Appeal an Academic Progress Exclusion decision

When your grades are released for each teaching period that you are studying in, the University will review your grades and assess whether you meet the criteria for stage one, two or three of the Academic Progress Procedure.

Find out more about how we assess academic progress and the stages of academic progress.

Appealing an exclusion

If you have been identified at stage three of the Academic Progress Procedure, you will be given the opportunity to show cause against exclusion by submitting a show cause against exclusion form. This is your opportunity to tell the University why you should not be excluded.

Find out more about submitting a show cause against exclusion form.

If your show cause against exclusion is declined, or you chose not to submit a show cause form, you will be excluded from the University. You will receive an exclusion notice via email.

Domestic students have 10 business days from when this email was sent to lodge an appeal, and International students have 20 business days.

Read the University Student Appeals Policy and Procedure for the criteria and process on how to appeal.

Important: If you have lost your Commonwealth assistance as a result of your academic progress, you can appeal your exclusion but not the loss of Commonwealth assistance.

Grounds for Appeal

An appeal application will be considered if you can demonstrate there is:

• evidence that there has been a failure to provide procedural fairness in the decision to exclude you for unsatisfactory academic progress, or
• there is new evidence of factors outside your control that impaired your academic progress in the relevant session(s), which:
  • you could not reasonably have been expected to provide at the time the original decision was made, and
  • would have been a significant factor in the original decision.

Before you submit your request

• We will generally make a decision based on what you write and submit in your appeal application, so you may want to look at How to Build a Strong Appeal Application.
• You may also want a Student Advocate to assist you or look over your appeal application before applying for an appeal. You can contact a Student Advocate.

How to appeal

• Use this word template to assist you in applying for an appeal.
• Go to the Student Portal
• Search the form name "Appeals" and submit the request
• You can check the status of your request on your Student Portal

Important things you should know

• We will assess your appeal application within ten (10) business days after submitting it.
• Late applications will be accepted in exceptional circumstances. To request an extension, email the University Student Appeals Officer before your appeal is due.
• You will receive an email when your appeal application is being reviewed.
• When you receive the email you will have five (5) more business days to add any additional information to support your appeal application, including any documentation or statements that were not included in your original request.
• A decision will be made after this five-day window has passed.
• You will be notified about the outcome of your appeal application via email.