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Criminal Convictions Policy and Procedure for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Admissions – July 2016
iii) Bias or prejudice on the part of the Panel.
18. Appeals shall be made in writing to the Admissions Officer within fifteen working days of the
date of the letter informing the applicant of the decision.
19. The Admissions Officer shall present the appeal to the Disciplinary Convenor who may
dismiss an appeal which does not provide a
prima facie
case under the specified grounds. If
the Disciplinary Convenor decides that there is a
prima facie
case, the appeal shall be
considered by a Disciplinary Panel member, appointed by the Convenor in accordance with the
Student Disciplinary Procedures.
20. The Disciplinary Panel member may, in determining the appeal, confirm, vary or quash the
original decision. On any variation, the same range of options available to the Panel (see 16(d)
above) will be available to the Disciplinary Panel member.
21. Where the Disciplinary Convenor dismisses an appeal or the nominated Disciplinary Panel
member confirms the decision appealed against, there shall be no further appeal within the
University. Where the Disciplinary Panel member quashes the original decision, the
application shall be processed in the normal way.
22. The Admissions Officer shall inform the appellant, the relevant Head of School and the
relevant admissions selector of the outcome of a successful appeal.
Queries about Procedure
22. Any queries about this policy and procedure should be directed to either: the Senior
Undergraduate Admissions Manager or the Senior Postgraduate Admissions Manager,
Marketing and Student Recruitment Directorate, Newcastle University, King’s Gate,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU.
Lucy Backhurst, Head of Recruitment and Admissions
Undergraduate and Postgraduate Criminal Convictions Policies and Procedures were consolidated
and agreed by University Recruitment and Admissions Committee
(via Chair’s action)
October
2015
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Reviewed by UG and PG Recruitment and Admissions Monitoring Committees June and July 2016
Amended by Undergraduate Recruitment and Admissions Monitoring Committee, January 2015
Reviewed by Undergraduate Recruitment and Admissions Monitoring Committee, July 2014
Amended by Undergraduate Recruitment and Admissions Monitoring Committee, January 2014
Reviewed by Fair Access Committee of ULTSEC, June 2013
Amended by Fair Access Committee of ULTSEC, November 2012
Reviewed annually by Fair Access Committee of ULTSEC, June 2009 to June 2012
Approved annually by Fair Access Working Group of UTLC, June 2006 to June 2008