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Material Procedural Irregularity

Suggested Template

You need to explain how a Material Procedural Irregularity applied to your situation. If you are unsure of where to start with this, you may find the following template helpful:

"On (date), (state reason) happened. This was a procedural irregularity because (state reason). The University did not follow the correct procedure for (state procedure) / made a mistake because (state reason)."

"Instead of (state what happened), I believe (state what you believe should have happened instead) should have happened because (state reason). (Include link to relevant section of Academic Regulation, University Policy, Programme Handbook). This was relevant to my final results or progression because (state reason)."

Appeals without evidence will not be accepted. Your appeal form must include evidence and explain how your evidence supports your appeal. For example:

The evidence which I am providing is (state evidence).

This supports my appeal because (state reason).

(Check that your evidence confirms the circumstances described in your statement.)

More Guidance on Evidence

There is more guidance about evidence here:

Public Documents - Academic Appeals Process.pdf - All Documents (sharepoint.com)

If you have had any correspondence with a member of staff regarding the publication of result, document the communication and be as a specific as you can with dates, times, location and details of conversations or correspondence.

Outcome

What you want from the appeal process. Remember, you can’t ask for your work to be remarked or any outcome which goes against the University academic regulations. For example:

I would like to be reinstated on my course/to be offered another opportunity to submit module (name and code) attempt/ to have the 40% cap removed from my work/other (please describe).