We can help you with lots of areas of your student experience, however, the main reason to be at university is to study.
All areas of your studies are governed by a set of rules known as the 'academic regulations'. For some students they can be difficult to understand as they cover a vast range of issues you may come across in your time as a student, such as resits, changing modules, needing an extension, reasonable adjustments and degree classification. For answers and information on a range of academic matters, please see the following link:
The best people to ask about these queries are UWE Student Support Advisers and your programme team. Although the Advice Centre would be more than happy to support you if you were not sure who to speak to first.
Whatever your academic issue, the Advice Centre is here to help — from checking an appeal draft to accompanying you to a meeting.
This could be if you want to appeal a mark, make a complaint about something you are not happy about or need support with an assessment offence allegation.
The academic appeal procedure lets you raise concerns about irregularities in the assessment process, following exam board results or an assessment offence panel outcome. If you believe UWE has done something wrong, you can consider submitting an appeal.
The Advice Centre can explain how the process works, check your drafts, and help make your appeal as strong as possible — but you'll need to act fast given the deadline.
UWE takes plagiarism, collusion, cheating and other breaches of assessment regulations very seriously, and will investigate where it believes one of these may have happened.
If you receive an email from your school's admin team about an assessment offence allegation, get in touch with us as soon as possible. We can support you through the process, explain the policy, and accompany you to a meeting if required.
Sometimes things can go wrong and you may receive a letter about a disciplinary meeting or concerns about your behaviour or fitness to study. The issues raised by the University may fall under one of the following policies:
Relates to non-academic disciplinary matters and sets out how the University deals with alleged breaches of the standard of conduct.
For programmes where professional suitability must be assessed and monitored. If concerns are raised, they're dealt with under this procedure.
Used when a student's physical or mental health may pose a risk to themselves, other students, or University activities, and needs coordinated risk management.
A 'complaint' is an expression of dissatisfaction requiring a response. If there's something about your university experience you're unhappy with, the complaints process is the way to go. The Advice Centre offers independent guidance and support throughout.