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These timescales run from the date your finalised exam and assessment results are published online. The whole process should take around three months, though in many cases this can take much longer.

Here's a more in depth explanation:

• The Appeal - your appeal should be submitted within 20 working days of your finalised results being published.
• Initial Review - a member of the Student Cases team will look at your appeal and decide if it is suitable to be included in the process. Depending on how many cases they are dealing with, this stage can take some time and it’s normal to not hear an update for a while. If it doesn’t meet one of the grounds or if you have insufficient evidence, it may get rejected at this stage.
• School Response - Student Cases will contact your School and they will provide their formal response to your appeal, which will get sent to you. This is not your appeal result so don’t worry if it doesn’t agree with your point of view.
• Final Comments - you’ll be asked to give your final comments within 10 working days of the response from your School. You must submit this on the final comments form in time, otherwise your appeal will be withdrawn.
• Investigative Panel Stage - your appeal will be reviewed by the Head of Student Cases. They may also ask a Panel to review the case and see if they can make a decision at this point.
• Hearing - if a decision cannot be made your case may go to a hearing with the Committee on Applications, to which you’ll be invited. You should receive your result within 10 working days following the hearing. If you’re happy with the decision then that’s the end of your appeal.
• Appeal to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) - if you’re unhappy with the decision of the Committee, you can progress your appeal to the DVC within 10 working days.
• Final decision from the DVC - the final decision should be made within 20 working days of the DVC receiving your appeal, though this can take longer if the case is complex.

If you have questions about any of this, please contact advice@luu.leeds.ac.uk

FAQs

Can I still attend graduation if I’m appealing my final degree classification?

Unfortunately you will not be able to graduate on time. You should inform the Graduation Office (graduation@leeds.ac.uk) of your intention to appeal so that your award isn’t conferred. If you attend graduation (or don’t tell Graduation in good time) while an appeal is in progress, your appeal will be withdrawn.

Will my visa be impacted if the appeal takes a long time?

If your visa runs out in the time that your appeal is being processed, or if your student status has changed (e.g. you’ve been withdrawn or made external) your visa might be impacted. You will need to contact the Student Visa Advice team (studentvisaadvice@leeds.ac.uk) in the University to discuss your individual situation. LUU Advice cannot give visa and immigration advice.

My situation is urgent, can my appeal be sped up?

Unfortunately not. The appeals procedure is a robust process and appeals won’t be prioritised based on individual situations - the nature of appealing means that most people within this process have difficult circumstances that are being impacted upon. As frustrating as this may seem, there is nothing we or you can do to speed this up and you will need to be patient and await each update and the eventual outcome.