Decision Letter
Appeal Number: 3053
Decision Date: August 2, 2017
Associate Dean: Sue Blake
Student Name: Alysha Mullin
Student Email: 12amm21@queensu.ca
Dear Ms. Mullin:
I have carefully considered your request to have your appeal heard after the 21-day timeline for submission. After reviewing your file I have decided to deny your request.
The appeal timeline is in place to give students sufficient time to respond to an academic decision. The 21-day timeline offers students time to seek academic counseling, to write up and submit an appeal, and to collect the supporting documents necessary to the appeal. Further, the appeal timeline is in place to ensure that decision making takes place in a timely manner, allowing students to continue in their academic programs without ongoing concern for unresolved matters. To consider appeals outside these timelines can easily compromise fair decision making.
Exceptions to this regulation can only be granted in cases where extenuating circumstances beyond a student's control render the student unable to appeal within the specified timeline. The student must be able to show that the extenuating circumstances were ongoing. The student must also be able to demonstrate that these circumstances prevented the student from acting between the time the original decision was received and the time at which the appeal was eventually initiated. Appeals of the regulation governing the timeline for appeals must be submitted in writing. An appeal of this type should include a presentation of the specific reasons for a delay and should include documentation which supports the reasons for delay.
Your appeal does not supply any documentation to confirm the timeline and severity of the circumstances surrounding your son€™s birth and health issues. Without such documentation to confirm the reasons why you have not been able to make an appeal until now, I cannot reasonably waive the deadline.
You are however, able to return to your studies in the upcoming Fall 2017 term. Please submit a Return to Studies Form
http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/sites/default/files/return_to_studies_form_2016_2.pdf
so that we can set you up in the student system and allow you to enroll in classes.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, you must submit an appeal to the Board of Studies within 21 days of the date this decision was sent. Guidelines for appealing to the Board of Studies and the appeal form can be found at: http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/students-at-queens/academic-appeals (click on €œBoard of Studies€) Do not use the on-line application for this process. You may contact Mr. Harry Smith, Office of the Ombudsman for advice on matters of procedure and on obtaining a representative. His office is located in room 421 Robert Sutherland Hall and he can be reached by phone (533-6495) or e-mail (ombuds@queensu.ca).
Sincerely,
Sue Blake
Assistant Dean (Studies)
10089783Mullin
Decision Date: August 2, 2017
Associate Dean: Sue Blake
Student Name: Alysha Mullin
Student Email: 12amm21@queensu.ca
Dear Ms. Mullin:
I have carefully considered your request to have your appeal heard after the 21-day timeline for submission. After reviewing your file I have decided to deny your request.
The appeal timeline is in place to give students sufficient time to respond to an academic decision. The 21-day timeline offers students time to seek academic counseling, to write up and submit an appeal, and to collect the supporting documents necessary to the appeal. Further, the appeal timeline is in place to ensure that decision making takes place in a timely manner, allowing students to continue in their academic programs without ongoing concern for unresolved matters. To consider appeals outside these timelines can easily compromise fair decision making.
Exceptions to this regulation can only be granted in cases where extenuating circumstances beyond a student's control render the student unable to appeal within the specified timeline. The student must be able to show that the extenuating circumstances were ongoing. The student must also be able to demonstrate that these circumstances prevented the student from acting between the time the original decision was received and the time at which the appeal was eventually initiated. Appeals of the regulation governing the timeline for appeals must be submitted in writing. An appeal of this type should include a presentation of the specific reasons for a delay and should include documentation which supports the reasons for delay.
Your appeal does not supply any documentation to confirm the timeline and severity of the circumstances surrounding your son€™s birth and health issues. Without such documentation to confirm the reasons why you have not been able to make an appeal until now, I cannot reasonably waive the deadline.
You are however, able to return to your studies in the upcoming Fall 2017 term. Please submit a Return to Studies Form
http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/sites/default/files/return_to_studies_form_2016_2.pdf
so that we can set you up in the student system and allow you to enroll in classes.
If you wish to appeal the Associate Dean€™s decision to the Board of Studies, you must submit an appeal to the Board of Studies within 21 days of the date this decision was sent. Guidelines for appealing to the Board of Studies and the appeal form can be found at: http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/students-at-queens/academic-appeals (click on €œBoard of Studies€) Do not use the on-line application for this process. You may contact Mr. Harry Smith, Office of the Ombudsman for advice on matters of procedure and on obtaining a representative. His office is located in room 421 Robert Sutherland Hall and he can be reached by phone (533-6495) or e-mail (ombuds@queensu.ca).
Sincerely,
Sue Blake
Assistant Dean (Studies)
10089783Mullin
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