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Extenuating
Circumstances
What are Extenuating
Circumstances?
Extenuating Circumstances are
normally defined as circumstances
which are unexpected, significantly
disruptive and beyond a student’s
control, and which may have affected
his/her academic performance.
What does the University consider
to be acceptable Extenuating
Circumstances?
The University has produced guidance
to help clarify what can be accepted
as extenuating circumstances and
the evidence required to support
a claim. You can download a copy
of the guidance with the Extenuating
Circumstances form from the
University Secretary’s Intranet site:
www.arts.ac.uk/secretary/Complaints/forms.php
The University regulations relating
to Extenuating Circumstances can
be found in the Academic Affairs
Handbook Chapters 6 and 8 that
is available on the Academic Affairs
intranet site:
intranet.arts.ac.uk/quality/aa/indextext.htm
The University has identified three
categories: A: Acceptable reasons
for claim with required evidence;
B: Reasons for claim that maybe
considered (with additional evidence)
and C: Reasons that the University
would normally consider as
unacceptable. The guidance table
on the next page should be consulted
before completion of an extenuating
circumstances claim form.
What should you do if you feel
that you have experienced an
Extenuating Circumstance that
has affected your academic
performance?
You must complete an Extenuating
Circumstances form and provide
the evidence to substantiate your
claim as soon as the Extenuating
Circumstance has occurred and
at the latest within two weeks
of it commencing. Claims received
after that period would normally
be rejected.
What if an Extenuating Circumstance
has prevented you from submitting
a piece of work?
You must submit the piece of work
at the earliest opportunity on your
return to College, even if as a result
of the Extenuating Circumstances,
it is incomplete. Extenuating
Circumstances relating to late
submissions will not be accepted
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