Last Updated on 22/08/2023
Trainees only have the right of appeal upon failure of the whole DClinPsy programme.
Where a recommendation from the programme’s Exam Board has been made that the trainee fails the programme, the trainee’s case is automatically referred by the Chair of the Exam Board to student registry, who will offer them the right of appeal. More details are available in the university appeal process. However, an appeal to the University can only be heard on specific criteria, for example that there were either extenuating circumstances that had not previously been made known or procedural irregularities. Appeals are not allowed on the basis of errors in academic judgement.
More detail on this is available in the University’s Manual of Academic Regulations and Procedures (MARP).
All decisions made by the university’s Standing Academic Committee are binding on Boards of Examiners.
Subsequent to this, the final avenue for appeal against exclusions is via the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for students in higher education.
Advice on the various levels of the appeals procedures can be sought from trainees’ tutor team, mentor or a student union representative.
Office of the Independent Adjudicator for students in higher education
Manual of Academic Regulations and Procedures (MARP) Academic Appeals