Appeals Against Final Grades and Exam Script Viewing
What's it about?
The Appeal Against A Final Grade process is available to help you resolve any problems there may be with your final grade.
See the specific deadlines associated with this process. If you do not meet these deadlines the resolution of any grading problems will be delayed and may not finalised prior to re-enrolment.
Important: Your grade will only be reviewed on specific grounds (see the Step 1 below). Please ensure you understand these grounds clearly before submitting an application for a Grade Review.
The appeal process has three steps:
Step 1 Grade Review by the Unit Co-ordinator:
- Complete an Appeal Against A Final Grade (Step 1) form online and print it out (needs Acrobat v7 or later).
(Important: hand written forms will not be accepted) - Attach any supporting documents to your application
- Submit it in person (or by proxy) to a Student Adviser on duty in room E4B 314 between 1030 - 2030 on 4 January 2010, 0800 - 1700 on 5 January 2010 and 0900 - 1230 on 6 January 2010
(Important: faxed and mailed applications will not be accepted) - Within two (2) working days you will receive a confirmation of receipt of your application to your Macquarie student email account
- You will be notified by email of the outcome of your Step 1 grade review (or an explanation of any delays) by 5pm 13 January 2010
Step 2 Grade Appeal to the Dean of the Faculty:
If the Unit Co-ordinator's response does not address your concerns, then you may lodge a grade appeal with the Dean of the Faculty.
- Complete an Appeal Against A Final Grade (Step 2) form online and print it out (needs Acrobat v7 or later).
(Important: hand written forms will not be accepted) - Attach any supporting documents to your application
- Submit it in person (or by proxy) to a Student Adviser on duty in room E4B 314 between 1030 - 2030 on 4 January 2010, 0800 - 1700 on 5 January 2010 and 0900 - 1230 on 6 January 2010 and thereafter at BESS (during opening hours) up to 1700 on 15 January 2010
(Important: faxed and mailed applications will not be accepted) - Within two (2) working days you will receive a confirmation of receipt of your application to your Macquarie student email account
- You will be notified by email of the outcome of your Step 2 appeal (or an explanation of any delays) by 5pm 28 January 2010
Step 3 Grade Appeal to the Grading Appeals Committee:
If your concerns have still not been addressed then you may lodge an appeal to the Grading Appeals Committee via the Academic Registrar. Contact the Dean of Students to discuss your situation.Don’t forget - your Step 3 application must be submitted within five (5) working days of receiving the outcome of your Step 2 appeal.
Exam Script Viewing
Students are able to view their scripts after the final results have been released. It is strongly recommended that students enrolled in ACCG units check their scripts for clerical errors prior to submitting any grade review application.
Important:
For Accounting & Finance and Actuarial Studies units:
- script Viewing Registrations have now closed
- if you were unable to register to view your exam script see information on how to view your script at a later date
- students viewing ACCG scripts are only allowed to bring a non - programmable calculator into the script viewing room
- no writing or note taking is allowed
For all other Faculty of Business and Economics units:
- contact your Unit Co-ordinator directly to arrange a time to view your exam script
- you can only view your exam script once for each unit.
Important Dates
The Appeal Against A Final Grade and Exam Script Viewing processes take place after the final grades have been released for each teaching period.
Semester 2, 2009
| Date | Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
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18 Dec 2009 |
00:01 |
Final results released |
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21 Dec 2009 |
09:00 |
Actuarial Studies Exam script viewing bookings close |
|
|
22 Dec 2009 |
09:00 |
Accounting and Finance Exam script viewing bookings close |
|
| 22 Dec 2009 |
10:00 - 17:00 |
Exam script viewing (Actuarial Studies units) | E4A 323 |
|
4 Jan 2010 |
10:30 - 20:30 |
Step 1 Grade Review and Step 2 Grade Appeal applications open |
E4B 314
E4B 316 |
|
5 Jan 2010 |
08:00 - 17:00 |
Step 1 Grade Review and Step 2 Grade Appeal applications open |
E4B 314 E4B 316 |
|
6 Jan 2010 |
09:00 - 12:30 |
Step 1 Grade Review and Step 2 Grade Appeal applications open |
E4B 314 |
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6 Jan 2010 |
12:30 |
Step 1 Grade Review applications close (Step 2 Grade Appeal applications submitted at BESS during opening hours) |
BESS |
|
13 Jan 2010 |
17:00 |
Deadline for LICs to respond to Step 1 Grade Review applications |
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15 Jan 2010 |
17:00 |
Step 2 Grade Appeal applications close |
BESS |
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28 Jan 2010 |
17:00 |
Deadline for the Director of Students to respond to Step 2 Grade Appeal applications |