Request for a Re-mark
This is separate from the academic appeals procedure. You can use the Request for a Re-mark procedure if you are not satisfied with a grade that you have received, providing you are not simply attempting to question the academic judgement of your lecturers.
You will have a greater chance of successfully appealing a grade if you can show that you've been treated unfairly in the assessment process (e.g. by showing that there has been a procedural error or that something other than academic judgement has crept into the assessment process). Simply saying "I deserve a better grade" is unlikely to get you anywhere. Even the Office of the Independent Adjudicator and the Courts will not interfere with what they call 'academic judgement' (i.e. a lecturer's judgement about a student's performance).
However, if you can show that you have been treated unfairly during the assessment process, the the Request for a Re-mark procedure allows you to query grades. Upon investigation grades may be adjusted upwards or downwards, or they may stay the same.
There are three stages to this process and students must follow them step-by-step.
STAGE 1: discuss the matter with your lecturer (get verbal or email feedback). If you're not happy, move to stage 2.
STAGE 2: ask your lecturer if the work has been subject to the school's internal moderation processes. If this hasn't been done, it is your right to have it done. If you're still not happy, move to stage 3.
STAGE 3: request a further review of a grade by filling in a form (see link below) and sending it to the Associate Dean of your School; however, you must have specific reasons unique to you for challenging the grade given. You cannot simply question the academic judgement of your lecturers.
You need to convey exactly what you think is unfair about the way you have been assessed and provide evidence where appropriate.
If you are still not satisfied with the outcome of the Request for Re-mark procedure, you can appeal to the Conduct and Appeals Unit and then the Office of the Independent Adjudicator. Again, you will need to show that you are not simply attempting to question the judgement of your lecturers.
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