What is an exceptional personal circumstance?
These are events that are beyond your control and that can have a big impact on your studies. They can make it difficult to focus on your university work, attend classes, or complete assignments or exams.
Some examples include:
- Bereavement
- Victim of crime or violence
- Mental Health problems
- Financial difficulties
- Natural disasters
- Other unforeseen events that are beyond your control
The University understands that there will be occasions where some unforeseen can happen which impacts your studies. A policy called ‘extenuating circumstances’ exists so that the University can consider the impact of your unexpected experience, and consider fairly & transparently, to help minimise the impact on your upcoming submission.
How to apply for extenuating circumstances?
Things to know before applying
- You have to submit that you require extenuating circumstances yourself, and this must within 5 working days before your submission.
- You’ll submit this via your e:vision student portal and you can find a video step by step here.
- You must provide any evidence to support the application, to help the University understand your circumstance. Where you can’t provide evidence by the deadline, you can submit the claim without, but should provide evidence 10 working days after your submission.
- Please be mindful that evidence must be in English or with a accompanied notarised translation.
- If you are successful in receiving an Extenuating Circumstance, it’s important to note this may impact on your submissions for other pieces of work and/or progression to your next module or level. We recommend you contact your Student Hub team, to help understand your unique situation.
- Additionally, if you are successful in receiving an Extenuating Circumstance, this may impact your Student Finance if this change impacts your registration date. However, you can seek further guidance from your Student Hub Team.
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