Petition Letter
For appeals requesting to waive the 21-day appeal deadline
Appeals requesting to waive the 21-day deadline so a late appeal may be heard must demonstrate that there were extenuating circumstances beyond a student's control that rendered the student unable to appeal within the specified timeline. For this appeal, you must be able to show that the extenuating circumstances that prevented you from appealing within the deadlines were ongoing and prevented you from acting between the time the original decision was received (when the course finished for example) and the time at which the appeal is being initiated. In other words, your letter must explain what prevented you from appealing from the time the course finished or the academic ruling was made until the present day.
Appeals requesting to waive the 21-day deadline so a late appeal may be heard must demonstrate that there were extenuating circumstances beyond a student's control that rendered the student unable to appeal within the specified timeline. For this appeal, you must be able to show that the extenuating circumstances that prevented you from appealing within the deadlines were ongoing and prevented you from acting between the time the original decision was received (when the course finished for example) and the time at which the appeal is being initiated. In other words, your letter must explain what prevented you from appealing from the time the course finished or the academic ruling was made until the present day.