Academic Progression Matters

Academic Progression Matter relate to your academic achievement in your program. Academic Progression Matters include: assessments of all aspects of professional behaviour as required in University documents other than a course outline; dismissals; or the requirement to withdraw. Academic Progression Matters do not include: decisions regarding Academic Assessments or Student Academic Misconduct. [See the definition section (Section 3.1) of the Student Misconduct and Academic Appeals Policy]

For information about appeal terminology and for FAQs, please click here.  For information on the appeal process and timelines, please click here.

First Level of Appeal

If you want to appeal a faculty decision that you are required to withdraw or another Academic Progression Matter, please review the Student Misconduct and Academic Appeals Policy and the University Appeals Committee Procedure.  You may only submit an appeal if you:

• have relevant new information that could not have been presented to your faculty, and that may have affected the faculty’s decision if it had been presented,
• are alleging that the decision contained an error in the application of the relevant Academic Regulations, or
• are alleging there was a reasonable apprehension of bias on the part of a person who made the faculty decision [See Section 5.7 of the Student Misconduct and Academic Appeals Policy].

You are responsible to satisfy the University Appeals Committee that your evidence or position is more likely than not to have occurred or be accurate.  This is referred to as the balance of probabilities standard of proof [See Section 4.11 of the University Appeals Committee Procedure]. Note that feeling dissatisfied with a decision is not a ground of appeal.

Second Level of Appeal

If you want to appeal a University Appeals Committee decision regarding your requirement to withdraw or another Academic Progression Matter, please review the Student Misconduct and Academic Appeals Policy and the University Appeals Tribunal Procedure.  You may only submit an appeal to the University Appeals Tribunal if you:

• are alleging that the University Appeals Committee’s decision was made in a procedurally unfair way, or
• are alleging there was a reasonable apprehension of bias on the part of a person who made the University Appeals Committee decision [See Section 5.8 of the Student Misconduct and Academic Appeals Policy].

You are responsible to satisfy the University Appeals Tribunal that your evidence or position is more likely than not to have occurred or be accurate.  This is referred to as the balance of probabilities standard of proof [See Section 4.11 of the University Appeals Tribunal Procedure].  Note that feeling dissatisfied with a decision is not a ground of appeal.

The University Appeals Tribunal is the final level of appeal at the University for appeals involving Academic Progression Matters.