Re-check section (H11§51) of the Calendar at http://www.tcd.ie/calendar/assets/pdf/archive/2012-2013/tcd-calendar-h-regulations.pdf .
2013 Dates for Appeals are as follows:
- TSM
- Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Law
- BESS
- Health Sciences
- School of Nursing
- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Science
- School of Engineering
- School of Computer Science and Statistics
As tutors are aware, all appeals coming to the Academic Appeals Committee must firstly be heard by the appropriate Court of 1st Appeal within each area. Please contact relevant areas for details of Courts of 1st Appeal (as above).
The dates for Academic Appeals Committee are as follows:
Academic Appeals (Annual) – Wednesday 26th June 2013
Appeals must be submitted by Monday 24th June at 5.00pm to millaned@tcd.ie
Contact person: Donncha Millane ext: 2551
Academic Appeals (Supplemental) - 23rd September - 27th September 2013
Monday 23rd September - Health Science
Tuesday 24th September - Engineering, Maths & Science
Wednesday 25th September - TSM and Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Thursday 26th September - BESS and Pharmacy
Friday 28th September - Nursing & Midwifery
All Appeals must be submitted two days prior to your appeal date and before 1pm to millaned@tcd.ie
Academic Appeals will run from 0830am. Exact times to be confirmed closer the Appeal date.
Contact person: Donncha Millane ext: 2551