Students may appeal to the AAC against the result of any assessment of their work. Such an appeal may only be made after the result of the module has been approved at a meeting of the relevant Programme Examination Board. A student who wishes to appeal the result of a module shall lodge the appeal, in the prescribed format (see guidelines – posted on iob.ie/exams ) with the IoB Assessment Appeals Officer.
The AAC will normally consider an appeal only when it has been lodged with the IOB Assessment Appeals Officer within twenty days of the date when the result2 of the module was made available to the student. Only in rare and exceptional circumstances, the Assessment Appeals Committee may, at its absolute discretion, decide to consider an appeal at any time.
Grounds for appeal
7. The only grounds on which the AAC will consider an appeal are as follows:
Irregularity: There is evidence of substantive irregularity in the conduct of the assessment process.
Extenuating Circumstances:
There were extenuating circumstances of which the Dean was aware but had rejected because the application was late and the Dean did not consider the reason as to why the application was late to be valid.
The Programme Examination Board did not appreciate the seriousness of the extenuating circumstances
Please make sure to read the following policies on the Appeals procedure